United Arab Emirates University Developed Pandemic Simulator

A team led by Prof. Nazar Zaki is currently working on a fully developed Pandemic Simulator to assist in understanding the effects of social distancing and isolation on the development of a pandemic. In order to allow the user to model the virus behavior a settings panel is provided to explore the spreading characteristics in small, medium or large cities. The Simulator is user friendly and intuitive for technical and non-technical users. There are four settings that allow the simulation of social distancing and will allow/disallow: to work, visit other houses, visit social areas or go to school. All probabilities can be set before the initialization of the simulation or during the runtime to observe the effects during a pandemic. The Simulator is accessible athttps://bi-dac.com/simulator/and more details are explained in this video.The team is currently extending the efforts to answer questions such aswhat would happen if schools, social areas and workplaces are gradually open?