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Councilmember Follow-up Questions to the Presenters of the Citizen Presentation for Evacuation Planning and Modeling Discussion
This Item will be heard at 1:00 PM.
Presenter:
Dr. Thomas Cova, University of Utah
Dr. Mike Robinson, Old Dominion University
Dr. Brian Wolshon, Louisiana State University
Tim Hoiles, Maverick Observer
R.C. Smith, Jr Westside Watch member
Jim Shirley, Westside Watch member
Bill Wysong, Mountain Shadows Community Association
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Summary:
This item is an opportunity for Councilmembers to ask follow-up questions from the Work Session presentation on Monday, November 22, 2021.
Background:
Dr. Mike Robinson:
Dr. Mike Robinson is the Executive Director of the Hampton Roads Maritime Industrial Base Ecosystem (MIBE) program, Director of the Old Dominion University Center for Innovative Transportation Solutions (CITS) and leads the transportation and evacuation research group at the ODU Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center (VMASC). He also leads the Virginia Cyber Alliance, a Commonwealth of Virginia funded effort to strengthen the cybersecurity industry and diversify the regional economy and is the Deputy Director of the Coastal Virginia Center for Cyber Innovation, a southeast Virginia effort focused on research and commercialization of cybersecurity applications in defense, maritime, and transportation domains. His work focuses on the use of computer modeling and simulation techniques to develop solutions in transportation related projects with an emphasis on partnerships with experts from multiple disciplines. Dr. Robinson joined VMASC in 2004, initially working in the homeland security area. He served as VMASC's Director of Program Advancement for two years where he was responsible for identifying and developing new research subject areas; he created the transportation and evacuation research group in October 2007. He has served as the principal investigator (PI) on projects with total funding of a...
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