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HEAL Spotlight: Neil Kovacs

HEAL Spotlight: Neil Kovacs

The HEAL Spotlight series is a monthly feature where we celebrate the people behind the research and highlight the diverse voices that make the HEAL such a vibrant community. Meet Neil Kovacs: Hometown: North Bay, Ontario Hobbies: Weightlifting, Running & Genealogy Education: BAS (Hons) in Biology & Geography from Trent University Current role at HEAL: Second-year MSc Student […]

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New HEAL Study: Everyday Mobility and a Comparative Analysis of Positioning Errors in GPS Devices

A team of HEAL researchers, led by Shiran Zhong with Alexander Wray, Jed Long, and Jason Gilliland, recently published a new article, “A Comparative Analysis of Positioning Errors in 4G and 5G Smartphones, and Standalone GPS Devices, in Everyday Mobility Scenarios,” in the Journal of Spatial Information Science.  This study provides a systematic evaluation of the positioning accuracy of 5G smartphones compared with […]

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The Acorn Fund for Youth Grant: YAC-YAC 2027

The HEAL Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is excited to announce that we have been awarded funding through the London Community Foundation‘s Acorn Fund for Youth to support our upcoming national summit in 2027 the Youth Advisory Conference of Youth Advisory Councils (YAC-YAC). YAC-YAC 2027 will be a youth-driven and led conference that will bring together young people and YACs from London […]

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