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Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Transportation Operations, Planning and Safety

Center for Advanced Public Safety, Center for Transportation Operations, Planning and Safety, Computer Science

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Education

  • Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Alabama, 1998
  • M.S., Computer Science, University of Alabama, 1997
  • B.S., Computer Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1992

Biography

Dr. Smith has over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of Computer Science and Transportation Safety. Dr. Smith has worked with multiple states’ Department of Transportation and currently oversees a portfolio of research projects ranging from crash data curation to near real-time digital twins for smart corridors.

Dr. Smith is currently serving as the Director for the Center for Transportation Operations, Planning and Safety at The University of Alabama. He also serves as a principal investigator for the Center for Advanced Public Safety at the university and is a faculty affiliate with the Alabama Transportation Institute.

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