On Friday, 11 August 2017, Associate Professor Dr. Yan Liu from the University of Queensland (UQ) visited the Faculty of Geography UGM (FGE UGM). Dr Liu is a Human Geographer specializing in Geographical Informational Science (GIS), spatial analysis and modelling. With a long collaboration between the Department of Geographical Information Science and the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management (UQ), this general lecture is intended to strengthen the collaboration as well as to improve the students’ exposure towards international event. Attended by more than 70 lectures and graduate as well as postgraduate students, Dr. Liu explained the use of spatial data analysis in different topics such as: analyzing transit smart card data to understand travel pattern costs and behaviors, (ii) spatial mining of large administrative data to identify and understand neighborhood problems, and (iii) identifying and visualizing high risk road segments for Hit-Parked-Vehicle (HPV) crashes. The coordinator of this event, Dr. Muhammad Kamal (Secretary of the Department of Geographical Information Science) who is also the alumnus of the University of Queensland closed the event and hoped that this kind of collaborative activity may be conducted in the future.
Figure 1. Dr. Yan Liu is welcomed by the Dean of the Faculty of Geography
Figure 2. The Vice Dean of the Research, Community Service, Cooperation and Alumi opened the General Lecture
Figure 3. Dr. Kamal as the coordinator of this event opened the general lecture