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Big data applications in engineering and science (2016)
Book Chapter
Ong, K., De Silva, D., Boo, Y., Lim, E., Bodi, F., Alahakoon, D., & Leao, S. (2016). Big data applications in engineering and science. In Big Data Concepts, Theories, and Applications (315-351). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27763-9_9

Research to solve engineering and science problems commonly require the collection and complex analysis of a vast amount of data. This makes them a natural exemplar of big data applications. For example, data from weather stations, high resolution im... Read More about Big data applications in engineering and science.

Participatory sensing and education : helping the community mitigate sleep disturbance from traffic noise (2014)
Journal Article
Ong, K., Zarpelon Leao, S., & Krezel, A. (2014). Participatory sensing and education : helping the community mitigate sleep disturbance from traffic noise. International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications, 10(4), 419-441. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPCC-04-2014-0030

Purpose: This paper aims to present a project in Australia, where participants use smartphones to measure the level of traffic noise in their homes. Through the data collected, participants learn if they are subjected to sleep disturbances and, if so... Read More about Participatory sensing and education : helping the community mitigate sleep disturbance from traffic noise.

Mapping potential risk for housing damage from ground movement due to climate change (2014)
Journal Article
Zarpelon Leao, S. (2014). Mapping potential risk for housing damage from ground movement due to climate change. International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 5(4), 387-392. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJESD.2014.V5.515

The performance of footings in residential construction is influenced by the degree of ground movement, particularly in reactive soils, which is driven by the magnitude of change in soil moisture. New patterns of climate are affecting residential fou... Read More about Mapping potential risk for housing damage from ground movement due to climate change.

Mapping 100 years of Thornthwaite moisture index : impact of climate change in Victoria, Australia (2014)
Journal Article
Zarpelon Leao, S. (2014). Mapping 100 years of Thornthwaite moisture index : impact of climate change in Victoria, Australia. Geographical Research, 52(3), 309-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12072

Geographer C. W. Thornthwaite proposed in 1948 a moisture index called Thornthwaite Moisture Index (TMI) as part of a water balance model for a new classification system for climate. The importance of TMI climatic classification has been recognised i... Read More about Mapping 100 years of Thornthwaite moisture index : impact of climate change in Victoria, Australia.

2Loud? : Community mapping of exposure to traffic noise with mobile phones (2014)
Journal Article
Zarpelon Leao, S., Ong, K., & Krezel, A. (2014). 2Loud? : Community mapping of exposure to traffic noise with mobile phones. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(10), 6193-6206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3848-9

Despite ample medical evidence of the adverse impacts of traffic noise on health, most policies for traffic noise management are arbitrary or incomplete, resulting in serious social and economic impacts. Surprisingly, there is limited information abo... Read More about 2Loud? : Community mapping of exposure to traffic noise with mobile phones.