Conference Papers

  • Soofastaei Ali (Keynote Speaker), “COBOTS 2020: Intelligent and Collaborative Robotics Automation Forum”, Future Mining With Robots And Intelligent Machines, Sands Expo Convention Center, 11-12 July 2019, Singapore
  • Soofastaei Ali (Keynote Speaker), “Digital Maintenance Field Service Automation Forum”, The Use of AI to Reduce Maintenance Costs, 11 – 13 March 2020, Marriot Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
  •  Soofastaei Ali (Keynote Speaker), “Future of Mining Australia”, 23 – 25 March 2020, Sydney, Australia
  •  Soofastaei Ali (Keynote Speaker), “2nd Digital Mines 2020”, Future Smart Mines With Artificial Intelligence: Vale’s New Artificial Intelligence Mining Center, 12 – 14 October 2020, Pan Pacific, Perth, Australia
  •  Soofastaei Ali (Keynote Speaker), “Industry of Things World Asia 2020”, Sands Expo Convention Center, 20-21 July 2020, Singapore
  •  Soofastaei Ali (Keynote Speaker), “AI for Sustainable Mining”, Innovation in Digital Mining Center, 18 October 2019, Santiago, Chile
  •  Soofastaei Ali (Keynote Speaker), “1st Digital Mines 2019”, Building Fully Autonomous Mines from Pit to Port, Pan Pacific, 10 – 12 April 2019, Perth, Australia
  •  Soofastaei Ali (Keynote Speaker), “Industry of Things World Asia 2019”, Sands Expo Convention Center, 11-12 July 2019, Singapore
  • Soofastaei Ali (Keynote Speaker), “Blockchain for Mining”, February 20 to 21, 2019, Perth, Australia.
  • Soofastaei Ali. “Advanced Data Analytics: A Practical Method to Increase Rail Energy Efficiency in Mining Industry”, 19th RailTech Europe, March 26 to 28, 2019, Jaarbeurs Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Soofastaei Ali. “The digital transformation of mining”, Mine and Technology, November 26 to 29, 2018, London, UK.
  • Soofastaei Ali. “How to cost-effectively develop and deploy AI capabilities at your mining operation for a step-change in performance”, 4th Annual Mines and Technology Americas, October 15 to 17, 2018, Toronto, Canada.
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “An Innovative Method to Decrease Fuel Consumption of Haul Trucks in Surface Mines”, The 7th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems (BRACIS), October 22 to 25, 2018, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “Continuous Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction Using Value Engineering”, International Conference on ManaScience and Accounting, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 2017.
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “Using Artificial Intelligence Models to Increase Energy Efficiency in Mining Industry”, Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Glasgow, UK, 2016.
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “Reducing Fuel Consumption of Haul Trucks in Surface Mines Using Artificial Intelligence Models”, Coal Operators’ Conference, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 2016.
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “Increasing Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings Using Value Engineering”, International Conference on Value Engineering and Cost Management, Tehran, Iran, 2016.
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “Simulation of Payload Variance Effects on Truck Bunching to Minimise Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, Coal Operators’ Conference, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 2015.
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “Increasing Haul Trucks Energy Efficiency in Surface Mines Using Artificial Intelligence Methods”, EAIT Postgraduate Conference, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2015.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Innovative Models for Energy Management in Oil and Gas Industry”, 10th International Energy Conference, Tehran, Iran, 2014.
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “Development of an Artificial Intelligence Model to Determine Trucks Energy Consumption”, Future Energy ConferUniversity of New South Wales, Australia, 2014.
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Haul Truck Operations by Genetic-Algorithm-Based Multi-Function Optimisation”, EAIT Postgraduate Conference, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2013.
  • Soofastaei Ali, Energy Management Systems in Mining Industry”, Energy Efficiency Opportunities Conference and Workshop, Novotel, Brisbane, Australia, 2013.
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “The Integration of Energy Management(EM) with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) to reduce the energy consumption across mining and processing plants”, The Australian Mining Technology Conference, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 2012.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Australian Energy Bandwidth”, 11 June 2012, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Steam Traps Maintenance as a Solution for Saving Energy”, The 8th International Energy Conference, 24-25 May 2011, IRIB International Conference Centre, Tehran, Iran.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Saving Energy in Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers by Using Genetic Algorithm”, The 2nd International Conference on Heat Exchanger Application in Oil and Energy Industries, 10-11 November 2010, TALASH Conference Centre, Tehran, Iran.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Optimised Biogas Production Technologies for Landfills in Urban Areas”, The 1st Iranian Conference, 13 October 2010, IRIB International Conference Centre, Tehran, Iran.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Energy Recycling Potential from Urban Waste”, The 7th National Conference on Energy, 22-23 December 2009, IRIB International Conference Centre, Tehran, Iran.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Ethanol as a Future Clean Fuel”, 16th Annual International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, 13-15 May 2008, Kerman University, Kerman, Iran.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Development of Fuel Cell’s Technology Outlook in Iran”, The 5th Conference on Fuel Conservation in Building, Jun, Iranian Fuel Conservation Company(IFCO), Tehran, Iran.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Design System for Providing Hybrid and Photovoltaic Power”, Energy Research and Technology Centre, 22-23 April, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Heating Intelligent Control Systems for Buildings”, Energy Research and Technology Centre, 22-23 April, Isfahan, Iran.
  • Soofastaei Ali, “Energy Conservation in Public Buildings”, the 3rd Conference on Fuel Conservation in Building, February, Hall Summit, Tehran, Iran.
  • Soofastaei Ali, and et al. “Energy Saving, Audit and Management (E.S.A.M) Design and Create Software”, 3rd Conference on Fuel Conservation in Building, 17-18 February 2004, Hall Summit, Tehran, Iran.