{"id":2414,"date":"2026-05-04T07:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itscanadaevents.ca\/2026\/05\/sam-metari\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T08:55:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:55:49","slug":"sam-metari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itscanadaevents.ca\/fr\/2026\/05\/sam-metari\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Metari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.6;max-width:700px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:16px;text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdutztdprujdmvcxcufy.supabase.co\/storage\/v1\/object\/public\/speaker-images\/picture\/1777902539687-216dc1d4-5320-464c-8f60-c13d9f1140d5.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Metari\" style=\"max-width:250px;height:auto;border-radius:50%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 4px 0;font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;\">Sam Metari<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;color:#555555;\">Research Officer \u2014 National Research Council of Canada<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:12px;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;\">Samy Metari is a Research Officer with the Intelligent Transportation Systems group at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). He joined the NRC in 2021 after working more than a decade in the computer vision industry and serving as a research fellow at Laval University. His expertise includes image processing, computer vision, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Samy holds a PhD in computer vision from the University of Sherbrooke, a master\u2019s degree in image processing from the University of Poitiers in France, and a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science from Constantine University in Algeria.<\/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-00ad3224-4f01-47d8-be6e-30c5da175d88\" 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-00ad3224-4f01-47d8-be6e-30c5da175d88');if(d){d.style.display=d.style.display==='none'?'block':'none';}return false;\">F42 Truck, Trains &amp; Transit<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-session-meta\" style=\"margin-top:4px;font-size:14px;color:#2e2e2e;\"><span class=\"speaker-session-date\">Fri, May 22, 2026<\/span> &middot; <span class=\"speaker-session-time\">2:15\u202fPM \u2013 3:15\u202fPM<\/span> &middot; <span class=\"speaker-session-location\">Edmonton Room<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"spk-session-desc-00ad3224-4f01-47d8-be6e-30c5da175d88\" 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<p>Moderator Carol Ogilvie, Manager Business Systems, Brampton Transit City of Brampton<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Evaluating the Efficacy of In-cab Safety Alerts for Commercial Motor Vehicles by Brenda Colombus, Fleetworthy<\/li>\n<li>ITS as an Essential Ingredient for Effective Transit Fleet Electrification Transition by Doug Parker, Mott MacDonald<\/li>\n<li>Automated inspection of railway turnouts using laser triangulation and artificial intelligence by Sam Metari, National Research Council of Canada<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"2414\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Metari Research Officer \u2014 National Research Council of Canada Samy Metari is a Research Officer with the Intelligent Transportation Systems group at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). 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