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Tackling road safety problems requires a comprehensive approach that includes technology solutions, government regulations, education and awareness, and proper road design. In its mission of playing a leading role in locally-built technology solutions and to support the National Road Safety Strategy 2013-2022, QMIC has launched its “Roadmap to Zero” initiative in 2015 and updated it in 2017. This initiative intends delivers several digital solutions and applications that tackle different causes of road accidents. These solutions are fully developed locally by QMIC and tailored to fill in the gaps currently present in the field of road safety in Qatar and beyond. If fully implemented, these solutions will contribute to achieving the target of having zero fatalities from road accidents in the future.
This talk will provide an overview of the digital solutions of this initiative that aims at:
- Providing users on Qatar’s roads with the latest info about road conditions and other location-based services;
- Tackling the issue of over-speeding and to enhance driver performance;
- Ensuring the availability of necessary data and tools that facilitate road planning design, and help decision-makers access the impact of road projects on traffic congestion; and
- Mitigating the problem of distracted driving caused by using mobile phones.
In addition to the already developed and deployed solutions, the talk will summarize QMIC’s on-going R&D activities in emerging technologies including Connected Vehicles and drones to support Road Safety 2.0.
Dr. Fethi Filali
Dr. Fethi Filali
Fethi Filali is the Head of Technology Development & Applied Research at Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC). He is leading the technology development of QMIC's solutions in the area of Smart Cities, Internet of Things, Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Connected & Automated Vehicles solutions. He has invented technologies and developed algorithms that have been shipped in many QMIC products, including Masarak®, Labeeb® and WaveTraf®, creating commercial impact in the order of millions of dollars.
Dr. Filali received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Habilitation degrees from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, in 2002 and 2008, respectively.
Prior to joining QMIC in 2010, Dr. Filali was with the Mobile Communications department of EURECOM, France, as Assistant then Associate Professor for 8 years.
His research grants include 15 competitive awards from several funding agencies (European Commission, The French National Research Agency, and Qatar National Research Fund).
He was the Ph.D. Director of more than ten Ph.D. students in the area of intelligent transportation, wireless sensor and mesh networks, vehicular communications, big data analytics, internet of things, and mobility management.
Dr. Filali co-authored more than 130 research papers in international peer-reviewed conferences and journals and (co-)filed more than 10 patent applications.
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