On Monday, 14th September the UBDC will be participating in the Civil Service Live event in Manchester, England.  Civil Service Live is a series of learning events delivered through a partnership between the UK Cabinet Office and Dods. These interactive events bring together civil servants working in government departments and agencies, and pri...

On 13th August 2015, Prof. Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah, UBDC Director, speaks at the JSM Conference in Seattle, Washington. Prof. Thakuriah will participate in the panel on "New Tools for Transportation Statistics" and present on "Unstructured Social Media Data for Transportation Applications: Benefits and Challenges." View the full agenda fo...

UBDC researcher, Dr. Jing Yao presents at the Workshop on Spatial-temporal Big Data and Advances in Geographical Information Sciences in Beijing, China. The workshop is organised by the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Yao's presentation focuses on Spatial Analysis and Urban Big Data Research, wher...

UBDC Scientific Computing Officer, Michael Comerford, presents social media analysis regarding the Scottish referendum included in the paper "Digital Communication Technologies and the Scottish Referendum: how, why and with what implications?" For more information and to see the final schedule, please view the workshop website.