Dissertation#
My dissertation research is focused on general patterns in mobility and its applications for epidemiology, ecology, and sociology.
I apply patterns in mobility to model diseases that spread in high-risk locations.
I investigate emergent animal transportation networks and a class of models called “active walkers” - agents which move through a 2-dimensional space and modify the path they walk on to leave a trail which makes it attractive for others to walk the same way.
I’m working to expand upon the approach taken in The scales of human mobility, to look for scales in animal mobility, and to investigate anthropological invariants.
Selected publications#
Althouse, B.M., Wallace, B., Case, B.K.M. et al. The unintended consequences of inconsistent closure policies and mobility restrictions during epidemics. BMC Global Public Health 1, 28 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-023-00028-z
M. Nunkesser, B. Wallace, S. Stylianidou, inventors; Google Llc., applicant; Machine learning model for predicting speed based on vehicle type; World Patent WO 2019/112566 A1, filed December 5, 2017, and issued June 13, 2019.