Ali Hajbabaie
Assistant Professor
- 919-515-5938
- ahajbab@ncsu.edu
- Mann Hall 421
Dr. Ali Hajbabaie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at NC State University. He is primarily associated with the “Transportation Systems” and “Computing and Systems” groups within the Department.
After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Hajbabaie was a postdoctoral research scholar at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at NC State. He then moved to Washington State University where he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from 2014 to 2019.
Dr. Hajbabaie has served as the Secretary of the Work Zone Traffic Control standing committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine since 2014 and as the Chair of the Asset Management Subcommittee of the Traffic Signal Systems Committee of the TRB.
Dr. Hajbabaie teaches courses such as Traffic Engineering, Advanced Traffic Control, Traffic Flow Theory, and Traffic Operations.
Education
Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Industrial Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Civil Engineering
Sharif University of Technology
Civil Engineering
Sharif University of Technology
Research Description
Dr. Hajbabaie is interested in real-time optimization of large-scale complex engineering systems represented by models with a high degree of realism. His research is focused on traffic operations and control in the presence of connected human-driven and self-driving cars. Dr. Hajbabaie and his research group use multi-scale analysis, modeling, and optimization to improve traffic operations. His research is advancing our understanding of cooperative traffic control systems and contributes to the development of future mobility systems, including connected and automated vehicles.
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Junior Researcher, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, 2018
- Best Paper Award, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Work Zone Traffic Control Committee, 2016
- Best Student Paper Award, Transportation & Development Institute’s Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011
- Best Paper Award, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Illinois Section, 2010
Publications
- A consensus-based distributed trajectory control in a signal-free intersection
- Mirheli, A., Tajalli, M., Hajibabai, L., & Hajbabaie, A. (2019), Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 100, 161–176.
- A decomposition scheme for parallelization of system optimal dynamic traffic assignment on urban networks with multiple origins and destinations
- Mehrabipour, M., Hajibabai, L., & Hajbabaie, A. (2019), Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.
- Cooperative traffic signal and perimeter control in semi-connected urban-street networks
- Mohebifard, R., Al Islam, S. M. A. B., & Hajbabaie, A. (2019), Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 104, 408–427.
- Distributed Optimization and Coordination Algorithms for Dynamic Traffic Metering in Urban Street Networks
- Mohebifard, R., & Hajbabaie, A. (2019), IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 20(5), 1930–1941. https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2018.2848246
- Optimal network-level traffic signal control: A benders decomposition-based solution algorithm
- Mohebifard, R., & Hajbabaie, A. (2019), Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 121, 252–274.
- Development of a signal-head-free intersection control logic in a fully connected and autonomous vehicle environment
- Mirheli, A., Hajibabai, L., & Hajbabaie, A. (2018), Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 92, 412–425.
- Distributed optimization and coordination algorithms for dynamic speed optimization of connected and autonomous vehicles in urban street networks
- Tajalli, M., & Hajbabaie, A. (2018), Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 95, 497–515.
- Dynamic speed harmonization in connected urban street networks
- Tajalli, M., & Hajbabaie, A. (2018), Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 33(6), 510–523.
- Dynamic traffic metering in urban street networks: Formulation and solution algorithm
- Mohebifard, R., & Hajbabaie, A. (2018), Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 93, 161–178.
- A cell-based distributed-coordinated approach for network-level signal timing optimization
- Mehrabipour, M., & Hajbabaie, A. (2017), Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 32(7), 599–616.