VOSON Project website upgraded!
Figure: Old VOSON Project website - decommissioned in September 2010We upgraded the VOSON Project website!
Record number of students enrolled in VOSON Lab graduate courses
A record number of students are enrolled in the two ANU masters courses that are related to the VOSON Project (and taught by Dr Robert Ackland). DEMO8086 Social Science of the Internet has 12 students and DEMO8087 Online Research Methods has 20 students: th
VOSON+NodeXL successfully used by around 60 students in lab at Northwestern University
The VOSON Data Provider for NodeXL was successfully used by around 60 students in a laboratory assignment for the IEMS 341 - Social Network Analysis undergraduate course in the Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences program at Northwester
VOSON Data Provider for Node XL version alpha released!
The Alpha version of the VOSON Data Provider for NodeXL is released. NodeXL is an Excel 2007 template for analysing social media network data.
News 2009- ARC Grant, eResearch 2020 study, Building VOSON+NodeXL and More!
December 2009 - Two PhD scholarships available for Australian Research Council-funded project "The role of online social networks in successful ageing: benefitting from 'who you know' at older ages". More details.
News 2008- VOSON System available for general access, Social Science of the Internet specialisation, "The World Wide Web of Humanities" grant, and More!
August 2008 - Social Science of the Internet Masters Degree Specialisation Approved. The Internet has transformed the way we work, collaborate, engage in commerce, participate in the political process and interact socially.
News 2007- Visiting OII, e-Social Science conference, Assessing the online presence of the nanotechnology industry, and more!
October 2007 - Robert Ackland gave a presentation titled "VOSON: Developing a web service for social science network research" at a forum titled e-Research: Research in the era of Google - Are you Ready?, hosted by the ANU Superco
News 2006 - Symposium on "The Social Impact of Nanotechnology", VOSON System research and training, Sunbelt SNA Conference, and more!
September 2006 - Mathieu O'Neil gave a presentation titled "Social Capital Accumulation Strategies in Anti-Nanotech Online Networks" at the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference in Brisbane.
News 2005- VOSON project formally commenced, ARC Grant, WEb site launched and more!
November 2005 - R. Ackland presented at the NSF-funded Social Networks and Cyberinfrastructure (SNAC) workshop held at National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
November 2005 - VOSON web site launched.