Dr. Saif Jabari

Associate Professor

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Biography

Saif Eddin Jabari is an Associate Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and the Global Network at NYUAD. His research interests focus on theoretical aspects of traffic flow, particularly modeling uncertainty and emergent phenomena. His work addresses applications related to traffic operations problems, traffic state estimation and prediction, distributed traffic control, and cybersecurity. Before joining NYUAD, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Mathematical Sciences Analytics Department at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. Jabari obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 2012, following a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Jordan in 2001. He has experience as a Research Assistant and has received awards for his outstanding contributions to engineering and research.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2014-09-01 — Present

NYUAD • Abu Dhabi

Teaching and conducting research in civil urban engineering.

Post-doctoral Researcher

2012-11-01 — 2014-08-01

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center • Yorktown Heights, NY

Conducted advanced research in mathematical sciences and analytics.

Research Assistant

2006-06-01 — 2012-09-01

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities • Minneapolis, MN

Assisted in research projects related to civil engineering.

Awards

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Outstanding Teaching

2012-01-01
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Milton Pikarsky Award

2010-01-01

Patents

Systems and Methods for Sparse Travel Time Estimation

US20180232650A1 2018-01-01

Develops a framework for travel time density estimation using sparse approximations.

https://www.academia.edu/37389391/_US_Patent_Traffic_Network_Sensor_Placement

Traffic Network Sensor Placement

US9466209 B2 2016-01-01

A patent relating to the placement of traffic sensors based on data characteristics.

https://www.academia.edu/37389391/_US_Patent_Traffic_Network_Sensor_Placement

Traffic Incident Location Identification

US9286797 B1 2016-01-01

Method for identifying traffic incident locations based on sensor data.

https://www.academia.edu/37389392/_US_Patent_Traffic_Incident_Location_Identification

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Bachelor's degree from accredited institution Strong background in biological, chemical, physical, or mathematical sciences
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Open Program in Biomedical Sciences (Vilcek Institute) covers departments like Biochemistry, Pathology, Neuroscience, Microbiology, etc.