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Jiaqi Ge

Jiaqi Ge

  • Position: University Academic Fellow
  • Areas of expertise: Agent-based modelling; Decision making in complex systems; AI and multi-agent systems; Urban analytics; Housing markets
  • Email: J.Ge@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 9389
  • Website: Googlescholar | ORCID

Profile

I am a University Academic Fellow (UAF) in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds. My research areas are agent-based modelling, decision making in complex systems, AI and multi-agent systems, urban analytics and housing markets. I obtained PhD in Economics from Iowa State University under supervisor Prof. Leigh Tesfatsion in 2014. I worked as a researcher at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland between 2014 and 2019. I joined the University of Leeds as a UAF of Urban Analytics in 2019. I am originally from Shanghai, China.  

Research interests

My main research areas are agent-based modelling, urban analytics and complex decision making enabled by AI. I am interested in the bottom-up transition of complex urban systems under major socio-economic and environmental shocks, such as climate change and the fourth industrial revolution. I want to understand how cities as self-organised complex systems respond to external shocks and evolve under a constantly changing environment. In the past, I have looked at various aspects of urban systems, including the housing market, the labour market, transport and energy system. I am also interested in decision making in complex systems. For example, I have studied the decision to become a vegetarian/vegan under social influence. I have also looked at global food trade in a complex trade network and the resulting food and nutrition security. Recently, I am interested in applying AI algorithms especially reinforcement learning in multi-agent systems, including applications of AI in urban adaptation to climate change, housing market dynamics and criminal behaviour in an urban system.

Student education

I am module leader for Analysing Cities (GEOG5410M).

I teach Predictive Analytics (GEOG5927M).

Current postgraduate researchers

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Projects
    <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2153-novel-methods-for-high-dimensional-output-analysis-for-agent-based-models">Novel Methods for High-Dimensional Output Analysis for Agent-Based Models</a></li>