Web Science is an emerging, new and exciting discipline. It draws on existing areas and requires new methods and techniques to be developed. The Web’s diverse nature means that we have to be able to consider it from a broad range of perspectives both independently and in unison, for this reason Web Science is an […]
Nothing like the Web has ever happened in all of human history. The scale of its impact and the rate of its adoption are unparalleled. This is a great opportunity as well as an obligation. If we are to ensure the Web benefits the human race we must first do our best to understand it. […]
Annenberg Network of Networks Brazilian Inst for Web Science CNetS Indiana DERI KAIST L3S Research Center MIT CSAIL DIG MIT Human Dynamics Lab Oxford Internet Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute SONIC Lab Northwestern University The Network Institute VU Tsinghua-Southampton Lab (Shenzhen) University of Southampton WeST Koblenz Some of these Labs are no longer operating and/or no […]
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 […]
ECS Professors Nigel Shadbolt and Sir Tim Berners-Lee have been named as co-directors of a new world-leading Open Data Institute, established by the UK Government to innovate, exploit and research Open Data opportunities. The new Institute will be based in Shoreditch, the newly designated ‘Tech City UK’ area of London, where there is a huge […]
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Ford Foundation Board of Trustees today announced the election of two new members, Martin Eakes and Sir Tim Berners-Lee. “Martin is one of the most successful social entrepreneurs of his generation, having founded a series of national nonprofit organizations. Tim’s work in the early development […]
Nothing like the Web has ever happened in all of human history. The scale of its impact and the rate of its adoption are unparalleled. This is a great opportunity as well as an obligation. If we are to ensure the Web benefits the human race we must first do our best to understand it.
The conference website can be found at http://websci12.org The individual papers are not available on jounal.webscience.org but the proceedings from WebSc 2012 are available here