Suliman Gargoum

Reflektar Inc.

About the Speaker

Dr. Suliman Gargoum is a Cofounder and Technical Advisor at Reflektar and an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) School of Engineering. Dr. Gargoum’s work focuses on the use of Artificial Intelligence and smart sensing technology for creation of digital infrastructure for autonomous driving and informed design and management of transportation infrastructure. Over the past six years, he has published over 45 peer-reviewed research papers in top tier transportation journals and conference proceedings and has received multiple best paper and best presentation awards. This includes multiple accolades from the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) and the US Transportation Research Board (TRB). 

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Attending

Careers and Innovation

Scalable AI-Driven Extraction of Linear Road Features from Mobile LiDAR: Breaking the Automation Barrier

ExpoStages
ExpoStages
München / Germany
Tuesday, Sep 15, 2026
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM | Europe/Berlin
C5 | Application Dome | C5L133

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Exhibitor event
Careers and Innovation
Tuesday, Sep 15, 2026
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM | Europe/Berlin
Vortrag // Presentation
C5 | Application Dome | C5L133
English

Scalable AI-Driven Extraction of Linear Road Features from Mobile LiDAR: Breaking the Automation Barrier

ExpoStages

München, Germany
Mobile laser scanning technology enables the rapid acquisition of highly detailed 3D representations of road environments in a single survey pass while travelling at normal road speeds. The efficiency of this data collection process has transformed surveying workflows across many engineering projects. Despite these advances, feature extraction, particularly the generation of CAD- and GIS-compatible outputs, remains a significant challenge. This is especially true for linear roadway assets such as curbs and lane markings. Extracting these features from mobile LiDAR datasets is an extremely tedious and time-consuming process. Although semi-automated tools have helped, they still require substantial user intervention and many hours of manual drafting. To address these limitations, this presentation introduces Reflektar’s novel AI framework for the fully automated, network-scale extraction of curbs and pavement markings from mobile LiDAR point clouds. The framework combines supervised deep learning for feature detection with an unsupervised machine learning pipeline that vectorizes semantic attributes based on the detection results. The outputs include CAD- and GIS-compatible representations of roadway features such as top and bottom of curb, , lane lines, dashed markings, arrows, and other pavement marking symbols. By eliminating the need for manual interaction, the proposed framework enables scalable deployment across hundreds of kilometers of roadway. The presentation describes the proposed framework and shares the results of citywide deployment of the novel Reflektar framework. The presentation also discusses challenging boundary cases. Results from testing across diverse environments and multiple mobile mapping systems are also presented.
GIS
KI // AI
Laserscanning und LiDAR // Laser Scanning and LiDAR
Mobile Mapping
Reality Capturing // Extended Reality
Smart Cities
LiDAR
Speaker (1)
Suliman Gargoum
Reflektar Inc.
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CEO, Speaking Heroes