Month: June 2025

In June, Dr. Mehran travelled to Japan where he attended the 12th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis conference (TRISTAN XII) from June 22-27, 2025, at the Bankoku Shinryokan in Okinawa, Japan.  Following the conference Dr. Mehran travelled to Nagoyo where he had research meetings with Prof. Asano at Nagoya University. From June 26-27, Dr. Mehran was hosted in Tokyo to have research meetings with Prof. Oguchi and his research team at the University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science. While there, he gave a seminar titled “Highway Transportation Safety and Resilience in the Canadian Prairies and Northern Regions: Driver Behaviour Perspectives”

Dr. Babak Mehran and Tara Saeidi were speakers on the CUTRIC Academic Committee for Transit Innovation held on June 11, 2025, where they hosted a virtual session focused on AI and Machine Learning applications in public transit.   This is a critical and rapidly evolving area that promises to revolutionize how we operate, maintain and experience transit systems – from improving operational efficiency, enhancing the passenger experience and increasing safety and security.  Dr. Mehran and Tara were joined by Igor Zaslavsky (York Region) and Dr. Saeid Saidi (University of Calgary).