Software

My main research topic is real-time crowd simulation, so programming is an important part of my work. My go-to (pun not intended) programming language for research is C++. This page highlights my main projects.

UMANS

At Inria Rennes, I have been one of the main authors of UMANS (Unified Microscopic Agent Navigation Simulator), a research framework for microscopic crowd simulation. The software is written in platform-independent C++. It is open-source and downloadable via Inria's GitLab.

Logo of UMANS

Logo of UMANS (2019).

Example of a scenario simulated with 4 different collision-avoidance algorithms, using the UMANS software (2019). Colors and shading were added using a connection to Unity3D. The research related to this was presented at the I3D 2020 conference.

A 2D simulation of an extreme-density crowd at a concert (2020).

An extreme-density crowd of 10,000 agents in a concert-like scenario (2020). The colors indicate a shockwave propagating through the crowd. The research related to this was presented at the MIG 2020 conference.

UU crowd simulator

During my MSc and PhD time at Utrecht University, I have created the basis for UU's crowd-simulation software, centered around the Explicit Corridor Map (ECM) navigation mesh. This has eventually led to the creation of the start-up uCrowds by my PhD supervisor Roland Geraerts. I am no longer involved in this project, but you can contact Roland for more information if you are interested.

Screenshots of the ECM generator and crowd simulation demos.

Screenshots of UU's ECM generator and crowd-simulation demo (2014).

A crowd embedded into Unity3D (2014).

A crowd embedded into Unity3D (2014). The crowd is simulated using UU's crowd-simulation framework as a DLL plugin. Village texture from http://zelda.wikia.com.

A crowd moving on a multi-layered navigation mesh (2011).

A crowd moving on a multi-layered navigation mesh (2011). Generated with UU's crowd-simulation software and the simulation and visualization tools of INCONTROL Simulation Software, where I did my MSc internship.