
Professor Alexander Paz is the Transport Main Roads Chair at the Queensland University of Technology. Before joining QUT, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada and the director of their Transportation Research Center. He is a Professional Engineer License in the State of Nevada. Professor Paz has been working on developing methods and software tools for the management of highway infrastructure. Some of his work, including data warehouses and software applications, has been adopted by the industry. His broad interests include the application of operations research, econometric methods, and informatics to the modeling, analysis, operations, and control of large-scale dynamic transportation and infrastructure systems.
Projects (Chief investigator)
- Arterial Network Smart Performance Assessment (ANSPA)
- Customer experience measure from existing network performance data
- Developing generalised crash prediction models
- Incorporating Road Safety Throughout the Network-Level Transport Planning Process
- Next-generation traffic signals using artificial intelligence-based video analytics for safe, efficient and green intersections
- Pioneering Quantum Transport and Mobility Solutions for Brisbane 2032 and Beyond
- Relationship among vehicle and road characteristics on heavy vehicle crashes
- Study of customer behaviour in South East Queensland regarding Mobility as a Service
- Study of travel behaviour in Queensland using behavioural economics
- The benefits of social and cultural inclusion on public transport
- Towards next generation motorway control: Weather responsive Variable Speed Limit (WiSe)