Live Data Research in Real time

Description:

Live Data: Research in Real-Time

Date: Thursday, January 24th, 2013

The ubiquity of advanced information systems, the growth of social media and the emergence of new forms of data has pushed the problem of working with and managing real-time information to centre stage in various domains of social life: finance, economics, government, business, the workplace and more. The purpose of this one-day event is to bring together postgraduates, researchers and practitioners whose work involves tracking and analysing practices, processes and data in real-time. It will focus on two broad areas of research where 'live data' is a particular focus: first, quantitative approaches to handling and analysing new data sources, including real-time open, administrative, transactional, citizen-produced and event data; and, second, ethnomethodological studies of real-time information work. It will be of particular interest to researchers in a range of fields (from the social sciences through to computer science) with an interest in the study of new technologies, information infrastructures and practices. All speakers work with 'live data' but in different ways. The morning session deals with quantitative and computer science research methods while the afternoon shifts to detailed studies of information-using practices. The symposium is free and attendees can register for either session or both. Lunch and coffee will be provided.

Speakers

• Dr. Mark Elliot is a Senior Lecturer in the Cathie Marsh Centre for Survey Research (CCSR) at the University of Manchester. Mark is the co-author of Statistical Confidentiality (2011) (along with George Duncan and Juan Jose Salazar) as well as numerous book chapters, articles and contributions to conference proceedings on diverse topics within the field of quantitative social research. In addition to his work at CCSR, Mark also leads Methods North West.
• Dr. Karyn Morrissey is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Liverpool. Karyn’s primary research interests lie in spatial computational methods, marine resources, environmental economics and health and she is the author of numerous articles examining ways of bringing quantitative methodologies to bear on a variety of geographical and demographic topics. Her recent publications include the 2013 article ‘Using Simulated Data to examine the Determinants of Acute Hospital Demand at the Small Area Level’ in Geographical Analysis.
• Dr. Rahul Savani is a Lecturer in the Economics and Computation Research Group in the Computer Science Department at the University of Liverpool. As well as algorithmic game theory, Rahul is interested in automated trading, and his recent publications include ‘High-Frequency Trading: The Faster, the Better?’ (IEEE Intelligent Systems 27 (4), 70-73).
• Dr. Paul Devine is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Economics and Computation Research Group in the Computer Science Department at the University of Liverpool. Drawing on his previous experience of developing agent-based market models for blue-chip clients, Paul is working to develop new methodologies in this area.
• Prof. Rob Procter is Director of the Manchester eResearch Centre and former Research Director of the ESRC-funded National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS). Rob’s research focuses on socio-technical issues in the design, implementation, evaluation and use of interactive computer systems, with a particular emphasis on ethnographic studies of work practices, computer-supported cooperative work and participatory design. A prolific author who has contributed to many fields, Rob’s recent work has included a study (with the Guardian) of the use of Twitter during the 2011 riots in the UK.
• Prof. Graham Button is a Visiting Senior Fellow at Tembusu College, National University of Singapore, where he currently teaches a seminar titled ‘Humanising Technology’. Prior to this, he was Professor and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. An active researcher with extensive experience in the industrial sector (most notably at Xerox’s European Research Centre), his research interests lie in the analysis of action, interaction and work, and in how the study of their organising practices can be used in the development of design methodologies and computer systems. His body of work includes several key texts including: Language and Social Interaction (1987), Ethnomethodology and the Human Sciences (1991) and a series of influential articles on technomethodology, distributed cognition and workplace studies.
• Dr. Eric Laurier is Senior Lecturer in Geography and Interaction at the University of Edinburgh, and is affiliated with the Research Institute of Geography and the Lived Environment as well as the Scottish Ethnomethodology, Discourse and Interaction and Talk group. Eric’s interests cover a range of areas – public space, mobility, transport, technology, workplaces, human-animal relations, everyday life in the city, conviviality, neighbourhoods, wayfinding, driving, practical reasoning, gestures, film and video, infrastructures, leisure, family meal times, cafes, skill and learning – and he has published extensively in relationship to them. He is currently involved in a collaborative project, Assembling the Line, looking at amateur and professional work, skills and practice in digital video editing.
• Dr. Mark Rouncefield is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Computing, Lancaster University and currently a Microsoft European Research Fellow. Mark’s research interests revolve around Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and his research covers various different aspects of the empirical study of work, organisation, human factors and interactive computer systems design. This work is strongly inter-disciplinary in nature and has led to extensive and continuing collaborations with colleagues in sociology, computing, informatics and management both in the UK and abroad. His empirical studies of work and technology have contributed to critical debates concerning the relationship between social and technical aspects of IT systems design and use. Mark’s work focuses in particular on understanding the user experience of technology, and ways of investigating that experience, including the development of ethnography as a method for informing design and evaluation. Mark has jointly written or edited four books and over 100 journal and conference papers, including most recently the 2010 Ethnomethodology at Work and the 2012 Doing Design Ethnography.

Cost:

Free

Website and registration:

http://www.methodsnorthwest.ac.uk/mnw_events/index.shtml

Region:

North West

Keywords:

Longitudinal Research , Analysis of administrative data, Mixed Methods, Data Collection, Visual Methods, Online Data Collection , Data linkage, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Data Mining, Simulation , Mixed Methods Approaches (other), New data sources

Related publications and presentations:

Longitudinal Research
Analysis of administrative data
Mixed Methods
Data Collection
Visual Methods
Online Data Collection
Data linkage
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Data Mining
Simulation
Mixed Methods Approaches (other)

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