Research Methods and Proposal Writing Demos

LOCATION FOR ALL DEMOS IS A324

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30th May 2012 12:00 Vincent McKenna, DT217A
30th May 2012 12:20 Andrej Bartko, DT230
30th May 2012 12:40 Robert Huczek, DT217A
30th May 2012 13:00 John Brogan, DT217
30th May 2012 13:20 Christina Shannon, DT217

30th May 2012 14:00 Chenje Cao, DT285
30th May 2012 14:20 Raj Kumar, DT286
30th May 2012 14:40 Brendan Cregan, DT230

30th May 2012 16:00 Jelena Haiduroua, DT230
30th May 2012 16:20 Garrett Duffy, DT286
30th May 2012 16:40 Liam Carey, DT217
30th May 2012 17:00 Tair Kuanyshev, DT285
30th May 2012 17:20 Lira Maricar Mariano, DT285

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31st May 2012 10:20 Frank Kendlin, DT285
31st May 2012 10:40 Fatima Emmanuel, DT286
31st May 2012 11:00 Niall Dowdall, DT210
31st May 2012 11:20 David Marvroudis, DT285

31st May 2012 12:00 Victor Aduba, DT286
31st May 2012 12:20 Eloho Egivuferai, DT217A
31st May 2012 12:40 Olu Folarin, DT286

31st May 2012 14:00 Edward Robert Freyne, DT286
31st May 2012 14:20 Eamonn O'Brien, DT230
31st May 2012 14:40 Prasanth Joseph, DT286
31st May 2012 15:00 Thomas Bryne, DT285

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6th June 2012 15:20 Gabriel Lawless, DT202A

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11th June 2012 11:00 Leah Moriarty, DT217A
11th June 2012 11:20 Keith Ellman, DT285
11th June 2012 11:40 Liyi Wei, DT217A
11th June 2012 12:10 Marcus McQuiston, DT217

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Possible Dissertation Idea

Check out the article in the May 2012 New Scientist called, 'Making Numbers Punch their Weight'.

There might be some Data Analytics type dissertation projects using the methods covered in this article.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428635.500-font-for-digits-lets-numbers-punch-their-weight.html

Twitter Mood: The Effects of the Recession on Public Mood in the UK

Intelligent Systems Laboratory - University of Bristol Large scale analysis of social media content allows for real time discovery of macro-scale patterns in public opinion and sentiment. In this paper we analyse a collection of 484 million tweets generated by more than 9.8 million users from the United Kingdom over the past 31 months, a period marked by economic downturn and some social tensions. Our findings, besides corroborating our choice of method for the detection of public mood, also present intriguing patterns that can be explained in terms of events and social changes.

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How SEO software is changing the way we read and write

by Annalee Newitz

Flustered pundits claim that blogging has changed writing forever, but they're wrong. You know what has really changed writing? Google search. Thousands of internet puppies are writing "content" that is perfectly optimized to rise to the top of search rankings. Search engine optimization (SEO) has become its own art, a genre designed to make writing algorithm-friendly and human-clickable. What has SEO done to our writing? Now Sean Gallagher over at Ars Technica has a smart, funny article about a new piece of consumer software, InboundWriter, which helps you turn any piece of writing into something that's optimized for search. The best part is that Gallagher actually ran his own article through InboundWriter, so his analysis of SEO is actually designed to be 99% optimized for SEO.

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Colour grabber

For Universal Design

website color scraping made easy ;)

http://colrgrabr.swissamigos.com/

Harvard Generator

Harvard Generator is a free tool that allows you to quickly and easily format references and sources in the correct Harvard Referencing Format.

http://www.harvardgenerator.com/

My Web My Way - Making the Web Easier to Use for People with Disabilities

For Universal Design

The BBC website provides advice on how to get the most out of the accessibility features and assistive technologies available for your computer, so that you can use the web in a more accessible way. Includes "how to" guides for people with vision and hearing disabilities.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/