1. New York City Panel on Climate Change

   Wed 12 June 2013

   cfarmer

   This was recently announced on the Hunter Geography Department website:

   CISC Produced Map Spearhead of Mayor Bloomberg’s SIRR Announcement

   The New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC2) Climate Risk Information 2013 Report was released on June 11, 2013 in conjunction with the release of the NYC Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency’s (SIRR) report entitled “A Stronger, More Resilient New York.” The reports were released by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg during a press conference on Tuesday June 11 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Work by the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (CISC) is heavily featured in the ...

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2. New Journal: Spatial Demography

   Thu 06 June 2013

   cfarmer

   I have recently joined the editorial team at Spatial Demography — a new journal outlet for demographers and others who use spatial data, methods, and theory.

   A bit more about the journal:

   Spatial Demography [ISSN: 2164-7070 (online)] focuses on the spatial analysis of demographic processes. This cross-disciplinary work involves modern demographic data visualization, enhanced geo-referenced data availability, and spatial statistics, facilitated through full color graphics, motion video tools, and a quick time-to-publication. The journal publishes research articles, essays, research reports, data sources, computing software, teaching notes, and book reviews on a wide range of topics of interest to the social demographer.

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3. Making the switch to Pelican

   Sun 12 May 2013

   cfarmer

   Welcome to the new and improved carsonfarmer.com! If you are reading this, then you are enjoying my new, responsive static website/blog. The new site is powered by Pelican — a static website generator written in Python — and is hosted on GitHub using GitHub Pages. Most of the content on the site is written in Markdown, which makes it really easy to add headings, anchors, and all sorts of goodies to simplify writing blog posts and web-pages.

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4. Geocomputational landscapes and spaces

   Fri 15 March 2013

   cfarmer

   Special session titled “Geocomputational landscapes and spaces” at the International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science (AMMCS-2013), to be held at Wilfrid Laurier University, August 26-30, 2013.

   The deadline for abstracts is April 15, 2013.

   Description of the session:

   This session focuses on new applications and theoretical developments in geocomputation. Increasingly, spatial analysis and modelling requires advanced computational techniques (MCMC, INLA, GAs etc.) to address problems related to land and resource management. This session is devoted to current developments and advances in geocomputation for understanding landscape patterns, processes, and building spatial decision-support systems. For example, talks will ...

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5. Science, Canadian Style!

   Sun 20 January 2013

   cfarmer

   Recently, a colleague of mine from Wilfred Laurier University has started a website with some colleagues called RinkWatch (http://rinkwatch.org/). The website is designed to track climate-change by keeping tabs on local community ice rink(s). This innovative use of Citizen Science is getting quite a bit of buzz up in Canada, but the idea has implications for any country with a culture of outdoor skating rinks. It is also a great way to get the public involved in the climate debate, and science in general! RinkWatch received a mention in the Canadian Association of Geographers’ Mailing list, which I’m posting here to help spread the good word. You can also check out the full story and video here.

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6. Postdocs and Lectureships at St Andrews

   Thu 08 November 2012

   cfarmer

   The Centre for GeoInformatics (CGI) at the University of St Andrews in Scotland has the following open positions:

   1. Lectureship in Geoinformatics, permanent position, application DL 21 Dec 2012
   2. Postdoctoral researcher in Geoinformatics, preferably Visual Analytics/Visualization (three year fixed post, application DL 7 Dec 2012)
   3. Postdoctoral researcher in Geoinformatics (two year fixed post, application DL 21 Dec 2012)

   In addition, there are three lectureships open at the Department of Geography & Sustainable Development in which CGI is located:

   1. Two lectureships in Environmental Geography
   2. Lectureship in Human Geography

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7. PhD position in GeoInformatics and Housing research

   Thu 25 October 2012

   cfarmer

   The CGI is looking for a talented PhD student to fill an interdiciplinary PhD Studentship co-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and HOME Housing Association. Suitable candidates should apply by 23 November 2012 for a start date of 1 January 2013. Have a look at the CGI vacancies webpage for more details. This is a great opportunity for students interested in using and developing state-of-the-art methods in geoinformatics and applying them to fundamental questions in the social housing sector.

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8. Carson moves to the Big Apple

   Tue 16 October 2012

   cfarmer

   

   I am very excited to announce that I will soon be moving to New York to take up a faculty position in the Department of Geography at Hunter College of the City University of New York. The plans have been in motion for quite a while, and now that my wife and I have started to pack up our stuff, I thought I’d post something here to make it ‘official’. I start full time in NY at the end of January, at which point I will be diving head first into teaching and research. I am really looking forward ...

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