Data Scientist @ URA. My interests are Urban Informatics, Smart Cities Technologies & Land Use Transport Modelling. Views are entirely my own :)
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Joined June 2009
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Wrote a script to draw arc trajectories. Easy way to tackle over-plotting. #datavis #geovis #datascience Code here: github.com/alvincyh/R-Arc-Dr… – at Central Region, Singapore
Really pleased to have @Tim_Stonor tell us about #spacesyntax in practise at the @URAsg Digital Planning Lab #DPX #digitalplanningexchange
The flowmap we all need :)
flowmap.blue can now cluster locations/flows depending on the zoom level. Useful for messy/dense datasets. For example, here are people moving across Australia on different geographic scales: flowmap.blue/1MQK6xs-lS82crl… Big thanks to @mourner for github.com/mapbox/superclust…
We are at the cusp of a major revolution in the way cities are planned, designed and managed. Many research ideas including my own, are being tested and realised. Privileged to build a #scienceofcities in these exciting times. #urbanscience #urbanplanning linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
Showcase your work to the global interaction design community. We're encouraging designers in Singapore to enter the @IxDAwards. Submissions closes 1 Oct 2018. Find out more here: awards.ixda.org/about/
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Comparing between the evening and the morning commuting behaviors of a large city in github.com/teralytics/flowma…
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Ready, set, go! The submission system for the @ieeevis Arts Program @visapnet is now open. Instructions and details are here: visap.net/submission-instruc…. Looking forward to receiving a new lot of amazing submissions!
Trade offs exist behind every policy/design decision, particularly in the urban context. Succinct & easy to read. xitter.cf/humantransit/status/96… – at Central Region, Singapore
If you want to think clearly about transit, you really need to understand the ridership-coverage tradeoff. Our updated primer: humantransit.org/2018/02/bas…
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A review of 85 Agent-Based Modelling platforms and tools urbandemographics.blogspot.c… , including #MATSim @UrbanSim @netlogo @AnyLogicCo #ABM #AgentBasedModelling HT @danilofreire
Maybe the definition of perfection differs between cities? xitter.cf/mitdusp/status/9489340… – at Central Region, Singapore
“We need to adapt urban design to the kinds of cities and societies that we have. Perfection is not really achievable,” DUSP's Brent Ryan comments on new book, The Largest Art
news.mit.edu/2018/book-large…
Exciting, now where do I find detailed district plans to test this on? #opendata xitter.cf/tomaspolach/status/948… – at Central Region, Singapore
We've released a #depthmapX module for Node.js enabling the creation of #SpaceSyntax web apps like this one: depthmapx.3d.io – NPM module: npmjs.com/package/depthmapx – thx to @Varoudis @pklampros @fredric_ @SpaceSyntaxNet
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Things that did not exist 10 years ago today:
Uber
Airbnb
Instagram
Snapchat
Bitcoin
iPad
Spotify
Kickstarter
Siri
Google Chrome
Alexa
WhatsApp
Slack
Venmo
Tinder
Square
#HappyNewYear #Happy2018
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colorized math equations makes it easier to understand. Great idea!! #ux #math betterexplained.com/articles…
Finally! The fuzzy link between #infovis & #vast distilled & crystallised 😄 xitter.cf/filwd/status/935576724… – at Central Region, Singapore
I wrote a longish essay titled "From Data Visualization To Interactive Data Analysis". Main argument: analysis is crucial to solve important societal problems. Let's focus more on that (other than inspirational and explanatory vis): medium.com/@FILWD/from-data-….
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We have published the first Global Review of Smart City Strategies.
Read the report. futurecities.catapult.org.uk… #futurecities #smartcities #innovation
The number continues to grow. Many reasons to study #cities xitter.cf/dragan_soldo/status/93… – at Central Region, Singapore