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While in previous posts we have discussed machine learning (ML) with respect to social media analysis, we have also been exploring how one can use it in agent-based modeling. One of the first examples of this is a new paper with Paul Cummings which has…
Continue reading »While in previous posts we have discussed machine learning (ML) with respect to social media analysis, we have also been exploring how one can use it in agent-based modeling. One of the first examples of this is a new paper with Paul Cummings which has…
Continue reading »Digital 3-D models of London chart path to lower emissions Tech Xplore
Continue reading »In a previous post from a few years ago we looked at how the workplace the layout might impact subordinates interactions with managers. Now turning to work employee satisfaction within the workplace, at the forthcoming International Conference on Socia…
Continue reading »In a previous post from a few years ago we looked at how the workplace the layout might impact subordinates interactions with managers. Now turning to work employee satisfaction within the workplace, at the forthcoming International Conference on Socia…
Continue reading »Continuing our work on Emojis, at the forthcoming International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (or SBP-BRiMS for short) we (Melanie Swartz, Arie Croit…
Continue reading »Continuing our work on Emojis, at the forthcoming International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation (or SBP-BRiMS for short) we (Melanie Swartz, Arie Croit…
Continue reading »Just a short post to say that over the summer saw us move from Northern Virginia to Buffalo to start a new chapter in our lives and research. More specifically I have become a Professor in the Department of Geography and a member of the REN…
Continue reading »Just a short post to say that over the summer saw us move from Northern Virginia to Buffalo to start a new chapter in our lives and research. More specifically I have become a Professor in the Department of Geography and a member of the REN…
Continue reading »Here is a short video I did for the Royal Geographical Society to show how new satellite data can reveal the daily changes to nitrogen dioxide (and other pollutants) in the atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For a longer version of the video and furt…
Continue reading »Here’s a video I filmed with the Financial Times to help explain the importance of gerrymandering to the outcomes of elections.
Continue reading »Recently I become part of the editorial team at the Bike-Sharing World Map (this is a new version, not yet launched) which is the world’s only comprehensive map of bikeshare systems, listing the approximately 2000 active systems along with another 1000 that are either in planning or already closed. The Bike-Sharing World Map was compiled […]
Continue reading »Will autonomous vehicles change our experiences of streets for better, or worse? TransportXtra
Continue reading »Will autonomous vehicles change our experiences of streets for better, or worse? TransportXtra
Continue reading »Building on our initial work on emojis use and and how one can carry out a systematic comparison of emojis across individual user profiles and communication patterns within social media, we have a new paper entitled: “Diversity from Emojis and Ke…
Continue reading »Building on our initial work on emojis use and and how one can carry out a systematic comparison of emojis across individual user profiles and communication patterns within social media, we have a new paper entitled: “Diversity from Emojis and Ke…
Continue reading »Continuing and building upon our previous work on Location-Based Social Networks (LBSNs) at the The 21st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management we have a paper entitled “Location-Based Social Network Data Generation Based on Patterns o…
Continue reading »Continuing and building upon our previous work on Location-Based Social Networks (LBSNs) at the The 21st IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management we have a paper entitled “Location-Based Social Network Data Generation Based on Patterns o…
Continue reading »We have a new open access paper out in the Journal of Transport Geography- “A compact city for the wealthy? Employment accessibility inequalities between occupational classes in the London metropolitan region 2011“. The paper explores how the increasingly affluent nature of Inner London has improved sustainable travel opportunities for more affluent professional and management classes, … Continue reading A Compact City for the Wealthy? Continuing Inner London Gentrification and Impacts on Accessibility Inequalities →
Continue reading »There’s a new bikeshare in London – HumanForest launched yesterday (Wednesday 24 June 2020) with 63 pedelec bicycles. They are planning on rolling out up to 200 bicycles in their Islington trial operation, before hopefully expanding to central London later this summer with up to 1000 in their fleet. HumanForest’s technology platform and equipment provider […]
Continue reading »The bright red JUMP bikes are alas gone from the streets of London, following the takeover of Uber’s JUMP micromobility division by rival Lime. They may be back on the streets, maybe painted green, soon. But for now, we can view this amazing data…
Continue reading »Building upon two successful GeoSim workshops, the 2020 GeoSim Workshop (held in conjunction with the ACM SIGSPATIAL 2020 conference) is seeking papers. The 3rd GeoSim workshop will focus on all aspects of simulation as a general paradigm to model and…
Continue reading »Building upon two successful GeoSim workshops, the 2020 GeoSim Workshop (held in conjunction with the ACM SIGSPATIAL 2020 conference) is seeking papers. The 3rd GeoSim workshop will focus on all aspects of simulation as a general paradigm to model and…
Continue reading »Effectiveness of isolation, testing, contact tracing, and physical distancing on reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in different settings: a mathematical modelling study The Lancet
Continue reading »Building upon our work on volunteered geographical information (VGI) and ambient geographic information (AGI) and how such data (e.g. social media) can be used to understand place, Xiaoyi Yuan, Andreas Züfle and myself have a new paper entitled: “A Th…
Continue reading »Building upon our work on volunteered geographical information (VGI) and ambient geographic information (AGI) and how such data (e.g. social media) can be used to understand place, Xiaoyi Yuan, Andreas Züfle and myself have a new paper entitled: “A Th…
Continue reading »Missing travelling on the London Underground? Now, you can see the trains running, live, on this custom-made circuit board showing thetube network. An array of lights, one for each tube and DLR station, uses open data from Transport for London to show …
Continue reading »Building upon our previous work on Location-Based Social Networks (LBSNs) and how agent-based modeling could provide an alternative to real world data sets, in the latest SIGSPATIAL Special Newsletter, we (Joon-Seok Kim, Hamdi Kavak, Chris Rouly, Hyunj…
Continue reading »Building upon our previous work on Location-Based Social Networks (LBSNs) and how agent-based modeling could provide an alternative to real world data sets, in the latest SIGSPATIAL Special Newsletter, we (Joon-Seok Kim, Hamdi Kavak, Chris Rouly, Hyunj…
Continue reading »Twickenham Museum | Museum, History, Painting Pinterest UK
Continue reading »Covid-19 tracking ethics JTC Associates Ltd
Continue reading »Covid-19 tracking ethics JTC Associates Ltd
Continue reading »In the past we have written extensively on Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) such as OpenStreetMap or Twitter. However, we have not really explored Street View Imagery (SVI), well not until now. Within the realm of VGI, SVI has emerged in …
Continue reading »In the past we have written extensively on Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) such as OpenStreetMap or Twitter. However, we have not really explored Street View Imagery (SVI), well not until now. Within the realm of VGI, SVI has emerged in …
Continue reading »Overview London and the UK as a whole have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, creating multiple health, social and economic crises. Social distancing requirements have drastically reduced the safe capacity of public transport services. The London Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) have quickly responded with a radical plan for transforming Inner London … Continue reading Planning a Cycling Revolution for Post-Lockdown London →
Continue reading »Meet The Team: John Hoopes | Blog Ordnance Survey
Continue reading »So draws an end of another semester and as it is becoming a bit of tradition, here is a post highlighting some of the class projects from my graduate class entitled “Spatial Agent-based Models of Human-Environment Interactions”. As with many of m…
Continue reading »So draws an end of another semester and as it is becoming a bit of tradition, here is a post highlighting some of the class projects from my graduate class entitled “Spatial Agent-based Models of Human-Environment Interactions”. As with many of m…
Continue reading »Dr. Hannah Fry to Keynote Alation’s Virtual User Conference Valdosta Daily Times
Continue reading »Dr. Hannah Fry to Keynote Alation’s Virtual User Conference Business Wire
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