In partnership with Arup, we were thrilled to host the Urban Innovation Data Hack across 22 and 23 March 2024. The hack presented an opportunity for developers, planners and others to come together to solve problems, showcase data and harness opportunities for Melbourne Innovation Districts (MID). MID is a partnership between the City of Melbourne, […]
Author Archives: AURIN Outreach
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Mar
Mar
AURIN’s Industry Advisory Committee, from left to right, top to bottom: Michele Adair, Dr Zaffar Mohamed-Ghouse, Dr Hermione Parsons, Patrick Hastings, Iain Russell, Kylie Hargreaves, Dr Ian Oppermann, Julian Szafraniec and Helen Bell. AURIN is excited to announce the formation of a new Industry Advisory Committee (IAC), bringing together leaders across the geospatial industry. The […]
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Jan
Jan
Using cycling infrastructure data made available through AURIN, as well as data from Vicroads, the Victorian Government and the researchers’ own survey data, researchers at Monash University have conducted a study of the role of neighbourhood design in cycling activity during Melbourne’s Covid-19 lockdowns. Naseri, Delbosc and Kamruzzaman’s (2023) study, ‘The role of neighbourhood design […]
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Dec
Dec
In celebration of the World Open Data movement, AURIN and ARUP are excited to partner on an Urban Innovation Data Hack across March 22 and 23, 2024. Focusing on the challenges and opportunities in Melbourne’s Innovation District, this event, held at ARUP’s Docklands HQ and online, will bring together a diverse group of participants, including […]
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Oct
Oct
From July to September 2023 AURIN was cited in a variety of material, including several conference papers and a peer-reviewed piece of research. The peer-reviewed paper, ‘A review on worldwide urban observatory systems’ data analytics themes: Lessons learned for Malaysia Urban Observatory (MUO)’, in Journal of Urban Management Vol. 12 Issue 3, was written by Noradila […]
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Sep
Sep
AURIN is delighted to welcome Dr Aiden Price as an Environmental Health Domain Specialist. He brings with him years of experience in data science, including work on spatial child health development modelling, understanding the impact of natural disasters on access to key services, and developing environmental health vulnerability indices across Australia as part of the […]
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Jul
Jul
From April to June 2023, data accessed through AURIN was cited in a wide variety of material, including in three papers published in peer-reviewed journals and one in a book of conference proceedings. These datasets were used by researchers across Australia and internationally to inform analysis on topics including walkability, public transport service quality, heat […]
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Jun
Jun
Ambient Maps, a leader in noise modelling geospatial data and analytics, and AURIN have announced a partnership to deliver advanced geospatial intelligence to urban planners and researchers. The partnership will leverage Ambient Maps’ expertise in noise modelling, data acquisition and processing and AURIN’s extensive data resource management and infrastructure capabilities. It will provide researchers from […]
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May
May
Exciting news from AURIN! We are delighted to announce that our National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Research Infrastructure Investment Plan (RIIP) funding application has been submitted and is currently under review. This is a significant milestone for our organisation, and we are grateful to our partners for their support in this endeavour. Preparation of […]
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May
May
In the first quarter of 2023, data accessed through AURIN was cited in a wide variety of material, including in seven papers published in peer-reviewed journals. These datasets were used by researchers across Australia and internationally to inform analysis of subjects including the use of drones for flood monitoring, the impacts of heavy rail transport […]