Scientific Goals

  • Making use of powerful and versatile computing tools for collecting and archiving data to confront hypotheses and empirical ground work so as to try and contribute to the understanding of the functioning mechanisms of online campaigns both in France and in the UK.
  • Designing semi-automated processes for the collection, archiving and conservation of large volumes of data from heterogeneous sources generated at high and continuous speed.
  • Contributing to a better understanding of crowd sourcing in the building of complex computing tools.
  • Trying to clarify the legal framework of the collection, archiving and academic exploitation of data from online sources in France and Britain.