Talks | DEBIAS – DEBIAS

We will be sharing our talks documenting the progress and outcomes on DEBIAS.

Seminario Ciencias Sociales at Universidad de la Republica

Francisco presented A systematic machine learning approach to measure and assess biases in mobile phone population data at Seminario Ciencias Sociales, hosted by Universidad…

Hosted Roundtables Programme 2026 - Interchange UK

Francisco contributed to the roundtable Transport Demand and human behaviour: A new approach at the Hosted Roundtables Programme 2026, Interchange UK, on 3 March 2026.

Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW 2026)

Francisco contributed to the panel Innovating Data for Humanitarian Action: Integrating Traditional and Digital Trace Data to Monitor Displacement at Humanitarian Networks…

London Universities Population Seminar Series at the London School of Economics

Francisco presented Correcting Distorted Human Population Data from Mobile Phone Location Data at the London Universities Population Seminar Series, hosted at Connaught…

International Organization for Migration Report Launch

Francisco presented Dynamic Estimates of Displacement in Disaster Regions at the International Organization for Migration Report Launch, held online on 25 November 2025.

Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2025

Francisco presented Estimating Internal Displacement in Ukraine from High-Frequency GPS Mobile Phone Data at the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2025, Demographic…

Integrating MNO Data into Official Statistics: Challenges and Innovation

Francisco presented From experimental to official migration statistics: A conceptual and actionable framework for quality assurance in mobile-network-operator-derived…

Meta Lightning Talks - AI & Data for Good at Meta - Q3 2025

Francisco presented Beyond the Immediate Impacts of COVID-19 on Human Mobility at Meta Lightning Talks - AI & Data for Good at Meta - Q3 2025 on 10 September 2025.

British Society for Population Studies 2025 Conference

Francisco presented Producing Population-level Estimates of Internal Displacement in Ukraine Using GPS Mobile Phone Data at the British Society for Population Studies 2025…

Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2025

Francisco contributed to the Smart Data Research UK panel “Let’s do good things with data” at the Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2025, held at the…

NERSA/NARSC Program in Mobility, Migration, and Regional Science

Francisco presented Releasing the full potential of digital trace data for human migration research at the NERSA/NARSC Program in Mobility, Migration, and Regional Science…

International Population Conference (IPC2025)

Francisco presented Producing Population-level Estimates of Internal Displacement in Ukraine Using GPS Mobile Phone Data at the International Population Conference…

University of Queensland

Francisco presented Correcting Distorted Human Mobility Data from Mobile Phone Applications at the School of the Environment, Faculty of Science, University of Queensland…

Australian National University

Francisco presented Correcting for Biases in Location Data from Mobile Phones to Estimate Mobility Flows at the School of Demography, Australian National University…

Department of Mathematics and Geospatial Science Seminar Series at RMIT

Francisco presented Beyond the Census: Leveraging digital data sources to dynamically capture human mobility and migration at the Department of Mathematics and Geospatial…

Geography Seminar Series at the University of Melbourne

Francisco presented Correcting Distorted Human Mobility Data from Mobile Phone Applications at the Geography Seminar Series, Geography Department, University of Melbourne…

Transport Lab Seminar Series at the University of Sydney

Francisco presented Correcting Distorted Human Mobility Data from Mobile Phone Applications at the Transport Lab Seminar Series, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, on…

Workshop: Measurement of the Flows Across the Internal Borders of the European Union

Francisco presented Mobile Phone Data for Cross-border Population & Expenditure Flows: Ideas & Challenges at the workshop Measurement of the flows across the internal…

DEBIAS at the FCDO

Francisco was invited to present how work on the use of human mobility data extracted from smartphones to develop population-level estimates at the Foreign, Commonwealth and…

DEBIAS at Erasmus Mundus MSc in Geospatial Technologies Program

Carmen was pleased to be invited as a guest lecturer at the Erasmus Mundus MSc in Geospatial Technologies program. This international Master’s program is supported by the EU…

DEBIAS contributes to the 2024 LAMBDA meeting

DEBIAS delivered a presentation at the Liverpool Advanced Methods for Big Data Analytics (LAMBDA) Research Centre hosted an interdisciplinary workshop titled ‘Machine…

DEBIAS at CASA-UCL

Francisco was invited to deliver a seminar at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Seminar Series. His talk focused on the use of human mobility data extracted…

Research visit at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Francisco visited the the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR). He participated in the International migration in Central and Eastern Europe: changing…

Presentations at the British Society for Population Studies conference

The DEBIAS team participated in the British Society for Population Studies conference in Bath. Francisco organised and chaired the session “Migration 2: Migration, digital…

Keynote at the Annual Conference on Complex Systems

Digital trace data, such as location data collected from smartphone apps, offers a unique opportunity to analyse population movements at high spatiotemporal granularity…