Hamid Taghavifar, Concordia University

Research

Automation and control systems Driver Recognition Systems Eco-safe driving Electrified Autonomous Vehicles Energy management Human-Centric Automated Driving Intelligent transportation systems User acceptance

Latest papers

A type-3 fuzzy synchronization system subjected to hysteresis quantizer inputs and unknown dynamics: Applicable to financial and physical chaotic systems.
ISA transactions · 2026
Nonsingleton Gaussian type-3 fuzzy system with fractional order NTSMC for path tracking of autonomous cars.
ISA transactions · 2024 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

A Resilient Framework for Intelligent Navigation and Energy Management of Future Multi-Level Electrified Autonomous Vehicles
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$12,500
A Resilient Framework for Intelligent Navigation and Energy Management of Future Multi-Level Electrified Autonomous Vehicles
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$86,000

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

A type-3 fuzzy synchronization system subjected to hysteresis quantizer inputs and unknown dynamics: Applicable to financial and physical chaotic systems.

Tian M, Mohammadzadeh A, Taghavifar H, Sakthivel R, Zhang C

ISA transactions2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2025.12.007 PMID: 41381323

02

Nonsingleton Gaussian type-3 fuzzy system with fractional order NTSMC for path tracking of autonomous cars.

Taghavifar H, Mohammadzadeh A, Zhang W, Zhang C

ISA transactions2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2023.12.037 PMID: 38160078

A Resilient Framework for Intelligent Navigation and Energy Management of Future Multi-Level Electrified Autonomous Vehicles

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Taghavifar, Hamid

$12,500

A Resilient Framework for Intelligent Navigation and Energy Management of Future Multi-Level Electrified Autonomous Vehicles

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Taghavifar, Hamid

Keywords: human-centric automated driving; driver recognition systems; electrified autonomous vehicles; intelligent transportation systems; user acceptance; energy management; automation and control systems; eco-safe driving

$86,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Wenjun Zhang

Department of Mechanical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Automation and control systems Dear Professor Taghavifar, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "A type-3 fuzzy synchronization system subjected to hysteresis quantizer inputs and unknown dynamics: Applicable to financial and physical chaotic systems." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "A Resilient Framework for Intelligent Navigation and Energy Management of Future Multi-Level Electrified Autonomous Vehicles" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]