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Research Summary
Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Khalifa University, expected to graduate in December 2026. My research focuses on autonomous driving, intelligent transportation systems, and risk-aware decision-making under uncertainty. I work across motion planning, online optimization, combinatorial optimization, reinforcement learning, control, trajectory prediction, and data-driven scene understanding.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2023-2026 (expected)
- Thesis: Online risk-bounded motion planning for autonomous driving under uncertainty.
- Coursework completed with a CGPA of 3.75/4.0.
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2021-2022
- Thesis: Enhancing Internet of Things strategies for autonomous electric vehicles with existing transportation infrastructure and road users.
- Graduated with a CGPA of 4.0/4.0.
B.Eng. in Computers and Systems Engineering, Minya University, Minya, Egypt
2012-2016
- Graduation project in industrial Internet-of-Things control of a lab-scale process.
- Graduated with a CGPA of 3.2/4.0 and grade of Excellent in the graduation project.
Academic Appointments
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Khalifa University
2021-present
- Researcher in the Operations Research Lab and Autonomous Vehicles Lab.
- Worked on autonomous driving, traffic simulation, emergency-vehicle prioritization, and full-stack autonomy development.
- Assisted in teaching programming, data science, algorithms, and robotics courses.
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Minya University
2019-2020
- Conducted research in formal methods for mobile robots, symbolic control, and hybrid systems.
- Assisted in teaching mathematics, control, and programming courses.
Programming Instructor, Egypt
2018-2021
- Designed and delivered programming and robotics courses for undergraduate students and professionals.
Reserved Officer, Egyptian Army
2017-2019
- Participated in software engineering and embedded-systems development projects in addition to military duties.
Embedded Systems Engineer Intern, Alfagr Advanced Systems
May 2015-August 2015
- Contributed to embedded systems development, RTOS integration, technical documentation, and Android application support.
Publications
Journal Articles
Abdelfatah Ahmad, Zaid Habash, Abdulrahman Ahmad, Muaz Alradi, Abderrahmene Boudiaf, Naoufel Werghi, Muhammad Owais, Irfan Hussain, and Taimur Hassan. (2026). "Self-Supervised Plankton Classification via DINO and Gradient-Based Loss Re-weighting." Research Square preprint.
Nadya Abdel Madjid, Abdulrahman Ahmad, Murad Mebrahtu, Yousef Babaa, Abdelmoamen Nasser, Sumbal Malik, Bilal Hassan, Naoufel Werghi, Jorge Dias, and Majid Khonji. (2025). "Trajectory prediction for autonomous driving: Progress, limitations, and future directions." Information Fusion, p. 103588.
Nadya Abdel Madjid, Murad Mebrahtu, Abdulrahman Ahmad, Abdelmoamen Nasser, Bilal Hassan, Naoufel Werghi, Jorge Dias, and Majid Khonji. (2025). "EMT: A Visual Multi-Task Benchmark Dataset for Autonomous Driving in the Arab Gulf Region." arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.19260.
Abdulrahman Ahmad, Ameena S. Al-Sumaiti, Young-Ji Byon, and Khalifa Alhosani. (2024). "Multiple Intelligent Control Strategies for Travel-Time Reduction of Connected Emergency Vehicles." IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26(1), 337-353.
Abdulrahman Ahmad, Ameena S. Al-Sumaiti, Young-Ji Byon, and Khalifa Al-hosani. (2024). "Eco-Driving Framework for Autonomous Vehicles at Signalized Intersection in Mixed-Traffic Environment." IEEE ACCESS, 12, 85291-85305.
Conference Papers
Muaz Al Radi, Abdulrahman Ahmad, and Abderrahmene Boudiaf. (2026). "Robotic Optimal Path Planning via Multi-Objective Dolphin Echolocation Optimization (DEO)." 2025 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET).
Abdulrahman Ahmad, Abdelmoamen Nasser, Nadya Abdel Madjid, Murad Mebrahtu, Bilal Hassan, Jorge Dias, and Majid Khonji. (2026). "Priv-DATA: Privacy-Aware Dataset Anonymization Tool for Autonomous Vehicles Research." 2025 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET).
Abdulrahman Ahmad, Majid Khonji, Khaled Elbassioni, Jorge Dias, and Ameena Al-Sumaiti. (2025). "Online Risk-Bounded Graph-Based Local Planning for Autonomous Driving with Theoretical Guarantees." 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 16685-16691.
Abdulrahman Ahmad, Majid Khonji, Ameena Al-Sumaiti, Jorge Dias, and Khaled Elbassioni. (2025). "Graph-Based Local Planning with Spatiotemporal Risk Assessment for Risk-Bounded and Prediction-Aware Autonomous Driving." 2024 18th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), pp. 1-8.
Muaz Al Radi, Abdelfatah Ahmad, Abdulrahman Ahmad, Abderrahmene Boudiaf, Nouf Alkaabi, Maher Malouf, and Herbert Jelinek. (2024). "Machine Learning-Based Multivariate Classification of Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy Via Imbalanced ECG Recordings." 2024 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET).
Abdulrahman Ahmad, Muaz Al Radi, Abdelfatah Ahmad, and Abderrahmene Boudiaf. (2024). "Reinforcement Learning-Based Optimal Control Design for Active Suspension Systems." 2024 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET).
Abdulrahman Ahmad, Sultan AlAmeri, Youssef Ibrahim, and Hasan Al Marzouqi. (2023). "A Machine Learning Approach for Detecting Unauthorized Drone Operators." 2023 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET), pp. 1-6.
Mohammed Moness, Ahmed M. Moustafa, Abdur-Rahman H. Muhammad, and Al-Shaimaa A. Younis. (2017). "Hybrid controller for a software-defined architecture of industrial internet lab-scale process." 2017 12th International Conference on Computer Engineering and Systems (ICCES), pp. 266-271.
Theses
Abdulrahman Ahmad. (2022). "Enhancing Internet of Things (IoT) strategies for autonomous electric vehicles (AEV) with existing transportation infrastructure and road users." Khalifa University of Science and Technology.
Abdur-Rahman Hamdy Muhammad, Al-Shaimaa Ahmed Younis, and Eng Mohammed Moness Ali. (2017). "Industrial Internet of Things for Automation of a Lab-scale Benchmark Process." Minia University.
Teaching
- Khalifa University: Python Programming, MATLAB Programming, Data Analytics, Data Science with AI, Data Structures, Algorithm Design and Analysis, Motion Planning Algorithms for Robotics.
- Minya University: Discrete Mathematics, Signals and Systems, Intelligent Control, C Programming, Computer-Controlled Systems.
- Co-advised undergraduate senior design teams in robotics and IoT.
Honors and Awards
- 2026: Recognized as a Future Expert on the UAE Research Map national platform.
- 2025: Certificate of recognition for serving as a referee at RoboCup Asia-Pacific.
- 2023-2024: Elite Young Researcher, Khalifa University.
- 2024-2034: UAE Golden Visa for outstanding academic and research contributions.
- 2016: Graduation project funding prize from ITIDA, Egypt.
Service and Reviewing
- Journal reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Access.
- Conference reviewer: ICRA, IROS, ICARCV.
Skills
- Programming: Python, C++, C#, MATLAB, LaTeX.
- Robotics and autonomy: ROS 2, NAV2, CARLA, RViz2, Autoware, CommonRoad, RoadRunner.
- Transportation and simulation: PTV Vissim, SUMO.
- Development tools: Linux, Docker, Jupyter, VS Code, Git, GitHub.
Languages
- Arabic: native
- English: professional working proficiency