Leveraging power of social media and data visualization is a project to implement a novel visual search and interaction interface for LinkedIn Ireland using semantic web and data visualization technologies. This project is based on the data which extracted from the user generated content of LinkedIn and produce three scenarios for different user statuses. They are government staffs, HRs, job se...

A UK-based online questionnaire investigating aspects of usage of usergenerated media (UGM), such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, attracted 587 participants. Results show a high degree of engagement with social networking media such as Facebook, and a significant engagement with other media such as professional media, microblogs and blogs. Participants who experience information overload are...

This study examines several academic and professional LinkedIn forums, and using a grounded theory perspective, observes three key lifelong learning interactions for participants—a) problem solving through shared learning and helping processes,” b) a technical features learning center for learning new interfaces and features, and c) social networking. These three interactions offer a preliminar...

Research indicates employers use social media, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, to make decision regarding would-be employees. A scarce amount of academic research specifically examines the decision-making processes employers use when using social media to select the best job applicant for the job. This study focuses on how social media impacts hiring processes, investigating the impact of politi...

In this paper, we describe our work in progress in the scope of web-scale information extraction and information retrieval utilizing distributed computing. We present a distributed architecture built on top of the MapReduce paradigm for information retrieval, information processing and intelligent search supported by spatial capabilities. Proposed architecture is focused on crawling documents i...

This paper explores possible responses to some of the main challenges associated with conducting elite and expert interviews as part qualitative research in human geography. Drawing on example dynamic fintech industry, outlines similarities differences between uses this identify discuss responses. Against backdrop, also reflects advantages disadvantages using professional social networking site...