Dr. Idris joined the Aviation Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field CA in 2017. His career spans contributions as a researcher in academia, industry, and government, from the Artificial Intelligence Lab and the International Center of Air Transportation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to a senior researcher at Engility Corporation, leading to joining NASA. Dr. Idris interests focus on the application of human-machine teaming, operations research, control theory, and artificial intelligence to advance autonomy and ensure resilience in the air transportation system. At NASA, he leads research on developing metrics and algorithms for enabling collective multi-vehicle autonomy and leads an initiative on passenger-oriented mobility to integrate aviation with other modes of transportation. Dr. Idris serves on NASA’s Autonomous Systems Capability Leadership Team. He has published more than fifty technical articles in in the peer-reviewed and conference literature. Dr. Idris is an AIAA associate fellow and an associate editor of the AIAA Journal of Air Transportation. Dr. Idris holds Bachelor and Master of science degrees in mechanical engineering, Master of science degree in operations research, and a Ph.D. in human factors and automation from MIT in Cambridge MA.
- Flexibility and survivability metrics
- Delay accrual and propagation
- Collaborative and distributed flow management
