1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. Carson moves to the Big Apple

   Tue 16 October 2012

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   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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5. Paper published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

   Mon 30 July 2012

   cfarmer

   An article I worked on with Margaret E. Andrew, Trisalyn A. Nelson, Michael A. Wulder, George W. Hobart, and Nicholas C. Coops, “Ecosystem classifications based on summer and winter conditions”, has recently been published on-line, with Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. For now, the article can be cited as:

   Andrew, M. E., T. A. Nelson, M. A. Wulder, G. W. Hobart, N. C. Coops, and C. J. Q. Farmer (in press). Ecosystem classifications based on summer and winter conditions. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. doi:10.1007/s10661-012-2773-z

   If you would like a copy, but do not have access to the article ...

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6. Presentation at CAG 2012 in Waterloo

   Mon 28 May 2012

   cfarmer

   I am giving a talk and chairing a session at the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Annual Meeting this week in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. My session, entitled “Spatial Modelling”, is scheduled for Thursday at 08:30, and is supported by the CAG GIS Study Group. If you are in the neighbourhood, check out the session, and stick around for my talk: “Spatial interaction modelling of commuting flows within local labour markets”, which is also available online (best viewed at 90% on full screen).

   Hope I see you there!

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7. Visualising data with FatFonts

   Sat 26 May 2012

   cfarmer

   I recently posted an article on the CGI blog about some Visualizations that I produced with researchers from [St Andrews’ Computer Human Interaction Research Group (SACHI)][] using FatFonts, a tpographic Visualization technique developed by SACHI co-founder Miguel Nacenta and colleagues (Uta Hinrichs, and Sheelagh Carpendale). The initial Visualizations are now on-line, and feature flow matrices for English internal migration and commuting between Irish local labour markets. We have also produced several inforgraphics based on global oceans data that Dr Timothy Stojanovic and I are working with as part of Tim’s work linking off-shore cumulative human impacts to on-shore terrestrial urbanization (more on these graphics soon). I’m still experimenting with FatFonts at this stage, but so far, I’m quite pleased with the results, and find that they offer a nice way to add beauty to my potentially boring data!

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8. Introducing the Centre for GeoInformatics

   Thu 24 May 2012

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   The new Centre for GeoInformatics (CGI) within the School of Geography and Geosciences and the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development is now an official university Research Centre at the University of St Andrews in Scotland! A few months ago, I started my new job as Research Fellow with CGI, where I am continuing to work with Prof. A. Stewart Fotheringham, who is the director of the new centre, along with several new and continuing PhD students and faculty members. Now that we have the centre officially up and running, we are quickly getting ready for our official launch next ...

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