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Professor Hussein Dia
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Electric vehicles (EVs)Transport decarbonisation
Sustainable transport and urban mobility
Energy security and transport resilience
Future transport systems
Intelligent transport systems (ITS)
AI and digital technologies in transport
Smart mobility and transport innovation
Public transport and transport infrastructure
Autonomous and connected vehicles
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Previous media experience
Professor Hussein Dia has extensive experience communicating research and policy issues to both specialist and public audiences. He is a frequent media commentator on transport, energy security, electric vehicles, infrastructure, and future mobility systems, with interviews and commentary featured across television, radio, print, and digital media including ABC, SBS, The Guardian, Yahoo News, AAP, AFP, and The Conversation. He regularly provides expert analysis on transport policy, urban mobility, sustainability, and emerging transport technologies during major national events and public policy discussions.
Professor Dia is also an experienced public speaker and has delivered keynote presentations, invited lectures, industry briefings, and conference presentations nationally and internationally on topics including intelligent transport systems, transport decarbonisation, AI in transport, smart cities, and future urban mobility.
Biography
Professor Hussein Dia is a leading Australian expert in transport technology, sustainable mobility, and urban transport decarbonisation. His research focuses on the intersection of transport, energy, infrastructure, and digital technologies, with particular expertise in electric vehicles, future mobility systems, intelligent transport systems, and AI applications in transport.He is recognised internationally for his work on sustainable and low-carbon transport solutions and has been consistently ranked among the world’s top 2% most cited scientists in Logistics and Transportation in the Stanford University Global Citation Rankings since 2019.
Professor Dia has authored more than 250 publications, including influential books on intelligent transport systems, low-carbon mobility, and artificial intelligence in transportation. He is a frequent media commentator on transport, energy security, electric vehicles, and infrastructure policy.
He has held senior academic and industry leadership roles, including Chair of Civil Engineering and Deputy Director of the Smart Cities Research Institute at Swinburne University, and previously held technical leadership positions at AECOM and Aurecon.
Professor Dia is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Senior Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.