David's research concerns the application of
Software Optimisation & Performance Profiling techniques to the process
of Urban Master planning. David is currently developing a tool for
automatically analysing urban master plans with the aim of giving design
insight for urban master planners. This work is in conjuction with
www.arup.com
Conference
Paper: "Extraction and
Analysis Methodology for Supporting Complex Sustainable Design" -
Helen Liang & David Birch - to appear at International Conference on
Engineering Design www.iced2011.org
Game Engine Mapping: A comparative study carried out
between Oct 2009 & January 2010 into the scalability of game engines for
use in the Built Environment Modeling (BEM) community. Work carried out
in conjunction with Arup. [Full
Report PDF 1.35Mb] An multi-dimensional interactive mapping
application was constructed to aid exploration of the data set and is
available here
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Previous Study
MSci Joint Mathematics & Computing @ Imperial
College London (2009)