Simon Pinnegar Joins City Futures
CITYFUTURES is pleased to announce the arrival of its new Senior Research Fellow, Dr Simon Pinnegar who comes to us highly qualified and with a wealth of experience from the United Kingdom.
Simon's CV
SIMmersion Lecture
"3D visualisation of the Built Environment - the state-of-the-art"
Wednesday 12 October 11 am-1pm
UNSW (Old Main Building Room 145)
The Urban and Cultural Studies Research Group and City Futures Research Centre invite you to the SIMmersion Lecture, "3D visualisation of the Built Environment - the state-of-the-art"
Jeff Cotter is the Chief Technology Officer at SIMmersion and the inventor of the SIMurban software suite. Jeff was formerly the Senior Software Engineer for Electro Optic Systems, one of the leading engineering/aerospace companies in the ACT.
Jeff’s innovative and excellent design skills formed the basis for his development of the SIMurban software suite, which is widely acknowledged as one of the most advanced 3D visualisation engines in the world. Jeff continues to lead the research and development at SIMurban to ensure that an Australian software company remains at the forefront of 3D visualisation engines.
Crime and Public Housing: Community and Interagency Approaches
26th September 2005, 9.00am to 4.00pm, Lecture Theatre G001, Ground Floor, The Red Centre, UNSW
A one day seminar on recent approaches to understanding and addressing problems of crime in public housing communities.
Presentations by academic researches, housing and police representatives including: Professor Tony Vinson, Dr Rob Samuels and Dr Bruce Judd, Dr Eileen Baldry, Michelle Roberson, Maz McCalman, Bernie Coates, Brian Murnane, Ken Carnegie and Brett Degenhardt.
Speaker profiles and presentations: Crime & Housing Seminar details
City Futures ARC Linkage Grant Success
City Futures has recently been awarded an ARC Linkage Grant for 2005 on ‘Planning for Socially Sustainable Urban Renewal in Suburban Sydney’. State and Local Government partners include the NSW Department of Housing, Fairfield City Council, Penrith City Council, Bankstown City Council, Auburn City Council and the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC).
The research team will be led by Prof Bill Randolph and will include UNSW academics A/Prof Susan Thompson, Dr Bruce Judd and Peter Williams together with Prof George Earl (Bond University) and Sharon Fingland (Assistant Director WSROC). It is a two year research project with a budget of $179,000 including $134,000 from the ARC and the remainder from partner contributions.
National Housing Conference 2005 - Perth
October 26 -28, Perth
City Futures researchers, will be presenting the following papers at this year’s National Housing Conference.
- Bill Randolph –“Urban Renewal in Middle Ring Suburbs”
- Ray Bunker and Darren Holloway – “Energy and Housing in Sydney”
For more information, follow the conference web link
http://www.nationalhousingconference.org.au
New Staff Appointed at City Futures
Two new staff have joined the City Futures team. Kristian Ruming has joined the Centre as Research Officer from the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Newcastle and Maria Schwensen is our new Administrative Coordinator.
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