Thu, 09 May 2013 16:39:58 +0100 UCL-CASA http://thegloballab.com Podcast Maker v1.4.1 - http://www.lemonzdream.com/podcastmaker A podcast about cities, global connectivity, social complexity and technology produced by the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL-CASA). The Global Lab is a podcast about cities, global connectivity and the impact of technology produced by the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (UCL-CASA). Each episode features the latest news and perspectives from urban analysis, social complexity and innovation, as well as interviews with cutting-edge researchers from UCL-CASA and guests from further afield. If there's any news you'd like to see covered or someone who you think we should interview for the show, or for any questions, email us at thegloballab@gmail.com or follow @thegloballab on twitter. Alternatively, you can visit http://thegloballab.com to find more about the stories featured. Thanks to The Beacon Bursary scheme at the UCL Public Engagement unit for equipment funding. en UCL-CASA UCL-CASA thegloballab@gmail.com http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/iTunes-Logo_144.jpg http://thegloballab.com 144 144 Podcasting Social Sciences Natural Sciences Tech News no Martin Zaltz Austwick Adam Dennett, joint researcher in CASA and UCLDH talks to Martin Zaltz Austwick about the census and what "synthetic data" means to researchers. Adam Dennett, joint researcher in CASA and UCLDH talks to Martin Zaltz Austwick about the census and what "synthetic data" means to researchers. --- Adam Dennett is a post-doctoral research associate in the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), and the Department for Information Studies, University College London. At present he works across a variety of projects: he is lead researcher on the migration stream of the Explaining, Modelling & Forecasting Global Dynamics (ENFOLD-ing) project; Research Associate for the Census Support Flow Data Service, and a researcher / user support officer for the Centre for Longitudinal Study Information and User Support (CeLSIUS). He is @adam_dennett on twitter and http://adamdennett.co.uk/ on the world wide web. --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz, or tweet one of our friendly presenters (below). --- This week's host is Martin Zaltz Austwick, who lectures on visualisation at CASA; you can chat to him at @sociablePhysics on twitter, and his blog is http://sociablePhysics.com. http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab21.mp3 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:56:53 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:26:20 The Global Lab Kaitlin Thaney from Digital Science talks about copyright, sharing and what this has to teach us about open science and open data. Kaitlin Thaney from Digital Science talks about copyright law, creative commons, sharing and what this has to teach us about open science and open data. --- Kaitlin Thaney is a technologist, open advocate, and data enthusiast. She serves as the manager of external partnerships at Digital Science (http://www.digital-science.com/), responsible for the group’s external activities. She is a board member of the recently-launched http://datakind.org.uk/, an endeavour that aims to unlock open data for charity and community organisations. --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz, or tweet one of our friendly presenters (below). --- This week's host is Martin Zaltz Austwick, who lectures on visualisation at CASA; you can chat to him at @sociablePhysics on twitter, and his blog is http://sociablePhysics.com. http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab20.mp3 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:27:07 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:22:12 UCL-CASA We're back! In this latest episode find out about augmented reality and museums, why we could be in for another dot com bust and we talk Digital Humanities with Dr Melissa Terras. We're back! In this latest episode find out about augmented reality and museums, why we could be in for another dot com bust and we talk Digital Humanities with Dr Melissa Terras. --- Here are your links for this week QRator wins Museum Award: http://claireyross.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/qrator-wins-a-museums-heritage-award-for-excellence-innovation/ Science Museum and James May in your pocket: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/software/3353745/james-mays-science-stories-app-review/ ICANN and linguistic computing: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/May2012/09052012-UCL-wins-contract-to-help-internationalise-the-internet --- Dr Melissa Terras is the Co-Director of UCL Centre for Digital Humanities, and Reader in Electronic Communication in the Department of Information Studies at University College London (UCL), where she teaches Internet Technologies, Digital Resources in the Humanities, and Web Publishing. She can be found on Twitter; @melissaterras and you can see more of her research here: http://ucl.ac.uk/dh --- Please let us know what you think about the podcast! You can find our online form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEs2Zkdza3VsN2p1Qkh2bTAxNHhHVUE6MQ --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a Research Associate in CASA; His website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com and catch him on twitter; @frogo. Claire Ross is a PhD Student at UCL DH and you can catch up with her musings on twitter; @clairey_ross http://thegloballab.com/episode-19/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab19.mp3 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Podcasting clean 00:29:12 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL CASA This episode features a panel session featuring some of the top names in the world of spacial analysis talking about their own take on Smart Cities at UCL CASA's recent Smart Cities conference. This episode features a panel session featuring some of the top names in the world of spacial analysis talking about their own take on Smart Cities at UCL CASA's recent Smart Cities conference. --- On 20th April 2012, UCL CASA hosted a one day conference focusing on the research of cities covering crowd-sourcing, participatory mapping, sensing using social media, data dashboards, public transport, visual modelling and more. This panel session was recorded live during this event. Featuring Carlo Ratti (MIT Sensible Lab), Professor Michael Batty, Dr Andrew Hudson-Smith, Professor Alan Wilson and chaired by Dr James Cheshire. --- Please let us know what you think about the podcast! You can find our online form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEs2Zkdza3VsN2p1Qkh2bTAxNHhHVUE6MQ --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a Research Associate in CASA; his website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com and catch him on twitter; @frogo. Claire Ross is a PhD Student at UCL DH and you can catch up with her musings on twitter; @clairey_ross http://thegloballab.com/episode-18/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab18_SmartCities.mp3 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Podcasting clean 00:45:46 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis, science UCL CASA Another Special Episode of the Global Lab live from San Diego. We bring you the latest news from Museums and the Web along with an Interview with Jeanie Sinclair. Another Special Episode of the Global Lab live from San Diego. We bring you the latest news from Museums and the Web along with an Interview with Jeanie Sinclair. --- Jeanie Sinclair is a PhD Researcher, University College Falmouth and a Research Fellow, St. Ives Archive. You can read more about her research at http://theintangiblearchive.wordpress.com Some links of Jeanie's work can be found at: http://js101092.wordpress.com http://www.stivesarchive.ac.uk http://www.stivesarchive.co.uk http://www.stivesmemorybay.co.uk or you can follow her on Twitter: @objectophilia --- Please let us know what you think about the podcast! You can find our online form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEs2Zkdza3VsN2p1Qkh2bTAxNHhHVUE6MQ --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a Research Associate in CASA; his website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com and catch him on twitter; @frogo. Claire Ross is a PhD Student at UCL DH and you can catch up with her musings on twitter; @clairey_ross http://thegloballab.com/episode-17/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab17_MW2012.mp3 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:03:50 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:32:29 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL CASA A special episode of the Global Lab - we come live from Talkfest Sounds of Science event where they discuss the sounds of science from podcasting to mainstream radio. In this special episode we bring you from Talkfest and pick up the discussions about the the sounds of science. You can find out more about the event by visiting http://www.biochemistry.org/SciencePolicy/Events/TalkfestFebruary2012.aspx --- Please let us know what you think about the podcast! You can find our online form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEs2Zkdza3VsN2p1Qkh2bTAxNHhHVUE6MQ --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a Research Associate in CASA; his website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com and catch him on twitter; @frogo. Claire Ross is a PhD Student at UCL DH and you can catch up with her musings on twitter; @clairey_ross http://thegloballab.com/episode-16/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab16_Special.mp3 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:22:41 +0000 Podcasting clean 01:17:39 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL CASA In this episode we discuss how addictive Twitter actually is, we look at the new application of the Xbox Kinect and our brand new presenter Claire Ross talks to Peter Williams about his research. In this episode we discuss how addictive Twitter actually is, we look at the new application of the Xbox Kinect and our brand new presenter Claire Ross talks to Peter Williams about his research in Information Systems for people with learning difficulties. --- Please let us know what you think about the podcast! You can find our online form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEs2Zkdza3VsN2p1Qkh2bTAxNHhHVUE6MQ - Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show... Peter Williams - UCL Information Studies - Kinect Fusion and the CASA 3D Webcam http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=152807 http://blog.mackerron.com/2012/02/03/depthcam-webkinect/ ---- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a Research Associate in CASA; his website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com and catch him on twitter; @frogo. Claire Ross is a PhD Student at UCL DH and you can catch up with her musings on twitter; @clairey_ross http://thegloballab.com/episode-15/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab15.mp3 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:56:47 +0000 Podcasting clean 00:19:25 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL CASA Martin debates the use of the word ‘geek’, Hannah discusses the theory behind supermarket queues and our guest Jon Reades explains how data can help us improve our social, business & transport networks, and why we should all start shredding our rubbish. Martin debates the use of the word ‘geek’, Hannah discusses the theory behind supermarket queues and our guest Jon Reades explains how data can help us improve our social, business & transport networks, and why we should all start shredding our rubbish. --- Please let us know what you think about the podcast! You can find our online form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEs2Zkdza3VsN2p1Qkh2bTAxNHhHVUE6MQ - Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show... Alice Roberts kicks off the geek debate. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9030938/Alice-Roberts-hits-out-at-science-geeks.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter - You can find Martin’s blogpost on the word ‘Geek’ here. Feel free to awe at its brilliance. http://sociablephysics.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/why-i-do-not-self-identify-as-a-geek/ - The #IamScience hashtag. Beware - link contains references to drink, drugs and other naughty stuff. http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/iamscience-embracing-personal-experience-on-our-rise-through-science/ - Hannah geeks out at a maths paper on the time to board an aeroplane: http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011130 - Link to 12 great visualisations that changed history: http://owni.eu/2012/01/26/12-great-visualizations-that-made-history/ --- You can visit Jon Reades website http://www.reades.com/ or follow him on twitter @jreades. --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Hannah Fry is a research associate in CASA; her website is http://HannahFry.co.uk and she is called @FryRSquared on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at CASA; his website is http://SociablePhysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @SociablePhysics. http://globallab.blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/episode-14/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab14f.mp3 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:10:20 +0000 Podcasting clean 00:26:55 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL CASA In this episode we talk to Emma McKay about the interface between science and policy. Martin explains why Wikipedia went offline and Hannah discusses toothpick statues and what it's like to work as a mathematician. In this episode we talk to Emma McKay about the interface between science and policy. Martin explains why Wikipedia went offline and Hannah discusses toothpick statues and what it's like to work as a mathematician. --- Please let us know what you think about the podcast! You can find our online form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEs2Zkdza3VsN2p1Qkh2bTAxNHhHVUE6MQ - Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show... Read an article about David Imus' spectacular map of the US here: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/01/the_best_american_wall_map_david_imus_the_essential_geography_of_the_united_states_of_america_.html - See Scott Weavers toothpick sculpture of San Francisco here: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/04/one-man-100000-toothpicks-and-35-years-scott-weavers-rolling-through-the-bay/?src=footer - Casa's latest contribution to crowd modelling may be found here: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(11)70287-0/fulltext - And discussion on what it's like to be a mathematician can be seen on the Quora website: http://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-have-an-understanding-of-very-advanced-mathematics --- You can find out more about the British Academy via their website http://www.britac.ac.uk/ or follow Emma McKay @EmsMckay on twitter. --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Hannah Fry is a research associate in CASA; her website is http://HannahFry.co.uk and she is called @FryRSquared on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at CASA; his website is http://SociablePhysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @SociablePhysics. http://www.thegloballab.com/episode-13/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab13.mp3 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:55:33 +0000 Podcasting clean 00:25:34 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA In this (vaguely) festive episode, Jason Dittmer talks Nationalist Superheroes, Hannah guesses the weight of a cake and Martin reads a map-themed comic book. In this (vaguely) festive episode, Jason Dittmer talks Nationalist Superheroes, Hannah guesses the weight of a cake and Martin reads a map-themed comic book. --- Please let us know what you think about the podcast! You can find our online form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEs2Zkdza3VsN2p1Qkh2bTAxNHhHVUE6MQ - Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show... "I'm a scientist, Decipher my data" has its home here: http://deciphermydata.org.uk/ and includes results as they come in! - You can find Solipsistic Pop and their special Maps issue here: http://solipsisticpop.com/ --- You can find more about Jason Dittmer at http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/about-the-department/people/academics/jason-dittmer or follow @RealJDittmer on twitter. --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Hannah Fry is a research associate in CASA; her website is http://HannahFry.co.uk and she is called @FryRSquared on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at CASA; his website is http://SociablePhysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @SociablePhysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-12/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab12.mp3 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:13:24 +0000 Podcasting clean 00:23:04 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA This episode we speak to Stephen Lorimer from the UCL Energy Institute about why your hangover is ruining the world, Hannah talks about WWII tweeters and JISC geodevelopers of the year, and Martin talks about Manuel Castells and hand-drawn maps. This episode we speak to Stephen Lorimer from the UCL Energy Institute about why your hangover is ruining the world, Hannah talks about WWII tweeters and JISC geodevelopers of the year, and Martin talks about Manuel Castells and hand-drawn maps. --- Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show... Manuel Castells' visit to the occupy London camp: http://youtu.be/BS82Do3bU-w - Million Dollar Blocks: http://www.spatialinformationdesignlab.org/projects.php?id=16 - The JISC geodeveloper award going to the GEMMA team: http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/casa/news/2011-11-28-gemma-prize - WW2 Tweets from 1939: https://twitter.com/#!/RealTimeWWII - You can find the hand drawn map, organised by CASA students Alastair Leak and Ian Morton, here: http://londonist.com/2011/12/ucl-students-create-hand-drawn-map-of-london.php and here: http://mappinglondon.co.uk/2011/12/05/ucl-hand-drawn-map-of-london/ --- Stephen Lorimer can be found at https://myportfolio.ucl.ac.uk/user/view.php?id=257 --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Hannah Fry is a research associate in CASA; her website is http://HannahFry.co.uk and she is called @FryRSquared on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at CASA; his website is http://SociablePhysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @SociablePhysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-11/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab11.mp3 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:41:48 +0000 Podcasting clean 00:22:40 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA Featuring an interview with Anders Johansson, as well as news about FuturICT, Londonist's mapping event, and a shout out to other academic podcasters - get in touch! Featuring an interview with Anders Johansson, as well as news about FuturICT, Londonist's mapping event, and a shout out to other academic podcasters - get in touch! --- Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show: FuturICT: http://www.futurict.eu/ - Details of Londonist's mapping event can be found here: http://londonist.com/2011/11/london-maps-the-magical-the-methodical-and-the-multifaceted.php - they have also podcasted the event here: http://londonist.com/2011/11/londonist-out-loud-a-podcast-for-london-22-november-2011.php - and participant James Cheshire discusses the images he used here: http://mappinglondon.co.uk/2011/11/18/mapping-london-life/ - The NYT visualisation that Hannah talks about on the show can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/10/23/sunday-review/an-overview-of-the-euro-crisis.html - Here is a blogpost from earlier this year that Martin wrote on podcasting: http://sociablephysics.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/get-podcasting/ - if you're an academic or research podcaster, please get in touch. --- Anders Johansson can be found on the web at http://www.ajohansson.com/, or on twitter at @AFJohansson --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Hannah Fry is a research associate in CASA; her website is http://HannahFry.co.uk and she is called @FryRSquared on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at CASA; his website is http://SociablePhysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @SociablePhysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-10/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab10.mp3 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:47:30 +0000 Podcasting clean 00:22:12 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA Find out how Occupy London is linked to NASA, wearable computing, and UCL's Suzy Moat talks about her work in FutureICT and Google Search Terms Find out how Occupy London is linked to NASA, wearable computing, and UCL's Suzy Moat talks about her work in FuturICT and analysing Google search volumes. --- Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show: FuturICT: http://www.futurict.eu/ Chris Harrison: http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/OmniTouch ScratchInput Project: http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/ScratchInput Telegraph Thermal Imaging Articla and Video: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8847357/Telegraph-evicted-from-St-Pauls-Occupy-London-camp-as-the-mood-turns.html --- You can follow Suzy Moat on Twitter at @suzymoat or visit her website at http://www.suzymoat.co.uk/ --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a researcher at UCL-CASA: his personal website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com/ or you can follow @frogo on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at UCL-CASA; his website is http://sociablephysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @sociablephysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-9/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab9.mp3 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:21:20 +0000 Podcasting clean 00:18:39 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA News from Science Question Time, Siri and 3D printing, and UCL's Claire Ross talks about QRator and Jeremy Bentham. News from Science Question Time, Siri and 3D printing, and UCL's Claire Ross talks about QRator and Jeremy Bentham. --- Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show: For funny things Siri says google "funny things siri says". Some are not safe for work, exercise your judgment. You can find information about the latest Science Question Time, and the event in general, here: http://www.biochemistry.org/SciencePolicy/Events/ScienceQuestionTimeOctober2011.aspx For information about 3D printing, visit http://payitforwardprinting.com/ http://reprap.org/ http://oshug.org/ --- You can visit Claire Ross' blog at http://claireyross.wordpress.com or find @clairey_ross on twitter. --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a researcher at UCL-CASA: his personal website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com/ or you can follow @frogo on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at UCL-CASA; his website is http://sociablephysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @sociablephysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-8/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab8.mp3 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:13:00 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:24:50 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA This week features two interviews from ECCS 2011: Nicolas Perony on what animal behaviour can teach us about human society, and Pauline Cotelle talking about crime and security in Post - Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. This week features two interviews from ECCS 2011: Nicolas Perony on what animal behaviour can teach us about human society, and Pauline Cotelle talking about crime and security in Post - Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. --- Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show: European Conference on Complex System: http://eccs2011.eu/ --- Nicolas Perony is based at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, and you can find more details of his research here: http://www.sg.ethz.ch/people/peronyn Pauline Cotelle is based at the Universite Paul-Valery in Montpellier, France. --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a researcher at UCL-CASA: his personal website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com/ or you can follow @frogo on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at UCL-CASA; his website is http://sociablephysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @sociablephysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-7/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab7.mp3 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:02:07 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:22:16 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA News on Vitruvian Man on Ice, visualising the Eurozone crisis, Faster than Light Neutrinos and the European Conference on Complex Systems, and we speak to Erica Fille Legara about Media Framing in the Philippines. News on Vitruvian Man on Ice, visualising the Eurozone crisis, Faster than Light Neutrinos and the European Conference on Complex Systems, and we speak to Erica Fille Legara about Media Framing in the Phillipines. --- Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show: Faster than Light Neutrinos: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/23/faster-light-neutrinos http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20961-fasterthanlight-neutrino-claim-bolstered.html BBC visualisation of the Greek debt: http://youtu.be/U7FZ9T8xsZ0 Icy Vitruvian Man: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14905988 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/picture/2011/sep/07/da-vinci-sketch-arctic-sea-ice European Conference on Complex System: http://eccs2011.eu/ --- Erika Fille Legara has just completed her PhD at the National Institute of Physics in the Philippines; her website is here: http://sites.google.com/site/imerikafille/ --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a researcher at UCL-CASA: his personal website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com/ or you can follow @frogo on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at UCL-CASA; his website is http://sociablephysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @sociablephysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-6/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab6.mp3 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:35:58 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:19:26 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA This week we talk about a recent citizen science project carried out by school children and we get to grips with 'Necrogeography'. Our featured guest is Hannah Fry talking about her research in global modelling and modelling people during riots. This week we talk about a recent citizen science project involving school children and get to grips with 'Necrogeography'. Our featured guest is Hannah Fry talking about her research in global modelling and modelling people's actions during riots. --- Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show: Science Online 2011 Conference - http://www.scienceonlinelondon.org/ Kids pubish academic paper on bee's ability to distiguse colour patterns - http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2010/12/22/bee-blackawton-science-journal.html Full Publised Paper: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/12/18/rsbl.2010.1056.full Patent Laws in the mobile space - who's suing whom! - http://mashable.com/2010/10/08/lawsuits-mobile-infographic/ Necrogeography overview - http://cml.upenn.edu/nola/14history/L2historypgnecro.html Jeremy Beadle's Grave on OpenStreetMap - http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.5648607909679&lon=-0.144638121128082&zoom=18 --- Hannah Fry's research can be found at and http://enfolding.blogs.casa.ucl.ac.uk/ and on You can follow her on Twitter: @FryRsquared. --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a researcher at UCL-CASA: his personal website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com/ or you can follow @frogo on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at UCL-CASA; his website is http://sociablephysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @sociablephysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-5/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab5.mp3 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:14:03 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:19:42 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA Martin reports back on Einstein's Garden at the Green Man festival and Steve talks AI and internet security. Our guest is James Cheshire, talking about mapping surnames in the UK. Martin reports back on Einstein's Garden at the Green Man festival and Steve talks AI and internet security. Our guest is James Cheshire, talking about mapping surnames in the UK. --- Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show: Einstein's Garden at The Green Man Festival: http://www.greenman.net/node/3994 Bright Club ("the thinking person's variety night"): http://www.brightclub.org/ Nokia hacking story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14706810 Chat bots chatting: http://youtu.be/WnzlbyTZsQY --- James Cheshire's research can be found at http://spatialanalysis.co.uk/ and http://mappinglondon.co.uk/ More information about CASA's MRes course can be found here: http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/courses/mres/index.asp --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a researcher at UCL-CASA: his personal website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com/ or you can follow @frogo on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at UCL-CASA; his website is http://sociablephysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @sociablephysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-4/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab4.mp3 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:19:24 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:19:46 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA This week we talk about mapping unrest in the wake of recent UK events, social media mapping and the potential of IBM's Watson project. Steve talks to Dan Lewis from UCL's Geography department about his work on access to healthcare in London. This week we talk about mapping unrest in the wake of recent UK events, social media and mapping, Deep Blue and the potential of IBM's Watson project. Steve talks to Dan Lewis from UCL's Geography department about his work on access to healthcare in London. --- Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show: Maps of unrest: Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8689355/London-riots-all-incidents-mapped-in-London-and-around-the-UK.html Guardian (including data sources): http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-incident-map Twitter hashtag map from Richard at CASA: http://genesis.blogs.casa.ucl.ac.uk/2011/08/11/twitter-maps-and-ukriots/ And a more sober BBC version: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14436499 This is the wikipedia page on Deep Blue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer) And IBM have their own page on the Watson project: http://www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/watson/ --- Daniel Lewis' website can be accessed here: http://danieljlewis.org/ --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a researcher at UCL-CASA: his personal website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com/ or you can follow @frogo on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at UCL-CASA; his website is http://sociablephysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @sociablephysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-3/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/GlobalLab3.mp3 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:35:24 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:17:57 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA This week we talk about the State of the Map EU conference, Richard Dawkins and Sexist Skeptics, InterFace and digital humanists and why we prefer the BBC to Fox News. Tom Brughmans explains what Network Science is and what it means to Archaeology. This week we talk about the State of the Map EU conference, Richard Dawkins and Sexist Skeptics, InterFace and digital humanists and why we prefer the BBC to Fox News. Tom Brughmans explains what Network Science is and what it means to Archaeology. --- Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show: The State of The Map conference: http://lanyrd.com/2011/sotmeu/ Open Street Map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/ The BBC review of science coverage starts here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2011/07/bbc_science_review.html Dawkins weighed in via a series of comments here: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/07/always_name_names.php There are links to the original video via PZ Myers' blog. The InterFace conference and digital humanities: http://www.interface2011.org.uk/ --- Tom Brughmans works at the University of Southampton - his website is here: http://archaeologicalnetworks.wordpress.com/ and you can find more about next year's Connected Past conference here: http://connectedpast.soton.ac.uk/ --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a researcher at UCL-CASA: his personal website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com/ or you can follow @frogo on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at UCL-CASA; his website is http://sociablephysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @sociablephysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-2/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/global%20lab%20ep2.mp3 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:23:37 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:19:30 geography, science, global, lab, spatial, analysis UCL-CASA In our first episode, hosts Steven Gray and Martin Zaltz Austwick talk about Google's developer conference, the Berlin unconference Where Camp EU, and Martin De Jode joins us to tell Tales of Things. This week we talk about two major conferences, Google I/O and Where Camp EU, and Martin De Jode talks about his work linking smartphone technology to the act of storytelling. You can find out more about Google I/O here: http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/index-live.html and info about Where Camp is here: http://wherecamp.eu/ .Martin de Jode works at UCL-CASA on The Tales of Things and Electronic Memory (ToTEM) project; you can participate in the project here: http://www.talesofthings.com/ --- You can get in contact with the podcast via our email address: thegloballab@gmail.com or if you prefer twitter, @thegloballab. Alternatively, visit our website http://www.thegloballab.com/ for news, views and all that jazz. --- Steven Gray is a researcher at UCL-CASA: his personal website is http://www.stevenjamesgray.com/ or you can follow @frogo on twitter. Martin Zaltz Austwick is a lecturer at UCL-CASA; his website is http://sociablephysics.com and his twittername, conveniently, is @sociablephysics. http://thegloballab.com/episode-1/ http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/global%20lab%20ep%201%20music%202.mp3 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:57:32 +0100 Podcasting clean 00:19:02 cities, googleIO, where, camp, totem UCL-CASA Teaser episode for the podcast. The first episode will be out in July - in the meantime email thegloballab@gmail.com, tweet @thegloballab or visit http://thegloballab.com with all your questions, queries, suggestions and comments! Please get in touch with your comments and suggestions, via email: thegloballab@gmail.com or twitter @thegloballab or the web http://thegloballab.com - our prompt and courteous team are waiting for your input! http://blogweb.casa.ucl.ac.uk/~podcast/shows/thegloballab/episodes/global%20lab%20trailer.mp3 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:03:43 +0100 Podcasting no 00:01:02 teaser, cities, googleIO