Research Statement Scott Mccalla
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My research combines analysis, computation, and modeling to understand problems stemming from general pattern forming systems. My thesis work applied dynamical systems techniques to understand localized structures in reaction-diffusion systems. Most of these patterns can be understood as stationary or traveling wave solutions to partial differential equations (PDEs). More recently I have focused on social modeling. The patterns in these models range from traveling waves of cooperation in a spatial game to organized crime networks in a game coupled with an evolving social network and are best approached with statistical mechanics techniques. This summer, I also co-directed an REU research project on burglary hotspot modeling.
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