Matt Duckham

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Black text on white background. Screenshot from ARC webpage updating us on changes, in response to community feedback, to their proposed modification to their grants system. This screenshot shows the main changes, listed on that webpage.

The ARC has “announced” an update on the proposed changes to its grant schemes.

Key changes, in response to “nearly 350” submissions” (!) on their proposal, are 👇

More here: www.arc.gov.au/news-publica...

AURIN has launched the RMIT Urban Dynamics (RUDY) Node.
Led by @duckham.org RUDY brings spatial analytics & urban data science to the AURIN Network. First projects are Urban Digital Twins Integration & AI-Driven Semantic 3D Mapping.
#AURIN #AURINnode #RMIT #RUDY #UrbanData #DigitalTwins

PhD Thesis "Scalable Process Patterns and Decision Frameworks for Trustworthy AI Engineering"

New #phdPosition in our department:

Trustworthy AI
https://jobs.ait.ac.at/Job/253854

PhD Candidate in Explainable AI for Earth Observation - Looking for a job that matters? With the growing integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in geospatial decision-making processes, ensuring transparency, accountability, and trust in model outputs has become imperative, especially in critical domains such as disaster risk management,…

#GISjob at Uni Twente: https://utwentecareers.nl/en/vacancies/2140/phd-candidate-in-explainable-ai-for-earth-observation/

#XAI #GeoAI #GISChat

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Business dudes have been suckered by “yo, this computer *thinks*” since the 1950s.

Pinker has been a loud-and-proud voice for anti-intellectualism and a promoter of chin-stroking race-science platforms such as Quillette for a decade.

This isn't lack of awareness. It's an attempt to protect his extremely lucrative brand from association with the causes that helped build it.

A thousand times no. “The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has eliminated the ‘diversity statements’ that vetted job applicants for their willingness to write woke-o-babble”. Pinker is just another entitled white male professor, please don’t encourage him #academicsky

Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?

Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.

CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...

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Big city life Smerz · Album · 2025 · 13 songs

The new Smerz album is absolutely fantastic 10/10 open.spotify.com/album/6C14Wj...

OK. The wait is over - 'Instant Holograms on Metal Film', the new 13-track album by Stereolab, is out now via Duophonic and Warp.

Immense thanks to all the folk at Warp, and anyone who buys a disk, streams a track or heads to a show.

It's all in your hands now...

#hiring #datascience #geospatial #llm #ukri #smartdata #researchjobs… | Geographic Data Service 🚀 We’re hiring TWO Senior Data Scientists! 🚀 Help us unlock the power of smart data to tackle regional inequalities and improve lives across the UK. About the roles 📍 Based at the University of Liver...

If you are in the market for an exciting new data science job, I am recruiting for two Senior Data Scientists at the Geographic Data Service 👇👇👇👇👇

www.linkedin.com/posts/geogra...

A rubbish election: voting in Australia produces mountains of waste - but there’s a better way From corflutes and how-to-vote cards to 250,000 pencils, 240,000 volunteer vests, 80,000 ballot boxes, here’s what happens to election materials after polling day.

I had a huge amount of fun helping my amazing colleague @lisagiven.bsky.social with this @theconversation.com article, which reflects on the environmental footprint of elections, following Australia’s general election this weekend! theconversation.com/a-rubbish-el...

Exciting PhD opportunity alert!!!! 👇👇👇🌶️🌶️https://geods.ac.uk/2025/04/22/fully-funded-phd-opportunity-advancing-urban-analytics-through-ai-driven-geodemographic-classification/ 🌶️🌶️ #AI #GIS #DataScientist #GeoAI

Verification pop-up for badge issued by Wired

What we’ve launched today is the first step for how we’re going to evolve verification.

The initial set of trusted verifiers includes news orgs who’ve agreed to take on the task of verification for their journalists. In the future, this set will expand, as well as how apps can choose to use them.

While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.

US Northern Land Border Traveler Crossings

I put together a (quick) web map showing change in US land border crossings from Canada over the past few months. Mainly a procrastination project, but also quite interesting to compare border crossings and provinces. ptal-io.github.io/border/

I expected to see more Forest paraphernalia. Does that mean you’ve given up on second place? 😉

#GISChat

Abstract submissions still open for #GIScience2025 !

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

BREAKING
Trump administration bans imports of men from the Isle of Man

🚨 Reminder! 🚨 The deadline for submitting abstracts and demos to GIScience 2025 🌏 is April 13!

Details & submission: giscience2025.org#abstracts

#GIScience2025 #CFP

Bezos has done some amazing things with this editorial page.

A Practical Experimentation of GraphRAG and Agentic Architecture With NeoConverse - Graph Database & Analytics Combine GraphRAG’s ability to tap into graph-based knowledge with NeoConverse to unlock powerful, adaptable AI workflows.

Ready to see how GraphRAG can transform your AI systems? Check out this article and explore:

✔️ GraphRAG: How it's revolutionizing traditional RAG systems
✔️Why top companies are embracing agentic architecture
✔️NeoConverse — A cutting-edge experiment in GraphRAG and agentic LLM design
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heart in blue, pink and white next to letters that say: International transgender day of visibility march 31

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility dear friends! We see you, we appreciate you and we can't imagine the world without you! ❤️

AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control Reality Generative AI spammers are brute forcing the internet, and it is working.

"Human-created content is getting almost entirely drowned out by AI-generated content because of the sheer amount of it."

This is truly an amazing funding opportunity. Travel funding for US-based students to attend @giscience-conf.bsky.social in New Zealand! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...