Hasnain Ali

Data Science Research @ ATMRI . Previously- PhD @ NTU & Masters @ IIT-D.

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65 Nanyang Drive

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Hey, thanks for stopping by!

I am a Research Fellow at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. I was supervised by Sameer Alam during my Ph.D (2018-2022) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Earlier, I obtained my masters (2016-2018) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

As a data enthusiast, I am perennially interested in finding meaningful patterns and deriving actionable insights from data. In my PhD, I have worked on develpoing data-driven decision systems and autonomous control agents to manage increased air traffic. I proposed machine learning models that can approximate the uncertainty, inherent in an airport environment and recommend intelligent aircraft pushbacks to minimize airport airside congestion, fuel burn and related emissions. Moreover, the developed algorithms can be adapted to design other control systems that require intelligent decision making to satisfy competing demands of multiple stakeholders with limited information.

I am currently leading the Airport research team at ATMRI, working towards automating airport ground movements. We aim to increase the capacity and efficiency of current airport airside operations by reducing taxi congestion (delays) and improving aircraft adherence to Target Take Off Time. We are developing learning-based methods for multi-agent control and coordination. In this novel approach, departure aircraft are seen as decentralised agents which are trained not only to optimize individual aircraft trajectory, but also to collaborate for reducing airport-wide congestion while meeting operational constraints.

In my spare time, I enjoy running, traveling, and going on hikes with friends and family. I can be contacted via other social platforms (see bottom of the page).

news

Jun 19, 2023 I shall attend the summer school on Physics Informed Neural Networks and Applications (19-30 June) at KTH, Sweden.:sparkles:
Feb 22, 2023 Interviewed about my research on High Impact Thesis (HIT) Podcast. :sparkles:
Feb 1, 2023 Invited to judge machine learning projects at Singapore Science & Engineering Fair (2023)—the largest STEM fair in Singapore.
Dec 1, 2022 Attended MRF(2022) workshop in San Francisco, California, USA. Discussed amazing ideas with frontier social startups.
Nov 5, 2022 Presented research on Intelligent Airport Congestion Management at PhD Talks by NcodeX. :sparkles:

selected publications

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    A passenger-centric model for reducing missed connections at low cost airports with gates reassignment
    Hasnain Ali, Yash Guleria, Sameer Alam, and 1 more author
    IEEE Access, 2019
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    A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Airport Departure Metering Under Spatial–Temporal Airside Interactions
    Hasnain Ali, Duc-Thinh Pham, Sameer Alam, and 1 more author
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2022