AWS Spatial Computing Blog

Vidyasagar Ananthan

Author: Vidyasagar Ananthan

Vidyasagar specializes in high performance computing, numerical simulations, optimization techniques and software development across industrial and academic environments. At AWS, Vidyasagar is a Senior Solutions Architect developing predictive models and simulation technologies.

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Modeling Infectious Disease Propagation in Airports Using Spatial Simulations on AWS

JHU and AWS simulate infectious disease spread in airports using Unreal Engine’s realistic crowd physics and a novel transmission model accounting for close contact, viral load, and ventilation. Visualizing hotspots informs smarter public health policies to protect passengers and staff.

Modeling Spread of Infectious Disease Using Spatial Simulations on AWS

Spatial simulations compute the motion and behavior of dynamic entities across 2D and 3D virtual environments. These simulations allow users to explore how the behaviors of individual actors and interactions amongst a group of actors can lead to emergent spatial patterns. The authors of the blog see customers using spatial simulations for use cases such […]