Bill Rand
is a post-doctoral researcher at the Northwestern
Institute on Complex Systems (NICO) under the supervision of
Dr. Wilensky. In that capacity, Bill
leads research into the methodology and application of Agent-Based
Modeling. With a background in philosophy and
computer science, Bill's doctoral studies in Artificial
Intelligence at the University of Michigan's Center for the Study of
Complex Systems
focused on the exploration of the behavior of evolutionary computation
in dynamic environments under the guidance of Dr. John Holland and
Dr. Rick Riolo. While at the University of Michigan, Bill also worked
extensively developing ABMs of suburban sprawl and the integration of
ABM and Geographic Information Systems technology.
Bill is very interested in examining how multiple heterogenous
individuals give rise to emergent patterns whose macro-structure
affects the choices and evolution of the very same individuals.
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