Paul Torrens
Professor at NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress
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- NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress
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Biography
NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress
Dr. Paul M. Torrens is a Professor in Tandon's Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Center for Urban Science + Progress at New York University.
His work centers on the development and application of modeling and simulation tools for exploring and explaining complex urban systems, intricacies of behavior at the interface between cities and people, and emerging cyberinfrastructure for urban spaces and places.
Torrens was the recipient of a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation in 2007, and in 2008 George W. Bush presented him with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Research Interests: Geosimulation, spatial data science, spatial computing, geocomputation
Education
University College London 2004 Ph.D.,
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