Senior Advisor at GHD Insights and Analytics. PhD from CASA, UCL. Mobility + spatial data science; atm mostly mobile phone data and remote sensing (he/him)
London, UK
Joined October 2014
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“In London alone, there are nearly enough under-occupied bedrooms to meet the housing needs of all overcrowded and homeless households in England.”
An argument for not needing to build more homes?
@IIPP_UCL medium.com/iipp-blog/meeting…
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This story is horrific, and basically confirms every one of the fears we had back in October when we knew the IDF was using AI—it's error-prone, there's scant human oversight, and it facilitates the mass rubber stamping of targets, of mass killing.
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Predictions of the death of commuting were greatly exaggerated - but what does it look like now? @emmavj and I analyse the data with the help of colleagues in 10 commuter hotspots from London to Mumbai on.ft.com/3PDhAtq
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How to accurately measure public transport accessibility for GB cities using the PTAI-2022 dataset-
citygeographics.org/2024/01/…
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Happy to share that our Special Issue is finally out at @envplanb! 🥳 Our SI covers 14 articles that study transport and sustainable mobility with geospatial and network science approaches. Fantastic collaboration w/ @UrbanDemog @ElsaArcaute @martikagv 👇 journals.sagepub.com/toc/epb…
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This year’s insane heat has coincided with (perhaps driven?) a bit of a wedge between two leading “climate urgency science narratives”…
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🚨 Our long-awaited paper has finally been published! It presents a new GIS tool that integrates points-of-interest and visibility using a network-based approach. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Those of you screaming for a paper on the problems with this comparison, I hear you. Hello at the back! Here you go link.springer.com/article/10…
We ran this full-page ad in @nytimes and several local papers today.
Human drivers aren't good enough. America can do better, and it is time we fully embrace AVs.
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@CUSPLondon will be running this workshop on 3D Urban Models on 4th July for #LondonDataWeek
Sign up here:
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I love Rowan Atkinson the comedian and I believe he learned electrical engineering once, but I feel this erroneous article on EVs dupes the readers of the @Guardian and that's starting to become a pattern.
Electric vehicles really emit 3x less CO2.
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Because traffic laws are routinely broken by so many people they are used as an example of 'moral luck' - you're only deemed immoral if you get (unluckily) caught. Don't think that extends to trying to avoid the fine though, that's just normal immorality. thetimes.co.uk/article/suell…
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There are 24 scholarships worth £10,000 each to invest in students on this course who are from under-represented backgrounds to diversify and transform the data science and AI sectors. Apply now: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/casa/stud… @RGS_IBGhe #JoinYourAIFuture
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Since we’ve just got a new set of @bankofengland inflation forecasts, I figured it was time to update my chart showing how those forecasts have performed vs what actually happened (the red line).
Short answer: not especially well👇
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Bill Gates on self-driving vehicles driverless-futures.com/2023/…
Woah… also, did not expect peds to be detected so far from the car…that is some data source
I can’t count the times I’ve been told that AVs will *never* be able to handle certain situations.
How about taking a passenger through North Beach on St. Patrick’s day?
Absolutely wild. Thanks to this driverless @Cruise AV (named Twin Peaks) for the clip.
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🚨CASA have been awarded 24 Data Science and AI conversion course scholarships (£10k each) for under-represented groups from the Office for Students for studies starting Sept 23. APPLICATION LINK IN THREAD @officestudents @TheBartlettUCL @RGS_IBGhe @uclnews #JoinYourAIFuture🚨
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We have not 1, nor 2, but 3 (THREE!!!) open posts to join the Science of Cities & Regions @turinginst Come build with us the next generation of Urban Analytics and work at the cutting edge of data (science)/AI and cities/regions!!! 🚀🚀🚀More info: cezanneondemand.intervieweb.…
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What are the economic benefits from better connecting local skills and industries across Northern UK cities via rail upgrades?
Funded by @turinginst, a new paper from Daniel Straulino, @Francesca_local, @TimSchwanen and I published by @economyandspace: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
