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| Dr. Paul M. Torrens, Center for Urban Science + Progress, New York University | ||||||
Quick links >> Physical geography simulation > Computer graphics and animation > Data-mining and knowledge discovery > Cyberinfrastructure > Behavioral geography > Urban simulation > Spatial simulation methods > Spatial analysis > Grants /support |
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High-performance computing and networking for geosimulation
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Accelerating agent-based models
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| Physical geography simulation >> | ||||
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Space-time processes at the human-built interface of urban earthquakes
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Dynamic physics for built infrastructure
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| Computer graphics and animation >> | ||||
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Moving agents through space and time | |||
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Immersive behavioral geography | |||
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3D/4D urban models and animation | |||
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Machine-learning behavioral geography | |||
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| Behavioral geography >> | ||||
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Modeling human behavior in critical scenarios | |||
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Modeling riots | |||
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Modeling and animating pedestrian and crowd behavior | |||
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GIS for capturing time, space, and behavior | |||
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Measuring place location knowledge and determining its drivers | |||
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| Urban simulation >> | ||||
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Simulating sprawl | |||
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Geographic automata models of residential relocation behavior | |||
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Geographic automata models of gentrification and property dynamics | |||
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Modeling megacity futures | |||
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| Spatial simulation methods >> | ||||
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Geosimulation | |||
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Geographic Automata Systems | |||
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Validating agent-based models | |||
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| Spatial analysis >> | ||||
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Land cover indicators for the National Climate Assessment | |||
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A toolkit for urban analytics and measuring sprawl | |||
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Wi-Fi analysis and mapping | |||
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Conceptualizing sprawl characteristics | |||
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Smyth, A.; Torrens, P.M.; Zussman, G.; Panwar, S.; Fuchs, E. (2018-2019). "Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Advanced Streetscape Sensing, Communications and Computing (ASTRSCC)”, National Science Foundation: Engineering Research Centers
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Torrens, P.M. (2017-2020). "Fleeting decisions and risks in pedestrian road-crossing behavior: building insight with next-generation data, models, and platforms”, National Science Foundation: Division of Social and Economic Sciences, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, and Division of Computer and Network Systems
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Madhavan, S.; Torrens, P.M.; Clark, S.; Cabiru, C.; Beguy, D. (2014-2016). "Measuring kinship support for children of single mothers in Nairobi, Kenya”, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health
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LaFree, Gary; Torrens, P.M.; Golbeck, J.; Mohler, G.; Cunningham, D. (2014-2017). "INSPIRE Track 2: Computational modeling of grievances and political instability through global media". National Science Foundation (Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education)
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Torrens, P.M.; Frias-Martinez, V.; Ghanem, R. (2014-2016). "Human geography motifs to evaluate infrastructure resilience". National Science Foundation (Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation, Resilient Interdependent Infrastructure Processes and Systems)
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Emanuel, W.; Townshend, J.; Torrens, P.M.; West, T.; Sexton, J.; Channan, S. (2013-2015). “Land cover indicators for U.S. National Climate Assessments”, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences, Development and Testing of Potential Indicators For The National Climate Assessment)
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Sinha, T.; Lehman, T.; Yang, X.; Torrens, P.M.; Channan, S. (2013-2015). "CC-NIE Integration: High performance computing with data and networking acceleration (HPCDNA)". National Science Foundation (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure division)
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Torrens, P.M. (2013-2014). “Next-generation automata approaches to mathematically intractable problems in glaciology”, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Goddard Space Flight Center; Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences; Cryospheric Sciences) | |||
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Rendall, M. & Torrens, P.M. (2012-2013). “Displaced New Orleans Residents Study”, National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (sub-contract to the RAND Corporation) | |||
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Torrens, P.M; Ghanem, Roger; Kevrekidis, Yannis (2010-2012). "Accelerating innovation in agent-based simulations: Application to complex socio-behavioral phenomena". National Science Foundation (Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems) |
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Torrens, P.M. (2007-2012) “CAREER: Exploring the dynamics of individual pedestrian and crowd behavior in dense urban settings: a computational approach”. National Science Foundation (Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER); Geography & Regional Science/ Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics) | |||
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Griffin, W.; Torrens, P.M.; Fewell, J. (2006-2011) “Modeling time, space, and behavior: Combining ABM & GIS to create typologies of playgroup dynamics in preschool children”. National Science Foundation (Human and Social Dynamics) | |||
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Crittenden, J.; Torrens, P.M.; Sawhney, A.; Perrings, C.; Guhathakurta, S.; Guston, D.; Chen, Y.; Li, K.; Stanzione, D.; Ariaratnam, S.; Fernando, H.; Liu, H.; Allenby, B.; Konjevod, G.; Lant, T.; Williams, E.; Grimm, N.; Garcia, A.; Golden, J.; Kaloush, K. (2007-2008) “Environmental and economic impacts of material used in future urban development”. Science Foundation Arizona (Competitive Advantage Award) | |||
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Guhathakurta, S.; Bender, D.; Crittenden, J.; Collins, D.; Holston, J.; Kobayashi, Y.; Konjevod, G.; Li, K.; Lant, T.; Morton, T.; Patel, M.; Torrens, P.M. (2006-2010) “Digial Phoenix”. Herberger Foundation | |||
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Torrens, P.M. (2006-2008) “Urban simulation at the micro-level”. Autodesk, Inc. | |||
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 Robot motion control |
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Human behavior in critical scenarios |
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 Modeling riots |
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A toolkit for measuring sprawl
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 Simulating crowd behavior |
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 Wi-Fi geography |
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 Simulating sprawl |
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