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• The Agentic AI-based DEVS-FIRE API User Support System was launched. October, 2026.
• Dr. Xiaolin Hu is part of a research team awarded a new NSF grant (totoal amount: $1.3M): FIRE-MODEL: Coupled Fire Spread and Firebrand Transport Modeling Using High Resolution Data. Sept., 2026
• The FireMapSim now supports both wildfire spread simulation and prescribed fire simulation. August, 2025.
• The DEVS-FIRE API was launched. November 13, 2024.
• The Smart and Safe Prescribed Fire website was launched. February 20, 2024.
• Computer Science Professor Awarded $2 Million to Support Prescribed Fires, GSU News, August 29, 2023.
• Dr. Xiaolin Hu's new book Dynamic Data-Driven Simulation: Real-Time Data for Dynamic System Analysis and Prediction has been published. The book is also available at Amazon, April, 10, 2023 .
• Dr. Xiaolin Hu is awarded a new grant (totoal amount: $2.0M) from the NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program: Smart and Safe Prescribed Burning for Rangeland and Wildland Urban Interface Communities. July 18, 2023
• Dr. Xiaolin Hu is awarded a new NSF grant : FIRE-PLAN:High-Spatiotemporal-Resolution Sensing and Digital Twin to Advance Wildland Fire Science. (08/18/2023 )
• Drones Take Their Place on the Cutting Edge of Wildfire Fighting, FlyingMag.com, October 7, 2021.

Tutorial Video

• A tutorial video for the FireMapSim Web Application

Research Areas

The SIMS Lab develops modeling and simulation solutions for applications in a wide range of areas including:

• FireMapSim: a map-based web application for wildland fire simulation. (tutorial video)
• Wildland Fire Simulation using the DEVS-FIRE API
• Agentic AI-based DEVS-FIRE API User Support: an agentic AI-based user support system for DEVS-FIRE API, where users can ask questions and get AI-generated  code about how to call DEVS-FIRE APIs to achieve specific goals.     
• Smart and Safe Prescribed Fire
• FireCrowdSensing: a map-based web application for crowdsensing of wildland fire data. (demo)
• Dynamic Data Driven Simulation of Wildfire Spread
• Agents and Multi-Agent Systems' Adaptability & Social Behavior
• Automated Model Discovery for Steering Behavior Simulation. Some vidoes can be found here.
• Old Projects
• Integrated Weather and Wildfire Simulation and Optimization for Wildfire Management
• Advancing Child Maltreatment (CM) Prevention Using Complex Systems Science Modeling and Simulation