Data Scientist @ URA. My interests are Urban Informatics, Smart Cities Technologies & Land Use Transport Modelling. Views are entirely my own :)

Joined June 2009
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Wrote a script to draw arc trajectories. Easy way to tackle over-plotting. #datavis #geovis #datascience Code here: github.com/alvincyh/R-Arc-Dr…
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16 Oct 2019
Really pleased to have @Tim_Stonor tell us about #spacesyntax in practise at the @URAsg Digital Planning Lab #DPX #digitalplanningexchange
29 Apr 2019
“I love your parking app 👍🏼” @URAsg #urastaffconference19
27 Mar 2019
The flowmap we all need :)
flowmap.blue can now cluster locations/flows depending on the zoom level. Useful for messy/dense datasets. For example, here are people moving across Australia on different geographic scales: flowmap.blue/1MQK6xs-lS82crl… Big thanks to @mourner for github.com/mapbox/superclust…
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Thankfully much of this didn’t materialise 😄
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18 Sep 2018
Oh an there’s an #ixd for #SG 😱
Showcase your work to the global interaction design community. We're encouraging designers in Singapore to enter the @IxDAwards. Submissions closes 1 Oct 2018. Find out more here: awards.ixda.org/about/
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Not science without validation 😄 x.com/curiouswavefn/status/1…

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Comparing between the evening and the morning commuting behaviors of a large city in github.com/teralytics/flowma…
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2 May 2018
Ready, set, go! The submission system for the @ieeevis Arts Program @visapnet is now open. Instructions and details are here: visap.net/submission-instruc…. Looking forward to receiving a new lot of amazing submissions!

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28 Feb 2018
Trade offs exist behind every policy/design decision, particularly in the urban context. Succinct & easy to read. x.com/humantransit/status/96…

If you want to think clearly about transit, you really need to understand the ridership-coverage tradeoff. Our updated primer: humantransit.org/2018/02/bas…
A review of 85 Agent-Based Modelling platforms and tools urbandemographics.blogspot.c… , including #MATSim @UrbanSim @netlogo @AnyLogicCo #ABM #AgentBasedModelling HT @danilofreire
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Maybe the definition of perfection differs between cities? x.com/mitdusp/status/9489340…

“We need to adapt urban design to the kinds of cities and societies that we have. Perfection is not really achievable,” DUSP's Brent Ryan comments on new book, The Largest Art news.mit.edu/2018/book-large…
Exciting, now where do I find detailed district plans to test this on? #opendata x.com/tomaspolach/status/948…

We've released a #depthmapX module for Node.js enabling the creation of #SpaceSyntax web apps like this one: depthmapx.3d.io – NPM module: npmjs.com/package/depthmapx – thx to @Varoudis @pklampros @fredric_ @SpaceSyntaxNet
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1 Jan 2018
Things that did not exist 10 years ago today: Uber Airbnb Instagram Snapchat Bitcoin iPad Spotify Kickstarter Siri Google Chrome Alexa WhatsApp Slack Venmo Tinder Square #HappyNewYear #Happy2018
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colorized math equations makes it easier to understand. Great idea!! #ux #math betterexplained.com/articles…
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Data repositories and forums for sharing #opendata x.com/zouhairjcom/status/937…

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Finally! The fuzzy link between #infovis & #vast distilled & crystallised 😄 x.com/filwd/status/935576724…

28 Nov 2017
I wrote a longish essay titled "From Data Visualization To Interactive Data Analysis". Main argument: analysis is crucial to solve important societal problems. Let's focus more on that (other than inspirational and explanatory vis): medium.com/@FILWD/from-data-….
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We have published the first Global Review of Smart City Strategies. Read the report. futurecities.catapult.org.uk… #futurecities #smartcities #innovation
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17 Nov 2017
The number continues to grow. Many reasons to study #cities x.com/dragan_soldo/status/93…