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