Author Archives: AURIN Outreach

AURIN Nimble Chats | Housing Trust Managing Director Michele Adair

  In our latest AURIN Nimble Chat, we catch up with Michele Adair, Managing Director of the Housing Trust, Chair of Homes Tasmania and a member of AURIN’s Industry Advisory Committee.  In this chat, Michele discusses housing affordability in Australia, the importance of national standards for data related to this issue, how we can make […]

Quarterly Research Wrap: Cardiac Health, Regional Vehicle Emissions and More

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From October to December 2024, AURIN was cited in a variety of material, including four papers published in peer-reviewed journals and a book chapter. It was exciting to see that AURIN has been used by researchers across Australia and internationally to inform their analysis on cardiac health, regional vehicle emissions, and more. We’d like to […]

AURIN Welcomes Eunico Cornelius as Associate Software Engineer

AURIN is pleased to welcome Eunico Cornelius as a casual Associate Software Engineer. Eunico brings with him several years of experience in software engineering across multiple industries, including SaaS, higher education games, consulting and freelance work.  Eunico holds a Bachelors of Information Technology from Swiss German University and Fachhochschule Südwestfalen in Indonesia and Germany, with […]

AURIN and QUT Team Wins UN World Data Forum 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition

We’re delighted to share that Dr. Aiden Price (QUT Senior Research Associate and AURIN Environmental Health Domain Expert), Annie Wu (AURIN Associate Data Engineer), Flavia Barar (AURIN Data Scientist), Jiaying Kou (AURIN Product Owner) and Emma Joughin (AURIN Head of Marketing) have won their thematic category in the UN World Data Forum’s 2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps […]

Quarterly Research Wrap: Electric Vehicle Uptake, Housing for Education Workers, Greenspace Mapping and More

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From July to September 2024, AURIN was cited in a wide variety of material, including nine papers published in peer-reviewed journals in addition to several masters theses and book chapters. It was exciting to see that datasets available through AURIN have been used by researchers across Australia and internationally to inform their analysis on electric […]

AURIN at eResearch Australasia 2024

In October 2024 we’re excited to have members of our team attending the eResearch Australasia Conference in Melbourne. Tuesday 29 October, 11.50am‘Modernising Hackathons: Urban Innovation Data Hack 2024 – Hackathon as a service‘ During this session, part of the breakout ‘Reproducible science, Hackathons Containers’, AURIN’s Head of Marketing, Emma Joughin, will present alongside Quentin van […]

AURIN welcomes Amable Lou as Executive Officer and Coordinator

AURIN is delighted to welcome Amable Lou as Executive Officer and Coordinator. Amable brings more than 14 years of extensive experience in the education sector, including significant roles at the University of Melbourne and Swinburne University of Technology. Her background also equips her with a diverse and robust skill set that will greatly enhance AURIN’s […]

Research Impact: Mitigating Childhood Asthma Risks from Traffic-Related Air Pollution

Using data available through AURIN, as well as Westgate and EPA (Environment Protection Authority Victoria) monitor data, researchers from the University of Queensland and the University of Melbourne have raised concerns about the impact of emissions from truck traffic on childhood asthma rates in Melbourne’s Inner West. Clare Walter, Peter D Sly, Brian W Head, […]

AURIN and Australia’s New National Science and Research Priorities

This week the Department of Industry, Science and Resources announced a set of revitalised National Science and Research Priorities, designed to emphasise the scientific and research collaborations Australia will need to address its greatest national challenges. The new priorities are: transitioning to a net zero future supporting healthy and thriving communities elevating Aboriginal and Torres […]

Quarterly Research Wrap: Residential Mobility, Road Accident Mitigation, School Travel and More

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From April to June 2024, AURIN was cited in a wide variety of material, including in eight papers published in peer-reviewed journals and two theses submitted for PhD programs. AURIN and datasets available through AURIN were used by researchers across Australia and internationally to inform analysis on residential mobility, road accident mitigation, school travel and […]

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