Category Archives: Blog

Research impact: Free public transport would mostly benefit wealthier inner-city residents

Map of Melbourne showing the VAMPIRE score (the Vulnerability Analysis for Mortgage, Petroleum and Inflation Risks and Expenditure), available via the AURIN Map portal. The rising cost of living is causing economic pain across Australia. The soaring price of petrol is impacting not just our commutes but also the costs of goods and services. This […]

2022-2023 High Impact Projects Announced

Moein Mehrolhassani and Tomas Cereceda join AURIN as Project Coordinators

We are excited to have recently welcomed Moein Mehrolhassani and Tomas Cereda, who have joined AURIN’s Project Support team as Project Coordinators. Moein will be focused on the ATRC (Australian Transport Research Cloud), while Tomas will be coordinating our HIP (High Impact Projects) program and the AURIN-ALA Built Environments Biodiversity Project. Moein has a Bachelor […]

AURIN and Geoscape announce partnership to provide access to affordable built environment data

AURIN is pleased to announce that we have partnered with Geoscape Australia to enable access to their high-quality data products for researchers. Geoscape combines authoritative government data with spatial data derived from satellite and aerial imagery to deliver a clear picture of our cities, regional centres, and rural communities as they change. Geoscape location data […]

Javed de Costa joins AURIN

Javed de Costa (Photo by Rohit Gupta)

AURIN is glad to welcome Javed de Costa as a Software Developer, focusing on the Australian Transport Research Cloud (ATRC) project. He brings with him several years of experience across a variety of roles, including in software development, design and education. Javed holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Melbourne and […]

AusEnHealth: An Australian Environmental Health
Digital Twin

AusEnHealth

Since January 2021, AURIN has been involved in laying the foundation for an open-access Australian Environmental Health (AusEnHealth) Strategic Planning Digital Twin. This ambitious one-year pilot project aims to understand the landscape of Australian environmental health data collection at both state and national levels. The AusEnHealth project has acted as a means for testing, learning, […]

AURIN welcomes Sadia Waleem

Sadia

We are excited to welcome Sadia Waleem to AURIN. Bringing more than a decade of experience in web and mobile application development on various technological platforms, she joins the eInfrastructure team as a Full Stack Software Engineer. In 2017, Sadia completed her master’s in information technology from the University of Melbourne and has been working […]

Dilara Ozer joins AURIN

Photograph of Dilara Ozer

We are delighted to welcome Dilara Ozer, who has joined AURIN as a Contracts and Commercial Officer. She will be working closely with the Commercial Partnerships team to help develop and drive AURIN development initiatives, as well as strengthen relationships and connections with other organisations. Dilara holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, with majors in […]

Project Advisory Committee for the Australian Urban Health Indicators

Adelaide: Unrecognized people riding their bicycles along Torrens river bike track in North Adelaide on a bright day

  As the Australian Urban Health Indicators (AusUrb-HI) project picks up speed, a panel of experts have been convened to assess and provide on-going guidance and advice on the project’s scientific and technical development and the needs of the researchers and decision makers who will use the indicators into the future. Introducing the AusUrb-HI Advisory […]

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