The latest outputs from researchers, alumni and friends at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA).
At the upcoming 16th International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases (SSTD) we have vision paper entitled “Location-Based Social Simulation” accepted. In the paper we discuss issues such as data sparsity and privacy concerns with using real w…
Continue reading »At the upcoming 16th International Symposium on Spatial and Temporal Databases (SSTD) we have vision paper entitled “Location-Based Social Simulation” accepted. In the paper we discuss issues such as data sparsity and privacy concerns with using real w…
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A new report from Adam Gristwood in the journal EMBO reports is covering the work of ExCiteS as part of a report on Science and Society. The report is available here https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embr.201948797 . The section about ExCiteS opens with: “Deep in the jungle Some citizen science projects aim to…
This stylised map of central London was created by MUTI, a South African design studio, and is “as seen in Mary Poppins Returns”. It was commissioned by High Life (the British Airways inflight magazine). It’s a nice bit of artistic ca…
Continue reading »This is the recording of a webinar that was dedicated to chapters 3 and 25 of the Global Environment Outlook. It covers different sources of data, including citizen science and indigenous knowledge. Presented by • James Donovan, CEO, ADEC Innovations • Charles Mwangi, Deputy Country Coordinator for the GLOBE Program in Kenya • Jillian Campbell, … Continue reading Recording of a GEO6 Webinar – data and value knowledge creation
Continue reading »The Prudential RideLondon weekend takes place this year on August 3-4. One of the events is Freecycle, when some of central London’s biggest roads are closed to motor traffic, and anyone with a bike can enjoy seven miles of wide roads with just t…
Continue reading »Mathematical Formula Reveals The Truth Behind Successful … 105.9 The X
Continue reading »The Urban Zoo project focused on the issues of transfer of disease from animals to humans, in particular in the context of Nairobi, Kenya. This is mostly a medical study, but through the involvement of UCL Development Planning Unit (DPU), issues of urban planning and urban studies were integrated. The new paper “Participatory mapping and food‐centred … Continue reading New paper: Participatory mapping and food‐centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Continue reading »Notes for the workshop “Open Science by Design: Practical Commitments for Implementation by (Young) Universities – New Indicators — FAIR Data — Citizen Science” this is part of the series “Focus on Open Science” and took place at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid on 8th July 2019. The opening was provided by Prof. Juan José Vaquero. Vice-President … Continue reading Notes: Focus on Open Science, Madrid
Continue reading »Sara Moatti – R&D Consultant – Invennt uk.linkedin.com
Continue reading »SES diagram with examples of topics thathave been researched using social media dataWhile I have written about how one can use social media data to study cities, health issues etc… more recently we have been looking into how such data can be used to …
Continue reading »SES diagram with examples of topics thathave been researched using social media dataWhile I have written about how one can use social media data to study cities, health issues etc… more recently we have been looking into how such data can be used to …
Continue reading »We featured a map showing London’s North Bank earlier in the summer – just in time for the peak holiday season, the rivals across the Thames now have a new map of their own! “South of the River” aims to map everything of tourist…
Continue reading »These are the notes from an event at UCL on 1st July 2019 part of Scaling (H2020 project) – innovations in Living Labs. The chair was Jack Stilgoe – Associate Professor, Science and Technology Studies, University College London. The second part of it emerged from Tom Wakefield at the ETC group which is looking at early … Continue reading Experiments outside the laboratory: Who should decide? (notes)
Continue reading »Over the last couple of years we have been working on generating synthetic human populations with realistic social networks with respect to the New York mega-city and surrounding region. This is being done for a variety of modeling applications such a…
Continue reading »Over the last couple of years we have been working on generating synthetic human populations with realistic social networks with respect to the New York mega-city and surrounding region. This is being done for a variety of modeling applications such a…
Continue reading »Two bicycle sharing systems have launched in London in the last fortnight, joining four systems already on the streets of central London and two more on the edge of the capital: Freebike launched a system based in the City, Islington, Hackney, Camden, Kensington, Chelsea and parts of Lambeth and Wandsworth along the river. Essentially, central … Continue reading Then There Were Eight →
Continue reading »Why Weather Forecasting Keeps Getting Better The New YorkerHannah Fry on how the stakes of weather forecasting can be so much higher than whether you’ll need an umbrella today.
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