Obi Thompson Sargoni

Senior Advisor at GHD Insights and Analytics. PhD from CASA, UCL. Mobility + spatial data science; atm mostly mobile phone data and remote sensing (he/him)

[euan mills 🤖 @euanmills]

“In London alone, there are nearly enough under-occupied bedrooms to meet the housing needs of all overcrowded and homeless households in England.”

An argument for not needing to build more homes?

@IIPP_UCL https://t.co/5udO9SkddO

[Brian Merchant @bcmerchant]

This story is horrific, and basically confirms every one of the fears we had back in October when we knew the IDF was using AI—it's error-prone, there's scant human oversight, and it facilitates the mass rubber stamping of targets, of mass killing.

https://t.co/LnwPGVUFAn

[Andrew Hill @andrewtghill]

Predictions of the death of commuting were greatly exaggerated - but what does it look like now? @emmavj and I analyse the data with the help of colleagues in 10 commuter hotspots from London to Mumbai https://t.co/G9jpOSkf4S

[Duncan A Smith @citygeographics]

How to accurately measure public transport accessibility for GB cities using the PTAI-2022 dataset-
https://t.co/yyH9SBNUuL

[Obi Thompson Sargoni @obisargoni]

@Jackstilgoe Funnily enough i also just came across this helpful ifs report on effects of increasing private school costs (through charging vat) - net gain for state education likely even if students switch to state from
private. https://t.co/23BohDGQT8

[Henrikki Tenkanen 🌐 htenkanen.bsky.social @tenkahen]

Happy to share that our Special Issue is finally out at @envplanb! 🥳 Our SI covers 14 articles that study transport and sustainable mobility with geospatial and network science approaches. Fantastic collaboration w/ @UrbanDemog @ElsaArcaute @martikagv 👇 https://t.co/jaBU3pr7uB

[Dhruv Kumar @drv_kmr]

It's real !
https://t.co/8K2QqIqyzm

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

This year’s insane heat has coincided with (perhaps driven?) a bit of a wedge between two leading “climate urgency science narratives”…
🧵

[The John Snow Society @JohnSnowSociety]

John Snow Society's 210th Anniversary Map Competition Second Place award goes to:

Nicolas Palominos Ortega @npalomin @CASAUCL

Congratulations Nicolas 🎉

[Asya Natapov @Asymptota]

🚨 Our long-awaited paper has finally been published! It presents a new GIS tool that integrates points-of-interest and visibility using a network-based approach. https://t.co/xYGE53o4sC

[Jack Stilgoe @Jackstilgoe]

Those of you screaming for a paper on the problems with this comparison, I hear you. Hello at the back! Here you go https://t.co/fiM7eyPmUP

[Obi Thompson Sargoni @obisargoni]

@Jackstilgoe @Waymo @Cruise @MLNow Omg would I?!?

[Obi Thompson Sargoni @obisargoni]

@johnardavies @stianwestlake @JohnnyRunge Science might also be more ‘stationary’ than economics - scientific findings might remain valid for a longer period of time than economic ones. Our society seems to change more rapidly than natural systems…I think

[Nick Holliman @binocularity]

@CUSPLondon will be running this workshop on 3D Urban Models on 4th July for #LondonDataWeek

Sign up here:

https://t.co/L5nUnS4EcR

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

I love Rowan Atkinson the comedian and I believe he learned electrical engineering once, but I feel this erroneous article on EVs dupes the readers of the @Guardian and that's starting to become a pattern.

Electric vehicles really emit 3x less CO2.
🧵
https://t.co/BECA40z2Jr

[Obi Thompson Sargoni @obisargoni]

Because traffic laws are routinely broken by so many people they are used as an example of 'moral luck' - you're only deemed immoral if you get (unluckily) caught. Don't think that extends to trying to avoid the fine though, that's just normal immorality. https://t.co/eTf0916bvh

[UCL CASA @CASAUCL]

There are 24 scholarships worth £10,000 each to invest in students on this course who are from under-represented backgrounds to diversify and transform the data science and AI sectors. Apply now: https://t.co/A9ukbRbXGX @RGS_IBGhe #JoinYourAIFuture

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Since we’ve just got a new set of @bankofengland inflation forecasts, I figured it was time to update my chart showing how those forecasts have performed vs what actually happened (the red line).
Short answer: not especially well👇

[Jack Stilgoe @Jackstilgoe]

Bill Gates on self-driving vehicles https://t.co/Bt6OHpvrX7