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Congratulations to Andrea Law, Chua Wee Han, Shermaine Neo, and So Hoi Kay who have won the Distinction Award of the ASEAN Geospatial Challenge 2022!

  • September 4, 2022
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Congratulations to Andrea Law, Chua Wee Han, Shermaine Neo, and So Hoi Kay (Team: CASSiopeia) who have won the the Distinction Award of the ASEAN Geospatial Challenge 2022. Learn more here. Project: CASSiopeia’s Uplifting Greenery project aims to improve mental health outcomes by maximising accessibility to urban green spaces. The team used geospatial technology and data to locate […]

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A Renewed Commitment – Boustead-Esri Geospatial Scholarship

  • September 1, 2022
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We are extremely delighted to announce that Boustead & Esri Singapore have decided to renew their commitment in supporting the education of future geospatial talents in Singapore – through the Boustead-Esri Geospatial Scholarship. We would like to thank the management of Boustead & Esri, namely, Mr Leslie Wong, Mr Joe Lee and Ms Eunice Seah […]

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Grab’s GeoStars Program

  • September 1, 2022
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The GIS Unit recently collaborated with Grab on a publicity session promoting Grab’s GeoStars Program. The GeoStars programme was designed specifically to help students across the region develop an understanding of key mapping skills and empower them to eventually conduct their own workshops for others in the community, under the framework of humanitarian efforts. Sign […]

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Computer Science position at Yale-NUS College

  • April 20, 2022
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Job Opening Repost: Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale-NUS College Yale-NUS College is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Fellow in Computer Science. The college is looking for a talented and ambitious investigator to join the research group of Asst. Prof. Michael T. Gastner to work on an exciting project funded by the Singapore Ministry of Education titled […]

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A/P Wang co-organizing the One Health & Outbreak Surveillance Online Symposium with NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

  • November 26, 2021
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The One Health & Outbreak Surveillance Symposium 2021 is organised by the Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Research (CIDER), under the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health in partnership with the NUS Department of Geography. Several international GIS and spatial health professors are invited to speak in the plenary sessions. Dr Luo Wei […]

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A/P Feng, A/P Wang and Dr Yan’s Participation in the FASS DISA GLOBAL RESEARCH FORUM 2021

  • October 14, 2021
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The field of computational social science has gained much traction in recent years with the widespread availability of big data and profound leaps in computational power and methods, leading to ground-breaking impacts on social science research by academics and its policy implications for societies and nations. The Global Forum of Computational Social Science, jointly organized […]

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Dr Luo Wei Presenting in the 17th China Geoinformation Science Theory and Method Academic Annual Conference

  • October 14, 2021
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Dr. Luo Wei will present the research on “Revealing public opinion towards COVID-19 vaccines with Twitter data in the United States” in the special session on Geographical Computing of Infectious Diseases in the 17th China Geoinformation Science Theory and Method Academic Annual Conference. The conference will be held in Hangzhou from October 15 to 17, 2021. […]

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Dr Yan Yingwei’s award of Learning Innovation Fund

  • October 5, 2021
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The Department of Geography and everyone at the GIS Unit would like to extend our congratulations to Dr Yan Yingwei, who has recently been awarded a Learning Innovation Fund – Technology (LIF-T) grant to support development of “Introduction to GIS” as a blended learning module. Technology-enhanced Learning at NUS aims to provide a distinctive and […]

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