From Raw Data to Smarter Roads with AI
Thursday, 30 October 2025
10:30 AM EDT
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Professor Samer Hamdar
Founding Director of the Transportation Program
The George Washington University, School of Engineering and Applied Science Professor Samer Hamdar is the founding director of the Transportation Program at the George Washington University. He is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and he served in visiting research positions at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board Traffic Flow Theory, Models, and Simulation Committee. Dr. Hamdar has more than 20 years of experience working on transportation technology projects in Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea and the United States. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award titled: “Collision Prediction and Vehicular Control Using an Episode-Based Modeling Framework” and is currently funded through different US Department of Transportation projects. Dr. Hamdar serves on different committees and is a member of the editorial board of three journals.
Katherine Hugins
Associate Director, Admissions & International Partnerships
The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science (GW Engineering) Katherine Hugins is the Associate Director of Admissions & International Partnerships at The George Washington University’s School of Engineering & Applied Science. With over eleven years of experience in graduate admissions, she specializes in international recruitment and partnership building. Katherine previously served as Assistant Director of International Graduate Admissions, playing a key role in enrollment strategies for global students. She is dedicated to facilitating smooth admission processes for diverse applicants.
Founding Director of the Transportation Program
The George Washington University, School of Engineering and Applied Science Professor Samer Hamdar is the founding director of the Transportation Program at the George Washington University. He is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and he served in visiting research positions at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board Traffic Flow Theory, Models, and Simulation Committee. Dr. Hamdar has more than 20 years of experience working on transportation technology projects in Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea and the United States. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award titled: “Collision Prediction and Vehicular Control Using an Episode-Based Modeling Framework” and is currently funded through different US Department of Transportation projects. Dr. Hamdar serves on different committees and is a member of the editorial board of three journals.
Associate Director, Admissions & International Partnerships
The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science (GW Engineering) Katherine Hugins is the Associate Director of Admissions & International Partnerships at The George Washington University’s School of Engineering & Applied Science. With over eleven years of experience in graduate admissions, she specializes in international recruitment and partnership building. Katherine previously served as Assistant Director of International Graduate Admissions, playing a key role in enrollment strategies for global students. She is dedicated to facilitating smooth admission processes for diverse applicants.This session presents an integrated research effort that combines large-scale trajectory data collection with AI-enhanced traffic modeling to advance the understanding of Human Driven Vehicle (HDV) and Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) interactions. At the core of this work is the Third Generation Simulation Dataset (TGSIM), which introduces real-world vehicle and pedestrian trajectories collected through innovative aerial and infrastructure-based videography. Using advanced computer vision and deep learning methods, high-fidelity trajectories are extracted to capture critical dynamics of car-following, lane-changing, weaving, and pedestrian–vehicle interactions in diverse highway and urban environments. Building on this empirical foundation, the Next Generation Models for CAVs (NGM-CAV) project develops AI-driven behavioral and decision-making models that integrate deep learning, reinforcement learning, and stochastic approaches to represent heterogeneous human responses and automated driving behaviors. These models are calibrated and validated on TGSIM and other large-scale datasets, enabling microsimulation frameworks for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Automated Driving Systems (ADS) with unprecedented realism. By unifying AI, behavioral science, and traffic simulation, this framework equips researchers and policymakers with next-generation AI tools to evaluate and optimize the safety and mobility impacts of emerging automated mobility technologies.
How real-time monitoring improves insight
Learn how AI helps identify patterns
Cameras track human behaviour whilst driving
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