VOSON Lab at the RC33 Eighth International Conference on Social Science Methodology
At the RC33 Eighth International Conference on Social Science Methodology (University of Sydney, 9-13 July), Robert Ackland:
Online collective identity paper awarded 2012 CITASA
Robert Ackland and Mathieu O'Neil have been awarded the 2012 Communication and Information Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association (CITASA) Paper Award for their article "Online collective identity: The case of the environmental movement", which was published in Social Networks in 2011.
News diffusion on news sharing website presentation at CSIRO seminar series
May 2012 - Chengjun Wang, a visiting PhD student from the Web Mining Lab at the City University of Hong Kong, presented on "Jumping over network threshold: News diffusion on news sharing website" at the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO)
Phd Proposal seminar- Mahin Raissi
Mahin Raissi gave her PhD proposal seminar on Social influence in social media: Social influence in online social networks and successful ageing in Australia.
VOSON Lab presentations at New York University and Northwestern University
Robert Ackland gave the following presentations:
Dr Robert Ackland appointed founding member of the Science Council of the Web Foundation's Web Index project.
A/Professor Robert Ackland has been appointed a founding member of the Science Council of the Web Foundation's Web Index project. The Web Index will assess the political, economic and social impact of the Web, allowing for comparisons of trends over time and benchmarking performance across countries.
Visiting PhD students present at CSIRO seminar series
Hai Liang and Lingfei Wu, visiting PhD students from the Web Mining Lab at the City University of Hong Kong, presented at the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) IR and Friends seminar series. Hai presented on "Public expression in web forums: Struct
Visiting PhD students present at ADSRI seminar
Hai Liang and Lingfei Wu, visiting PhD students from the Web Mining Lab at the City University of Hong Kong, presented at the ADSRI seminar. Hai presented on "The structure of public expression and issue rise: Participation heterogeneity, concentration,
VOSON Lab at the Third International Workshop on Network Theory: Web Science Meets Network Science.
Robert Ackland attended the Third International Workshop on Network Theory: Web Science Meets Network Science.The workshop was organised by the Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Laboratory, NU, the
Presentation at HC Coombs Policy Forum on Social Media, Privacy and Security
Robert Ackland gave a presentation at the HC Coombs Policy Forum on Social Media, Privacy and Security titled Web 2.0: Context, Uptake and Implications.The HC Coombs Policy Forum at the ANU, in conjunction with Charles Sturt University, held a high-level, invitation-