Prof. Dr. G. Keith Still FIMA
Analyst, Mathematician, Consultant.
Short Biography
"Keith Still is what I term an 'intuitive mathematician'. He is a constant source of original ideas, and a number of these have already formed the basis of commercial products and activities. He is one of the most creative and original thinkers that I know. He has a pleasant, friendly disposition, and works well with other creative scientists; he adds drive and determination, as well as considerable intellectual power, to any group of which he is a part." Prof. Ian Stewart - Fellow of the Royal Society.
Keith is the Founder and CTO of Crowd Dynamics Limited (international consultancy) advising on crowd dynamics during normal and emergency situations. Current projects include the development of Myriad - an assortment of tools and techniques used around the world for modelling crowd dynamics. Crowd Dynamics Client List
Dr. Still is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and a Visiting Professor at Bucks New University - Centre for Crowd Management and Security Studies.
Keith lectures at Easingwold - the UK Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College - where he runs workshops to teach safety considerations to the industry - "the science of crowd dynamics". His company deployed the flagship, real-time, command and control system for Wide Area evacuation at the UK Financial District - Canary Wharf , real-time decision support for the London New Year Fireworks Events and has worked extensively in Saudi Arabia running workshops and modelling the Jamarat Bridge.
Transcript and full details of Dr. G. K. Still's testimony at the USA House Committee (9th June) for the evacuation of the USA Washington DC Capitol Buildings (May 11th).
Uses of Crowd Dynamics software and services around the world
UK Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College - Workshops
London New Year Fireworks (Real-Time Decision Support)
Wide Area Evacuation (Real-Time Decision Support and information system)
DWELL Time models - train loading/unloading under high density conditions
Mathematical Interests
Crowd simulations, Complexity Theory, Queueing Theory, Fractals, Chaos, Self-organised systems, Network Analysis, Algorithmic Graph Theory, Crowd and Network Optimisation, Cellular Automata, Games Theory, Dynamical Systems, Chaotic Controls, Mathematical Biology, Small World Network Theory, Economic Modelling, Topology and Symplectic Geometry.
Current Information
PhD Mathematics (Prof. Ian Stewart) - Crowd Dynamics on the simulation of the crowd for safety analysis. Submitted August 2000. Graduated January 12th 2001. Current projects include modelling DWELL for train manufacturers, modelling persistent standing for the Premier League, the London New Year gatherings and the Jamarat Bridge project - Saudi Arabia.
News reports and TV spots
Physics Education vol 15 1980. 'A versatile nodal slide.' (Patented nodal slide/optical bench. Pat. No. 7351593). Articles written for Health and Safety ('The Lemming Factor' Dec 92) and Fire ('New computer system can predict human behavioural response to building fires' Jan 93). VEgAS featured on ITN (Nov 92) and Tomorrows World (Jan 93 and Feb 95). Articles in New Scientist (Nov 92 and April 93 "Lessons from the Inferno" Two pages in the supplement), the TIMES (Nov 92), Beyond 2000 (Jul 93, August 1996), Personal Computer World (Oct 94). Focus Magazine (Nov 94, Mar 96). Cover Disk Personal Computer Word (Dec 94, Jun 96). European Business News (Jul 95, Nov 95, Mar 96, Aug 96) for Crowd Modelling, Business Process Re-Engineering VR models, Fractal Compression and Predicting the money markets. New Scientist (Feb 96) Rock fans go with the Flow, Economist (April 12th - Fractal Futures), Personal Computer World (June 1996) Cover Disk. Sunday Times (front page editorial - 7th July 1996). Scientific American (with Ian Stewart - March 1996), Crowd Modelling (Radio 4 April 98). Discovery Channel (World of Wonder - April 98). Also featured in a chapter of Ian Stewart's latest best selling book (Life's Other Secret). "Wirequakes - a question of seismology" with Len Reynolds and Ian Stewart - a paper comparing earth and wire quakes (Wire Industry, December 1999). Various Sydney Olympics news and broadcasts (1999 through 2000). Nature July 5th Volume 412 article on Starlab. 2001 Open University programme - Crowd Dynamics. November 2002 - Channel 5 documentary on "Battlefield Detectives" (shown July 2003). Building the Ultimate Stadium and Battlefield Detectives-Gettysburg shown on the History Channel around the world. Testimony at the USA House Committee (9th June) for the evacuation of the the Capitol Buildings (May 11th). "Understanding Crowd Dynamics". Article in the Main Event (Nov 2005). Numerous Radio and TV appearances relating to Crowd Safety (2005) following the Jamarat Tragedy. National Geographic TV "Escape Tech" (10th April 2006). Technical consultant on an episode of "Numb3rs" (CBS TV programme). Emergent Systems - TV programme for NOVA (just completed filming Nov 2006). International Journal for Critical Infrastructures "Review of Crowd Simulations". Published May 2007.
Publications
Still G. K. New Computer system can predict human behaviour response to building fires. Fire 84 (January 1993), 40-41
Still G. K. Towering Inferno New Scientist (Supplement April 1993).
Still G. K. New Insights into Crowd Behaviour - It's Fractal. Focus November (1994).
Still G. K. Simulating Egress using Virtual Reality - a perspective view of simulation and design. IMAS Fire Safety on Ships symposium (May 1994).
Still G. K. The Secret Life of crowds. Focus (June 1996)
Still G. K. Last word, mind the gap. New Scientist (March 20th 1999).
Reynolds, L. Fielden, I, Still, G. K, Stewart, I. "Wirequakes - a question of seismology" with Len Reynolds and Ian Stewart - a paper comparing earth and wire quakes (Wire Industry, December 1999).
Still G. K. Crowd Dynamics. PhD Thesis, Mathematics department, Warwick University. (August 2000)
Still G. K. Optimising Office Egress. Web based publication (Sept 2001)
Still G. K. "Agincourt" Chapter in book "Battlefield Detectives" ISBN 0-233-05083-3
Still G. K. "Review of Pedestrian and Evacuation Simulation" Critical Infrastructures
Interests.
Motorbikes (Harley Davidson - Heritage Softail Classic), doing stuff with my children (Harry and Erin), Water Colour Painting, Writing Music, Playing Jazz Saxophone, puzzles, Computer Programming, Games/puzzle design (member of MENSA).....but work keeps me from most things these days especially riding the Harley.....
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