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Veteran teaching and research scholar Riduan Abid has joined the faculty of the TSYS School of Computer Science.  Abid comes to CSU from Alakhawayn University in Morocco, after having also been previously affiliated with Purdue University and the University of Houston.  Abid, who earned a doctorate in computer science from Auburn University, primarily focuses his research on cloud computing, smart grids/cities, and wireless mesh sensor networks.  His prior research has appeared in the Journal of Signal Processing Systems , Journal of Wireless Sensor Networks , International Journal of Mobile Communications , International Journal of Next Generation Networks , Applied Sciences Journal , International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering , and, most recently, Information .  Since 2013, Abid has served as principal investigator of various research grants totaling more than $1 million.  

Going Up? As pointed out by TSYS School associate professor of computer science Anastasia Angelopoulou and her colleagues Konstantinos Mykoniatis of Auburn University and Tianqi Gao Smith of the Mayo Clinic in their 2021 study appearing in the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling , pedestrian behavior in urban spaces has abruptly changed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic due to government-issued restrictions such as social distancing.  Although it is unclear whether pedestrian behavior will remain altered and/or urban spaces will be changed accordingly post-pandemic, these researchers take these changes and uncertainties, and the unique characteristics of pedestrian traffic (as opposed to vehicle traffic), into consideration in creating a hybrid simulation model that is capable of examining the efficiency of several types of escalator pedestrian behaviors in various non-crowded scenarios.  According to Angelopoulou, “our generic simulation model allows future...

  Building a Better Bargaining Framework As Turner College assistant professor of management Hyeran Choi points out in her joint-authored research with Daisung Jang of the University of Queensland (Australia) and Jeffrey Lowenstein of the University of Illinois, effective negotiation rests in part on generating integrative agreements, or agreements advancing parties’ interests through generating joint gains.  Their study of negotiations, which appears in a 2021 issue of Group Decision and Negotiation , also indicates that prior negotiation research relies disproportionately on studies of one method of integration – making efficient tradeoffs on existing issues.  Choi and her colleagues address this single-minded focus on negotiations by examining integration through redefinition, which is a process that entails modifying the issues under discussion.  According to Choi, “[redefinition] encourages revisiting the role goals play in negotiation,” a result that can be be...