National Science Foundation Engineering recently highlighted the work of Paul Torrens, an associate professor in the Department of Geographical Sciences with an appointment in UMIACS.
His latest project studies how snow and icy conditions affect human decisions about transportation. Torrens’ goal is to understand and predict how an everyday disruption like snowfall can change people’s routines and, in turn, impact interrelated infrastructure. His research model designs focus on the links between human behavior and transportation systems, geography, communications and weather as interdependent systems with complex interactions.
Torrens is working with Vanessa Frias-Martinez, an assistant professor in the College of Information Studies (iSchool) and a member of the Maryland Cybersecurity Center, on the project, which is funded by an NSF grant.
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