Computational Methods for Communication Research at ICA 2016
Dr Robert Ackland presented at two panel sessions at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference in Fukuoka, Japan:
Scraping web data at the CityU Hong Kong
Dr Robert Ackland presented on “Collecting and analysing online social network data with SocialMediaLab” at the 2016 CityU Workshop on Computational Approaches to Big Data in the Social Sciences and Humanities, event organised by the City University of Hong Kong and the Web mining Lab.
Frames and Fields on Twitter talk at SONIC Speaker series
Dr Robert Ackland presented on "Frames and Fields on Twitter" and ran a SocialMediaLab workshop at the Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Lab at Northwestern University.
Visualising Online Social Networks talk at Indiana University.
Dr. Ackland presented at Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center (CNS) talk series, Indiana University. The presentation compiled an introduction to the VOSON Lab and research undertaken over the years, to provide a Social Science perspective of the use of big data.
Discussing the role of Social Media in social and economic development @Quello Center
During his visit to Quello Center (Michigan State University) in early May, Dr Robert Ackland presented on social media and development at a Quello seminar.
VOSON Lab at the Network Science Institute, Northeastern University
A/Professor Robert Ackland gave a presentation and ran a SocialMediaLab workshop at the Network Science Institute, Northeastern University, USA, in April 26-27 this year.
Introducing SocialMediaLab at Indiana University Social Science Research Commons workshop series
As part of the ANU - Indiana University faculty exchange program, Robert Ackland ran the workshop: Collecting and analysing Social media data with SocialMediaLab, at the Social Science Research Commons Workshop in Methods Series, SSRC Grand Hall, 15th April 2016.
VOSON Lab at the Sunbelt INSNA Conference, California, USA.
A/Professor Robert Ackland and Tim Graham (University of Queensland) ran the workshop: Collecting and analysing Social media data with SocialMediaLab, at the INSNA Sunbelt International Social Network Analysis Conference, 2016.
Summer program- Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists course
Dr Robert Ackland will teach a 5-day course Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists at the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (ACSPRI) Summer Program, on February 8-12 ,2016, at the University of Melbourne.
Dynamic Network analysis presentation at the IR & Friends seminar series at CSIRO.
Dr Haris Memic (Research Fellow in School of Sociology, ANU and VOSON Lab affiliate) presented on "Introduction to Dynamic Social Network Analysis with Tnet" at the IR & Friends seminar series at CSIRO.