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HADES @wearehades.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Join @datacreative.bsky.social to subvert the old standards for learning and bridge the spaces between data visualisation design and Universal Learning Design – touching on ULD guidelines for engagement, representation, action and expression. Mon 31 Aug rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/learni...

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Learning matters: Universal learning design for data visualisation

Data visualisations use text and image to communicate and understand data. When it comes to teaching data visualisation, Universal Learning Design ...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Want to see what your research data can do? Submit an EOI to collaborate with MDAP in 2027. From research design and data collection, to analysis, AI, visualisation and more. Questions? Come along to our STEM and HASS info sessions. EOIs close 14 September go.unimelb.edu.au/ez8h

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Join us for the She Leads Tech interactive pitch session event! Hear insights from experts from Antler Australia, NUVC & HEX then take part in a team challenge to develop and pitch an AI-enabled venture idea. Awesome prizes up for grabs! Friday 22 May rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/she-le...

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She Leads Tech: Women in entrepreneurship

Are you curious about entrepreneurship but have not previously seen yourself as a founder? Do you want to learn directly from women leading innovat...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This workshop for HASS researchers explores practical ways AI can support research. We will look at incorporating AI into workflows, literature discovery, and experiment with approaches to analyse research data. Mon 11 May rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/ai-in-...

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AI in the Academy

This workshop is targeted at researchers (at all levels – from postgraduate students to professors!) in the humanities, arts, and social sciences...

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HADES @wearehades.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

For our April HADES seminar, Dr Bill Pascoe leads an open discussion of digital mapping and its relation to humanities theory and critique - focusing on how and why digital maps are especially useful for truth telling about colonial history. 2pm Monday 27 April, via Zoom go.unimelb.edu.au/byt2

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Counter mapping: Australian wars and resistance through critical cartography

This HADES seminar provides an open discussion of digital mapping and its relation to humanities theory and critique. Dr William (Bill) Pascoe...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

HASS researchers: Enhance your data skills and research with the power of web scraping! Learn how to extract data from web pages, including text, images and files. Explore APIs like REST and GraphQL and understand ethical considerations. Wed 22 April rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/web-sc...

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API/Web scraping with Python: Getting data from websites

Are you doing research in the Humanities, Arts, and/or Social Sciences? What if you need to get information from a website, but the website creator...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

2026 Gemini Comp opening panel - interdisciplinary collaboration and impact Speakers will share insights on how collaboration can bring together different domains, methods, and ways of thinking to drive opportunity and impact. Fri 17 April, inc lunch! rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/2603-2...

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2026 Gemini Competition opening panel

The Gemini Competition aims to build an innovation platform oriented toward the global market through connecting industry resources, investment ins...

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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 30/03/2026

👩‍💻Are you a #HASS researcher working with #GeospatialData in your research, like the location of people, events, places or maps?🗺️ Join our workshop to codesign a new Geospatial Capability as part of the ARDC Community Data Lab ✍️ ardc.edu.au/event/ardc-c... @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities

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ARDC Community Data Lab Co-design Workshop: HASS Geospatial Capability | ARDC

Join us to co-design a HASS Geospatial Capability based on Open Geospatial Consortium standards-based software.

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

teiphy (from Joey McCollum, ACU & Robert Turnbull, MDAP) is nominated for Best ‘DH Tool’ in the Digital Humanities Awards 2025 @dhawards.bsky.social 🎉 teiphy is a tool for studying manuscript traditions using phylogenetics. Check out the nominees and cast your vote: dhawards.org/dhawards2025...

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DH Awards 2025 Voting | Digital Humanities Awards

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Join us for She leads tech: Women in industry Friday 27 March, via Zoom Register go.unimelb.edu.au/brp2 Speakers from Google DeepMind, Tesla, AKQA, Amazon and MDAP will share strategies on building influence, sponsorship, mentoring and stepping into leadership sustainably.

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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 02/03/2026

🌞That’s a wrap on the ARDC Summer School! A big week of digital skills, FAIR + CARE & learning to use national #HASS + Indigenous research data infrastructure. Catch the highlights in the wrap‑up article👇 ardc.edu.au/project/annu... @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social @internetobservatory.org.au #NCRIS

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HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons - Annual Summer School | ARDC

The Summer School is an annual event run by the ARDC for researchers and Indigenous data custodians to learn digital research skills through learning activities, networking and mentorship.

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

We're hiring! Collaborate to boost HASS, digital humanities & Indigenous research: 👩‍💻Research Software Engineer go.unimelb.edu.au/zta2 🗺️Research Assistant in Digital Humanities go.unimelb.edu.au/qta2 Apps close 8 Dec #ResearchSky #AcademicSky

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We're excited that our co-designed Enhanced Analytics project is part of ARDC's Community Data Lab! Our project focuses on tools to support the use and analysis of RO-Crate data and digitised documents and collections! Learn more: go.unimelb.edu.au/kta2

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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 05/11/2025

Curious about the #HASS & Indigenous RDC Summer School? Learn what to expect for the 2-day event in Feb 2026, Ballarat. 📅18 Nov, 2pm AEDT, online ✍️ ow.ly/kLZy50XmekH USyd Core Research Facilities Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) Australian Internet Observatory (AIO)

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What to expect at HASS and Indigenous RDC Summer School 2026 - a Webinar | ARDC

Join our webinar to learn what to expect at the ARDC HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons Summer School 2026.

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Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social team at @unimelb.bsky.social is fantastic and has some amazing job openings! Please share this with anyone who might be interested. #HASS #RSE #DigitalHumanities #ResearchSoftwareEngineering #UniMelb #JobOpening #Recruiting #Hiring #ResearchSky #AcademicSky

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The annual @caa-australasia.bsky.social Digital Archaeology Conference program is out! Keynote 'Visualising Ancestral Futures' by Brett Leavy, Director, Biblie Virtual Labs 2–3 Oct online Free registration events.humanitix.com/caa-australa... Program au.caa-international.org/2025-confere...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

As a researcher you likely assist others to learn new skills, from computational tools to data analysis methods 🔟🎓Ten simple rules for training by researchers for researchers in a rapidly evolving workforce Via past MDAP trainer Meirian Lovelace-Tozer @ardc.edu.au journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

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Ten simple rules for training by researchers for researchers in a rapidly evolving workforce

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Next @wearehades.bsky.social seminar looks amaze, featuring MDAP's resident ‪historian, data-nerd, map maker, & cat lover @emily-fitzgerald.bsky.social Monday 8 September, 2pm, online, all welcome! Register rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/same-d...

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Mar Quiroga @mariadelmarq.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Although the article does focus on the challenges, there are clear benefits to going overseas as a #latinx #researcher: in my case I found my absolute dream job at @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social, The University of Melbourne www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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How to thrive as a Latin American researcher abroad

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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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Are you considering putting in 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: www.unimelb.edu.au/mdap/news/co...

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Collaborate with MDAP in 2026

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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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

New research from Jo Birch and MDAP's Robert Turnbull describes their new AI-driven tool #Hespi (short for “herbarium specimen sheet pipeline”), which has the potential to revolutionise access to biodiversity data and open up new avenues for research! theconversation.com/botanical-ti...

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Botanical time machines: AI is unlocking a treasure trove of data held in herbarium collections

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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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

At our next HASS Taskforce workshop, gain practical experience with user-friendly tools and methods that streamline data management, to make your research data more accessible, reusable, and impactful. 26 Aug, in-person, all day workshop lunch included rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/2318-s...

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Sustainable Data for Humanities Researchers

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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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

"Moving overseas is not an easy decision ... Although it offers many career opportunities, such as better salaries and sometimes a higher quality of life, it also comes at a huge cost." MDAP's Dr Mar Quiroga shares perspectives on pursuing science far from home! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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How to thrive as a Latin American researcher abroad

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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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Want to see what your research data can do? Collaborate with MDAP in 2026. From research design and data collection, to analysis, AI, and visualisation – work with us to apply creative, innovative and tailored approaches to your data. EOIs close 14 Sep ⬇️ www.unimelb.edu.au/mdap/news/co...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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 Robert Turnbull! pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/sci...

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Scientific tools are tracing the evolution of ancient biblical manuscripts

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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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

What does it mean to "harness" AI? "AI is not just technical or futuristic, it has very real human connections into the deep past" @jamessmithies.bsky.social

Man at lectern with a slide in background detailing ATLAS: Analysis and testing of language models for archival systems, with linked discussion on the historical linguistics and socio-cultural uses of the term “harness”

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Hearing from Prof @jamessmithies.bsky.social 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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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Prof @jamessmithies.bsky.social, ANU & Founding Director @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social presents ATLAS, an open source ‘test harness’ to evaluate AI in historical research, helping researchers ‘look under the hood’ of LLM-based tools. 31 July in-person & Zoom rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/the-at...

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The ATLAS test harness: Evaluating LLM-RAG systems for humanities research

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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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Good news everyone! MDAP's Robert Turnbull has joined the ERC-COG BICROSS project team @KU_Leuven, exploring multilingual manuscripts and cross-language interactions using AI and other digital tools. Read more go.unimelb.edu.au/u5cp Rob's site robturnbull.com BICROSS theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Our next seminar is with Prof @jamessmithies.bsky.social 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 rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/the-at...

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The ATLAS test harness: Evaluating LLM-RAG systems for humanities research

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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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Location in archaeology: How certain are we this thing was there? June @wearehades.bsky.social seminar features Sébastien Plutniak presenting on #archeofrag - software to analyse spatial relationships in archaeological sites. 10 June, 2pm - 3pm, Zoom rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/locati...

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Location in archaeology: How certain are we this thing was there?

The archaeological space is continuous. Archaeological investigation, as surveys and excavation, is about discretising this space, determining rele...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Intro to network analysis with R Thu 12 June @melbconnect.bsky.social 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. rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/intro-...

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Intro to network analysis with R

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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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Hands-on workshop for HASS researchers @ Unimelb working with materials like archives, interviews, and social media data. Learn basic preprocessing tasks using tidy text and common textual analysis techniques. Basic R knowledge required. 26 June, register: rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/text-a...

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Text analysis with R

Are you a researcher in the Humanities, Arts, or Social Sciences (HASS) and would like to analyse your textual data quantitatively with code, but d...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Hands-on workshop for HASS researchers @ Unimelb working with materials like archives, interviews, and social media data. Learn basic preprocessing tasks using NLTK and common textual analysis techniques. Basic Python knowledge required. 11 June, register: rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/text-a...

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Text analysis with Python

Are you a researcher in the Humanities, Arts, or Social Sciences (HASS) and would like to analyse your textual data quantitatively with code, but d...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Location in archaeology: How certain are we this thing was there? Next @wearehades.bsky.social seminar, Sébastien Plutniak presents his research and introduces archeofrag, software to analyse spatial relationships in archaeological sites. 10 June, register: rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/locati...

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Location in archaeology: How certain are we this thing was there?

The archaeological space is continuous. Archaeological investigation, as surveys and excavation, is about discretising this space, determining rele...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

📣 New blog post! 📣 Want to gain insights into what our interns learn about during their placements with us? Or maybe you are more interested in the worlds of research ethics and data governance? 🔎 All this is covered in our newest post! Give it a read: go.unimelb.edu.au/qb8p

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Research ethics and data governance: Insights from our intern knowledge sharing session

Knowledge sharing sessions are an important part of MDAP’s internship program. Our recent session delved into the topics of research ethics and data governance, highlighting the importance of these co...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

A few spots left! Making research visual: Visualisation design for communicating research and research data Designed for Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) researchers and research professionals @ UoM Tue 27 May, in person @melbconnect.bsky.social rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/making...

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Making research visual: Visualisation design for communicating research and research data

Visualisations are so much more than decorations Are you a Humanities, Arts, or Social Sciences researcher or research support staff wanting...

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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 06/05/2025

📣Share your feedback on ARDC Community Data Lab draft project plans! The HASS & Indigenous research community is invited to share their feedback and help shape the ARDC Community Data Lab 🔗 bit.ly/cdl-plans w/ @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social #HASS #research #data #GLAM

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Draft Project Plans for the ARDC Community Data Lab Now Open for Feedback | ARDC

We invite the research community to provide feedback on the ARDC Community Data Lab draft project plans.

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Mammograms are painful and only 2D. CT could be better, but needs high dosage to reduce noise. Using phase-contrast and AI denoising, MDAP's Rob Turnbull, Simon Mutch & team cut the dose 16× with no loss of image quality. Working towards safe 3D breast cancer screening. doi.org/10.48550/arX...

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Towards order of magnitude X-ray dose reduction in breast cancer imaging using phase contrast and deep denoising

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed human cancer in the United States at present. Early detection is crucial for its successful treatment. X-ray mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis...

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Sarah Gilbert @sarahagilbert.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988

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From the changemyview community on Reddit

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Next @wearehades.bsky.social seminar w Jonathan Laskovsky on border sites and data use in border surveillance, resistance and transgression. He'll also speak on building data support for research bids and advocating institutional change. 12 May, 2-3pm, Zoom rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/betwee...

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Between the space of borders

Dr Jonathan Laskovsky will focus on two different modalities of borders that intersect his research interests across both his professional and acad...

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Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP) @mdap-unimelb.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Next @wearehades.bsky.social seminar w Jonathan Laskovsky, sharing research on border sites beyond the cartographic and sociological, and how data is used in relation to border surveillance, resistance and transgression. Mon 12 May, 2-3pm, via Zoom Register rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/betwee...

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Between the space of borders

Dr Jonathan Laskovsky will focus on two different modalities of borders that intersect his research interests across both his professional and acad...

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Emily Tour @touremily.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We have officially published Potnia in @joss-openjournals.bsky.social 🐍👁️👉🏽 doi.org/10.21105/jos.... Potnia is a #Python library for the conversion of transliterated #ancienttexts into Unicode. It currently supports Linear A and B, Arabic, and Hittite cuneiform, with many new languages on the way!

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@Planographer @planographer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

A preview of our - Phelps/Keil/Maginn - new edited book, Peripheral Centralities: Instances of Anticipatory Urbanism. An International collection of visual essays on the definition/character/aesthetics/function/significance of the periphery in making #metro regions. www.jovis.de/en/book/9783...

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