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 […]
Category Archives: Blog
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Aug
Aug
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Emeritus Professor Linda Kristjanson AO, who joins AURIN’s Management Board. Linda brings a wealth of experience in governance, research strategy, and collaborative science to her role as an AURIN board member. Linda is currently non-executive director of Seek, president of the National Stroke Foundation, and chair […]
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Aug
Aug
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Lesley Arnold, who recently joined the AURIN Management Board. Lesley brings a wealth of experience, knowledge, and perspective to AURIN as a leader in spatial data, strategy, and governance. Her insights will help further our vision of improving access to the data and tools needed […]
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Aug
Aug
We are happy to welcome Mzingisi Mqhum as an Outreach & Communications Officer. Early in his career, Mzingisi worked as a high school teacher in Botswana. After relocating to Perth, Australia, he decided his calling was working with underrepresented groups as a diversity, equity, and inclusion strategist and project officer to serve their communities and […]
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Jul
Jul
We are happy to announce that Dr. Loren Bruns Jr. has joined AURIN as our eInfrastructure Team Lead. Loren brings more than two decades of experience in both web-based software development and academic research. This background gives him a unique ability to understand and communicate with both domain experts and software developers at a deep […]
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Jul
Jul
We are thrilled to welcome Dr Hao Chen as AURIN’s new Spatial Database Software Developer. Hao will lead the technical development of the Australian Urban Health Indicators (AusUrb-HI) project. The AusUrb-HI project is a collaboration between National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) facilities, AURIN, the Population Health Research Network (PHRN) and the Australian Research Data Commons […]
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Jun
Jun
We are pleased to welcome Pronab Pal as AURIN’s new Senior Cloud Engineer. Pronab is leading the Australian Transport Research Cloud (ATRC) project, a collaboration between Australian researchers, planners, and policymakers to deliver data and tools to accelerate transport research and impacts across Australia. “I am super excited to join AURIN to lead the ATRC […]
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Jun
Jun
AURIN has funded new critical eInfrastructure for open space research, generating new, nationally consistent, data and improving existing analysis and visualisation tools. This will enable Australia’s research community to address complex urban and regional planning issues in Australia and find solutions that create positive impacts for our towns, cities and communities. Public open spaces are […]
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Jun
Jun
Maps of Sydney according to various descriptors | Image supplied. With data made available through AURIN, researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) are working to incorporate more detailed features of the built environment into existing climate models. This will provide a basis for a better understanding of how urban areas both impact […]
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Jun
Jun
We are pleased to welcome Rohit Gupta as AURIN’s new Data/Data Science Officer. Rohit is part of the Data and the Data Science Team, where he works on data engineering and research aspects to build upon AURIN’s capability for the urban, regional, and social science research community. “I was looking for an opportunity where I […]