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Steffen Staab 10 Years of Web Science 1Institute for Web Science and Technologies · University of Koblenz-Landau, GermanyWeb and Internet Science Group · ECS · University of Southampton, UK &
10 Years Web Science
and the Next 10 Years
Steffen Staab, Susan Halford, Jim Hendler, Anni Rowland-Campbell, David de Roure
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Note by Prof. Dame Wendy Hall
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Where Dijkstra is inspiring
Computer Science
Science about
Computers
Astronomy
Telescope Science
Web Science
Science about the
Web
What is Web Science?
, but was wrong
Science is the Science about the Web – but it points much beyond
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The Web Trajectory
Web of PeopleWeb of ThingsWeb of ServicesWeb of DataWeb of Documents
CoordinationMonitoring & ControlDeliveringChanging, UnderstandingRetrieving
Level of interactivity
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The Web Trajectory
Tasks
CoordinationMonitoring & ControlDeliveringChanging, Underst.Retrieving
Examples
Uber, AirBnB, Couchsurfing,....Ambient intelligence, smart cityAd services, market servicesFacebook, Linked gov dataSearch engines
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1. Web Science Case Studies– Typical Example:
Understanding gender in Wikipedia– Most research is now located here
2. Web Science Concepts– „Social Machine“
3. Web Science Models– Models of tagging involving
• Human actors• Software system
4. Predictive Web Science „Laws“– Even possible? Or too much Asimov?
Web Science Progressing as a Science
ThatWhat?How?Why?
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Questions to the Panelists
Web Science• Strengths
(including accomplishments)
• Weaknesses• Opportunities • Threats
Past Ten YearsNext Ten Years
and beyond
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Introducing the Panelists
Anni Rowland-Campbell
Jim Hendler, RPISusan Halford, Univ Southampton
David de Roure, Univ Oxford
Steffen Staab 10 Years of Web Science 9Institute for Web Science and Technologies · University of Koblenz-Landau, GermanyWeb and Internet Science Group · ECS · University of Southampton, UK &
10 Years Web Science
and the Next 10 Years
Steffen Staab