About
Ph.D. Student in GeoSpatial Information Science
My current research lines are in the area of spatial trajectories analysis, vehicle movement analysis, and developing AI methods for smart transportation.
Hi, My name is Reza. I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada. I am currently working at the Intelligent Geospatial Data Mining Lab (IGDM) under the supervision and advisory of Prof. Xin Wang. I hold a master degree in Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) from the K.N.Toosi University of Technology and a bachelor of science in Geomatics Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST). The focus of my current research as a Ph.D. student is on developing Artificial Intelligence (deep learning) methods for the improvement of smart transportation systems under extreme weather conditions. I have also spent over three years working at FANAP ICT as a senior spatial data analyst. Working within diverse industrial and academic environments helped me developing my technical and analytical expertise as well as academic skills. I took the opportunities to expand my knowledge of a range of data science methods and techniques, including and deep learning approaches (e.g. RNNs, GCNs, etc.), as well as various programming languages (such as Python, Java and Matlab).
If you want to know more about the projects I have done, contact me, check my Github, and see my Vitae.
Skills
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education
PhD | Geographical Information Science (GIS)
2021 - Present
Geomatics Engineering Departmnet, Schulich School of Engineering , University of Calgary, Canada
Main responsibilities include developing novel geospatial AI algorithms and systems for logistics, such as smart route recommendation systems for transporting goods, and optimization of regional logistics networks for parcel delivery services.
Supervisor : Prof. Xin Wang
Master of Science (M.Sc.) | Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Engineering
2014 - 2017
K.N.Toosi University of technology , Tehran, Iran
My master's program was heavily focoused on GIS, and offered courses in all areas of GIS. Fundamentals of GIS, Spatial Data Infrastructure, Web GIS, and Data Management are among the important courses I took in that program. I had the opportunity to do projects in all these fields, and conducted my Master's thesis research on Spatial Multi-Objective Optimization of urban land use allocation.
Supervisor : Prof. Mohammad Karimi
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) | Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering
2009 - 2013
Iran University of Science and Technology , Tehran, Iran
This program is a combination of Land Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and GIS. I took courses in all these subdesciplines and that's when I became interested in GIS.
Professional Experience
GIS Specialist and Spatial data Analyst
2018 - 2021
FANAP ICT Subsidiary of Pasargad Financial Group, Tehran, Iran
- Design and implementation of a GIS-Based approach to identify suitable location for establishing Automated Teller Machines (ATM) and Optimization of ATMs' network. Using spatial and statistical models, ArcGIS, QGIS, ArcGIS Model Builder and Python language for writing scripts and automation of model.
- Developing an approach for control and monitoring of a fleet management system and web-based software to show the exact position of the desired vehicles on different maps and take detailed reports of the mission, travelled path, fuel consumption rate, speed limits, and other necessary information according to the company’s requests.
- Real-time vehicle route planning (VRP) model for ATM cash replenishment vehicles.
- Using spatial trajectory mining techniques to explore vehicle drivers’ behaviour and fraud detection
- Using machine learning techniques for road network traffic prediction problem
- Using HTML, JavaScript (Spatial libraries: ESRI JavaScript API, OpenLayers), Python (Spatial libraries: GDAL, Shapely, Pyproj, GeoPandas) and Java
GIS Specialist
2017 - 2018
AvayarSanat Co., Tehran, Iran
- Design and implementation of spatial databases.
- Producing specialized maps for different applications.
- Using ARCGIS software, QGIS, GeoServer, MapServer, PostgreSQL, etc.
Publications
Reza Safarzadeh Ramhormozi, et al. Multi-Task Graph Neural Network for Truck Speed Prediction Under Extreme Weather Conditions.
2022 - 30th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL 2022)
Abstract: Truck speed prediction plays a key role in truck transportation management. However, it is a very challenging task since the truck traffic usually shows complex patterns. Most of the existing traffic prediction methods lack the ability to model the dynamic spatial-temporal correlations of truck traffic or ignore contributing contextual factors that impact traffic ...
Safarzadeh Ramhormozi, R., Karimi, M., & Alaei, S. Multi Objective Optimization of Urban Land Use Allocation Using Meta-heuristic Algorithms and Spatial Metrics.
2018 - Journal of Geomatics Science and Technology, 7 (3) ,189-212.
Abstract: The main objective of this study is to support decision-making using multi objective Meta-heuristic algorithms for land use optimization and sorting the solutions with respect to the spatial pattern of urban growth. In the first step in this study, we applied the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm ΙΙ (NSGA_II) ...
Projects
I am always interested in new projects related to spatial data analysis and spatial modeling, particularly in spatial data science, machine learning, big spatial data analysis, spatial modelling, and web development. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have an interesting research or development project.
- All
- GIS
- Web
Contact
Location:
2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
Email:
reza.sz70@gmail.com
Call:
+1 403 708 5652