Dr James Ashford

Research Associate, Network Analysis, Social Media and Programming


How Self-Organising Maps Work: Explained with Graphics

Artificial Neural Networks (simply known as neural networks) come in all different shapes and sizes and can be designed to solve different types of problems. Classification, regression, supervised...

Analysing Posts About the #Coronation on Mastodon

There is no doubt that the recent coronation of King Charles III was a massive event in the UK. Whether you're in favour of the monarchy or not, there is no doubt that the coronation event is a big...

How to Build Tag Clouds From Mastodon Hashtags

Hashtags are an important part of microblogging and are used to reach a wider audience of interested people. Much like Twitter, hashtags are also widely used on Mastodon and it's common for users t...

The Relationship Between Coding and My Mental Health

If there is one thing you'll probably know about me, it is that I love writing code. I do it for my job and I do it for leisure. It’s fair to say that I̵...