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-
VOSON Lab presentations at the 2010 ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference:
Robert Ackland and Jiaying Zhao from Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute gave the following presentations on online social networks and hyperlink analysis using VOSON at the 2010 ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference:
"The institutional structure of e-government: a cross-policy, cross-country comparison" awarded ARC Grant
Dr Paul Henman (University of Queensland), Dr Robert Ackland and Professor Helen Margetts (Oxford University) have received an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant of $300,000 over three years for their project "The institutional structure of e-government: a cross-policy, cro
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 Project website upgraded!
Figure: Old VOSON Project website - decommissioned in September 2010We upgraded the VOSON Project website!