Dr. Taghavifar is the LACITS lab director and an Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering (MIAE) at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Email: hamid[dot]taghavifar[at]concordia[dot]ca
Graduate Students:
Ph.D.
1- Neda Shamaeian (M.Sc. from KNTU University)-Co-supervisor (Prof. Youmin Zhang)
Project Title: TBD
2- Zhizhong Guo (M.Sc. from Shanghai University of Engineering Science)-Co-supervisor (Prof. Wen-Fang Xie)
Project Title: Integrative Human-Centric Predictive Control and Motion Planning of autonomous vehicles
3- Jules Karangwa (M.Sc. from Fujian University of Technology)-Co-supervisor (Prof. Subhash Rakheja)
Project Title: TBD
4- Brian Delgado Aguilar (M.Sc. from Morelia Institute of Technology)-Co-supervisor (Prof. Anh-Tu Nguyen)
Project Title: TBD
5-Bao Ma (M.Sc. from Concordia University)-Co-supervisor (Prof. Subhash Rakheja)
Project Title: TBD
M.Sc.
1- Alexander Oman (B.Sc. from Concordia University)
Project Title: TBD
Alumni:
Ph.D.
1- Felix Josef Batsch (Graduated from Coventry University), May 2022
Project Title: Active Learning with Gaussian Processes for the Investigation of Critical Scenarios in Autonomous Driving
MASc.
1- Amir Afsharinejad-Co-supervisor (Prof. Anh-Tu Nguyen), October 2025
Project Title: Robust LPV Path-Tracking Control for Autonomous Ground Vehicles
2- Bao Ma-Co-supervisor (Prof. Subhash Rakheja), June 2025
Project Title: Detection of Dangerous Driving Behaviors using Multi-Dimensional Data-Driven Methodology
3- Erfan Doroudian, December 2024
Project Title: Integrating Vision-Language Models with Reinforcement Learning for Human-Aligned Decision-Making of Autonomous Vehicles
4- Victor Rasidescu, July 2024
Project Title: Socially Aware Path Planning For Autonomous Road Vehicles
Project Files: https://github.com/LACITS-CONCORDIA/Victor-Rasidescu-MASC-Thesis
Visiting Students:
Ph.D.
1- Angelo Ugenti (Polytechnic University of Bari) May-August 2023
2- Kimlong Ngin (Institute of Technology of Cambodia) September 2025-Ongoing