After an extensive search we’re happy to announce the new Chair of the AURIN Board, Dr Chris Pigram. Dr Pigram takes over from Mr Greg Tucker, who has been the Interim Chair of the Board following the death of Dr Peter Woodgate late last year. We’re grateful for Mr Tucker’s wealth of experience and steady […]
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Oct
Oct
The Australian Urban Health Indicator project (AusUrb-HI) has hit another milestone with the acquisition of individual linked health data at SA1 level. SA1 data is the finest aggregated geography available from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for statistical analysis of people and place. Accessing data at […]
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Oct
We’re still energised from a thought-provoking week at the 2023 eResearch Australasia Conference in Brisbane. In particular the Birds of a Feather session we held on building a collaborative foundation for Australian Urban Digital Twins was a real highlight. The focus of the session was on enhancing interoperability as the first step towards building an […]
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Oct
Oct
We are proud to announce that the recent announcement by the Australian Government brings AURIN’s funding, as part of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, to a total of $25 million over the next 5-year period. This unprecedented level of commitment will support AURIN’s ambitious strategic plan for 2023-2028. In the coming decades Australian cities, […]
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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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Oct
Oct
This Saturday the Australian public will vote in the referendum on enshrining an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament and Government in the Constitution. This is an important moment in history, and a rare opportunity to directly decide on a critical change for our country. A ‘yes’ vote is the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres […]
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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
We are so pleased to be sponsoring the 2023 Institute of Australian Geographers conference: IAG2023 Coexistence, Collaboration and Geography. The conference theme of ‘Coexistence, Collaboration and Geography’ intends to foster an inclusive approach to the disciplinary diversity of geography. The conference will include perspectives spanning spatial, physical and human geography, including both academic and practitioner […]
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May
May
Inaugural Peter Woodgate Award winner Eva Rodriguez with Prof Pascal Perez of AURIN Image credit: Alicia Smith Last week AURIN had the great honour of presenting the inaugural Peter Woodgate Award at the geospatial industry’s Locate Conference. For more than 30 years, Peter Woodgate has been a trailblazer and undisputed thought leader for the Space […]