Research on Complex Urban Systems

Sensor Network Analysis

Spatial Networks

Human Dynamics

Co-Presence Analysis

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • A Framework for the Identification of Human Vertical Displacement Activity Based on Multi-Sensor Data
    Manivannan A, Willemse EJ, Balamurali BT, Chin WCB, Zhou Y, Tunçer B, Barrat A & Bouffanais R
    IEEE Sensors J.  (22):8, 8011-8029, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  • Complexity Science for Urban Solutions
    Srikanth ADS, Chin WCB, Bouffanais R, Schroepfer T
    Chapter 3: In Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning and Design (Eds. I. As and P. Basu and P. Talwar), Elsevier, pp. 39-58, Print ISBN: 78-0-12-823941-4, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  • Complexity Science-based Spatial Performance Analyses of UNStudio/DP Architects’ SUTD Campus and WOHA’s Kampung Admiralty
    Srikanth ADS, Chin WCB, Bouffanais R, Schroepfer T
    Chapter 12: In Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning and Design (Eds. I. As and P. Basu and P. Talwar), Elsevier, pp. 217-244, Print ISBN: 78-0-12-823941-4, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  • Connect or Adapt: Analytic Framework for the Planning and Design of Resilient Spatial Networks
    Wong D, Chin WCB, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Proceedings of the International Conference ARCC-EAAE 2022, pp. 225–233, March 2–5, Miami, FL, USA, 2022. [pdf] [web]
  • Evaluation of Spatial Performance in Vertically Integrated Developments Using a Network Science-Based Approach
    Golapakrishnan S, Hablani C, Wong D, Srikanth AD, Manivannan A, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Proceedings of the International Conference ARCC-EAAE 2022, pp. 391–398, March 2–5, Miami, FL, USA, 2022. [pdf] [web]
  • Probabilistic Modelling of Demographic Changes in Singapore’s Neighbourhoods
    Barakatullah MM, Willemse EJ, Tunçer B & Bouffanais R
    WMCAUS 2021, 6th World Multi-disciplinary Civil Engineering, Architecture: Urban Planning Symposium, June 14-18, Prague, Czech Republic, (1203), 032032, 2021. [pdf] [doi]
  • User-Driven Emergent Patterns of Space Use in Vertically Integrated Urban Environments
    Gopalakrishnan S, Wong D, Manivannan A, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Proceedings of the International Conference ARCC 2021, April 7-10, Tucson, AZ, pp. 215-22, 2021. [pdf] [web]
  • Mapping Emergent Patterns of Movement and Space Use in Vertically Integrated Urban Developments
    Gopalakrishnan S, Wong D, Manivannan A, Bouffanais R & Schroepfer T
    Int. Symposium for Architecture + Urban Design simAUD 2021, April 15-17, online, pp. 1-4, 2021. [pdf] [web]
  • Cities – Try to Predict Superspreading Hotspots for COVID-19
    Bouffanais R & Lim SS
    Nature  (583), 352-355, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  • Spatial Super-spreaders and Super-susceptibles in Human Movement Networks
    Chin WCB & Bouffanais R
    Scientific Reports  (10), 18642, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  • On the Challenges and Potential of Using Barometric Sensors to Track Human Activity
    Manivannan A, Chin WCB, Barrat A & Bouffanais R
    Sensors  (20), 6786, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  • Identifying highly dense areas from raw location data
    Willemse EJ, Tunçer B & Bouffanais R
    Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2019), Auckland, New Zealand, 805-814, 2019. [pdf]
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics for Architectural Design
    Kaijima S, Bouffanais R, Willcox K & Naidu S
    Architectural Design  (83), 118-123, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics for Architectural Design
    Kaijima S, Bouffanais R & Willcox K
    Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2013) , 169-178, 2013. [pdf]

Op-Eds

  • A Sustainable Alternative to Blanket Lockdowns
    S. S. Lim & R. Bouffanais, Scientific American  (United States), October 22, 2020. [pdf] [web]
  • How Cities Can Avoid Costly Lockdowns with Smart Use of Big Data
    S. S. Lim & R. Bouffanais, South China Morning Post  (Hong Kong), September 11, 2020. [pdf] [web]
  • Confronting Viral Resurgences: Are Lockdowns the Only Solution?
    R. Bouffanais & S. S. Lim, Asia Global  (Hong Kong), September 3, 2020. [pdf] [web]
  • The Rise of Homo verticalis
    R. Bouffanais & S. S. Lim, Scientific American  (United States), January 16, 2019. [pdf] [web]
  • When High-rise Living Gets a Lift
    S. S. Lim & R. Bouffanais, The Straits Times  (Singapore), December 6, 2018. [pdf] [web]
  • The Science and Sensibilities of Smart Cities
    S. S. Lim & R. Bouffanais, Asia Global  (Hong Kong), August 9, 2018. [pdf] [web]
  • Smart Rules Needed to Govern Smart Lamp Posts
    S. S. Lim & R. Bouffanais, The Straits Times  (Singapore), April 19, 2018. [pdf] [web]

Complete publication list in PDF [here]