Dr Adam Dunn

Research Fellow

PhD (UWA) BSc. Hons I (UWA)

Profile

Adam Dunn is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) and Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI). He obtained his BSc (2003) and PhD (2007) at The University of Western Australia in computer science and the computational modelling of spatial complex systems. His research spans domains including computer science, computational formalisms, landscape ecology, social networks, organisation science and healthcare policy. Adam’s focus in the CHI is on agent-based methods for communication system design in complex organisations. With a study of computational models of agent interaction, he is producing predictive simulations of communication systems and providing support for the design of interventions aimed at increasing patient safety. Under the auspices of the Patient Safety Program Grant at the AIHI, Adam is constructing simulation-based models under the broad heading of health system safety. He is currently developing agent-based models for patient safety and social network models describing the diffusion of recommended care.

Research Interests

Computational modelling paradigms including network models, cellular automata and agent-based simulation. Disciplines including computational organisation science, landscape ecology, social network analysis and design, computational economics, physics of networks.

Opportunities exist for postgraduate student projects in these areas. Please email for details.

Publications in preparation

• A. G. Dunn and B. Gallego Luxan (in prep) Explaining low levels of recommended care in healthcare provision via diffusion through advice-giving networks, Emergence in Geographical Space International Conference, Paris, November 2009 (accepted for presentation).
• A. G. Dunn (in prep) Cultural drift models and the potential for politico-cultural isolation resulting from modern social network structures, Emergence in Geographical Space International Conference, Paris, November 2009 (accepted for presentation).

Several others, in collaboration with B. Gallego Luxan, F. Magrabi, E. Coiera, J. Braithwaite, W. Wobcke, J. Westbrook, and others.

Six Selected Publications

13. A. G. Dunn (with editors) Grid-induced biases in connectivity metric implementations that use regular grids. Ecography 000:000-000 (IF: 4.099)
12. A. G. Dunn (with editors) Hierarchical cellular automata methods, in P. M. A. Sloot, J. Kroc (eds.) Simulation of Complex Systems by Cellular Automata: A State of the Art Survey, Springer-Verlag, Germany.
11. A. G. Dunn and J. Majer (2009) Measuring connectivity patterns in a macro-corridor on the south coast of Western Australia. Ecological Management & Restoration 10:51-57.
9. A. G. Dunn and J. Majer (2007) In response to the continuum method for fauna research: a hierarchical, patch-based model of spatial landscape patterns. Oikos 116:1413-1418. (IF 2.97)
6. A. G. Dunn and J. Majer (2007) Simulating weed propagation via hierarchical, patch-based cellular automata. In Y. Shi et al. (Eds.) ICCS, Part I, LNCS 4487, 762-769. Beijing.
3. A. G. Dunn and G. Milne (2004) Modelling wildfire dynamics via interacting automata. In Sloot et al. (Eds.) ACRI04 LNCS 3305, 395-404, Amsterdam.

Past Projects

September 2006 to July 2008: Predictive simulation of fragmentation and land use pattern to aid decision-making and policy (Alcoa Foundation's International Conservation & Sustainability Fellowship)

January 2003 to September 2006: Models of wildfire propagation via interacting spatial automata (supported in part by CSIRO)