Brian Tomaszewski

Brian Tomaszewski is a Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) within the School of Interactive Games and Media, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. He also holds an Adjunct Professor position at the Centre for Disaster Management and Mitigation, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.

• Education: BA (University at Albany), MA (University at Buffalo), PhD (Pennsylvania State University)

Research Interests focus on Geographic Information Science applications for Disaster Management, Forced Displacement, and Geovisual Analytics. His work bridges Spatial Thinking with Serious Games for crisis response and mitigation.

Recent Publications (2023-2014) emphasize LLM-driven refugee camp analysis, geospatial resilience modeling, and serious games for disaster education, with fieldwork spanning Rwanda, Jordan, and Poland.

• Scientific Awards: Fulbright Scholar (2018)

Grants & Collaborations include US National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for international projects and partnerships with UNHCR and IEEE. He leads the RefuGIS project and the Center for Geographic Information Science and Technology at RIT.