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Summary: Health statistics have progressed dramatically in Australia since the 1980s when the Australian Government created the (now) Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The 12 papers in this Special Issue describe developments across a diverse range of topics, as well as providing an overview of the scope of health statistics in Australia and describing some ongoing gaps and problems. The papers will be of interest to international readers seeking to improve statistics about their health systems. Health statistics need to respect individuals' personal information, be based on common data standards, and have adequate resourcing and committed staffing . The Australian experience provides valuable insights and examples. Australians will benefit from a comprehensive account of what has been achieved and what remains to be addressed. The papers in the Special Issue demonstrate the importance of continuing commitment to the statistical effort. Authors were chosen because of their known expertise in their respective fields.

This open access book constitutes the revised selected papers of the First International Symposium on AI, Data and Digitalization, SAIDD 2023, held in Sogndal, Norway, during May 9–10, 2023. The 13 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. The papers deal with the impact of data and AI on the digital revolution and their contribution to solving societal challenges.

Digital Twin (DT) developments and applications in the Architectural Engineering Construction (AEC) Industry are emerging. However, insufficient publications synthesised the existing literature on DT of existing buildings, including energy retrofit and challenges as part of Net-zero strategies. When developing DT systems, it is vital to include the existing buildings primarily captured in 2-Dimensions (2-D) static data. To date, the implementation of DT has been minimal in applications in existing buildings in the UK. Despite DT benefits for maintenance (O&M) managers, facilities management (FM) as a comprehensive source of consistent data for predictive maintenance. This study explored the challenges faced by DT adoptions in existing buildings through a systematic review of the extant literature. A systematic approach is adopted to search the Scopus database using relevant keywords such as "Digital Twin.", "Built Environment" and "Existing Buildings.". the study focused on publications from the past five years (2018 to 2023) and prioritised articles in Scopus. The findings of this paper showed that the practitioners, O&M managers, and academics in built environments need more proper knowledge and technical expertise on digital twins as part of Industry 4.0 (I4.0). Evidence from the literature resulted in low empirical case studies and applications. The complexity of real-time data integration and interoperability were highlighted as part of the challenges despite the need for comprehensive knowledge of DT in the built environment. Scarce publication on the study was noted. The directions for comprehensive solutions and future research on digital twin applications in existing buildings towards achieving efficient energy retrofits, cost reductions, and net-zero goals were highlighted

How digital networks are positioned within the enduring structures of coloniality The revolutionary aspirations that fueled decolonization circulated on paper—as pamphlets, leaflets, handbills, and brochures. Now—as evidenced by movements from the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter—revolutions, protests, and political dissidence are profoundly shaped by information circulating through digital networks. Digital Unsettling is a critical exploration of digitalization that puts contemporary “decolonizing” movements into conversation with theorizations of digital communication. Sahana Udupa and Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan interrogate the forms, forces, and processes that have reinforced neocolonial relations within contemporary digital environments, at a time when digital networks—and the agendas and actions they proffer—have unsettled entrenched hierarchies in unforeseen ways. Digital Unsettling examines events—the toppling of statues in the UK, the proliferation of #BLM activism globally, the rise of Hindu nationalists in North America, the trolling of academics, among others—and how they circulated online and across national boundaries. In doing so, Udupa and Dattatreyan demonstrate how the internet has become the key site for an invigorated anticolonial internationalism, but has simultaneously augmented conditions of racial hierarchy within nations, in the international order, and in the liminal spaces that shape human migration and the lives of those that are on the move. Digital Unsettling establishes a critical framework for placing digitalization within the longue durée of coloniality, while also revealing the complex ways in which the internet is entwined with persistent global calls for decolonization.