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Prof. Helen Thomas
Assistant Professor
Qualifications:
  • B.Tech, Civil Engineering, NIT Calicut, 2011
  • M.Tech, Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, 2015

  • Traffic Engineering
  • Optimization

  • Sudheer, Sidharth, Helen Thomas, Anuj Sharma, and Lelitha Devi Vanajakshi. “Automated techniques for real time platoon detection and identification.” In 2016 IEEE 19th international conference on intelligent transportation systems (ITSC), pp. 1820-1825. IEEE, 2016.
  • Vanajakshi, Lelitha Devi, Anuj Sharma, Shankar C. Subramanian, Mohamed Badhrudeen, and Helen Thomas. Platoon dispersion modeling under Indian traffic conditions. No. 17-03975. 2017.
  • Mathew, Jijo, Helen Thomas, Anuj Sharma, Lelitha Devi, and Laurence Rilett. “Studying platoon dispersion characteristics under heterogeneous traffic in India.” Procedia–Social and Behavioral Sciences 104 (2013): 422-429.
  • Badhrudeen, Mohamed, Lelitha Vanajakshi, Shankar C. Subramanian, Anuj Sharma, and Helen Thomas. “Recurrence Theory–Based Platoon Analysis under Indian Traffic Conditions.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems 144, no. 8 (2018): 04018040.
Conferences:
  • Thomas, Helen, S. P. Anusha, L. Vanajakshi, and A. Sharma. “Queue length and delay estimation at signalized intersections using detector data.” In 6th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo. 2012.
  • Badhrudeen, Mohamed, Helen Thomas, Lelitha Devi Vanajakshi, and Anuj Sharma. “Platoon Dispersion Analysis Based on Diffusion Theory.” In MATEC Web of Conferences, vol. 124, p. 01003. EDP Sciences, 2017.
  • Thomas, H., and T. Rambha. (2021). Modelling Driver Behaviour Using Inverse Optimisation Techniques. TRBAM-22-04928, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2021, Washington DC
  • Thomas, H., KBadavathu, K., and T. Rambha. (2022). Integer Programming Formulations For Optimization Of Angle Parking Layouts. INFORMS Annual Meeting October 16-19, 2022, Indianapolis
  • Thomas, H., T. Rambha Bedi, K. (2023). Design and Simulation of Perpendicular and Angular Parking lots. TRBAM-23-05158, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2021, Washington DC

  • Winner of Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship 2019 – Funding of Rs 10 lakh for project
  • Winner of AWS DeepRacer Women’s League-India 2021-prize money of Rs 1 lakh
  • Participated amongst 20 international level finalists for 2021 AWS DeepRacer Championship