Omar Ahmad

Director of Operations

Omar Ahmad is a Senior Team Leader at the National Advanced Driving Simulator. Since 1992, his analytical and research activities have focused on behavior modeling and scenario control in real-time virtual environments.

Omar joined NADS in 1998 and is a part of the team that designed and developed the scenario control and the real-time virtual environment software for the NADS. Along with performing program management activities, he is currently leading the virtual environment modeling team at the NADS.

As a kid, Omar lived in England and in Pakistan before coming to Iowa City at the age of 10. Since then, he has called Iowa City his home and has received his education at the local schools and the University. He enjoys home remodeling and learning how to the play the guitar.

Selected Publications:

Ahmad, O. (2005) Issues related to the commonality and comparability of driving simulation scenarios. Paper presented at the IMAGE 2005 Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.

Ahmad, O., & Tang, H. (2003) A controller for merging traffic onto a highway. Paper presented at the IMAGE 2003 Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.

Ahmad, O., & Papelis, Y. (2000) An autonomous driver model for the overtaking maneuver for use in microscopic traffic simulation. Paper presented at Driving Simulation Conference 2000.

Ahmad, O., Papelis, Y., Bulusu, S., & Gade, V. (2001) Automatic learning by autonomous driver agents as applied to performing realistic lane change maneuvers. Paper presented at ISHF 2001.

Bulusu, S., Papelis, Y., Chen, B., Schikore, M., & Ahmad, O. (2005) Embedded data: A step forward in the data reduction process. Paper presented at Driving Simulation Conference-North America 2005, Orlando, FL.

Papelis, Y., & Ahmad, O. (2006) Comprehensive management of simulator research subjects. Paper presented at Driving Simulation Conference-Asia 2006.

Papelis, Y., Ahmad, O., & Watson, G. (2005) Driving simulation scenario definition based on performance measures. Paper presented at Driving Simulation Conference-North America 2005.

Papelis, Y., Ahmad, O., & Watson, G. (2003) Developing scenarios to determine effects of driver performance techniques for authoring and lessons learned. Paper presented at Driving Simulation Conference-North America 2003, Iowa City, IA.

Papelis, Y., Ahmad, O., & German, H. (2002) Adaptive controllers for vehicle velocity control for microscopic traffic simulation models. Paper presented at WIT 2002.

Papelis, Y., Ahmad, O., & Schikore, M. (2001) Scenario definition and control for the National Advanced Driving Simulator. Paper presented at ESV 2001.

Papelis, Y., & Ahmad, O. (2001) A comprehensive microscopic autonomous driver model for use in high-fidelity driving simulation environments. Paper presented at TRB 2001.

Senserrick, T.M., Brown, T., Quistberg, D.A., Marshall, D., Ahmad, O., & Winston, F.K. (2007) Validation of simulated assessment of teen driver speed management on rural roads. Paper presented at the 51st Annual Scientific Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), Melbourne, Australia.

Watson, G., Papelis, E., & Ahmad, O. (2006) Design of simulator scenarios to study the effectiveness of electronic stability control systems. Paper presented at TRB 2006.