Yahya Gamal

I am Yahya, I am a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Glasgow, Urban Big Data Centre, and I am working within the AI for Collective Intelligence (AI4CI) hub. Before joining the UBDC, I was postdoctoral researcher in King’s College London (KCL) and University College London (UCL). Prior to this, I acquired my PhD from the University of Manchester with a focus on urban simulations.

My interests are twofold: first, I am curious about individual behaviours in urban systems and how they collectively can lead to emergent patterns in cities; second, I am interested in urban simulation methods that can represent such individual behaviours and support exploring and understand urban systems further. My research involves both, where I aim to extend the boundaries of urban simulation methods to answer real world questions and inform social policies in cities. So far, my academic career has been driven by this passion for urban simulation methods, with endeavour in exploring different urban systems – including housing, health and transport systems.