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“We have a fantastic new addition to our conference programme, make sure you tune in next week! BBC Digital Planet features technological and digital news from around the world on the World Service. It will be broadcasting live from the Web Science Conference on Tuesday 7th July at 20:30 (BST). Continue reading →

Making the Web Human-Centric? New Directions in the Web and AI There’s now less than one week to go! The 12th annual ACM Web Science Conference events will be taking place online from 6 - 10 July, organised by the University of Southampton. Presenters and participants will have multiple opportunities to engage over a full week of talks, panel sessions and informal discussions. Continue reading →

This is the latest of our preview posts for the 2020 ACM Web Science Conference, focusing on sessions taking place on the final day. The Conference events will be taking place online from 6 - 10 July, organised by the University of Southampton. Presenters and participants will have multiple opportunities to engage over a full week of talks, panel sessions and informal discussions. Friday features a talk by JP Rangaswami, Chair of the Web Science Trust. Continue reading →

This is the latest of our preview posts for the 2020 ACM Web Science Conference, where we focus on the sessions lined up for the afternoon and evening of Thursday 9th July. The full Conference Programme of events will be taking place online from 6 - 10 July, organised by the University of Southampton. Presenters and participants will have multiple opportunities to engage over a whole week of talks, panel sessions and informal discussions. Continue reading →

This is the latest of our preview posts for the 2020 ACM Web Science Conference, focusing on the events lined up for Thursday 9th July. The Conference events will be taking place online from 6 - 10 July, organised by the University of Southampton. Presenters and participants will have multiple opportunities to engage over a full week of talks, panel sessions and informal discussions. One of the highlights on Thursday 9th is our Spotlight Panel on Policy and Practices. Continue reading →

This is the second of our preview posts for the 2020 ACM Web Science Conference. The events will be taking place online from 6 - 10 July, organised by the University of Southampton. Presenters and participants will have multiple opportunities to engage over a full week of talks, panel sessions and informal discussions. Our first Panel Discussion after lunch on 8th July is titled “Web Science – now more than ever”. Continue reading →

This is the first of our preview posts for the 2020 ACM Web Science Conference. The events will be taking place online from 6 - 10 July, organised by the University of Southampton. Presenters and participants will have multiple opportunities to engage over a full week of talks, panel sessions and informal discussions. After our first ever fully online Brave Conversations on Monday 6th, the PhD Symposium and Workshops, the main conference will be introduced by Ruby Wax on 8th July. Continue reading →

Making the Web Human-Centric? New Directions in the Web and AI The 2020 ACM Web Science Conference takes place online from 6 -10 July and is organised by the University of Southampton. Presenters and participants will have multiple opportunities to engage over a full week of talks, panel sessions and informal discussions. Registration is open! This message gives you a taster of what to expect from the event. Continue reading →

A group of CDT students took up the opportunity to participate in the 2020 Web Science for Development Workshop. Hosted by the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore, the three day event brought together professionals from several domains to address issues relevant to the World Wide Web and humanity. You can read all about their thoughts on this trip in the blogs below. Continue reading →

After the 13 hour flight we landed in Singapore. The first day was spent resting and seeing what the city had to offer. In the evening we ate a local dinner with Professor Dame Wendy Hall. The first day of the workshop took place in a vigorously air conditioned room at our hotel. Many interesting talks ensued with topics surrounding fake news, natural language processing and the future of trust on the Web. Continue reading →