Dr. Clarke Wilson's primary academic interest is development of methods for analysis of daily time use and activity sequences. He introduced dynamic programming alignment methods, as developed for protein similarity computations in biochemistry, to the analysis of daily activities and time use in the urban planning and transportation engineering disciplines. That research produced the ClustalTXY software package for analysis of activity sequences and spatial coordinates. For the past five years he has applied Statistics Canada time use survey data to assessment the degree of integration of disabled persons into wider society, with eventual applications to evaluation of disability programming.
Dr. Wilson is retired from the program evaluation unit at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa. He holds a doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge, Department of Architecture.
Research Interests
Examining relationships between daily activity routines and health and social service delivery outcomes; tracking and assessing trends in integration of disabled persons; applications of dynamic programming methods to analysis of travel and access to service opportunities