INSTITUTE FOR PREDICTIVE & ANALYTICAL POLICING SCIENCE
Our Research Team
An interdisciplinary team advancing research on crime, place, human mobility, spatial data and emerging technologies.
The Institute brings together researchers from criminal justice, geography and GIS, and computer science to develop innovative approaches to crime analysis, spatial research and public safety.
CURRENT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
PROJECT 01
Human Mobility & Crime
Examining population movement, guardianship and crime opportunity through mobile-device and spatial data.
PROJECT 02
Synthetic Spatial Crime Data
Developing synthetic spatial datasets and computational environments for crime research and modeling.
PROJECT 03
Drone & Satellite Imagery and Crime
Using GIS, remote sensing and artificial intelligence to measure the built environment and study crime and place.
OUR TEAM
Institute Research Team
Researchers contribute expertise in criminology, crime analysis, spatial methods, GIS, human mobility, remote sensing and emerging analytical technologies.
INSTITUTE DIRECTOR
Dr. Olga B. Semukhina
Professor & Department Head
Director, Institute for Predictive & Analytical Policing Science
Spatial crime analysis • Predictive policing • Human mobility • Data-driven policing
HUMAN MOBILITY • SYNTHETIC DATA • DRONE & SATELLITE
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Dr. Junghwan Bae
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Human mobility • Ambient population • Guardianship • Spatiotemporal crime analysis
HUMAN MOBILITY & CRIME
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Dr. Stan Korotchenko
Assistant Professor & MCJ Coordinator
Department of Criminal Justice
Spatial analysis • Policing • Victimization • Human mobility • Crime and place
HUMAN MOBILITY & CRIME
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Dr. Christopher Copeland
Associate Professor Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
Crime analysis • Technology • Synthetic data • Cybercrime • Spatial research
HUMAN MOBILITY • SYNTHETIC SPATIAL DATA
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Dr. Yuen “Yolanda” Tsang
Assistant Professor
Geography & GIS
GIS • Spatial analysis • Remote sensing • Built environment • Geospatial research
DRONE & SATELLITE IMAGERY
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Dr. Opeyemi Zubair
Adjunct Faculty
GIS & Remote Sensing
Remote sensing • GIS • Drone imagery • Satellite imagery • Geospatial analysis
DRONE & SATELLITE IMAGERY
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
Team Members Across Current Projects
The Institute’s projects overlap in methods and expertise, creating opportunities for interdisciplinary research across crime, population, technology and place.
CURRENT RESEARCH
Human Mobility & Crime
Research Team
Olga Semukhina
Junghwan Bae
Stan Korotchenko
Christopher Copeland
CURRENT RESEARCH
Synthetic Spatial Crime Data
Research Team
Olga Semukhina
Christopher Copeland
CURRENT RESEARCH
Drone & Satellite Imagery and Crime
Research Team
Olga Semukhina
Yuen “Yolanda” Tsang
Opeyemi Zubair
RESEARCH • COLLABORATION • PUBLIC SAFETY
Interested in Collaborating With the Institute?
The Institute welcomes interdisciplinary research collaborations involving crime analysis, spatial science, human mobility, GIS, synthetic data and emerging technologies.