SIMulacra is a collaboration between several CASA doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. The site is designed to promote research outputs related to urban modelling, complexity, and visualisation.
Principal Investigators
Michael Batty
Michael Batty is Chair of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London. < more >
Sir Alan Wilson
Professor Sir Alan Wilson FBA FRS, best known for his pioneering work on spatial interaction methods and dynamical systems theory in transportation and urban modelling, has joined the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) as Professor of Urban & Regional Systems. < more >
Researchers
Anders Johansson
Anders Johansson is a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, and an external examiner at the International Centre for Crowd Management and Security Studies, New Buckinghamshire University. < more >
Camilo Vargas
Camilo holds a BEng degree in Cadastral Engineering and Geodesy from the Francisco Jose de Caldas District University, a MA in Software for Computer Networking from Los Andes University and a MSc in Geographic Information Science from UCL. < more >
Duncan Smith
Duncan is an urban geographer, interested in relationships between cities, economic change and sustainability. He is currently working on the ARCADIA project, which uses land use transport models to analyse vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies to climate change in the South East. < more >
Joan Serras
Joan Serras is a research associate at CASA and a visiting researcher at the Open University. He is currently working on multimodal transport networks under the SCALE project. His research interests include transport modelling, system dynamics and multilevel representations. < more >
Jon Reades
Extensive practical experience in data mining mobile network traffic combined with a strong interest in urban environments led me towards the study of how telecommunications networks — especially contemporary wireless ones — are affecting the evolution of our urban spaces. < more >