A First Week in Research
Hello and welcome to my first blog post! Since this is my first ever blog, you may have to bear with me while I figure out firstly what I’m actually going to use this blog for and, secondly, how I … Continue reading →
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The fallacy of prediction
Prediction was not a major theme at RSWebSci this year, mainly because scientists are less in the business of predicting things and more in the business of making them happen (or at least commenting on them after they have happened…). … Continue reading →
Seminar « Urban Frontiers / Les frontières de la ville» , Institut Francais de Geopolitique, Universite Paris 8
Seminar « Urban Frontiers / Les frontières de la ville» , Institut Francais de Geopolitique, Universite Paris 8, 18 June 2010 This seminar evaluated evidence on immigrant spatial concentration in Europe and its alleged effects on social integration, focusing on issues of … Continue reading →
Continue reading »Microplexes – URBAGRAM
Microplexes URBAGRAM
Continue reading »Multi-disciplinary approach of complexity, networks, geosimulations
A short note to say that the videos and presentations from the Multi-disciplinary approach of complexity, networks, geosimulations workshop held between 9th – 11th June 2010 at the University of Lausanne are available online and for download: http://w…
Continue reading »Multi-disciplinary approach of complexity, networks, geosimulations
A short note to say that the videos and presentations from the Multi-disciplinary approach of complexity, networks, geosimulations workshop held between 9th – 11th June 2010 at the University of Lausanne are available online and for download: http://w…
Continue reading »Keynote at Urban Studies conference – Univ. of Amsterdam
Pablo Mateos gave a keynote talk at a conference on Urban Studies at the the University of Amsterdam The conference title was “The Essence of the Urban”, and it attempted to discuss questions about scholarly questions emanating from the changing form … Continue reading →
Continue reading »Notes from the Royal Society Web Science Conference
I’ve just returned from the Royal Society’s Web Science conference, which ran over 2 days and featured mathematicians, computer scientists, sociologists and philosophers talking about the web. First, some general criticism. Pitching at the right level to a diverse crowd … Continue reading →
Space-Time Dynamics in Scaling Systems
To quote from Mike Batty:”A rank clock is a device for visualising the changes over time in the ranked order of any set of objects where the ordering is usually from large to small. The size of cities, of firms, the distribution of incomes, and such-li…
Continue reading »Space-Time Dynamics in Scaling Systems
To quote from Mike Batty:”A rank clock is a device for visualising the changes over time in the ranked order of any set of objects where the ordering is usually from large to small. The size of cities, of firms, the distribution of incomes, and such-li…
Continue reading »Drawing maps with Python
There’s an increasing amount of useful packages that allow for spatial analysis in python. Having said that, actually drawing a map remains relatively tricky, here I am sharing a few of the methods that I have come up with recently to help in this area. Firstly, let’s consider the basic set of prerequisites that you […]
Continue reading »Geospatial Revolution – Episode 1
Via the VerySpatial Blog I came across the first episode (below) of the Geospatial Revolution Project and thought it was worth sharing. To quote from the site:”The mission of the Geospatial Revolution Project is to expand public knowledge about the hi…
Continue reading »Geospatial Revolution – Episode 1
Via the VerySpatial Blog I came across the first episode (below) of the Geospatial Revolution Project and thought it was worth sharing. To quote from the site:”The mission of the Geospatial Revolution Project is to expand public knowledge about the hi…
Continue reading »Geodemographic Software: OAC Coding and Description
Last week saw the launch of a plethora of new tools related to the open geodemographic classification OAC.
One of my long standing irritations about the Output Area Classification has been the lack of simple tools that firstly enable you to append the…
Continue reading »OAC in Journal of Maps and the Telegraph
There are 3 interesting papers on OAC in the current issue of the Journal of Maps: Visualising the Output Area Classification ( http://www.journalofmaps.com/crossrefMap.php?mid=1102) Mapping the geodemographic classifications of migrants’ origins and destinations (http://www.journalofmaps.com/crossrefMap.php?mid=1106) Rectangular Hierarchical Cartograms for Socio-Economic Data (http://www.journalofmaps.com/crossrefMap.php?mid=1090) The final paper has also appeared as a piece in the Telegraph recently on ‘social […]
Continue reading »GIScience – GIScience
GIScience GIScience
Continue reading »A prototype migration model
This week saw many members of the Computational Social Science Department and the Center of Social Complexity attend the 3rd World Congress on Social Simulation in Kassel, Germany. Chris Rouly and myself presented some ongoing work entitled “A prototyp…
Continue reading »A prototype migration model
This week saw many members of the Computational Social Science Department and the Center of Social Complexity attend the 3rd World Congress on Social Simulation in Kassel, Germany. Chris Rouly and myself presented some ongoing work entitled “A prototyp…
Continue reading »OACoder Postcode Coding Tool
What is the OACoder Software? The OAC classification has previously been disseminated by the ONS at the Output Area Level. For a lot of users this has been problematic given that address records typically consist of lists of unit postcodes. A recent development at the ONS has created an open licence version of the National […]
Continue reading »OAC Grand Index
We have just finished compiling version 1.0 of the OAC grand index. This is a tool which we hope you will find useful in its current form, however, we will be adding more data in the future as and when this becomes available. For this first edition we would like to thank Daryl Lloyd – […]
Continue reading »Media coverage
My own research and/or the projects in which I have worked with others at UCL Geography and CASA have gained attention through the following media features: Selected media features 2006-2008 2008 ‘Website maps surnames worldwide” BBC News, 30 Aug http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7588968.stm … Continue reading →
Continue reading »PLACE BASED BUDGETING: MAKING EFFICIENCY SAVING WITH OAC IN AN AGE OF AUSTERITY
Many thanks to all those who attended our OAC User Group Annual Conference, and additional thanks to all of our speakers. The slides from the talks have all been uploaded to slideshare: Introduction. Alex Singleton: University of Liverpool OAC in an age of austerity. John Fisher: Local Futures Using geo-demographic classifications for customer insight. Miranda […]
Continue reading »Standard Colours for OAC
We at the OAC User Group feel that implementing a standard set of colours would help OAC. It would make it easier to share data visualisations, such as graphs and maps if the groups were directly comparable by colour, and would give OAC a branded feel, bringing it in line with other commercial classifications. As […]
Continue reading »Minutes from recent meeting
The minutes from the recent meeting on the 6th of September, of the OACUG Steering committee are now available, they can be accessed here.
Continue reading »New Report: Data mash-ups and the future of mapping
Several months ago we (Suchith Anand, Michael Batty, Andrew Crooks, Andrew Hudson-Smith, Mike Jackson, Richard Milton, Jeremy Morley) where commissioned by the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to produce a TechWatch horizon scanning repo…
Continue reading »New Report: Data mash-ups and the future of mapping
Several months ago we (Suchith Anand, Michael Batty, Andrew Crooks, Andrew Hudson-Smith, Mike Jackson, Richard Milton, Jeremy Morley) where commissioned by the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to produce a TechWatch horizon scanning repo…
Continue reading »Educational Opportunity: The Geography of Access to Higher Education
My book ‘Educational Opportunity: The Geography of Access to Higher Education’ has just been published by Ashgate and summarises much of my educational research over the past 5 years.
Abstract
While in recent years the burgeoning Higher Education (HE)…
OAC Event Update…
We have just finished putting the final touches to our annual OAC event. The programme and abstracts can be downloaded here. We are really looking forward to seeing you all at the RSS on Monday! For directions, the RSS is located at: 12 Errol Street, L…
Continue reading »Hello World 2
So, this blog is in its infancy, but I hope to populate it with a mix of technical and research detail, and hopefully some slightly more accessible material. I’m a physicist with a background in quantum, solid state and then … Continue reading →
QMRG Dissertation Prize Winner 2010
The QMRG Committee is delighted to announce that Laura Steele from the University of Bristol is the winner of this year’s undergraduate dissertation prize. Her project entitled “A Multilevel Modelling Approach to Ethnic Residential Segregation in Urban England, 1991-2001″ demonstrated Laura’s high level of understanding of this complex topic. Tim Foster and Robin Wilson’s entries, […]
Continue reading »10 ways data is changing how we live – Telegraph.co.uk
10 ways data is changing how we live Telegraph.co.ukThe availability of new sets of data has changed the way we live our lives: here are 10 examples of data which have changed everything from how we assess …
Continue reading »Augmented Reality application for drivers
Here is an iPhone augmented reality application for car drivers. This application was made by a company called imaGinyze. This application detects the lane in which you are driving and the vehicle that is ahead of your car. This application mainly u…
Continue reading »Augmented Reality application for drivers
Here is an iPhone augmented reality application for car drivers. This application was made by a company called imaGinyze. This application detects the lane in which you are driving and the vehicle that is ahead of your car. This application mainly u…
Continue reading »Augmented Reality application for drivers
Here is an iPhone augmented reality application for car drivers. This application was made by a company called imaGinyze. This application detects the lane in which you are driving and the vehicle that is ahead of your car. This application mainly u…
Continue reading »Augmented Reality application for drivers
Here is an iPhone augmented reality application for car drivers. This application was made by a company called imaGinyze. This application detects the lane in which you are driving and the vehicle that is ahead of your car. This application mainly u…
Continue reading »Hello world!
Ah, the traditional Hello World message. More to come…
Continue reading »Fractals
Vlasios Voudouris of the Object-Field Model blog linked to the following talk by Benoit Mandelbrot about “Fractals and the art of roughness.” Like Vlasios I found it interesting so I thought I would share it, like him.On a side note, anyone interested …
Continue reading »Fractals
Vlasios Voudouris of the Object-Field Model blog linked to the following talk by Benoit Mandelbrot about “Fractals and the art of roughness.” Like Vlasios I found it interesting so I thought I would share it, like him.On a side note, anyone interested …
Continue reading »agent-based-models.com
Professor Jeff Schank of the Department of Psychology at the University of California is compiling a great website and a resource for those interested in ABM: agent-based-models.com. The site has a plethora of resources for agent-based modelers, includ…
Continue reading »agent-based-models.com
Professor Jeff Schank of the Department of Psychology at the University of California is compiling a great website and a resource for those interested in ABM: agent-based-models.com. The site has a plethora of resources for agent-based modelers, includ…
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