International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancement of transportation technologies and engineering. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the- art research and promote the research work in the areas.

Sherif Ishak

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

Associate Professor, Louisiana State University, USA

Research Areas

Transportation Engineering

Education

1998Ph.DUniversity of Central Florida
1994M.SUniversity of Central Florida
1987B.SCairo University

Experience

2007-presentAssociate Professor and Undergraduate Programs Coordinator, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2001-2007Assistant Professor. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA
1998-2001Visiting Assistant Engineer and Manager of Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
1992-1998Graduate Research Assistant. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
1987-1992Teaching and Research Assistant. Public Works Department, College of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt

Membership

Board Member, Gulf Region Intelligent Transportation Society (GRITS)
Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineering, Reston, VA
Member, Institute of Transportation Engineering (ITE)
Member, Transportation Research Board Committee AHB20-Freeway Operations, 2006-present
Member, Transportation Research Board Committee-ABJ70-Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications, 2005-present

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Alecsandru, C. and S. Ishak. (2007) Accounting for Random Driving Behavior and Nonlinearity of Backward Wave Speeds in the Cell Transmission Model, Preprint CD-ROM of the 86th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[2]  Ishak, S., S. Kondagari*, and C. Alecsandru*. (2007) A Probabilistic Data-Driven Approach For Real-Time Screening Of Freeway Traffic Data, Preprint CD-ROM of the 86th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[3]  Ishak, S., C. Alecsandru*, and D. Seedah. (2006) An Improved Cell-Transmission Model for Operational Analysis of Freeway Networks, 9th International ASCE Conference on Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation.
[4]  Ishak, S., C. Alecsandru*, and D. Seedah. (2006) Improvement and Evaluation of the Cell-Transmission Model for Operational Analysis of Traffic Networks: A Freeway Case Study, Preprint CD-ROM of the 85th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[5]  Ishak, S., Y. Zhang*, and C. Alecsandru*. (2005) Development of Optimal Downsampling Procedures for Microsimulation Modeling of Transportation Networks: A Freeway Case Study, Preprint CD-ROM of the 84th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[6]  Ishak, S., and C. Alecsandru*. (2005) Analysis of Freeway Pre-Incident, Post-Incident, and Non-Incident Conditions Using Second-Order Spatio-Temporal Traffic Performance Measures, Preprint CD-ROM of the 84th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[7]  Ishak, S., S. Chakravarthy* and C. Alecsandru*. (2004) Performance versus Scalability of Microscopic Traffic Simulation Systems, Preprint CD-ROM of the 83rd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[8]  Alecsandru, C. * and S. Ishak. (2004) A Hybrid Model-Based and Memory-Based Traffic Prediction System, Preprint CD-ROM of the 83rd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[9]  Ishak, S. and C. Alecsandru*. (2003) Optimizing Traffic Prediction Performance of Neural Networks under Various Topological, Input, and Traffic Condition Settings, Preprint CD-ROM of the 82nd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[10]  Ishak, S., P. Kotha*, and C. Alecsandru*. (2003) Optimization of Dynamic Neural Networks Performance in Short-Term Traffic Prediction, Preprint CD-ROM of the 82nd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[11]  Ishak, S. (2003) Quantifying Uncertainties of Freeway Detector Observations using Fuzzy-Clustering Approach, Preprint CD-ROM of the 82nd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[12]  Ishak, S. (2003) Deriving Performance Measures and Level of Service from Second-Order Statistical Features of Spatiotemporal Traffic Contour Maps, Preprint CD-ROM of the 82nd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[13]  Ishak, S. and H. Al-Deek. (2003) Statistical Evaluation of I-4 Traffic Prediction System, Preprint CD-ROM of the 82nd Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[14]  Ishak, S. and H. Al-Deek. (2002) Online Implementation of a Short-Term Traffic Prediction Model, 7th International ASCE Conference on Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation (AATT) Proceedings, Boston, MA.
[15]  Ishak, S. and H. Al-Deek. (1999) Performance of Automatic ANN-Based Incident Detection on Freeways, Preprint CD-ROM of the 78th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
[16]  Ishak, S. and H. Al-Deek. (1998) Freeway Incident Detection Using Fuzzy ART, 5th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering, Newport Beach, CA.
[17]   Ishak, S. and H. Al-Deek. (1998) Applying Fuzzy ART to Freeway Incident Detection, Preprint CD-ROM of the 77th Annual Meeting of TRB, National Research Council, Washington D.C. #
[18]  Ishak, S. and H. Al-Deek. (1996) Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Freeway Incident Detection, Proceedings for the Third Annual World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, Orlando, FL.
[19]  Al-Deek, H. and S. Ishak. (1996) Incident Detection on I-4, Proceedings of the 1st Transportation Specialty Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Volume III a, 355-368.
[20]  Al-Deek, H., S. Ishak and A.E. Radwan (1993) The Potential Impact of Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) on Accident Rates in an Urban Transportation Network, VNIS (Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems) Conference Proceedings.

Publications: Journals

[1]  Korkut, M.*, S. Ishak, and B. Wolshon. (2010) Freeway Truck Lane Restriction and Differential Speed Limits: Crash Analysis and Traffic Characteristics, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2194, 11-20.
[2]  Ishak, S., H.C. Shin, B. Sridhar*, and D. Zhang. (2010) Characterization and development of truck axle load spectra for future implementation of new pavement design practices in Louisiana, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2153, 121-129.
[3]  Ishak, S., C. Mamidala, and Y. Qi*. (2010) Stochastic Characteristics of Freeway Traffic Speed during Breakdown and Recovery Periods, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2178, 79-89.
[4]  Sun, X., B. Huang, S. Ishak, and B. Wolshon. (2009) Estimating the Safety Impact of Differential Speed Limit and Truck Lane Restriction on Interstate-10 through Atchafalaya basin in Louisiana, Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, Vol. 1, 169-180.
[5]  Wolshon, B., S. Ishak, Y. Qi*, M. Korkut*, X. Sun, and C. Alecsandru. (2009) Trucker Perceptions of Lane Restriction and Differential Speed Limit Policies on Freeways, Journal of Transportation Safety and Security, Vol. 1, 1-20.
[6]  Ishak, S., S. Kondagari*, and C. Alecsandru*. (2007) A Probabilistic Data-Driven Approach For Real-Time Screening Of Freeway Traffic Data, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2012, 94-104.
[7]  Alecsandru, C. *, S. Ishak, and Y. Zhang*. (2007) An Optimal Downsampling Procedure for Microscopic Simulation Modeling of Transportation Networks: A Proof of Concept Study, the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 34, 89-98.
[8]  Ishak, S., C. Alecsandru*, and D. Seedah?. (2006) Improvement and Evaluation of the Cell-Transmission Model for Operational Analysis of Traffic Networks: A Freeway Case Study, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1965, 171-182.
[9]  Ishak, S., C. Alecsandru* and S. Chakravarthy*. (2006) Potential Computational Benefits of Geometric, Kinematic, and Behavioral Downsampling of Microscopic Traffic Network Simulation, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 20(6), 410-419.
[10]  Ishak, S. and C. Alecsandru*. (2005) Analysis of Freeway Traffic Incident Conditions By Using Second-Order Spatio-Temporal Traffic Performance Measures, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1925, 20-28.
[11]  Alecsandru, C.* and S. Ishak. (2004) A Hybrid Model-Based and Memory-Based Traffic Prediction System, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1879, 59-70.
[12]  Ishak, S. and C. Alecsandru*. (2004) Optimizing Traffic Prediction Performance of Neural Networks under Various Topological, Input, and Traffic Condition Settings, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 130(4), 452-465.
[13]  Ishak, S. (2004) Exploring Textural Characteristics of Spatiotemporal Traffic Contour Maps, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 130(1), 122-131.
[14]  Ishak, S. (2003) Fuzzy-Clustering Approach to Quantify Uncertainties of Freeway Detector Observations, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1856, 6-15.
[15]  Ishak, S. and H. Al-Deek. (2003) Statistical Evaluation of Interstate 4 Traffic Prediction System, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1856, 16-24.
[16]  Ishak, S. (2003) Deriving Traffic Performance Measures and Level of Service from Second-Order Statistical Features of Spatiotemporal Traffic Contour Maps, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1858, 148-157.
[17]  Ishak, S., P. Kotha*, and C. Alecsandru*. (2003) Optimization of Dynamic Neural Networks Performance in Short-Term Traffic Prediction, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1836, 45-56.
[18]  Ishak, S. and H. Al-Deek. (2002) Performance Evaluation of a Short-Term Time-Series Traffic Prediction Model, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 128(6), 490-498.
[19]  Ishak, S. and H. Al-Deek. (1999) Performance of Automatic ANN-Based Incident Detection on Freeways, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 125(4), 281-290.
[20]  Ishak, S. and H. Al-Deek. (1998) Fuzzy ART Neural Network Model for Automated Detection of Freeway Incidents, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1634, 56-63.
[21]  Al-Deek, H., S. Ishak, and A. Khan. (1996) Impact of Freeway Geometric and Incident Characteristics on Incident Detection, ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 122(6), 440-446.
[22]  Al-Deek, H., S. Ishak, and A.E. Radwan. (1996) Impact of Traffic Diversion with ATIS on Traveler's Safety, Journal of Computers & Industrial Engineering, 32(1).