Dr Ashish Bhaskar
Professor of Civil Engineering (Transport Engineering)
Queensland University of Technology
Dr Ashish Bhaskar is a Professor in Civil Engineering (Transport discipline), at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. His expertise includes transport big data analytics, modelling, simulation, and control. At this stage, the focus of his research is on addressing the issues and challenges related to road traffic congestion and its detrimental socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Together, with his team of researchers and collaborators from government, industry, and academia, he is working towards evidence-based decisions support, management, and control of multimodal transport system. He has a proven track record of working with government and industry including Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) on number of projects as lead chief investigator.
SESSIONS
Day 1
4:00
Harnessing ITS for Brisbane 2032 and beyond
How digital monitoring, connected infrastructure, and automation can extend the capacity and resilience of Queensland’s transport upgrades
Realistic timelines for CAVs adoption, integration with current networks, and opportunities for precincts and Olympic transport corridors
What needs to be trialled and scaled now to leave Queensland with a smarter, future-ready mobility ecosystem beyond the Games
Dr Ashish Bhaskar, Professor of Civil Engineering (Transport Engineering), Queensland University of Technology