Umar Zakir Abdul HamidUmar Zakir Abdul Hamid, PhD, has been working in the future mobility (connected and autonomous vehicle) field with various teams in different countries and continents since 2014. Previously, he led a team of 12 engineers working on the Autonomous Vehcle Software Product Development at Sensible 4, Finland. Umar is one of the recipients of the Finnish Engineering Award 2020 for his contributions to the development of all-weather autonomous driving solutions. With more than 30 scientific publications as an author and editor under his belt, Umar actively participates in global automotive standardization efforts where he is a Secretary of the SAE Cooperative Driving Automation Committee. Since the end of the summer of 2021, Umar has been working as the Lead of Strategic Planning for CEVT AB in Sweden. He is also currently holding the position of Secretary for IEEE Sweden. Read More Read Less