Amit Patel

Amit Patel is a post-doctoral fellow at School of Public Policy at George Mason University. Dr. Patel is currently working on developing a spatial agent-based model of slum formation in Ahmedabad, India. Dr. Patel has worked with slum communities and developed model urban health system to improve access to healthcare for over 100,000 slum dwellers in Ahmedabad. Dr. Patel's long-term research agenda is to apply advanced methods from developed world such as GIS, agent-based modeling and simulation to problems in developing world especially concerning slums.

3351 Fairfax Dr
Suite 547B
Founders Hall
Arlington, VA
22201
United States

Email: amitpatel.amit@gmail.com
Web: http://mason.gmu.edu/~apatelh

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Andrew Crooks

Andrew Crooks is an assistant professor in the Department of Computational Social Science at George Mason University. He received his PhD from the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London (UCL) where he focused on combining ABM and GIS for the studying residential dynamics. His research interests include ABM, GIS and visualisation focused upon city systems.

Department of Computational Social Science
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
George Mason University
379 Research 1,
Fairfax, VA
United States

Email: acrooks2@gmu.edu
Web: http://gisagents.blogspot.com/

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Naoru Koizumi

Dr. Naoru Koizumi is an Associate Professor in School of Public Policy and Associate Director of Center for Study of International Medical Policies and Practices at George Mason University. In addition Dr Koizumi is a Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Koizumi specializes in stochastic modeling and simulation in the health and the environmental sectors. Her current research projects include forecasting of optimal resource allocations for a mental health system and disease spread modeling and simulation using Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

School of Public Policy
George Mason University
3351 Fairfax Dr, Suite 550
Arlington, VA 22201
United States

Email: nkoizumi@gmu.edu
Web: http://nkoizumi.gmu.edu