As an affiliate member of the Waterloo Institute of Complexity and Innovation (WICI), I was invited to give a talk in their on-going speaker series. In an effort to relate my research back to the foundations of WICI and more broadly complexity science, I provided some context about my perspective on research as a geographer with a focus on spatial analysis and land systems, gave a 3-slide introduction to agent-based modelling, described some past research in terms of heterogeneity and interaction (a...
The Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund provide complementary (matching) funding for proposals for new equipment that will propel Canadian academic research(ers) the forefront of science.
Congratulations to Sina Varamini, PhD Candidate on receiving the 2015 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, to Dan Pickel, PhD Candidate on receiving the President's Graduate Scholarship and the Sze Memorial Award, and to Zaid Alyami on receiving the Irene Marguerite McLeod Award. Sina, Dan and Zaid are all graduate students supervised by Susan Tighe.
We are seeking two PhD students (and may consider highly skilled students interested in obtaining a Master’s) with deep interests in geography, computer science, statistics, ecosystem modelling, or agent-based modelling to join our research team and model the ecological impacts of land use and land cover change (project summary below). Applicants do not need to have expertise or backgrounds in each of the above disciplines as unique expertise and depth in each of these disciplines is required to make novel scientific and modelling advances and contribute to the success of the larger...
Climate change adaptation has been recognized by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) and many other organizations as a critical complement to greenhouse gas mitigation efforts. Accordingly, TRCA developed a Climate Change Strategic Plan (2007), which amongst other directions, supports programs and projects that further the understanding and development of adaptive management strategies by partner municipalities and the private sector. The Region of Peel is one partner municipality that has developed the...
GIScience student awards were announced today for students who presented at this years Canadian Association of Geographers conference at Brock University. The Chair of the GIScience Study Group Tarmo Remmel sent out the email below to the GIScience, CAG, and CAGList email lists. For oral presentations, second prize was given to one of our lab members Bogdan Caradima and honourable mention was given to Andrei Balulescu! Both Bogdan and Andrei are conducting research on retail location and are funded by Mitacs...
With project SLUCE2 funding reaching an end, many of those who have took part in SLUCE related research reunited in Ann Arbor today for a two day workshop (May 19-20, 2014) to synthesize our various research efforts, explicitly identify our contributions to science, and identify gaps that require attention and future research. While only about half of those who have worked on the project were able to make it , it was an exciting day packed with knowledge transfer and critical thinking.
The Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund provide complementary (matching) funding for proposals for new equipment that will propel Canadian academic research(ers) the forefront of science.
