Refereed conference papers
Ackland, R. and J. Antony (2007), "Developing e-Research Tools for the Analysis of Large-Scale Web Crawl Data," refereed paper presented (by R. Ackland) at the Third International Conference on e-Social Science, 8-9 October 2007, University of Michigan. Download PDF (278K)
Ackland, R., Fry, J. and R. Schroeder (2007), "Scoping the Online Visibility of e-Research by Means of e-Research Tools," refereed paper presented (by J. Fry) at the Third International Conference on e-Social Science, 8-9 October 2007, University of Michigan. Download PDF (217K)
Ackland, R. and J. Shorish (2007), "Network Formation in the Political Blogosphere: An Application of Agent Based Simulation and e-Research Tools," refereed paper presented (by J. Shorish) at the Third International Conference on e-Social Science, 8-9 October 2007, University of Michigan. Download PDF (122K)
Ackland, R., Spink, A. and P. Bailey (2007), "Characteristics of .au Websites: An Analysis of Large-Scale Web Crawl Data from 2005," refereed paper presented (by P. Bailey) at the 13th Australasian World Wide Web conference, 30 June – 4 July 2007, Brisbane. Download PDF (165K)
Non-refereed conference papers/presentations
Ackland, R., Gibson, R.K., Lusoli, W., and S. Ward (2007), "Mapping small things on the Web: Assessing the online presence of the nanotechnology industry," paper presented (by R. Gibson and W. Lusoli) at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, May 24-28, 2007. Download PDF (600K)
Seminar/workshop presentations
R. Ackland - "New Methods for Researching Online Environmental Activist Networks," Presentation at the ESRC e-Society Programme Colloquium, London, 28 March 2007.
R. Ackland - "e-Researching the Information Society," presentation at Chinese Government Seminar on The Information Society, 28 April 2007, Beijing. Download PDF (343K)
R. Ackland - "Adaptive Sampling of Hyperlink Networks: An Application to Researching Social Inclusion in Australia," Presentation to ESRC "Radical Data" workshop, London, 9 May 2007.
R. Ackland - "Adaptive Sampling of Hyperlink Networks: An Application to Researching Social Inclusion in Australia," Presentation to International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Corfu Island, Greece, 1-6 May 2007.
R. Ackland - "Using large-scale web crawl data to investigate social inclusion in Australia," Presentation to Oxford Internet Institute seminar, 16 May 2007.
R. Ackland - "Superstar Scientists," Presentation at World Wide Science: The Promises, Threats and Realities of e-Research workshop, Oxford Internet Institute, 1 June 2007.
R. Ackland - "A New Approach for Characterising the Online Networks of U.S. Political Bloggers," Presentation at Department of Media and Communication seminar, University of Leicester, 11 July 2007.
R. Ackland - "A New Approach for Characterising the Online Networks of U.S. Political Bloggers," Presentation at Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, University of Wolverhampton, 19 July 2007.
R. Ackland - "VOSON: Developing a web service for social science network research," presentation to ANU Supercomputer Facility forum e-Research: Research in the Era of Google - Are you Ready?, 31 October 2007. Download PDF (1.5M)
N. Contractor - Professor Noshir Contractor (Northwestern University) gave an ADSRI seminar presentation on "Enabling knowledge networks to enhance innovation", 30 November 2007.
Visitors
Professor Noshir Contractor is the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences in the School of Engineering, School of Communication and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, USA. He directs the Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Research Group at Northwestern University and is a Research Affiliate of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ADSRI visiting fellow (November 2007).
Grants
R. Ackland - UK National Centre for e-Social Science Visiting Fellowship, Oxford University James Martin Visiting Fellowship (6 months visit to Oxford Internet Institute).