Bohemia Interactive Simulations

Andy Fawkes <andy.fawkes@bisimulations.com>

Using the Computer Lab as a target might be good. We do have an open format map of the building:

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/openroommap/

There is also a useful API that can be used for Cambridge-wide applications based on an open map of the University:

https://wiki.cam.ac.uk/university-map/Map_Annotation

If we were looking at spread of information across Cambridge, it would be possible to use the following system as a source, based on advertised events in a particular location:

http://talks.cam.ac.uk/document/XML%20feeds

For example, we could model how long it takes for news of a human extinction event to propagate from a seminar in this series, to the various machine rooms that might house an AI:

http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/archive/52792

Current idea under discussion:

Communication in a Crowd of People - Simulating crowds and their behaviour as a group and the individuals within is of great relevance to the safety and security domains. It is well known that information can go viral on the Internet through social media and the like. We would be interested in a project that studied viral behaviour on the Internet and investigated whether similar factors could be at play in a crowd of people in the real world, ideally leading to a demonstration/simulation.