Case Study: University of Houston Law Center improves hurricane insurance research and visualization with Wolfram Mathematica

University of Houston Law Center - Customer Case Study

The University of Houston Law Center, through Professor Seth Chandler, required a robust computational tool to analyze catastrophe models and data following Hurricane Ike. The challenge was to effectively research and communicate how the insurance market could better handle hurricane damages to public policymakers. They utilized Wolfram's Mathematica software for this analysis.

Wolfram's solution provided the computational power and visualization tools necessary to develop interactive models rapidly. This allowed for the creation of dynamic demonstrations that could be modified in real-time during presentations to legislators, making the complex research compelling and easy to understand. As a result, policymakers gained confidence in the data-driven findings, enabling more informed decisions on post-event bonding and hurricane insurance policies.

University of Houston Law Center

Seth Chandler

University of Houston Law Center