Jorge Goncalves defends PhD!

Congratulations to Jorge Goncalves who defended his PhD on August 14, 2015. His opponent was Albrecht Schmidt (University of Stuttgart) and his pre-examiners Niki Kittur (Carnegie Mellon University) and Panos Ipeirotis (New York University). Jorge’s thesis was entitled Situated Crowdsourcing: Feasibility, Performance and Behaviours.  You can read more about his thesis in this post. Photo: Taken shortly after Jorge’s defense with his opponent. From left:  Albrecht Schmidt,…

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Jayant Venkatanathan defends PhD!

Congratulations to Jayant Venkatanathan who defended his PhD on March 17, 2015. His opponents were Luis Caricco (University of Lisbon) and Jean-Bernard Martens (Eindhoven University of Technology). Jayant’s thesis was entitled Examining the Interplay Between Universal Behavioural Tendencies, Online Social Networks and Social Capital.  You can read more about his thesis in this post. Photo: Taken shortly after Jayant’s defense with the members of his jury.…

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Jakob Rogstadius defends PhD!

Congratulations to Jakob Rogstadius who defended his PhD on January 6, 2015. His opponents were Vincenzo Bollettino (Harvard University) and Rui Jose (University of Minho). Jakob’s thesis was entitled Enhancing Disaster Situational Awareness Through Scalable Curation of Social Media.  You can read more about his thesis in this post. Photo: Taken shortly after Jakob’s defense with the members of his jury. From left: Maria…

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