This project was the first stage in the establishment of a Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks – a Grid-enabled research environment facilitating cutting-edge and internationally collaborative research into the existence and impact of social and political networks on the Internet.
In addition to the development of prototype Grid-enabled software that will power ‘VOSON’, we established international linkages with researchers who are interested in using the software, collaborating in its further development and hosting VOSON nodes at their respective institutions. The prototype software was tested via a collaborative ‘demonstrator’ research project involving leading researchers from Australia, the UK and the US.
This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC).
Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Former Visiting Fellow
Robert Ackland is a Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU). He has interests in the development of new methods (and associated e-Research tools) for quantitative analysis of social and economic phenomena on the Internet.
Australian National University
University of Leicester
Australian National University
