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UBDC attends the 3rd Digital Footprints Conference in Leeds
This year focused on Digital Footprints for the Public Good exploring the exciting potential of novel data sources to drive impactful research.

Improving the P-Median model with capacity and near-far cost allocation in Spopt
Spopt is an open-source Python library for solving optimization problems with spatial data. Originating from the region module in PySAL (Python Spatial Analysis Library), it is actively evolving to incorporate recently proposed models and techniques aimed at solving problems related to regionalization, facility location, and transportation.

New funding awarded for Urban Sensing research
UBDC is delighted to announce a series of successful funding applications from the Royal Society, Understanding Society, and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

Developing research collaborations in Kyoto and Hong Kong
Post-doctoral researcher, Joss Qiaosi Li recently visited Kyoto University and the University of Hong Kong to develop research collaborations

Unveiling the variability in public transport services across Great Britain
From morning to night: Unveiling the variability in public transport services across Great Britain

Meet the team - David McArthur
The Urban Big Data Centre brings together the expertise and experience of colleagues from all over the world. We'd like to introduce some of them in a series of informal profiles.

Meet the team - Barbara Alvarez Solanilla
The Urban Big Data Centre brings together the expertise and experience of colleagues from all over the world.

Meet the team - Faraz Malik Awan
The Urban Big Data Centre brings together the expertise and experience of colleagues from all over the world.

Meet the team - Grace Gielink
The Urban Big Data Centre brings together the expertise and experience of colleagues from all over the world.

Meet the team - Rafael Verduzco
The Urban Big Data Centre brings together the expertise and experience of colleagues from all over the world.
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