Meet the one and only Keith Still the Crowd Sciences mathematician, Feb 15 3pm ET

[Maria Droujkova]

LOGIN Wednesday February 15 at 3pm Eastern US time: http://tinyurl.com/math20event

During the event, Dr. Keith Still of SaferCrowds.com will introduce his Crowd Sciences work and explain the relevance of mathematics in it: "If you don't do the maths, you could end up in court on a manslaughter charge!"

All events in the Math Future weekly series: http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/events
The recording will be at http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/CrowdSciences

Pose questions and comments for Keith before the event

Math Future wiki: http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/message/list/CrowdSciences
LinkedIn group: http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=33207&type=member&item=94871153&qid=b29a6dbc-6474-425f-865a-b319bd33dcb9

How to join

• Follow this link at the time of the event: http://tinyurl.com/math20event
• Wednesday, February 15 2012 we will meet online at noon Pacific, 3 pm Eastern time. WorldClock for your time zone.
• Click "OK" and "Accept" several times as your browser installs the software. When you see Session Log-In, enter your name and click the "Login" button
• If this is your first time, come a few minutes earlier to check out the technology.

Crowd Modelling + Crowd Monitoring + Crowd Management = Safer Crowds

Crowd Modelling is the scientific approach to the development of safe, robust, crowd management plans. This can be achieved without the need for expensive, complex, time consuming computer simulations. In simple terms Crowd Modelling is understanding how, where, when and why crowds arrive, move around and leave an events/venues. The majority of this can be accomplished using tried, tested and simple to apply methodologies.

"Keith Still is what I term an intuitive mathematician. He is one of the most creative and original thinkers that I know. He adds drive and determination, as well as considerable intellectual power to any group of which he is a part…...His intuition for subtle patterns of behaviour in complex data is impressive, the best I've ever seen.”
Prof. Ian Stewart - Fellow of the Royal Society

Dr. Keith Still has always been a mathematician, and he has always enjoyed music. It was while standing in a queue for a rock concert 20 years ago that these two interests collided to produce one of those classic ‘lightbulb’ moments. In that moment his thinking crystallised and a new branch of applied science was born - his PhD (Crowd Dynamics) has had over 60,000 downloads since publication (available on this site). Since that moment he has focussed on his academic and professional career on understanding and developing crowd sciences. He is now considered the world expert in his chosen field and his initial interest in crowd sciences has developed into a lifelong passion for public safety. At the same time the global appetite for large scale public events has grown, making the crowd sciences (modelling sites, behaviour, movement, developing crowd management plans) indispensable to the events, sports and entertainment world.

The last two decades were focussed on helping others understand crowds. His lectures, courses and workshops take event professionals and police officers through every step of preparation and execution of an event and the development of a robust crowd management plan. The delegates even learn to enjoy the maths! He also provides expert witness advice to the legal profession and has testified to the USA Senate House Committee. Now with his appointment at the G4S Professorial Chair in Crowd Dynamics he can extend the teaching/training and extensive experience onto eLearning platforms. 
Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
919-388-1721

Make math your own, to make your own math

 

[Maria Droujkova]

This event is POSTPONED. I got an email from Keith just now:

Maria,

I'm expert witness at the Duisburg Love Parade trial - two days ago the report was circulated and there is now a bit of a media frenzy.

The legal advise is NOT proceed with any media events at this time.

Sorry this is 11th hour - but I'm going to have to decline today's webinar - I've only just been informed this morning.

Kind regards,

Keith