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Nick Bennett
Education
PhD Web Science
October 2015 - Present
University of Southampton
Thesis: Data Mining Narratives of Social Space
MSc Web Science
September 2014 - September 2015
University of Southampton
Thesis: Team Sponsorships in eSports, Legitimising or Corrupting Play?
BSc Archaeology
September 2011 - July 2014
University of Southampton
Thesis: Mesolithic Man and His Movements, Understanding Mesolithic Culture through Martine Artefacts
Skills
Programming Languages
Python, R
Machine learning, text analyses, map creation
Software Skills
ArcGIS Suite; Microsoft Suite; Git; Video creation, editing and production
Conferences Attended
2018
May:
Web Science '18
- Amsterdam, Netherlands (Presented)
2017
September:
GeoComputation
- Leeds, UK (Presented)
April:
GISRUK
- Manchester, UK (Presented)
2016
November:
Location Based Services
- Vienna, Austria (Presented)
May:
Web Science
- Hannover Germany (Attended)
Workshops Attended
2017
February: UoS/KAIST Disaster Management 2 - Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton
2016
June:
Library of Congress Hackathon
- Washington, USA
April: UoS/VU Hackathon - Amsterdam, Netherlands
February: UoS/KAIST Disaster Management - Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton
2015
December: Winter School - Shenzhen, China
Work Experience
Work and Home EU Research Project
September 2017 - Present
Role: Senior Research Administrator
Work Invovled
Obtaining social media big data on freelancers
Analysing and mapping their behaviours
Creating machine learning classifiers for large-scale analyses
Liasing with Finance departments and evaluating procurement requests involving major companies
Pre-Sessional Project
Summer 2014 and Summer 2015
Role: Pre-Sessional Project Helper
Work Invovled
Helping non-English speakers to settle in to UK life
Taking them on tours around various UK cities
Working in a team to deliver social events
Mighty Men of Valor
Jan 2011 - July 2011
Role: Head of Media
Work Involved
Created and produced feature-length films
Managed Facebook and Twitter accounts
Mentored at-risk children
Hobbies
Squash, learning new programming languages, Minecraft