Dr Ashish Bhaskar is a Professor of Civil Engineering (Transport discipline) at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. His expertise includes transport big data analytics, modelling, simulation, and control. He holds a PhD in Intelligent Transport Systems from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL),  Lausanne, Switzerland, a Master's in Transport Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, and a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He has completed a Graduate Certificate in Academic Practices (GCAP) from QUT, which is focused on enabling academic staff professional development centered on learning and teaching in higher education. Aspro Bhaskar co-leads the Business and Engineering Systems domain for the QUT Centre for Data Science (CDS). Aspro Bhaskar serves as the Academic Lead of International Engagement for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at QUT. As a member of the school executive committee, he is actively engaged in shaping the school's industry and international engagement strategies. Aspro Bhaskar is Co-Chair of the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS) SIG-C3 on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). At this stage, the focus of his research is on addressing the issues and challenges related to road traffic congestion and its detrimental socioeconomic and environmental impacts.