UpdatesAdvances in Spatial Analysis & e-Social Science
February 12, 2010
We in CASA at UCL are running a one day conference on 13th April which will feature the work of our group on projects associated with our research funded by various UK research councils. The conference is free but you have to register. It is also the day before the UK’s annual conference on GIS called GISRUK which is on the 14-16April. This conference is chargeable and details can be got from the CASA conference site.
If you want to come to the one day CASA meeting “Advances in Spatial Analysis & e-Social Science”, then please go to the registration site at
http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/conference/ and register. You can get to the GISRUK site from here at http://gisruk2010.spatial-literacy.org/registration/
If you need any more information about this meeting email s.curtis@ucl.ac.uk. The programme for the CASA meeting is listed below
Session One (AM)
Online exploration of cultural regions, migration and ethnicity using the geography of personal names – Paul Longley & Pablo Mateos
Spatial Interaction Models for Higher Education – Alex Singleton & Ollie O’Brien
The Dynamics of Skyscrapers: Scaling, Allometry, and Sustainability - Michael Batty
Development of an urban growth model using high-resolution historical data – Kiril Stanilov
Session Two (PM)
The research frontier in urban modelling: the agenda and the challenges – Alan Wilson
On-line Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Network Data and Road Developments - Tao Cheng
Twitter Tags and Real-Time Visualisation of Complex Geographic Data with MapTube – Richard Milton
Tales of Things and Electronic Memory – Creating and Mapping The Geography of Everything – Andrew Hudson-Smith
Panel Discussion with Mike Goodchild, Keith Clarke, David Maguire, Carl Steinitz
Coffee at convenient points, find you own lunch, then Reception in the Wilkins Building, main quad
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Areaprofiles – Geodemographics and Neighbourhood Classification
January 9, 2010
We have recently launched a new blog which aims to cover current news and advances in the field of geodemographics and neighbourhood classification. In addition, the blog serves as a resource for anyone interested in the history and previous developments in this particular field of urban geography/sociology.
The website is located http://areaprofiles.blogspot.com
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Geographic Information Science in a UK Context
December 5, 2009
This is a talk given at the University of Tokyo about the UK Geographic Information Science Curriculum
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SPLINT and OAC User Group
September 16, 2009
SPLINT researchers have been involved with organising an event with the Output Area Classification User Group about Geodemographic Visualisation. More information can be found on their website.
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Regional Science Prize
September 16, 2009
SPLINT were well represented at this year’s Regional Science Association (British and Irish Branch) Annual Conference in Limerick, Ireland. James Cheshire won the prize for best presentation from a
young researcher. He presented on “Surnames as Indicators of Cultural Regions”, the high profile judging panel were extremely impressed by the quality of submissions. Speaking to a packed room, Alex Singleton presented on “Moving Towards Real-Time Geodemographic Segmentation” and Daniel Lewis presented results from the first year of his PhD research on “Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of General Practice Catchment Areas: A Case Study of Southwark, London”.
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