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Dr Dhirendra Singh
Dr Dhirendra Singh is Principal Research Fellow (Associate Professor) in the AI Discipline of the School of Computing Technologies at RMIT University. He is technical lead on the ongoing CSIRO/RMIT Evacuation Modelling project that is building a national evacuation modelling capability for understanding and assessing risk to communities during natural disasters in Australia, for use in planning, preparedness, and response, by emergency management agencies. Dhirendra has over 20 years of combined experience in academia and industry, with a PhD in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) and double bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science and Computer Systems Engineering.
Dhirendra works on applied research projects for CSIRO's Data61, and the Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform at RMIT University.
- PhD in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), RMIT University, 2011
- Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems Engineering), RMIT University, 2001
- Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), RMIT University, 2001
- Principal Research Fellow (Associate Professor), RMIT University, 2022-
- Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University, 2018-2022
- Research Fellow, RMIT University, 2012-2017
- Postdoctoral Researcher, TU Delft, Netherlands, 2010-2011
- PhD Candidate, RMIT University, 2007-2010
- Senior Software Engineer, Australian Semiconductor and Technology Company, 2006
- Senior Modelling and Simulation Engineer, Freescale Semiconductor, 2004-2006
- Software Engineer, Motorola, 2001-2004
- Researcher, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy, 2000
- Jafari, A.,Both, A.,Singh, D.,Gunn, L.,Giles-Corti, B. (2022). Building the road network for city-scale active transport simulation models In: Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 114, 1 - 16
- Bulumulla, C.,Singh, D.,Padgham, L.,Chan, J. (2022). Multi-level simulation of the physical, cognitive and social In: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 93, 1 - 13
- Rodriguez, S.,Thangarajah, J.,Winikoff, M.,Singh, D. (2022). Testing Requirements via User and System Stories in Agent Systems In: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Auckland, New Zealand, 9-13 May 2022
- Wickramasinghe, B.,Singh, D.,Padgham, L. (2017). Heuristic Data Merging for Constructing Initial Agent Populations In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2017), Sao Paulo, Brazil, 8 - 12 May 2017
- Singh, D.,Padgham, L. (2017). Emergency evacuation simulator (EES) - A tool for planning community evacuations in Australia (demonstration) In: Proceedings of the 26th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2017), Melbourne, Australia, 19 -25 August 2017
- Singh, D.,Padgham, L.,Logan, B. (2016). Integrating BDI agents with agent-based simulation platforms In: Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 30, 1050 - 1071
- Padgham, L.,Singh, D. (2016). Making MATSim Agents Smarter with the Belief-Desire-Intention Framework In: The Multi-Agent Transport Simulation MATSim, Ubiquity Press, London
- Wickramasinghe, B.,Singh, D.,Padgham, L. (2015). Synchronising agent populations when combining agent-based simulations In: ADS '15 Proceedings of the Symposium on Agent-Directed Simulation, Alexandria, VA, USA, April 12 - 15, 2015
- Singh, D.,Padgham, L. (2014). OpenSim: A framework for integrating agent-based models and simulation components In: Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Prague, Czech Republic, 18-22 August 2014
- Padgham, L.,NageL, K.,Singh, D.,Qingyu, C. (2014). Integrating BDI Agents into a MATSim Simulation In: Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Prague, Czech Republic, 18-22 August 2014
3 PhD Completions5 PhD Current Supervisions
- Co-Creative Improved Understanding and Awareness of Multi-Hazard Risks for Disaster Resilient Society [C2IMPRESS] (administered by Sampas Bilisim Ve Iletisim Sistemleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.). Funded by: Horizon Europe 2022 - Research Innovation Actions from (2022 to 2025)
- Joining Impact models of transport with spatial measures of the Built Environment (JIBE). Funded by: UKRI-NHMRC Research Scheme 2019 from (2020 to 2024)
- Bushfire evacuation planning for Mt Alexander Shire. Funded by: Telematics Trust Grant 2016 from (2016 to 2017)