Dr. Kashif Zia

Assistant Professor
Bahria University, Pakistan

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Informatics from Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

My URL
https://livedna.org/92.11586

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Biography

Dr. Kashif Zia is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering Department at Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan. He has obtained his PhD from Institute for Pervasive Computing, Johannes Kelper University in Linz, Austria. Dr. Zia research interests revolve around socio-technical systems, particularly focusing on crowd dynamics and simulation. His PhD work is related with large-scale agent based modeling and analysis of socio-technical systems utilizing parallel and distributed simulation.

Area of Interest:

Computer Sciences
Agent-Based Modeling
Distributed Systems
Complexity Science
Pervasive Computing

Selected Publications

  1. Zia, K., A. Riener, K. Farrahi and A. Ferscha, 2013. An Agent-Based Parallel Geo-Simulation of Urban Mobility during City-scale Evacuation. Trans. Soc. Model. Simul., 10.1177/0037549713485468.
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  2. Riener, A., K. Zia, A. Ferscha, C.B. Ruiz and J.J.M. Rubio, 2012. Traffic flow harmonization in expressway merging. Pers. Ubiquitous Comput., 17: 519-532.
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  3. Ferscha, A.,K. Zia, A. Riener and A. Sharpanskykh, 2011. Potential of Social Modelling in Socio-Technical Systems. Procedia Comput. Sci., 7: 235-237.
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  4. Ferscha, A. and K. Zia, 2010. LifeBelt: Crowd Evacuation Based on Vibro-Tactile Guidance. IEEE Pervasive Comput., 9: 33-42.
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