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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Duncan Smith
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) - Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London (UCL)


Duncan Smith is an academic in the fields of urban geography and transportation using spatial analysis, web visualisation and modelling methods. He lectures in GIS and urban analytics at CASA UCL, and is Course Director of CASA's Spatial Data Science and Visualisation MSc. Recent research projects have included the ESRC RESOLUTION project, using detailed spatial analysis of private and public transport networks to calculate accessibility metrics for large city regions, including London and São Paulo, and the ERC Advanced Grant MECHANICITY: Morphology, Energy and Climate Change in the City, researching various aspects of city performance in relation to city scale, dynamics and urban form. Examples of Duncan's work can be viewed at https://citygeographics.org/

GEOINFO 2018