{"id":2307,"date":"2026-04-29T14:47:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itscanadaevents.ca\/2026\/04\/abhinav-parbhakar\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T00:07:49","slug":"abhinav-parbhakar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itscanadaevents.ca\/fr\/2026\/04\/abhinav-parbhakar\/","title":{"rendered":"Abhinav Parbhakar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.6;max-width:700px;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 4px 0;font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;\">Abhinav Parbhakar<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;color:#555555;\">Graduate Student Researcher \u2014 University of Alberta<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:16px;text-align:left;\">\n<div class=\"speaker-social-links\" style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;align-items:flex-start;margin:8px 0 16px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abhinav-parbhakar-51b5a024a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Linkedin\" aria-label=\"Linkedin\" style=\"display:inline-flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;text-decoration:none;\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;width:36px;height:36px;border-radius:50%;background:#0A66C2;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"#fff\" width=\"60%\" height=\"60%\"><path d=\"M20.447 20.452h-3.554v-5.569c0-1.328-.027-3.037-1.852-3.037-1.853 0-2.136 1.445-2.136 2.939v5.667H9.351V9h3.414v1.561h.046c.477-.9 1.637-1.85 3.37-1.85 3.601 0 4.267 2.37 4.267 5.455v6.286zM5.337 7.433a2.062 2.062 0 01-2.063-2.065 2.063 2.063 0 112.063 2.065zm1.782 13.019H3.555V9h3.564v11.452z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 0px 0;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:parbhaka@ualberta.ca\">parbhaka@ualberta.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:12px;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;\">I\u2019m a graduate student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta, focusing on applying machine learning to transportation networks. My work centers on graph neural networks, geospatial data, and multimodal modeling for tasks like traffic volume prediction.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<div class=\"speaker-sessions\" style=\"margin-top:32px;padding-top:16px;border-top:2px solid #e2e8f0;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;color:#1e293b;\">I am speaking at:<\/h3>\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));gap:12px;\">\n<div class=\"speaker-session-item\" style=\"padding:12px;border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:6px;background:#fff;\"><a href=\"#spk-session-desc-359432ab-db15-4078-a446-04d74b5093aa\" class=\"speaker-session-title\" style=\"font-weight:600;font-size:16px;color:#1e293b;text-decoration:underline;cursor:pointer;\" onclick=\"var d=document.getElementById('spk-session-desc-359432ab-db15-4078-a446-04d74b5093aa');if(d){d.style.display=d.style.display==='none'?'block':'none';}return false;\">Academic Session 2<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-session-meta\" style=\"margin-top:4px;font-size:14px;color:#2e2e2e;\"><span class=\"speaker-session-date\">Thu, May 21, 2026<\/span> &middot; <span class=\"speaker-session-time\">1:30\u202fPM \u2013 2:00\u202fPM<\/span> &middot; <span class=\"speaker-session-location\">Royal\/Imperial Room<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"spk-session-desc-359432ab-db15-4078-a446-04d74b5093aa\" class=\"speaker-session-description\" style=\"display:none;margin-top:8px;padding:10px;background:#f8fafc;border-left:3px solid #cbd5e1;border-radius:4px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#334155;\">\n<ol>\n<li><em>Resilience Evaluation of Coupled Power and Transportation Networks Considering Electric Vehicle Mobility<\/em> by Fei Chen, Huiying (\u201cFizzy\u201d) Fan, University of Alberta<\/li>\n<li><em>Research on the Quality of Driverless Taxi Services and Usage Intentions: A Case Study of \u201cBaidu Apollo Go\u201d in Wuhan, <\/em>Daobin Wang, University of Alberta<\/li>\n<li><em>A Robust Framework for Similar-Day Selection in Electric Vehicle Charging Load Forecasting <\/em>by Xu Wang, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University<\/li>\n<li><em>Citywide Traffic Volumes Mapping using Satellite Imagery and Roadway Attributes: A Deep Learning Framework for Edmonton<\/em> by Abhinav Parbhakar, Nancy Huynh and Dr. Tae J. Kwon PhD, University of Alberta<\/li>\n<li><em>Uncertainty-Aware Traffic Count Station Optimization using Spatiotemporal Kriging and Simulated Annealing<\/em> by Huiyi Chu, B.Eng. and Dr. Tae J. Kwon, Ph.D., P.Eng, University of Alberta<\/li>\n<li><em>Extending the Value of Sparse Traffic Counts Through Network-Based Propagation and Confidence Scoring: City of Edmonton Case Study<\/em> by Juan Esteban Lamilla Cuellar, M.Sc. and Dr. Tae J. 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