Nasser Lashgarian Azad
About
Nasser Lashgarian Azad is a Professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering. Before joining the Systems Design Engineering Department, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. His primary research interests lie in: (i) intelligent controls and automation with applications to automotive systems as well as autonomous systems like automated vehicles and drones, and (ii) innovative applications of AI methods to solve complex modeling, optimization, control, and automation problems.
He has over 70 publications in high-caliber, peer-reviewed journals such as IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Artificial Intelligence Review, Applied Soft Computing, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Neurocomputing, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Access, Soft Computing, Mechatronics, Vehicle System Dynamics, Engineering Optimization, Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, and ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. He received an Early Researcher Award in 2015 from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation.