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We're an academic team of Research Data Specialists enabling data-intensive and data-informed research across disciplines @unimelb #MDAP_unimelb
The University of Melbourne
Joined January 2020
JUST PUBLISHED: Themeda: Predicting Land Cover Change Using Deep Learning By: Robert Turnbull, Damien Mannion, Jessie Wells, Kabir Manandhar Shrestha, Attila Balogh, & Rebecca Runting Read the latest free, OA article from the Journal of Remote Sensing: https://t.co/M7rnLyDjV3
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The annual @CAA_Australasia Digital Archaeology Conference program is out! Keynote 'Visualising Ancestral Futures' by Brett Leavy @Guneriboi, Director, Biblie Virtual Labs 2–3 Oct online Free registration https://t.co/rGyMtgNV8V Program https://t.co/QqvIWiaViR
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While maps may appear an objective narrative, the mapmaker is telling a story through data & design. Join @fitzyjane to explore different maps made with the same data, question the stories maps tell & what we can learn from them! @WeAreHADES
https://t.co/IOk2YHQEe1
rduevents.unimelb.edu.au
A geographic map can be powerful data visualisation, used to explore concepts of place, location, and distance that are inherent in much humanities...
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Presented by MDAP Research Data Specialist and historian @fitzyjane! 8 September, 2pm to 3pm AEST, via Zoom - all welcome.
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While maps may appear an objective narrative, the mapmaker is telling a story – with data, design & presentation. In this @WeAreHADES seminar explore different maps made with the same data, question the stories maps tell & what we can learn from them! https://t.co/IOk2YHQEe1
rduevents.unimelb.edu.au
A geographic map can be powerful data visualisation, used to explore concepts of place, location, and distance that are inherent in much humanities...
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Thinking of submitting an EOI to our 2026 Collaboration round? Come along to a collab info session, meet the team, ask questions and chat about your project. Two sessions, 25 August in person, and 28 August online Register:
unimelb.edu.au
From research design and data collection, to analysis, AI and visualisation– work with us to apply creative, innovative and tailored approaches to your data.
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Worldwide, more than 395 million specimens are housed in herbaria - an unparalleled record of Earth’s plant and fungal life over time. We wanted to find a better, faster way to tap into this wealth of information. W @jbirch_botany & MDAP's @RobTurnbull
https://t.co/8iS2BSJ3Kv
theconversation.com
Advances in imaging, text recognition and machine learning are transforming what can be done with collections of plants and fungi in herbaria and museums globally.
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Make your research data more accessible, reusable, and impactful! At our next HASS Taskforce workshop, gain practical experience with user-friendly tools and methods that streamline data management. 26 Aug, in-person, all day workshop lunch included https://t.co/t5Do3fm7mb
rduevents.unimelb.edu.au
Research data is valuable - we spend time (and often money) in collecting it, and it is fundamental to creating knowledge. Because of this value, w...
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"To cope with impostor syndrome, I keep a ‘feel-good’ folder in my e-mail ... kind messages from people who thank me for helping them or who appreciate my work." MDAP's @_marstudio shares perspectives and strategies on pursuing science far from home!
nature.com
Nature - Four scientists share the emotional toll of pursuing science far from home — and the strategies that help them to protect their mental health.
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HADES @claire_loughnan explores intersection of digital humanities, criminology and memorial with Against Erasure, a 3D model of Manus Island Detention Centre preserving collective knowledge of a controversial chapter in Australian immigration history https://t.co/PArybIBnKt
rduevents.unimelb.edu.au
The Against Erasure project developed a 3D digital reconstruction of the Manus Island Offshore Processing Centre, as a multidisciplinary teaching r...
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Want to see what your research data can do Collaborate with MDAP in 2026. From research design and data collection, to analysis, AI, visualisation – work with us to apply creative, innovative and tailored approaches to your data. EOIs close 14 Sep https://t.co/NfiykwQEHA
unimelb.edu.au
From research design and data collection, to analysis, AI and visualisation– work with us to apply creative, innovative and tailored approaches to your data.
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In biology, phylogenetics reconstructs evolutionary relationships by analysing how traits are inherited and change over time. The same technique is revealing the history of the New Testament! 📜New research from MDAP's @RobTurnbull
https://t.co/2cA1arQ6VN
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
In biology, phylogenetics reconstructs evolutionary relationships. The same technique is revealing the history of the New Testament, says a University of Melbourne expert.
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What does it mean to "harness" AI? "AI is not just technical or futuristic, it has very real human connections into the deep past" - James Smithies
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Hearing from Prof James Smithies talking H-STRICT principles for rapid software testing (RSTE): Human System Targets Transparent Reproducible Iterative Contextually informed measures and baselines Tasks workflows & use cases
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Prof James Smithies @ANUcass & founding director @kingsdigitallab presents ATLAS, an open source ‘test harness’ to evaluate AI in historical research, and help researchers ‘look under the hood’ of LLM-based tools. 31 July in-person & Zoom - register:
rduevents.unimelb.edu.au
The prevailing discourse on Large Language Models (LLMs) suggests that humanities research, like many other fields, is about to be shaped by intell...
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Good news everyone! MDAP's @robturnbull has joined the ERC-COG BICROSS project team @KU_Leuven, exploring multilingual manuscripts and cross-language interactions using AI (NLP, LLMs) and other digital tools. Read more https://t.co/fdjQ6iNtxY
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Our next seminar is with Prof James Smithies of ANU presenting ATLAS, an open source ‘test harness’ to evaluate AI in historical research, and help researchers ‘look under the hood’ of LLM-based tools. Thu 31 July https://t.co/tkrD8M7qSA
rduevents.unimelb.edu.au
The prevailing discourse on Large Language Models (LLMs) suggests that humanities research, like many other fields, is about to be shaped by intell...
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Location in archaeology: How certain are we this thing was there? @sebplutniak presents #archeofrag, software to analyse spatial relationships in archaeological sites, enhancing our understanding of artifacts, sites, and excavation! 10 June, 2-3pm, Zoom https://t.co/WMsPoFJNMt
rduevents.unimelb.edu.au
The archaeological space is continuous. Archaeological investigation, as surveys and excavation, is about discretising this space, determining rele...
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Intro to network analysis with R Thu 12 June @melbconnect Explore #igraph and learn how to represent and model relational data with graph objects, calculate key network metrics, visualise networks and cluster a network and detect communities. https://t.co/wewcznNlkd
rduevents.unimelb.edu.au
Are you a researcher and would like to explore, measure, and analyse network structures? This workshop is for you if you: Are a HASS or STE...
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Learn about https://t.co/UOuzIruj26 - Text Mining with R: A Tidy Approach
tidytextmining.com
A guide to text analysis within the tidy data framework, using the tidytext package and other tidy tools
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