User:Sofia Sahab

Sofia Sahab is currently a specially appointed researcher at Kyoto University, Japan. She previously worked as assistant professor with Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, and Kabul University, Afghanistan. In 2017, she received a Ph.D. in urban planning from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. Her current research interests include developing participative online decision support systems for supporting city planning processes, and Artificial Intelligence-enabled technologies for participatory planning. She has published research articles in journals, such as Journal of Simulation and Gaming SAGE Publishing, Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transections of Architectural Institute of Japan) Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering (Springer). She is one of the recipients of the Japan Science and Technology Agency AIP program and Global Young Scientists Summit in 2021. She was also a recipient of the Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT) 2011-2017. She was one of a keynote speaker at the 16th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (2021).