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Multidisciplinarity and its implicationsA Web Science Perspective


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The Web

Micro scale

of documents of links

of data

Macro scale

of social activity of business activity

of citizen activity

Do we have what is needed to:

Understand its evolution? Analyse its impact on human behaviour? Anticipate future developments?

EINS Kick-off Meeting


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Web Science

Studying the Web asInfrastructure

Studying the Web as aphenomenon

Interdisciplinaryresearch methodso Analyse the evolution

of the Webo Detect current trendso Predict future

developments

A research roadmapo Computational

perspectiveo Mathematical

perspectiveo Social science

perspectiveo Economic perspectiveo Legal perspective



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The cost of interdisciplinarity

Resources to kick-start activities Resources to maintain momentum Peer review across disciplines PhD supervision and examination

Benefits in the medium or longer term



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Web Science Trust (WST)

WSTnet Curriculum Design

ACM Web ScienceConference



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Web Science DTC

Recruiting up to 20 students per year PhD supervisors from different disciplines Disciplines currently represented:

o Computer Science, Criminology, Law,

Management, Humanities, Psychology, SocialStatistics, Sociology



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WAIS - Web and Internet Science Group

Web Science Semantic Web Linked data Social Web and virtual

communities Knowledge Technologies Pervasive Web Trust and Provenance Multimedia Web Sensor Web

Technology enhancedlearning

Web accessibility



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Directions

Draw from existing relevant work in the interdisciplinary area Identify the low-hanging fruit Curriculum design activity Identify initial project themes that will carry the work forward

o Peopleo Datao Infrastructureso Industrial liaison

Anticipate growth of research area (new participations,variations of research themes, multiple conferences)



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Open Data Institute



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thank you

Thanassis Tiropanis

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