10 Years Web Science

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