Open Data 4 Development Project
by Lisa Harris via WSI | WSI
Web Science Researchers Mark Frank and Johanna Walker have completed their Open Data 4 Development project ‘User Centered Methods for Measuring the Value of Open Data’. The project attempts to derive ‘bottom-up’ methods for understanding the most valuable attributes of Open Data by looking at challenges experienced by third sector organisations in the UK and India and establishing what characteristics …
Lessons from the Zooniverse Project by Chris Lintott
by Lisa Harris via WSI | WSI
Professor Chris Lintott’s Distinguished Lecture in tweets and photos as curated by Student DigiChamp Bartosz Paszcza: [View the story “Lessons from the Zooniverse project: Professor Chris Lintott” on Storify]
Making a Difference – or Maintaining Global Inequalities? Perspectives on International Aid Work
by Silke Roth via Work Thought Blog
Aid work – that is work for humanitarian and development agencies is attractive to men and women in all stages of life, after school or university, in mid-life or in retirement. Involvement in development and humanitarian relief promises meaningful and challenging work and provides opportunities for ‘making a difference’. Aid work encompasses a wide range […]
Social Care staff in the UK: Driving quality or political stagnation?
by Luke Goater via Work Thought Blog
The adult social care sector provides care for adults with a range of support needs including those with physical or learning disabilities and older adults, many of whom have dementia. These are some of the most vulnerable members of our society as well as being groups of people who are more likely to have significant […]
Open Data: are local councils getting the message?
by Tim O'Riordan via WSI | WSI
I attended a highly inspirational talk at the Ordnance Survey last Thursday. The key speaker, Chief Technology Officer at the UK Government’s Cabinet Office, Liam Maxwell, spoke on “Government as a Platform” (GaaP) under the auspices of the Southern Policy Centre to a distinguished group including local and national politicians, academics, CEO’s and researchers. Maxwell is in charge of streamlining …
Web Science Public Engagement Lecture
by Lisa Harris via WSI | WSI
Web Science iPhD students are hosting a Public Engagement Lecture to discuss a series of Computational topics as they relate to the socio-technical nature of the World Wide Web. Web Science explores the technologies, policies and practices of the interchange of data, information and knowledge, on the web in a cross & multi-disciplinary fashion. Students come from many different backgrounds. …
The first UK Open Data Camp, Winchester
by Johanna Walker via WSI | WSI
As the first ‘unconference’ I’ve attended, I was initially nervous that sanctioned chaos was about to break out. Thankfully, due to a deceptively laid-back but in fact highly efficient organising team, everything ran like clockwork. Subjects were not arranged in advance but any attendee was free to run a session over the two days, ranging from organised presentations to more …
WSI Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Evelyn Ruppert
by Lisa Harris via WSI | WSI
By Digichamps Sylvian Jesudoss and Elena Tsarkova On the 22nd January at the University of Southampton, there was a fantastic opportunity to attend the first WSI distinguished lecture of the year by Evelyn Ruppert, Professor at Goldsmiths University of London. She is also editor-in-chief of a new journal titled “Big Data and Society” and dedicated her lecture to “Reflection on …
New imaging technology to design and build greener and safer aircraft
by Thomas Blumensath via Computational Intensive Imaging Blog
The University of Southampton is helping to develop new imaging technology to be used in the design, manufacture and maintenance for current and future generations of carbon composite aircraft. Led by QinetiQ, the UK consortium of the University of Southampton and University College London (UCL) and four companies in ProjectCAN brings together world leaders from […]
Web Science Student presents on Re-identification Risk and Personal Data Challenges at the Cabinet Office
by Lisa Harris via WSI | WSI
Alison Knight – a Web Science PhD Student, a Research Fellow with Southampton Law School and member of the Super Identity research team – was invited to talk to the Open Data User Group and members of the Cabinet Office Transparency Team on 15 January 2015. Alison, who is who is a specialist in digital identity, privacy and data protection …