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The 2nd International Workshop on Geospatial Simulation (GeoSim) focuses on all aspects of simulation as a general paradigm to model and predict spatial systems and generate spatial data. New simulation methodologies and frameworks, not necessarily …
Continue reading »JUMP, Uber’s electric-assist dockless bikeshare, arrives in London today, with a 350-bike trial in Islington borough. The organisation is also looking to expand to other London boroughs later this summer. We’ve had quite a few dockless bikeshare operations trying to crack the London market, with its huge potential, but fragmented cooperation/approval process split between 33 … Continue reading JUMP Leaps Into London – Now It Gets Interesting →
Continue reading »Over the last few years we have seen spatial agent-based modeling beginning to bridge the gap from cautious early adoption towards general acceptance within the geographical sciences. One of the key features that has contributed to this is its abili…
Continue reading »The public may not be able to visit Tottenham Court Road station’s Crossrail concourse or platforms yet, thanks to the well-publicised delay across the wider project, but the station was one of the most complete in the central section, a year ago…
Continue reading »The weather’s lovely at the moment – the last thing you want to do is spend that time deep down in the bowels on London, on the deep tube network, surely? Or maybe at least, how about alighting one stop early and walking the last bit? But h…
Continue reading »7th May 2019 PGRG Blog #17 Albert Sabater While a key issue in geography is to investigate how spatial and social polarisation interact to produce residential segregation, particularly in terms of social class, race or ethnicity, the term ‘segregation’ is barely associated with how space and age relations intersect and develop into processes of generational … More The nexus between housing (un)affordability and residential age segregation
Continue reading »‘Tardis’ phone boxes connect children to games of the past The GuardianThe Time Telephone offers a glimpse into the archive of songs, games and rhymes built up by Peter and Iona Opie.
Continue reading »The Computational Foundry at the Swansea University organised two days “Festival of Ideas” as part of the activities to celebrate its opening. The first day was organised by Ben Shneiderman and focused on aspects of AI, while the second day, curated by Jenny Preece, focused on citizen science. The summary here is from the second day, … Continue reading Citizen Science @ Computation Foundry, Swansea
Continue reading »Figure 1: Relation of computational social science of disasters (CSSD) with other fields.Past posts have discussed or demonstrated how computational social science (CSS) (i.e. the study of social science through computational methods) can be uti…
Continue reading »Figure 1: Relation of computational social science of disasters (CSSD) with other fields.Past posts have discussed or demonstrated how computational social science (CSS) (i.e. the study of social science through computational methods) can be uti…
Continue reading »Discover London’s urban trees by joining poetry walk around Hampstead Heath Evening StandardA digital poetry walk around Hampstead Heath encouraging visitors to slow down and discover more about London’s urban trees opens this week. It will …
Continue reading »BBC star to host CISI Paraplanner Conference Financial Planning TodayBroadcaster, mathematician and author Hannah Fry has been unveiled as the keynote motivational speaker at this year’s CISI Paraplanner Conference. The…
Continue reading »Following the publication of a paper in Nature Communications on the use of eBird data for conservation planning, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) dedicated a segment of their “The Current” programme to the role of citizen science. The section explored “How citizen science is changing the research landscape? Online communities and new technology are making it easier … Continue reading CBC – The Current – How citizen science is changing the research landscape?
Continue reading »Algorithms should take into account, not ignore, human failings The EconomistAS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) worms its way into many areas of life, society will need to become comfortable with algorithms, not people, making …
Continue reading »Open Future Algorithms should take into account, not ignore, human failings The EconomistAS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) worms its way into many areas of life, society will need to become comfortable with algorithms, not people, making …
Continue reading »This is the second part of the plenary element of the DITOs final event and again, I’m reblogging Alice Sheppard’s notes (and editing them lightly): The second part of the This is a continuation after the morning’s sessions. The session is based on a panel of other projects that have done work in Europe separately from … Continue reading DITOs final event (2): Doing It Together beyond DITOs
Continue reading »This is a reblogging of the reporting from DITOs final event, which was blogged by Alice Sheppard (which I’ve edited, lightly): Introduction to the day Camille Pisani, the Director of RBINS praises numerous volunteers and collaborators who have worked together, and the way different activities have been aimed at reaching many different audiences. There have … Continue reading Doing It Together Science (DITOs) final event talks (part 1)
Continue reading »This map, “Hooking Up”, was produced by the Evening Standard newspaper as part of their Future London project, in association with Source London, a service provider/lobbyist of charging points in London, and Zap-Map, who hold a comprehensiv…
Continue reading »You know about London’s South Bank – the other side of the river has been looking on at envy at the pedestrian utopia over there and has created this guide and walking map to the “Northbank” – the area stretching from Traf…
Continue reading »The assembly run at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) which is located in the Museum of Natural Sciences. ECSA Vice-Chair, Lucy Robinson, will be stepping down this time. ECSA have a team of 6 people that are involved in various projects and activities of the working groups. Some of the highlights from … Continue reading European Citizen Science General Assembly 2019
Continue reading »How to find a much sought-after data scientist ComputerWeekly.comEvery organisation seems to be hunting for a data scientist, but securing the right people with the right skills is a challenge.
Continue reading »Readers of this blog might find this post a little out of left field (sorry I could not find a better analogy) as it about basketball and therefore the ball is in your court if you want to keep reading.At the upcoming SpringSim conference Matthew…
Continue reading »Readers of this blog might find this post a little out of left field (sorry I could not find a better analogy) as it about basketball and therefore the ball is in your court if you want to keep reading.At the upcoming SpringSim conference Matthew…
Continue reading »This artistic map of a green walking route in central London was drawn by graphic designer Helen Ilus. By showing just the parks that are the focus of the walk, and not the rest of London’s hustle and bustle, it is an effective and attractive way…
Continue reading »Public art by popular demand: Involving citizens in local projects ArtsProfessionalResearch demonstrates that people want more public art – and they are willing to contribute financially to new commissions, write Marine Tanguy and Vishal …
Continue reading »The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich reopens this weekend after a two-year renovation and restoration. At the entrance to the new visitor centre in the old undercroft underneath the hall, sits this backlit copy of a historic map…
Continue reading »What will education and research look like in 2030? #FutureofEducation FE NewsSix things to catch at Networkshop47. What will education and research look like in 2030? And what can the Tour the France teach us about live data transfer in …
Continue reading »The session “Indigenous People on the Front Lines: Using Citizen Science to Improve Environmental Public Health” was organised by Judith Zelikoff (NYU medicine), Kathleen Vandiver (MIT), Esther Erdei (University New Mexico / Missouri Breaks Industries Research Inc.), Shirley VanDunk (Ramapough Lenape Tribe) Judith – they are part of the NIEHS, and Esther is in the … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Indigenous People on the Front Lines: Using Citizen Science to Improve Environmental Public Health
Continue reading »The session Ethical Considerations in Funded Citizen Science: Implications for Broader Impacts, organise by Jacqueline Vadjunec (NSF), Fay Cobb Payton (NSF), Todd Kuiken (NC State University), Lisa Rasmussen (UNC Charlotte), Brenda Wilson Evon Connally (UNC Charlotte), Stacy Lynn (CitSci.org), Caren Cooper (NCSU), John Parker (NSF) The Jacquie is in the Geography division of NSF, and the … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Ethical Considerations in Funded Citizen Science: Implications for Broader Impacts
Continue reading »This blog post was written by Michelle Neil of ACSA with edits by me (yay! collaborative note taking!) (apologies for getting names wrong!) The session was structured in the following way: first, each person presented their issue, and then they answer questions that were presented by other panel members. The questions that we managed to … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Designing technology to maximize cultural diversity, uptake, and outcomes of citizen science
Continue reading »Jessica Culpepper (Public Justice), Larry Baldwin (Crystal Coast Waterkeeper), Matt Helper (Appalachian Voices), Michael Krochta (Bark). Jessica – there can be a disconnect between the work on the ground and how it is used in advocacy. On how to use the information to make the world a better place, and hold polluters to account. First, Michael Krochta (Bark) from … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Citizen Science in Action: A Tale of Four Advocates Who Would Have Lost Without You
Continue reading »The session was opened by Na’Taki Osborne-Jelks, Agnes Scott College (CSA board) – the environmental justice movement have used methods of community science we need to include in the tent of citizen science. There are 60 participants in the conference that are supported by the NSF to participate in the conference. There was a special effort … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Environmental Justice and Community Science: A Social Movement for Inpowerment, Compliance, and Action
Continue reading »The second day opened with an introduction to Kenan Fellows https://kenanfellows.org/ which is a programme to link teachers and provide STEM experience, and therefore they integrate citizen science in schools. Following this, Rachael Polmanteer, who is marine biologist turned 8th-grade science teacher, gave a keynote. Rachael is from Bath, New York (state) and she grows … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Citizen Science: Creating Authentic Learning Opportunities for Students
Continue reading »The session on engagement, participation and research was made of several talks. Here is the summary of some of the talks in the session, Bridging the research-practice gap: Highlights and lessons learned from integrating citizen science practice and educational research » Lucy Robinson1, Heidi Ballard2, Rebecca Johnson3, Alison Young3, Lila Higgins4, Christothea Herodotou5, Julia Lorke1, Annie Miller3, … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Engagement, Participation, and Research session
Continue reading »There are specific challenges for citizen social science – e.g. personal information, ethics Lisa Lundgren (NCSU) and Steve Prince (EPA). Steve Prince – behavioural economist, and covering the SmokeSense app. Smoke Sense is about wildfire Smoke exposure. The problem that is addressing is thick smoke that blanket an area – different people might react differently … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Citizen Social Science for Environmental Public Health Research
Continue reading »The first day of the conference started with Angel Hjarding, the conference chair opened the conference, with over 800 participants. The conference was strongly supported by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Welcomes addresses came from the North Carolina Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources, Susi Hamilton who highlighted the state support to the natural … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: opening talk “The Power (Relations) of Citizen Science.”
Continue reading »The workshop was held as part of the Citizen Science 2019 conference and organised by Katrina Theisz (National Institutes of Health), Jennifer Couch (National Science Foundation), Ellen McCallie (National Science Foundation), Alison Parker (EPA), Pietro Michelucci (Human Computation Institute, Inc) , Claire Baert (Thin Crowd) Ellen McCallie started the day on how to write a … Continue reading Citizen Science 2019: Getting your project off the ground workshop
Continue reading »The John Snow Cholera Map is world famous as the map that identified the cause of the disease, and was one of the first epidemiological maps created. However, a number of other maps of the location of individuals with the disease were produced at aroun…
Continue reading »It is, of course, John Snow who is credited with using maps to demonstrate that the clusters of deaths from cholera in London’s Soho during London’s 1854 outbreak were caused by contaminated water. This marked a major shift in thinking away from the disease being transmitted through dirty air: the more widely accepted theory at […]
Continue reading »SMU launches new degree programmes in Computer Science and Computing & Law QS WOW NewsWith the rapid growth of the digital economy and the ongoing efforts to transform Singapore through technology, there is strong demand in the public and pr…
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