Alaa Khamis, PhD, SMIEEE

   AI & Smart Mobility Technical Leader at General Motors
   Lecturer at University of Toronto
   Adjunct Professor at Ontario Tech University and Nile University
   Former Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
   E-mail: alaakhamis [at] gmail [dot] com
  Ontario, Canada

Short Bio

I work as an AI & Smart Mobility Technical Leader at General Motors Canada. I also teach a grad course about AI for smart mobility at University of Toronto. I am the author of Smart Mobility: Exploring Foundational Technologies and Wider Impacts and Optimization Algorithms: AI techniques for design, planning, and control problems.

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Books

Research

My current research focuses on situation awareness (including perception, comprehension, and projection), automation (covering both physical and digital process automation), and optimization (spanning strategic, tactical, and operational levels) as foundational and complementary aspects of smart mobility systems and services. Additionally, I explore the sustainability aspects of both existing and emerging smart mobility technologies and business models.

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Publications

I published 6 books, 7 book chapters, and more than 190 scientific papers in refereed journals and international conferences. I also filed 72 US patents, trade secrets and defensive publications. I authored “Smart Mobility: Exploring Foundational Technologies and Wider Impacts” book published by Apress (Springer Nature) in 2021. I also authored "Optimization Algorithms: AI techniques for design, planning, and control problems" book published by Manning Publications in 2024.

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Teaching

I taught 37 different undergraduate and graduate courses at different universities in Canada, Spain and Egypt such as University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, German University in Cairo and Zewail City of Science and Technology. The class sizes of these courses vary from 8 students to up to 600 students.

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Awards/Honors

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