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Paula Moraga
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👩‍🏫 Prof Statistics at KAUST
📚 Author Geospatial Health Data http://bit.ly/bookgeo & Spatial Statistics for Data Science http://bit.ly/bookspatial
#rstats #rspatial #geohealth #HBTransform 🚢🐧

🌐 https://www.paulamoraga.com/
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📣 Calling for your paper for the upcoming collection 'Geospatial Intelligence in Public Health' in npj Digital Public Health. I'm honored to be serving as the collection's Guest Editor and eager to read your submission! 🌍💻📊

👉 go.nature.com/43oBUFG

@natureportfolio.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Back from the ISI World Statistics Congress in The Hague! A week of inspiring talks and connecting with amazing statisticians and data scientists! Thanks to everyone who made it such a great experience! 🌍📊

👉 www.paulamoraga.com/ISI/

#Statistics #DataScience
October 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Excited to be at the ISI World Statistics Congress! Inspired by the amazing speakers and all the cool stats and data science talks! #Statistics #DataScience @isi-official.bsky.social 📊 💻 ✨
October 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Honored to return to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for the Letten Prize Day. Grateful for this recognition and the opportunity to advance my work on health surveillance. ✨🙏

Congrats to Prof. Danielle Wood for her inspiring work! 🎉

🔗 www.youtube.com/live/aIi4gBk...
September 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Looking forward to the Letten Prize Day 2025 this Thursday! 😊🎉 I will be sharing my work on #geospatial data & #health #surveillance and celebrating the 2025 Letten Prize laureate, Prof. Danielle Wood!

You can watch live here: lettenprize.com/letten-prize...
September 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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📢 NEW PAPER! In response to 2024 dengue epidemic we built Dengue-tracker 🦟📈 to improve nowcasts in Brazil by combining surveillance data + Google Trends

🔗 diseasesurveillance.github.io/dengue-tracker
📄 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

🙌 With Guilherme Soares,Rafael Izbicki,Yang Xiao&@leosbastos.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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🔈 Tomorrow I will be giving a webinar on Geospatial Data Science for Public Health Surveillance at the University of Crete.

Join us if you want to learn more about our latest work on dengue nowcasting & forecasting in Brazil! 🦟

🔗 economics.soc.uoc.gr/en/seminar/3...

#health #datascience #rstats
April 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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📢 Postdoc position in the GeoHealth group at KAUST

Spatio-temporal models for disease mapping, forecasting & early detection of outbreaks 🌍📊💻

PhD #statistics, #maths, #epidemiology. Experience in spatial stats/machine learning & #rstats

👉 www.paulamoraga.com/opportunitie...
March 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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⚡️ Conformal prediction for uncertainty quantification with #rstats ⚡️

Tutorial by my PhD student Jesus Diaz Martinez on how to obtain conformal intervals in regression problems

🔷 Data splits {rsample}
🔷 Linear & GAM {parsnip}
🔷 Conformal intervals {probably}

uriel278.github.io/tutorials-cp...
March 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Some photos from these past days in beautiful #Antarctica 🇦🇶
February 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Visiting US Palmer Station in #Antarctica! Thanks for hosting us and sharing your research! 🇦🇶
February 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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#Antarctica sunset 😍
February 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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#Antarctica sunset 😍
February 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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We are learning lots from polar oceanographer Prof. Mark Brandon and other crew members! Here is a cool #dataviz he showed on how #Antarctica icebergs are moving over time. ❄️🇦🇶
February 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Spectacular arrival to the Antarctica and stunning view of first icebergs and lots of penguins and seals! 🐧❄️🌊

#HBTransform #WomenInSTEMM
January 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Currently crossing the Drake Passage 🌊 on our way to Antarctica. During this time we are learning more about #Antarctica and why the poles matter for us all 🐧🇦🇶

#HBTransform #WomenInSTEMM
January 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Today we start our #HBTransform voyage to #Antarctica! 🚢🇦🇶 I am excited to connect with incredible #WomenInSTEMM and build collaborations to tackle some of the greatest challenges for a better future. Incredibly grateful for this opportunity! 💜
January 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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In Ushuaia 🇦🇷 & about to join a transformative 15-day voyage to #Antarctica with 100 amazing women leaders in #STEMM from
HomewardBound 🚢🌎 Thanks to my family, friends & KAUST for all the support! Cannot wait to share this incredible experience with you all! 🐧❄️🇦🇶
January 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Spatial prediction methods for geostatistical data such as disease prevalence 🪰 precipitation 🌧️ contaminants 🏭 household prices 🏡

🔗 www.paulamoraga.com/book-spatial...

#rstats #rspatial #GISChat
January 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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🗺️ Making maps with R 🗺️

Examples of static and interactive maps and mobility flows using {ggplot2}, {leaflet}, {mapview}, {tmap} & {flowmapblue}

👉 www.paulamoraga.com/book-spatial...

#rstats #rspatial #GISchat #datascience
January 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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rspatialdata: a collection of data sources and tutorials on downloading and visualizing spatial data with #rstats 💻🗺️📊

👉 rspatialdata.github.io
December 8, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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🗺️ Spatial data in R 🗺️

#rstats packages: {sf} for vector data and {terra} for raster and vector data

🔗 www.paulamoraga.com/book-spatial...

#GISchat #rspatial
December 2, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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🤩 Exciting news! I will be travelling to Antarctica with a group of fantastic women from #HomewardBound, a program for women in #STEMM for a sustainable future! Cannot wait! 🐧❄️🚢💜

#Acciona #GeneracionCode
November 25, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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📚 Spatial Statistics for #datascience w/ #rstats

Chapter 1: Spatial Data Types
🔹 Areal: aggregated number of events (disease counts)
🔹 Geostatistical: observations at known locations (air pollution)
🔹 Point patterns: event locations (fires, trees)

Examples 👉 www.paulamoraga.com/book-spatial...
November 23, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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📣 I will be sharing my teaching materials & work on #geospatial #datascience and interactive #dataviz.
This is my presentation on ⚡ Spatial Data Science with R ⚡

👉 www.paulamoraga.com/presentation...

#rstats 💻 #rspatial 🌍 #gischat 🗺️ #health ⚕️ #diseasesurveillance 📈
November 18, 2024 at 2:18 PM