Afnan Ahmad has started his masters leading to a doctorate program in the fall, 2017. His research focuses on indoor positioning, trajectory predictions, and deep learning.
Afnan is part of Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Urban Mobility (ISSUM) funded by the Ontario Research Fund, York University, University of Waterloo, and private sector partners (Esri Canada, Fugro Roadware, Miovision, Mircom, Teledyne Optech, Exascale Solutions, Trans-Plan) and 3D Mobile Mapping Artificial Intelligence (3DMMAI) project, which is supported by the NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Collaborative Research Development (CRD) program and Teledyne Optech in Toronto.
Experience
- Jan, 2019–2026: Graduate Research Assistant, GeoICT/ AUSMLab, York University Canada
- Sep, 2017–2026: Teaching Assistant, York University, Canada
- Mar, 2015–Jun, 2015: Visiting Lecturer at Punjab University College of Information Technology, Pakistan
- Dec, 2014–Jan, 2017: Senior Software Engineer at Focusteck, Pakistan
- Jul, 2012–Nov, 2014: Software Engineer at TkXel, Pakistan
Publications (6)
2023
- Ahmad, A. and Sohn, G. (2023). Deep Adaptive Network for WiFi-based Indoor Localization. International 3D GeoInfo Conference, 617-631.
2020
- Alizadeh Naeini, A., Ahmad, A., Sheikholeslami, M. M., Claudio, P., and Sohn, G. (2020). An Unsupervised Registration of 3D Point Clouds to 2D CAD Model: A Case Study of Floor Plan. ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.
- Ahmad, A., Claudio, P., Alizadeh Naeini, A., and Sohn, G. (2020). Wi-Fi RSS Fingerprinting for Indoor Localization Using Augmented Reality. ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.
- Yang, S., Ahmad, A., Park, P. Y., Sohn, G., and Krygsman, J. (2020). Public Transit Service Reliability Assessment Using Two-fluid Model. Transportation Research Record, 2674(4), 89-100.
2019
- Yang, S., Claudio, P., Ahmad, A., Park, P. Y., and Sohn, G. (2019). Development of a Computer-Vision Based Real-Time Pedestrian Comfort Estimation System (poster). Transportation Association of Canada and ITS Canada Joint Conference.
2018
- Gulo, E., Sohn, G., and Ahmad, A. (2018). Indoor Positioning Using WLAN Fingerprint Matching and Path Assessment with Retroactive Adjustment on Mobile Devices. Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.