Asso Prof in Spatial Data Science at CASA, UCL. All views my own.
Joined August 2013
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Huanfa Chen retweeted
29 Aug 2025
Also consider COSIT.
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12 Jun 2025
I am happy to be nominated for the 2025 Student Choice Award at UCL in the category of Outstanding Research Supervision. The award is for staff who help postgraduate research students to succeed, balancing providing support and fostering independence. studentsunionucl.org/student…
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Huanfa Chen retweeted
15 Apr 2025
Please share. Funded PhD in GIS
1) The Effects of Modern Pine Harvesting Techniques on the Movement of North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
2) Geospatial Analysis of Play: Capturing Social Patterns in Children’s Natural Environments
Details here:
lnkd.in/gScD6VHw
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7 Apr 2025
Reproducible Python notebook for creating a map of England’s cities with labels that avoid overlapping with each other or boundaries: github.com/huanfachen/Spatia…
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Huanfa Chen retweeted
12 Mar 2025
Great to have this collaboration with @geoyanjia @HuanfaC to explore the vaccine access in 54 countries in the world. Vaccine desert exists in both high and low income countries.
12 Mar 2025
There were significant global disparities in COVID-19 vaccination accessibility, finds research by @UrbanBigData, @ucl, @HKUniversity & @kh_univ.
The first of its kind research identified 'vaccine deserts' in high and low income countries.
More: gla.ac/3XIegRy
ALT A stock image of hands wearing blue gloves holding a needle and vial.
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Huanfa Chen retweeted
13 Feb 2025
We are happy to announce the opening of the best student paper competition for #CPGIS2025! bit.ly/4hT0wv4 The first-place award includes a 600 USD cash award and a #CPGIS lifetime membership. So, don't hesitate to participate before 25 Mar 2025!
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1 Feb 2025
I've updated my GitHub.io website! Although it took months (like many open-source projects), it is worthy as it features higher security and much better UI for blogs (compared to the previous one). Check it out: huanfachen.github.io.
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If you want to fork and use this template, feel free to take it. If you have any questions/comments, please raise a Github issue or pm.
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Credits go to github.com/academicpages/aca…, and many thanks to people who raised and replied to Github issues on this repo.
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Key features:
1. Disqus comments
2. Google analytics tracking
3. Blogs with tags
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27 Jan 2025
Just learned how to type R² properly in markdown - using ASCII code 178!
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17 Jan 2025
This is amazing
16 Jan 2025
#dataviz demonstrating the power of geocomputation with #rstats and {sf}. Calculating distances from nearest health-care facilities in Haryana, India.
Full Code 🔗 tinyurl.com/health-buffers
Credits #ggplot2 #sf #maps, r.geocompx.org/ by @robinlovelace @jakub_nowosad
ALT Map of Haryana’s health facilities, and the zones based on distances from them. The percentage area of each district (and entire state) that falls in each zone is shown as inset charts.
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11 Jan 2025
Self-advertising alert🚨: I'm seeking opportunities to serve as an external examiner for GIS/urban analytics/ spatial data science programmes in the UK or internationally. If you're looking for someone with expertise in these areas, feel free to reach out or share this post!
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CASA has announced the third call for papers for the 19th Biennial International CUPUM conference, with an extended deadline for paper & poster submissions by 10 February. Hosted by CASA, the conference will be held between 23rd and 27th June at @UCLEast.
ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/casa/cupu…
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Huanfa Chen retweeted
8 Jan 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow Positions Available
Prof.@Qihao_Weng 's research group is seeking motivated candidates for research on GeoAI, vegetation phenology, extreme heat in cities respectively.
📌For interested applicants, please apply via jobs.polyu.edu.hk/job_detail……
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26 Nov 2024
UPDATE: this RA position is now open to all applicants. Deadline 10 Dec, interview 13 Dec. See ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
14 Nov 2024
Are you interested in spatial analysis for fire services?
I am recruiting a 20 hr/week Research Assistant at CASA.
It is open to UCL redeployees until 21 Nov and might be open to all applicants between 21 Nov and 6 Dec.
To apply, visit: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/redepl…
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14 Nov 2024
Are you interested in spatial analysis for fire services?
I am recruiting a 20 hr/week Research Assistant at CASA.
It is open to UCL redeployees until 21 Nov and might be open to all applicants between 21 Nov and 6 Dec.
To apply, visit: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/redepl…
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21 Oct 2024
Can generative AI understand and (automatically) improve mapping aesthetics (for example, in Python notebooks)?
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Huanfa Chen retweeted
18 Jan 2024
We are hiring: I am super delighted to announce that
@Z_GIS1 at @PLUS_1622 is looking for a PostDoc in GIScience - application deadline Feb 07, 2024!
Please share and distribute!
The job advertisement in English: euraxess.at/jobs/186769 and German: plus.ac.at/wp-content/upload…
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1 Oct 2024
TECHNICAL Q: if a powerpoint slide has a large size of a few Gigabites, some images will randomly drop in the presentation mode. Any suggestions?
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