research

Twitter Innocent in English riots

Alex Voss was part of the team investigating the role of social media during the English Riots. The study was highlighted in the University news today, and the Guardian this morning. Update The results of the study will also be presented at the Reading the Riots conference, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/dec/14/reading-the-riots-conference-live-blog which also features a range of other Twitter Innocent in English riots

Challenges in Social Network Visualisation

Aaron Quigley the Chair of Human Computer Interaction in the School and Director of SACHI, the St Andrews Computer Human Interaction research group gave a seminar this morning in Edinburgh at the School of Informatics.

Twitter: it’s good to talk

Social media can help people without speech communicate more naturally. Work carried out by Per Ola featured in the University News today.

Virtual reconstruction of the Acropolis Basilica

The Basilica reconstruction was a collaborative project between the School of Classics and the School Computer Science. Research Blog A reconstruction of St Andrews Cathedral has also taken place. The reconstruction was a research topic for successful computer science and information technology MSc. dissertations in the summer of 2010 and 2011. Technical support was available Virtual reconstruction of the Acropolis Basilica