RMF2012 Abstracts

Session: Tuesday 3rd July PM (16.00 - 17.30)

Title: Data Mining and Text Mining

Name: Malcolm Williams

Affiliation: Cardiff University

Abstract Details

This session introduces the field of data and text mining and sets out the possibilities and horizons of this increasingly important area of social science. The first presentation will describe the basis of data mining in the infrastructure of computing and the new kinds of data and questions that data mining can accommodate. The second presentation is concerned with social media mining, the harvesting and partial cleaning of textual web content that is crucial to both the market research industry and increasingly other sectors. The final presentation will describe the emerging work of the Cardiff Online Social Media ObServatory (COSMOS).

Presentation downloads

Presenter: Nick Buckley

When is Social Media Mining Good Enough?

Presenter: David Hand

Data mining then, now, and next

The level of the session is: Accessible

Presentation details

Presenter 1

Start time: 16:00

Presentation title: Data mining then, now, and next

Author: Professor David Hand

Affiliation: Imperial College, London

Presenter 2

Start time: 16:30

Presentation title: When is social media mining good enough?

Author: Dr Nick Buckley

Affiliation: GfK NOP

Presenter 3

Start time: 17:00

Presentation title: Treating social media as data: Computational sociological methods, Data analysis and the Cardiff Online Social Media ObServatory (COSMOS)

Author: Dr William Housley

Affiliation: Cardiff University