AUK’s RISE Center Explores Vehicle-Based Information Services
29th Jan 2019 | by the Department of PR & Marketing
The Center for Research in Informatics, Sciences and Engineering (RISE) at the American University of Kuwait (AUK) hosted a lecture titled “Towards Provisioning Vehicle-Based Information Services.” The lecture was presented by Professor Hossam Hassanein, Director of the School of Computing at Queen’s University in Canada; his lecture focused on introducing the research trends in the field of IOT and smart vehicles.
In his talk, Dr. Hassanein introduced the concept of the Vehicle as a Resource (VaaR), where he explored the role of intelligent vehicles in the development of intelligent transportation systems. He anticipated that smart vehicles could be a significant service provider in a variety of situations—including emergency scenarios. Whether the vehicles are on the road or parked, the service can be utilized to serve the interests of both the vehicle occupants and third-party recipients. To illustrate, he discussed how the integration of the vehicles’ sensor technologies available in the vehicles and drivers’ smartphones could be used to provide advanced, robust localization and accurate road information services. This could contribute to reporting road conditions, traffic flow, and weather updates. Such data can be collected and stored using cloud computing for further use in planning and policy recommendations.
Following his lecture, Dr. Hassanein received questions from the audience related to privacy concerns in data collection and misuse, as well as alternative suggestions of making roads smarter to simplify the process.
Dr. Amir Zeid, Director of RISE, expressed RISE’s privilege in hosting Dr. Hassanein saying, “As a platform for community engagement, we welcome international experts from a wide variety of disciplines—not only to share their expertise with us, but to inspire and empower our students and local community.” He noted the significance of this lecture in relating advancements in the IOT (internet of things) and the future of smart vehicles, to further innovations in both the industry and academia.
Dr. Hossam Hassanein is a leading authority in the areas of broadband, wireless and mobile networks architecture, protocols, control and performance evaluation. His record spans more than 500 publications in journals, conferences and book chapters, in addition to numerous keynotes and plenary talks in flagship venues. Dr. Hassanein has received several recognitions and best papers awards at top international conferences. He is also the Founder and Director of the Telecommunications Research Lab (TRL) at Queen’s University School of Computing, with extensive international academic and industrial collaborations. He is the former Chair of the IEEE Communication Society Technical Committee on Ad hoc and Sensor Networks (TC AHSN). Dr. Hassanein is an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Speaker, and a fellow of the IEEE.
About RISE:
The AUK Center for Research in Informatics, Sciences, and Engineering (RISE) serves as AUK's primary source for multidisciplinary research and development (R&D) activities. The Center employs a holistic approach to R&D by integrating academic disciplines, and forging connections between local & international innovators, academia & industry, and technology & society.
Dr. Amir Zeid, Director of RISE Center
Dr. Hossam Hassanein during his lecture