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Category: Events’ Coverage

Blog posts describing events covered by digital champions.

Tomorrow’s Leviathan – Machine Learning in a Political World

8th October 2019 Sofia Kitromili Events' Coverage

Author: Ellena Parsons Today’s WSI Distinguished Lecture was delivered by Professor Phil Howard of the Oxford Internet Institute, based at the University of Oxford. The overarching theme of Prof. Howards lecture was the notion of Artificial Intelligence having an influence – whether positive or negative – on politics, and the[…]

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Technical Challenges in delivering a Digital Built Britain

13th September 2019 Sofia Kitromili Events' Coverage

Author: Ian Coombs Dr Matthew West has spent the majority of his working life at the petrochemical giant Royal Dutch Shell.  From the early 1990s onwards he was involved in developing company standards and guidelines to support the integration of systems and processes to facilitate different parts of the multinational[…]

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Otherwise Engaged: Social Media From Vanity Metrics to Critical Analytics

29th March 2019 Sofia Kitromili Events' Coverage

Author: Ellena Parsons Today’s WSI Distinguished lecture with Professor Richard Rogers focuses on the pervasive view of social media being a tool from which to gleam ‘vanity metrics’, and how these metrics may be reworked for social research purposes. The lecture was split between these two aspects, with a detailed[…]

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CDT showcase to mark the end of Doctoral Training in Web Science

15th March 2019 Sofia Kitromili Events' Coverage

Author: Justyna Jonak On the 7th of March 2019, students, academics, alumni gathered together to mark the end of Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) in Web Science and discuss the future of Web Science. By listening to the speeches provided by alumni, we were able to learn, not only how important it[…]

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University of Southampton Digital Day

15th March 2019 Sofia Kitromili Events' Coverage

Author: Justyna Jonak On the 29th of November 2018, as a DigiChamp I was invited to cover the University of Southampton’s Digital Day, hosted by the Public Policy Unit at Southampton. There were around 20 participants from the Government Digital Service, the Department for Business, Enterprise & Industrial Strategy, and the[…]

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Digital Futures – the difference Web Science makes – Professor Susan Halford

13th February 2019 Sofia Kitromili Events' Coverage

Exaugural lecture delivered by Professor Susan Halford, 11 February 2019 Author: Ian Coombs In a room that was too small for the purpose, because there was standing room only for the academic colleagues, past and current students who came together for Susan Halford’s ex-augural lecture.  Susan has left Southampton to be[…]

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WSI Lecture with Liam Maxwell

28th October 2018 Sofia Kitromili Events' Coverage

Author: Sofia Kitromili On Friday the 26th of October the Web Science Institute had the pleasure of welcoming Liam Maxwell, National Technology Adviser for the UK government for a lecture and discussion on technological possibilities. Liam initiated the discussion by pointing at the students in the audience stating that the research[…]

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WSI Seminar with George Tilesch

13th September 2018 Sofia Kitromili Events' Coverage

Author: Sofia Kitromili On Tuesday the 11th of September the US Managing Partner of Innomine Group, George Tilesch, visited the Web Science Institute to give a seminar on Artificial Inteligence revolution. The discussion started with an introduction to his work and what he will discuss in the seminar. Those included the sense[…]

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