Prof. Sherif Ishak,Louisiana State University, USA
Dr. Ishak is a professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept at LSU. He received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from Cairo University, Egypt, and both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Central Florida, prior to joining LSU in 2001. His research area includes traffic operation and control, traffic safety, and applications of intelligent transportation systems. Since joining LSU, he served as a PI or co-PI on research projects, funded by state agencies (Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC)/Department of Transportation and Development and Louisiana Board of Regents) and federal agencies (National Science Foundation and USDOT). He is also the founder of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) lab at LTRC and the LSU driving simulator. Dr. Ishak is a member of two TRB Committees on Freeway Operations, and Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing. He serves as the ITE student chapter advisor at LSU, a board member of GRITS (Gulf Region Intelligent Transportation Society), a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, and an associate editor for the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.