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0 Learningworks Virtual Conference Series

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Two events in the <a href="http://www.hie.co.uk/learningworks/conference.html">Learningworks Virtual Conference series</a> take place on the morning and afternoon of Wednesday 16 September 2009. 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 A Better Way to Rank Expertise Online

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A team of European researchers has developed an <a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/web/23100/">algorithm</a> that ranks the expertise of users and can spot those who are using a site only to spam. 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 News Innovation conference discusses future of news

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Journalists, academics and web developers met in London on Friday to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jul/10/digital-media-newspapers?commentpage=1">discuss</a> the future of journalism with a sense of urgency as the recession challenges news organisations.

0 Digital Revolution - How the Web is changing our lives

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An open and collaborative <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalrevolution/">documentary</a> on the way the Web is changing our lives.

0 Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt to advise the Government on public information delivery

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The Prime Minister has <a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=20307">announced</a> the appointment of Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt as expert advisers on public information delivery. The announcement was part of a statement on constitutional reform made in the House of Commons on June 11th. 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 Professor Nigel Shadbolt talks about privacy

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In <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6458149.ece">an article in The Times</a>, WSRI director Nigel Shadbolt tells us how we should keep an eye on the powers watching us.

0 Professor Dame Wendy Hall speaks to the Guardian

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Leading computer scientist and WSRI director Wendy Hall tells Anthea Lipsett why she accepted a damehood, but doesn't Twitter. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jun/02/interview-wendy-hall">http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jun/02/interview-wendy-hall</a>

0 Professor Dame Wendy Hall elected Fellow of the Royal Society

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Dame Wendy Hall DBE, Professor of Computer Science in the University of Southampton, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, it is announced today (Friday 15 May). Dame Wendy Hall DBE, Professor of Computer Science in the University of Southampton, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, it is announced today (Friday 15 May). The <a href="http://royalsociety.org/">Royal Society</a> is the UK’s national academy of science. Founded in 1660, the Royal Society will next year celebrate 350 years of promoting excellence in science and supporting scientific endeavour. Each year the Royal Society awards Fellowships to 44 of the best scientists in recognition of their scientific achievements. It is the highest accolade a scientist can have, short of a Nobel Prize. <a href="http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/wh">Dame Wendy Hall</a> is distinguished for her contributions to understanding the interactions of humans with large scale multimedia information systems. Her most recent work focuses on the development of a new field of Web Science focused on understanding and exploring the various influences - science, commerce, politics, and societal changes - which drive the evolution of the World Wide Web. Her research is aimed at both understanding the evolution of the Web and engineering its future. She is particularly prominent as a strong and vocal advocate for women’s opportunities in SET and for the need to ensure that girls are equally included in participation in science and engineering careers. She is currently President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the first person from outside North America to hold this position; in the UK, she has served as Senior Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and President of the British Computer Society. She is a member of the Prime Minster’s Council on Science and Technology and a member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council. In 2006 she was one of the Founder Directors of the <a href="http://www.webscience.org/">Web Science Research Initiative</a>. She was created DBE (Dame Commander of the British Empire) in January 2009 for services to science and technology. Dame Wendy commented: ‘This is the pinnacle of the academic career ladder for any scientist. As someone who has very much focussed on engineering and application building I never really thought that being made a Fellow of the Royal Society was something I could expect to achieve in my career. ‘So I am of course delighted that my research has been recognised in this way. It is also really important for the computing community that our field is increasingly being recognised for the significant role it plays at the forefront of science and engineering research today.’ In the Royal Society <a href="http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8516">announcement</a> today (15 May 2009), Sir Martin Rees, President of the Society, commented: ‘Our new Fellows are at the cutting edge of science worldwide. Their achievements represent the vast contribution science makes to society. They join an outstanding group of over 1400 Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society, including more than 60 Nobel Laureates, putting them in the ranks of science’s greats.’ More information may be found on the <a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/about/news/2518">ECS website</a>. 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 Prestigious Schlumberger Foundation award for PhD student

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A PhD student from the <a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/">School of Electronics and Computer Science</a> at the <a href="http://www.soton.ac.uk/">University of Southampton</a>, England has received a prestigious Fellowship award from the Schlumberger Foundation. A PhD student from the <a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/">School of Electronics and Computer Science</a> at the <a href="http://www.soton.ac.uk/">University of Southampton</a>, England has received a prestigious Fellowship award from the Schlumberger Foundation. Betty Purwandari who is studying for a PhD in the IAM group (Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia), has become a Fellow of the Faculty of the Future and awarded a grant of up to $50,000 to continue her research. The funding will help advance Betty’s research on the impact of the mobile web in rural areas of the developing world. ‘I am fortunate to be supervised by Professor Wendy Hall and by Professor David De Roure,’ said Betty. ‘This makes it possible for me to work with the <a href="http://www.webscience.org/">Web Science Research Initiative</a>, and with the World Wide Web Consortium’s <a href="http://www.w3.org/2008/MW4D/">Mobile Web for Social Development</a>. This, together with the award of the Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship, ensures that I am part of an international network of co-operation, working together to empower the mobile web to help less fortunate people in the world’s developing countries.’ The Faculty for the Future awards are open to women academics in science and engineering from developing and emerging countries, and provide funding for advanced graduate study. The long-term goal is to support role models and improve gender balance at the faculty level so that more young women are attracted to scientific disciplines. Grant recipients are, therefore, expected to return to their home countries at the end of their studies to continue their academic careers. ‘Back home I work at the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Indonesia,’ said Betty. ‘I hope that my experience gained in the School of Electronics and Computer Science, including my involvement with ECSWomen, can inspire more females in Indonesia to pursue study and careers in science and technology.’ Professor Dame Wendy Hall said: 'This is a fantastic award - both for Betty herself, and for the School of Electronics and Computer Science. Betty's research project and her own individual commitments to applying her research to an important area of development and to acting as a strong role model herself, exemplify aspects of the our own activities in ECS that we believe are particularly important for the future.' 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 Inventor of Web Announces Creation of New Foundation to Bring the Web to All People

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Tim Berners-Lee's speech before the Knight Foundation is available <a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/donations/knight2008/tbl-speech">here</a>. Washington, D.C. (USA) 15 September 2008 Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, unveiled today the World Wide Web Foundation, to fulfill a vision of the Web as humanity connected by technology. The mission of the Foundation is:  <a name="content"></a> <div class="wsri_content_inner"> <div class="node"> <div class="info"> </div> <div class="content"> Tim Berners-Lee's speech before the Knight Foundation is available <a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/donations/knight2008/tbl-speech">here</a>. Washington, D.C. (USA) 15 September 2008 Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, unveiled today the World Wide Web Foundation, to fulfill a vision of the Web as humanity connected by technology. The mission of the Foundation is: <ul> <li> to advance One Web that is free and open,</li> <li> to expand the Web's capability and robustness,</li> <li> and to extend the Web's benefits to all people on the planet.</li> </ul> Through research, technology development, and the application of the Web for the benefit of underserved communities, the Foundation seeks to enable all people to share knowledge, access services, conduct commerce, participate in good governance, and communicate in creative ways. The Foundation will raise funds through a multi-faceted strategy, beginning with a $5 million seed grant over five years from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. "The Web is a tremendous platform for innovation, but we face a number of challenges to making it more useful, in particular to people in underserved communities," said Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and co-Director of the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI), organizations that have helped put together the World Wide Web Foundation. "Through this new initiative, we hope to develop an international ecosystem that will help shape the future Web. A more inclusive Web will benefit us all." The World Wide Web Foundation is in the unique position of being able to improve the Web by bringing together existing communities, governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders who see the Web as a instrument of creativity, collaboration, and communication. The Web Foundation will pursue its objectives by funding projects around the world in three strategically integrated programs related to research, technology, and social development. Social development efforts will focus initially on underserved populations. The Foundation will identify benefits of the Web for these communities, and issues of access to (and availability of) relevant, usable, and useful content. The Foundation will do so through support of ongoing and new efforts to develop critical services related to better health care, nutrition, education, and emergency relief. "The free flow of information is of paramount importance to communities in a democracy and maintaining the World Wide Web free is critical for the future of that free flow," said Alberto Ibargüen, Knight Foundation's president and CEO. "Knight Foundation's interests and those of the World Wide Web Foundation perfectly intersect and we are delighted to be their seed donor." The World Wide Web Foundation is in the initial planning phase. "I would like to invite those who share this vision for the Web to become founding donors," said Steve Bratt, CEO of the World Wide Web Foundation. "With their support, we plan to launch the Foundation in early 2009 with an announcement of the first concrete steps toward fulfilling its mission." To learn more about becoming a founding donor please contact <a href="mailto:donations@webfoundation.org">donations@webfoundation.org</a>. <h2>About the World Wide Web Foundation</h2> The World Wide Web Foundation seeks to advance One Web that is free and open, to expand the Web's capability and robustness, and to extend the Web's benefits to all people on the planet. The Web Foundation brings together business leaders, technology innovators, academia, government, NGOs, and experts in many fields to tackle challenges that, like the Web, are global in scale. By funding research, technology development, and outreach, the Web Foundation strives to enable all people to share knowledge, access services, conduct commerce, participate in good governance, and communicate in creative ways. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/">www.webfoundation.org</a>. <h2>About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation</h2> The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation promotes journalism excellence worldwide and invests in the vitality of communities in the United States where the Knight brothers once owned newspapers. Since 1950, the foundation has made more than $1 billion in grants, including more than $400 million to support journalism excellence and free speech. Knight Foundation invests in ideas and projects that can lead to transformational change. <h2>Contacts</h2> World Wide Web Foundation Vera Newhouse + 1 212 819 4878 <a href="mailto:press@webfoundation.org">press@webfoundation.org</a> Knight Foundation Marc Fest +1 305 908 2677 <a href="mailto:fest@knightfoundation.org">fest@knightfoundation.org</a> </div> </div> </div> 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 Tim Berners-Lee named top agenda setter

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In their recent list of the fifty most influential individuals in the worldwide technology and IT industries, Silicon.com have named WSRI director Tim Berners-Lee as the number one agenda setter of 2008, ahead of Google CEO, Eric Schmidt and Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs. The Agenda Setters panel praised Berners-Lee for being "a guardian and promoter of the fundamental social and technical innovation of our era, who is still pushing its boundaries and continues to set the agenda". <div class="content"> In their recent list of the fifty most influential individuals in the worldwide technology and IT industries, Silicon.com have named WSRI director Tim Berners-Lee as the number one agenda setter of 2008, ahead of Google CEO, Eric Schmidt and Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs. The Agenda Setters panel praised Berners-Lee for being "a guardian and promoter of the fundamental social and technical innovation of our era, who is still pushing its boundaries and continues to set the agenda". Here is an Agenda Setter about whom one can honestly ask: what would life be like without him? See <a href="http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2008/list-top.htm">the full list</a> or <a href="http://www.silicon.com/silicon/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2008/tim-berners-lee-39295119.htm">Tim's section</a>. </div> 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 BT Joins Inventor of the World Wide Web to Promote Study of ‘Web Science’

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<a href="http://www.btplc.com/">BT</a> today became a founding sponsor of the Web Science Research Initiative, an international body established to promote the science and development of the World Wide Web. Established by British Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web with co-directors Nigel Shadbolt, Wendy Hall and Danny Weitzner. The Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) exists to promote the study of ‘Web Science’, a new academic discipline focusing on the analysis, engineering and social impact of the World Wide Web. <h3>Monday, 7 July 2008</h3> <a href="http://www.btplc.com/">BT</a> today became a founding sponsor of the Web Science Research Initiative, an international body established to promote the science and development of the World Wide Web. Established by British Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web with co-directors Nigel Shadbolt, Wendy Hall and Danny Weitzner. The Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) exists to promote the study of ‘Web Science’, a new academic discipline focusing on the analysis, engineering and social impact of the World Wide Web. By attracting talented young people worldwide to study the economics, psychology, technology and sociology of the Web, WSRI aims to bring the study of ‘Web Science’ into mainstream education. The initiative, which is jointly hosted by the <a href="http://www.mit.edu/">Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)</a> and <a href="http://www.soton.ac.uk/">Southampton University</a>, will bring together leading experts in the world of computer science and communications to create the curriculum for a new generation of Web scientists. Sir Michael Rake, chairman of BT, said: “In the economy of the future, a nation’s skills will form its critical competitive edge. By moving beyond the traditional fields of Computer Science and IT, the Web Science Research Initiative will equip young people with the skills to thrive in a world in which everyone is connected.” Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, and Professor at both MIT and Southampton said: “I’m very happy that BT is imagining with us the incredible possibilities which exist in the future for humanity interconnected through the Web. An important role for our founding sponsors will be to help us develop new Web Science curricula to ensure that we are training future generations of web scientists to meet the needs of industry.” WSRI will examine all areas of human interaction with the Web, from the social impact that has resulted from the growth of Web access to the potential of new technologies to expand the World Wide Web’s boundaries and drive the social interactions of an increasingly interconnected world. <h3>For further information:</h3> Enquiries about this news release should be made to the BT Group Newsroom on its 24-hour number: 020 7356 5369. From outside the UK dial + 44 20 7356 5369. All news releases can be accessed at our web site: <a href="http://www.btplc.com/News">http://www.btplc.com/News</a> <h3>About BT</h3> BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to our customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale. In the year ended 31 March 2008, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,704 million with profit before taxation and specific items of £2,506 million. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.bt.com/aboutbt/">www.bt.com/aboutbt</a> <h3>About Web Science Research Initiative</h3> The Web Science Research Initiative was launched in November 2006 as a long-term partnership between the University of Southampton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It brings together academics, scientists, sociologists, entrepreneurs and decision-makers from around the world to create the first multidisciplinary research body to examine the World Wide Web and offer practical solutions to help guide its future use and design. WSRI is lead by co-directors Tim Berners-Lee (MIT/Southampton), Wendy Hall (Southampton), Nigel Shadbolt (Southampton) and Daniel Weitzner (MIT). For more information, visit <a href="http://www.webscience.org/">www.webscience.org</a> 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 Innovation Partnership to Keep the Web Collaborative

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<a href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/innovation-partnership-to-keep-the-web-collaborative/">Original source</a>, 7th July 2008 The <a href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/">National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts</a> (NESTA) has announced a partnership with the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) which will see the two organisations work together to safeguard the Web as a platform for collaboration and innovation. <a href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/innovation-partnership-to-keep-the-web-collaborative/">Original source</a>, 7th July 2008 The <a href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/">National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts</a> (NESTA) has announced a partnership with the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) which will see the two organisations work together to safeguard the Web as a platform for collaboration and innovation. WSRI, led by academics including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the World Wide Web, is a long-term research collaboration between <a href="http://web.mit.edu/">MIT</a> and the <a href="http://www.soton.ac.uk/">University of Southampton</a> which promotes the development of the Web. Sir Tim will speak at a NESTA event tomorrow, 8th July, to mark the launch of the partnership at which he will call on governments, business and academia to work together to ensure that the Web remains an open platform for information exchange and collaboration. Sir Tim Berners-Lee said: “The development of the Web will have major social, economic and political implications for our future. At its core must be a commitment to maintain the principles of openness as a platform for the sharing of information”. Commenting on the partnership, NESTA CEO Jonathan Kestenbaum said, “NESTA is delighted to be working with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, arguably the greatest innovator of the last 150 years. We know that innovation happens when different disciplines interact. This partnership will ensure that the UK is well positioned to capitalise on the new networked information economy enabled by the web”. The launch event will take place on Tuesday 8th July at 4.30pm at NESTA’s offices in Holborn. It will include a panel discussion between Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Andy Duncan, Chief Executive of Channel 4 and Charlie Leadbeater, author of ‘We Think: The Power of Mass Creativity’ and a NESTA Senior Fellow, and will be chaired by NESTA’s Chief Executive, Jonathan Kestenbaum. There will be limited seats available for members of the press. If you would like to attend, please contact Catherine Anderson. Catherine Anderson, Communications Assistant Tel: 0207 438 2609 Email: <a href="mailto:Catherine.Anderson@nesta.org.uk">Catherine.Anderson@nesta.org.uk</a> 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 Southampton professor elected to lead global computing organisation

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A Southampton professor has been elected president of the world's largest educational and scientific computing society - the first time in 60 years a person outside North America has held the position. <a href="http://webscience.org/about/people/hall/">Professor Wendy Hall</a> was announced as the new President of the <a href="http://www.acm.org/">Association for Computing Machinery</a> (ACM). A Southampton professor has been elected president of the world's largest educational and scientific computing society - the first time in 60 years a person outside North America has held the position. <a href="http://webscience.org/about/people/hall/">Professor Wendy Hall</a> was announced as the new President of the <a href="http://www.acm.org/">Association for Computing Machinery</a> (ACM). Professor Hall, who is Professor of Computer Science at the <a href="http://www.soton.ac.uk/">University of Southampton</a>, said her goal as president is to help ACM reach its full potential by expanding international initiatives and increasing gender diversity in all aspects of computing. The ACM is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society with nearly 90,000 members around the world, representing business and the professions, education, and research and development. As a past president of the <a href="http://www.bcs.org/">British Computer Society</a> from 2003-04 and a researcher with many international connections, Professor Hall expressed her commitment to guiding ACM towards more initiatives in India and China. She also indicated her interest in rethinking the society's relationship with Europe and exploring relevant opportunities in South America and other parts of the world during her two-year term. Her current research includes applications of the Semantic Web and exploring the interface between the life sciences and the physical sciences. She is a founding director, along with Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Nigel Shadbolt and Daniel J Weitzner, of the Web Science Research Initiative, which was launched in 2006 as a long-term research collaboration between the University of Southampton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Hall is a member of the UK Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology and is a founding member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council. An active member of the Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Web (SIGWEB) as well as the Special Interest Group on Multimedia (SIGMM), she has also chaired the World Wide Web conference WWW2006. She has previously served as ACM Vice-President. She is currently Senior Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, in London, where she is also a Fellow. Her other honours include Fellow of the British Computer Society and of the UK's Institution of Engineering and Technology. She won the Anita Borg Award for Technical Leadership 2006 from the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and was awarded a CBE in 2000. University of Southampton Vice-Chancellor Professor Bill Wakeham said: "Wendy Hall has pioneered research in computer science across the globe. I am delighted that her contribution to this field has been recognised with her appointment to this prestigious post." 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 Book: "The Spy in the Coffee Machine"

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<a href="http://webscience.org/publications/spyinthecoffeemachine/">"The Spy in the Coffee Machine"</a> is a new book about the implications of privacy in today's increasingly web-based world. It is written by Nigel Shadbolt and Kieron O'Hara, two prominent figures in the realm of Web Science.

0 WSRI receives funding from NESTA

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<a href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/" title="National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts">NESTA</a> has provided funding to assist in the establishment of WSRI as an autonomous unit and to provide administrative and operational support and to further drive the strategic development of WSRI in partnership with corporate bodies, governments and academia. <a href="http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2008/nz13381.php">Press Release</a>

0 Engineering Doctoral Programme at University of Southampton

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The <a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/admissions/pg/iphd/engd.php">Engineering Doctoral Programme</a> provides opportunities in Web Science. If you are interested in pursuing an EngDoc in Web Science at the University of Southampton, please contact <a href="mailto:info@webscience.org">info@webscience.org</a>.

0 Sir Tim Berners-Lee tops Intel's most influential technologist list

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In Intel's list of the top forty-five most influential technologists in the past 150 years, <a href="http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=11494">Sir Tim Berners-Lee takes the top spot</a>.

0 Memories for Life/Grand Challenges Workshop 2008

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As part of the BCS Grand Challenges in Computing Research Conference, <a href="http://www.memoriesforlife.org/">Memories for Life</a> (M4L) presents a call for participation for its Grand Challenge workshop, to be held on 18 March, 2008. Interested parties are encouraged to submit a position paper by February 22nd; <a href="http://www.memoriesforlife.org/downloads/GCCR_M4L_WORKSHOP_CALL.pdf">details can be found in the CFP</a>. See also other upcoming <a href="/events/">WSRI events</a>.

0 SDP 2008 - Summer Doctoral Programme on Web Science

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WSRI is taking part in the <acronym title="Oxford Internet Institute">OII</acronym> Summer Doctoral Programme through the <a href="http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/sdp/Y2008.cfm" title="WSRI Exchange Programme can be found halfway down the page">WSRI Exchange Programme</a>. Doctoral students interested in participating should read through the linked page for details.

0 Tim Berners-Lee gives ECS Inaugural Lecture

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Tim Berners-Lee gave the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science's Inaugural Lecture on March 14, 2007, titled <a title="Direct link to lecture video" href="http://www.zepler.tv/multimedia/Seminars/ipod/Tim_Berners_Lee_Lecture.mp4">The World Wide Web: Looking Back, Looking Forward</a>.

0 Tim Berners-Lee gives BCS 2007 Lovelace Lecture

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Tim Berners-Lee gave the British Computer Society's Lovelace Lecture, an annual lecture given by that year's winner of the society's Lovelace Medal. You can <a href="http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.8997" title="View Tim Berners-Lee's BCS 2007 Lovelace Lecture">view the lecture</a> titled "The Web: Looking Forward, Looking Back," given on March 13, 2007.

0 Nigel Shadbolt interviewed on BBC Pods and Blogs

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Listen to the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/fivelive_aod.shtml?fivelive/podsandblogs">Nigel Shadbolt interview</a> on BBC Radio 5 <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/podsandblogs/">Pods and Blogs</a>

0 Nigel Shadbolt interviewed about Web 3.0 on NPR’s On the Media

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Listen to the <a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2007/01/05">Nigel Shadbolt interview talking about Web 3.0</a> on National Public Radio’s On the Media

0 Southampton and MIT launch Web Science collaboration

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The University of Southampton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today announced the launch of a long-term research collaboration that aims to produce the fundamental scientific advances necessary to guide the future design and use of the World Wide Web. The University of Southampton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today announced the launch of a long-term research collaboration that aims to produce the fundamental scientific advances necessary to guide the future design and use of the World Wide Web. The Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) will generate a research agenda for understanding the scientific, technical and social challenges underlying the growth of the Web. Of particular interest is the volume of information on the Web that documents more and more aspects of human activity and knowledge. WSRI research projects will weigh such questions as, how do we access information and assess its reliability? By what means may we assure its use complies with social and legal rules? How will we preserve the Web over time? Commenting on the new initiative, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and a founding director of WSRI, said, “As the Web celebrates its first decade of widespread use, we still know surprisingly little about how it evolved, and we have only scratched the surface of what could be realized with deeper scientific investigation into its design, operation and impact on society. “The Web Science Research Initiative will allow researchers to take the Web seriously as an object of scientific inquiry, with the goal of helping to foster the Web’s growth and fulfill its great potential as a powerful tool for humanity.” The joint MIT-Southampton initiative provides a global forum for scientists and scholars to collaborate on the first multidisciplinary scientific research effort specifically designed to study the Web at all scales of size and complexity, and is developing a new discipline of Web science for future generations of researchers. Professor Wendy Hall, head of school at Southampton University School of Electronics and Computer Science and also, with Professor Nigel Shadbolt of ECS a founding director of WSRI, said: “As the Web continues to evolve, it is becoming increasingly clear that a new type of graduate will be required to meet the needs of science and industry. Already we are seeing evidence of this, with major Internet companies and research institutions lamenting the fact that there are simply not enough people with the right mix of skills to meet current and future employment demands. In launching WSRI, one of our ultimate aims is to address this issue.” WSRI will be headquartered at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT and at the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton. Initial plans call for joint research projects, workshops and student/faculty exchanges between the two institutions. The initiative will have four founding directors: Tim Berners-Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium, senior research scientist at MIT and professor at the University of Southampton; Wendy Hall, professor of computer science and head of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton; Nigel Shadbolt, professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Southampton and director of the Advanced Knowledge Technologies Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration; and Daniel J. Weitzner, Technology and Society Domain leader of the World Wide Web Consortium and principal research scientist at MIT. 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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1 Professor Noshir Contractor joins Web Science Trust

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<a href="http://nosh.northwestern.edu">Professor Noshir Contractor</a>, the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University, USA, and one of the world’s leading network scientists, is now a Director of the Web Science Trust. Now rapidly emerging as an important and vibrant area of research and academic endeavour, critical for our understanding of the Web and society, Web Science was launched as a new academic discipline in 2006 under the aegis of the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI). The progress made by WSRI in advancing Web Science is now be taken forward by the new Web Science Trust, and Professor Contractor joins WSRI Founding Directors, Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Professor James Hendler, and Professor Nigel Shadbolt as Directors of the Web Science Trust. ‘I’m delighted to welcome Noshir Contractor to the Web Science Trust,’ said <a href="http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/wh">Dame Wendy Hal</a>l. ‘One of the great successes of the Web has been the ability to create and sustain increasingly complex online networks, and Network Science provides powerful insights into how this is happening and what will be its implications for the future. We have ambitious plans for the development of our Web Science activities and look forward to Noshir’s contribution, which I am confident will provide new perspectives on the development of the Web Science research agenda.’ Professor Contractor is Director of the <a href="http://sonic.northwestern.edu">Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC</a>) Research Group at Northwestern University. He is investigating factors that lead to the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of dynamically linked social and knowledge networks in a wide variety of contexts, including communities of practice in business, science, and engineering, public health networks, and virtual worlds. He commented: ‘Network Science, like Web Science, is directly addressing the grand societal challenges that we face in the 21st century. Whether these are challenges of the Environment, Energy, Public Health, or Security, the potential of the Web, especially in the formation of networks, plays an increasingly important part in determining how we can understand the challenges and begin to create solutions. I look forward to being part of the Web Science Trust and to working with its Directors and research teams to advance both our disciplines.’ For further information contact <a href="mailto:jkl2@ecs.soton.ac.uk">Joyce Lewis</a>; tel. +44(0)23 8059 5453. 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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1 Professor Noshir Contractor joins Web Science Trust

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<a href="http://nosh.northwestern.edu">Professor Noshir Contractor</a>, the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University, USA, and one of the world’s leading network scientists, is now a Director of the Web Science Trust. Now rapidly emerging as an important and vibrant area of research and academic endeavour, critical for our understanding of the Web and society, Web Science was launched as a new academic discipline in 2006 under the aegis of the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI). The progress made by WSRI in advancing Web Science is now be taken forward by the new Web Science Trust, and Professor Contractor joins WSRI Founding Directors, Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Professor James Hendler, and Professor Nigel Shadbolt as Directors of the Web Science Trust. ‘I’m delighted to welcome Noshir Contractor to the Web Science Trust,’ said <a href="http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/wh">Dame Wendy Hal</a>l. ‘One of the great successes of the Web has been the ability to create and sustain increasingly complex online networks, and Network Science provides powerful insights into how this is happening and what will be its implications for the future. We have ambitious plans for the development of our Web Science activities and look forward to Noshir’s contribution, which I am confident will provide new perspectives on the development of the Web Science research agenda.’ Professor Contractor is Director of the <a href="http://sonic.northwestern.edu">Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC</a>) Research Group at Northwestern University. He is investigating factors that lead to the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of dynamically linked social and knowledge networks in a wide variety of contexts, including communities of practice in business, science, and engineering, public health networks, and virtual worlds. He commented: ‘Network Science, like Web Science, is directly addressing the grand societal challenges that we face in the 21st century. Whether these are challenges of the Environment, Energy, Public Health, or Security, the potential of the Web, especially in the formation of networks, plays an increasingly important part in determining how we can understand the challenges and begin to create solutions. I look forward to being part of the Web Science Trust and to working with its Directors and research teams to advance both our disciplines.’ For further information contact <a href="mailto:jkl2@ecs.soton.ac.uk">Joyce Lewis</a>; tel. +44(0)23 8059 5453. 0000-00-00 00:00:00

0 Professor Noshir Contractor joins Web Science Trust

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<a href="http://nosh.northwestern.edu">Professor Noshir Contractor</a>, the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University, USA, and one of the world’s leading network scientists, is now a Director of the Web Science Trust. Now rapidly emerging as an important and vibrant area of research and academic endeavour, critical for our understanding of the Web and society, Web Science was launched as a new academic discipline in 2006 under the aegis of the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI). The progress made by WSRI in advancing Web Science is now be taken forward by the new Web Science Trust, and Professor Contractor joins WSRI Founding Directors, Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Professor James Hendler, and Professor Nigel Shadbolt as Directors of the Web Science Trust. ‘I’m delighted to welcome Noshir Contractor to the Web Science Trust,’ said <a href="http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/wh">Dame Wendy Hal</a>l. ‘One of the great successes of the Web has been the ability to create and sustain increasingly complex online networks, and Network Science provides powerful insights into how this is happening and what will be its implications for the future. We have ambitious plans for the development of our Web Science activities and look forward to Noshir’s contribution, which I am confident will provide new perspectives on the development of the Web Science research agenda.’ Professor Contractor is Director of the <a href="http://sonic.northwestern.edu">Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC</a>) Research Group at Northwestern University. He is investigating factors that lead to the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of dynamically linked social and knowledge networks in a wide variety of contexts, including communities of practice in business, science, and engineering, public health networks, and virtual worlds. He commented: ‘Network Science, like Web Science, is directly addressing the grand societal challenges that we face in the 21st century. Whether these are challenges of the Environment, Energy, Public Health, or Security, the potential of the Web, especially in the formation of networks, plays an increasingly important part in determining how we can understand the challenges and begin to create solutions. I look forward to being part of the Web Science Trust and to working with its Directors and research teams to advance both our disciplines.’ For further information contact <a href="mailto:jkl2@ecs.soton.ac.uk">Joyce Lewis</a>; tel. +44(0)23 8059 5453. 2009-11-09 00:00:00

0 Professor David De Roure appointed UK's National e-Social Science Strategic Director

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<a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dder">Professor David De Roure</a> has been appointed to the new role of the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) National Strategic Director of e-Social Science. <a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dder">Professor David De Roure</a> has been appointed to the new role of the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) National Strategic Director of e-Social Science, with Dr Marina Jirotka of the Oxford e-Research Centre as Deputy Director. Both are part of the <a href="http://www.eresearchsouth.ac.uk">e-Research South consortium</a>. The appointments, which begin this month and run for three years, mean that Professor De Roure and Dr Jirotka will take a key strategic role in maximising the uptake, use and impact of new e-technologies across the Social Science community. They will also develop a coherent inter-agency approach drawing on various national and international e-Social Science initiatives. 'In the past five years, the <a href="http://www.ncess.ac.uk">National Centre for e-Social Science (NCeSS)</a> has made excellent progress towards establishing powerful new research tools and methods,' said Professor De Roure who directs e-Research activities at the University of Southampton’s <a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk">School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS)</a>. ‘Our experience in e-Research, coupled with the fact that Southampton is the home of the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), puts us in a great position to build on the achievements of NCeSS and communicate these new approaches to the broader research community and the next generation of researchers.' Dr Jirotka, Associate Director of the Oxford e-Research Centre, added: ‘My background in both social and computer science will enable me to assist in the coordination of training and capacity building activities to embed e-Social Science techniques in research practice and make effective use of emerging infrastructure.’ Professor Ian Diamond, Chief Executive at ESRC said:'ESRC is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor De Roure and Dr Jirotka, who combined will provide an ideal leadership team , bringing extensive experience and expertise to the NCeSS research programme to enable social scientists to harness the wealth of digital technologies in undertaking innovative world- leading research.' Professor De Roure, who is a member of the WST Scientific Council, undertook an intensive tour of the US with Professor Malcolm Atkinson, UK e-Science Envoy, in September on a fact-finding mission intended to inform UK strategy and develop international collaborations. ‘e-Science and e-Social Science are very highly thought of internationally,’ he said. ‘We are establishing a terrific network of advisors and collaborators to ensure that e-Social Science goes from strength to strength.’ For further information contact <a href="mailto:jkl2@ecs.soton.ac.uk">Joyce Lewis</a>; tel. +44(0)23 8059 5453. 2009-11-09 00:00:00

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0 Fun fact: The Logo for the Trust represents the middle of the Cluster diagram.

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0 Get ready for the web of linked data

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The next stage of the web’s evolution presents huge business opportunities, say Wendy Hall and Nigel Shadbolt, in an article in <a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/comment/2252032/ready-web-linked-4866476">Computing</a> magazine. 2009-11-09 13:21:26

0 RT @lescarr: How useful is Twitter? A quick analysis of twitter activity around CETIS09 http://repositoryman.blogspot.com/

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1 Web Foundation launches global operations

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<a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/">World Wide Web Foundation</a> has launched global operations and announced its first ambitious projects at the 2009 Internet Governance Forum. Speaking on 15 November 2009 at the 2009 Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Sir Tim-Berners Lee, Web Foundation board member and WST trustee and director, unveiled the Foundation's new partnerships with VU University Amsterdam (VU) and CDI (Center for Digital Inclusion) in Brazil. A new programme, Web Alliance for Re-greening in Africa (W4RA), which will be developed through the partnership with VU, will use Web resources to improve communications between agricultural specialists in Burkina Faso, Mali, and other countries. In partnership with CDI, Web Foundation will develop training programmess that empower young people to create Web sites and applications using a mobile-ready system that integrates the use of voice as an interface. The Foundation's unique mission is to advance the Web as a medium for empowering people seeking to effect positive change in their lives and communities. Through its collaboration with the Web Science Trust and the World Wide Web Consortium, Web Foundation's programmes will also seek to understand the Web's complexities, explore new Web technologies, and ensure that the Web works to serve all people around the world. Read more about <a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/">World Wide Web Foundation</a> and its <a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/2009/11/world-wide-web-foundation-launches-global-operations/">new programmes</a>.       2009-11-17 16:21:56

0 Web Foundation launches global operations

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<a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/">World Wide Web Foundation</a> launched global operations and announced its first ambitious projects at the 2009 Internet Governance Forum. Speaking on 15 November 2009 at the 2009 Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Sir Tim-Berners Lee, Web Foundation board member and WST trustee and director, unveiled the Foundation's new partnerships with VU University Amsterdam (VU) and CDI (Center for Digital Inclusion) in Brazil. A new programme, Web Alliance for Re-greening in Africa (W4RA), which will be developed through the partnership with VU, will use Web resources to improve communications between agricultural specialists in Burkina Faso, Mali, and other countries. In partnership with CDI, Web Foundation will develop training programmess that empower young people to create Web sites and applications using a mobile-ready system that integrates the use of voice as an interface. The Foundation's unique mission is to advance the Web as a medium for empowering people seeking to effect positive change in their lives and communities. Through its collaboration with the Web Science Trust and the World Wide Web Consortium, Web Foundation's programmes will also seek to understand the Web's complexities, explore new Web technologies, and ensure that the Web works to serve all people around the world. Read more about <a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/">World Wide Web Foundation</a> and its <a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/2009/11/world-wide-web-foundation-launches-global-operations/">new programmes</a>.       2009-11-17 16:21:56

1 Testing adding URLs to twitter & facebook...

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1 testing still!

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1 Hopefullly the last test!

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