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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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A/P Wang participated as panelist in the Regional Geospatial Youth Forum 2021

  • October 1, 2021
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From 6-17 September, Associate Professor Wang Yi-Chen from NUS Geography GIS Unit participated in the Regional Geospatial Youth Forum: GeoEducation I session to share geospatial education in NUS and career opportunities in Singapore, also in the forum as moderator is Mr Josef Tan, an alumnus of MSc in Applied GIS Programme. It was a really […]

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Call for Participation and Zoom Briefing Session] ASEAN Geospatial Challenge 2022

  • September 23, 2021
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The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is organising the ASEAN Geospatial Challenge 2022: Geospatial Youths Edition (AGC 22), to bring youths in the ASEAN region together to use geospatial technology and information to support cities/ nations in achieving their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). AGC 22 is targeted at students from Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) in the ASEAN region. […]

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Dr. Wei Luo co-organized a session in UCGIS Symposium 2021

  • June 7, 2021
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UCGIS Symposium 2021: Advancing GIScience-informed Policy Solutions GIScience-Informed Evaluations of COVID-19 Policy Responses Description:  In the absence of a vaccine, non=pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) have been widely employed by government jurisdictions at various levels via guidelines or mandate to slow the spread of COVID-19. Many of these interventions have a geographic component meant to mitigate personal contact […]

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