Bilal Farooq
Scholar

Bilal Farooq

Google Scholar ID: XHAkrswAAAAJ
Laboratory of Innovations in Transportation (LiTrans), Toronto Metropolitan University
SimulationBehavioural ModellingMachine LearningIntelligent SystemsSmart Cities
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
3,050
 
H-index
33
 
i10-index
71
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
26
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published numerous papers in journals such as Transport Reviews, Data Science for Transportation, Case Studies on Transport Policy, etc.; supervised several PhD and Master's students.
Research Experience
  • Serves as the Director of the Centre for Urban Innovation at Toronto Metropolitan University; leads multiple research projects covering areas such as AI and mobility, resilience and cybersecurity, sustainable smart mobility, etc.
Background
  • Research interests include creating the cyber-physical future of urban mobility using intelligent technologies and mathematics; developing context-aware artificial intelligence for automated vehicles and interpretable machine learning for travel behavior modeling; digital and physical resilience of emerging transportation systems with a focus on cybersecurity, privacy, and climate change; distributed traffic management system with applications in CAV routing, advanced on-demand transit, traffic management, & system optimization; ubiquitous sensors network for sensing multimodal traffic in real-time for complete streets; Virtual Immersive Reality Environment (VIRE) for travel behavior experiments.
Miscellany
  • Prioritizes, values, and practices equity, diversity, and inclusion in research, lab space, teaching, and engagements; cherishes kindness, integrity, excellence, innovation, commitment, and rigor.