WSTNet
The Web Science Trust has established a new international network bringing together world-class research laboratories to support the Web Science research and education programme.
The Web Science Network of Laboratories (WSTNet) combines some of the world’s leading academic researchers in Web Science, with new academic programmes that will enhance the already growing influence of Web Science. Through a number of specific agreements and commitments with the Web Science Trust, which will manage WSTNet, the member Labs will provide valuable support for the ongoing development of Web Science. There are ten founding WSTNet labs.
Contributions from the Labs will include the organisation and hosting of summer schools, workshops and meetings, including the WebSci conference series. The WSTNet labs will also identify new opportunities for additional events and fundraising, all as part of the ongoing development of Web Science.
Over the coming few weeks, details will be published on this site regarding the criteria and process for becoming part of WSTNet.
The ten founding WSTNet labs are:
- Annenberg Network of Networks, University of Southern California
- Decentralized Information Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Department of Computer Science, VU Amsterdam
- Digital Enterprise Research Institute, NUI Galway
- Institute for Web Science and Technologies (WeST), Universität Koblenz-Landau
- Oxford Internet Institute
- SONIC Lab, Northwestern University
- Tsinghua-Southampton Web Science Laboratory at Shenzhen
- Web Science Research Centre, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Web Science Research Group, University of Southampton