News and events

The SSSI NSW & WA Online Conference will be held on Monday 30 November as part of the Climate Change and Disaster Management (CCDM2020) Week Event and will focus on case studies, technologies, and interactive engagement.

CDMPS Director, Prof Abbas Rajabifard, will speak at the Daring Cities 2020 Conference on the topic of The Role of Digitisation in Climate Resilience: Transforming Local Responses to Climate Change.

On Monday 14 September, CDMPS Director Prof Abbas Rajabifard virtually attended and presented at the conference ‘Lessons from Lockdown’, participating as a panel expert for a discussion on the topic of ‘Lessons from the failures of COVIDsafe: Planning for the future’.

As the Sustainability Fellow for Engineering, on Tuesday 15th September Prof. Abbas Rajabifard participated in the 'Sustainability in our Curriculum' online interactive session hosted by the University.

The World Bank has recently released the Flagship Publication 'Solid Ground: Increasing Community Resilience through Improved Land Administration and Geospatial Information Systems' which was an outcome of the collaborative work undertaken by our two research centres, CSDILA and CDMPS here at the University of Melbourne, and the Global Land and Geospatial Unit of the World Bank.

Join us for the launch of a new research unit – Coastal and Ocean Extremes – lead by Prof Ian Young. To launch the unit Prof Young will deliver a public seminar on The global ocean wind and wave climate: how it is changing and projections for 2100.

A new book that brings together leading international geospatial experts to analyse the role of land and geospatial data infrastructures and services for achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been released, edited by CDMPS Director, Prof Abbas Rajabifard.

The new global norm of extreme weather-related disasters and climate change requires a new type of disaster-resilience modelling.

There are exciting opportunities for PhD research on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) available with CDMPS and CSDILA for talented candidates.

We are pleased to announce the success of the first international symposium and workshops, A Smart Sustainable Future for All – Enhancing Resilience in a Changing Landscape(SSF 2018), from 24 – 26 September 2018 at the University of Melbourne.

Prof Rajabifard conducted a workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia on the topic of Disaster Management and Resilience and Resilience Impact of Land and Geospatial Information.

We successfully launched A Blueprint for Disaster Management RD&D Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals at the international symposium A Smart Sustainable Future for All on 25 September 2018– the third anniversary of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The United Nations – Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) Academic Network Forum was held in the week from 1 – 3 August as part of the Eighth Session of the Committee of Experts on GGIM at UN Headquarters, New York.

Would you survive a zombie outbreak?CDMPS was approached by Xbox to simulate how a zombie outbreak would spread across Australian and New Zealand cities.

Director, Prof Abbas Rajabifard, delivered a plenary speech on the topic of 'Spatially Enabled Societies and Smart Communities' at the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Congress 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.

VicTrack management representatives led by Mr Julian Williams visited CDMPS to discuss the potential for future research collaboration with David Williams and Geoff Spring in March.

We were pleased to meet with Prof Venkatesh Kodur from Michigan State University, USA

Prof. Abbas Rajabifard, Director of CDMPS, will be a plenary speaker at the FIG Congress 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Congratulations to Dr Milad Haghani on receiving his Doctorate degree on Wednesday the 11th of April at the University of Melbourne.

Congratulations to Dr Farzad Alamdara on receiving his Doctorate degree on Tuesday the 10th of April at the University of Melbourne.

We were pleased to welcome Professor Josef Strobl who visited us from the University of Salzburg this week to discuss opportunities for collaboration.

We are delighted to collaborate with the World Bank on the project: ‘Improving Resilience and Resilience Impact of National Land and Geospatial Systems’.

Senior Industry Advisor, Geoff Spring, gave a presentation to the Project 25 (P25) Steering Committee on February 8th 2018.

CDMPS was happy to welcome and host Prof. Bohumil Kasal of Fraunhofer WKI and TU Braunschweig, Germany. Prof. Kasal gave a seminar titled 'Recent advances in use of lignocellulosic materials in structures – hybrid materials and systems.'

Our PhD Candidate Arash Kaviani is taking part in the Australian Mathematics Sciences Institute (AMSI) Summer School - the biggest national event for maths students in Australia.

Congratulations to Dr Hosna Tashakkori Hashemi on receiving her Doctorate degree on Wednesday the 13th of December at the University of Melbourne.

We congratulate Dr Saeed Asadi Bagloee on receiving his Doctorate degree on Monday the 11th of December at the University of Melbourne.

The Dean of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, Prof. Bill Rosehart (2nd from left), visited the Department of Infrastructure Engineering and CDMPS on 01 December 2017.

On Friday 24 November 2017, representatives from CDMPS met with Peter Clemons, the founder and Managing Director or Quixoticity.

CDMPS supported and took part in the 2017 Comms Connect conference at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, 21 – 23 November.

On the 24th of October 2017, our close collaborator, the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration (CSDILA), launched the Urban Analytics Data Infrastructure (UADI) at the University of Melbourne.

In September 2017, CDMPS hosted a number of prominent guests from the University of Melbourne to showcase the Centre’s major research, training and engagement activities over the past 3 years, as well as our strategic plans for the future.

Professor Abbas Rajabifard, Director of CDMPS, was invited to give a one day presentation by the Malaysian Board of Surveyors in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Professor Rajabifard's talk was titled 'Spatially Enabled Platform to Support Liveability Planning for Smart Cities'.

CDMPS hosted a humanitarian mapping event in collaboration with the Department of Infrastructure Engineering and Spatial@Melbourne.

On Monday 31 July 2017, as Chair of the UN-GGIM Academic Network, CDMPS Director Abbas Rajabifard attended and spoke at the UN-GGIM Academic Network Forum in New York.

The OpenStreetMap (OSM) Points of Interest (POI) Analyser assists OSM users to determine the quality of POI locations. The goal of OpenStreetMap is to provide a free, accurate and opensource maps to users around the world.

Congratulations Dr. Farhad Laylavi, our first PhD Graduate.

Members from CDMPS and our close partner, the CSDILA, met with Denise McKenzie this week to showcase our capabilities and current projects in the area of 3D visualisation platforms.

Director Abbas Rajabifard was in Sydney on the 5th of April for the 10th International Symposium on Digital Earth and Locate17.

Our close partner, the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration, is hosting the 3D GeoInfo conference this year as a part of 3D Australia.

Our close partner The Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration, in collaboration with the Global Spatial Data Infrastructures Association (GSDI), Leuven University Belgium and the University of New Brunswick Canada, released a refereed book entitled ‘Spatial Enablement in a Smart World’.

Successful workshop held at 15th GSDI Conference in Taipei

Congratulations Dr Nelson Lam for his promotion to Professor.

The findings of ‘Beyond Bushfires’ were released on the 18th of November 2016; a six-year study of more than 1000 people impacted by Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires.

CDMPS will present a workshop at the upcoming 15th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure World Conference (GSDI 15) in Taipei, Taiwan. The workshop will discuss the design and development of a Global Disaster Management Platform, as well as discuss Smart Disaster Prevention.

Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration (CSDILA), successfully hosted the International Symposium on Smart Future Cities.

Centre Director, Prof Abbas Rajabifard, and Centre Manager, Greg Ireton were appointed as members of the International Advisory Board of the China Association of Public Safety.

CDMPS assists first RMIT Master of Disaster, Design and Development students with a visit to Marysville to meet experienced community members, businesses local government and practitioners.

CDMPS was invited to present at the International Conference of Public Safety Science and Technology 2016 in Beijing.

CDMPS co-chaired the first China-Australia Disaster Management International Symposium in Nanjing along with Hohai University (our hosts) and the Huaihe River Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources.

We hosted an executive forum on communications from connected vehicles, sponsored by General Motors (GM).

The 15th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure World Conference (GSDI 15) will be held in Taipei, Taiwan, Rep. of China, from 29 November to 2 December.