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iPowerz – A New Digital System for Fast-tracking Entrepreneurship and Small Business Growth

By Ian Brown 25th November 2020 25th November 2020

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Inrupt releases Solid 1.0

By webscienceadmin 13th November 2020 13th November 2020

Front page news, Web Science Trust News, WSTnet Lab Director, WSTNet News

Noshir Contractor elected president of ICA

By webscienceadmin 18th October 2020 18th October 2020

WST Trustee and Web Science researcher Prof Noshir Contractor has been elected as next president of the prestigious ICA ( International Communications Association) Click here to see the details of the election. About Noshir Noshir S. Contractor is a Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences in …

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Free DataRobot AI course

By webscienceadmin 29th August 2020 29th August 2020

Looking to get kids interested in AI ? Varsity Tutors are offering a free 2-day course for kids covering technical and ethics aspects Find out more below… https://www.varsitytutors.com/classes/star/datarobot-ai

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Wendy Hall features in BBC’s Inside Science

By webscienceadmin 27th August 2020 27th August 2020

In an era of cyber-crime, misinformation, disinformation, state-sponsored attacks on rival countries’ infrastructure, government-imposed internet shutdowns in places like Eritrea and Kashmir, the World Wide Web is an increasingly dark and troubled place. Making sense of how the internet has changed from the democratic, sharing, open platform it was designed …

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SONIC Summer Lab Meeting

20 July 2021

It was so great to see so many familiar faces virtually for SONIC’s second lab meeting of the summer! While we are virtual for now, we are hoping to be able to meet in person at some point during the academic year, which will be the first time some of us see each other face to face!… Read the rest [...]

Latest News from the Oxford Internet Institute

2 July 2021

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Contractor Awarded the 2022 Simmel Award

25 June 2021

Congratulations to SONIC Director Noshir Contractor for winning the 2022 Simmel Award, awarded to the keynote speaker at the Sunbelt Social Networks Conference! This award is named for Georg Simmel (1858-1918), a German sociologist who was a pioneer in social structures and social network analysis research.… Read the rest [...]

Spotlight Panel at the ACM Web Science Conference 2021

25 June 2021

Today (06/25) marks the final day of the 2021 ACM Web Science Conference. Professor Noshir Contractor closed the spotlight panel entitled The Future of the Web and Society, continuing on the conference’s theme of Globalization, Inclusion, and the Web in the Context of Covid.… Read the rest [...]

Thank you to everyone who participated in The Near Future of Work Workshop at #WebSci21 ~

24 June 2021

On Tuesday (06/22), our team organized a workshop at the 13th ACM Web Science Conference 2021. The workshop titled The Near Future of Work: Supporting Digital and Remote Collaboration in COVID and Beyond features notable thought leaders, including Ethan Bernstein from Harvard Business School, Paul Leonardi from the University of California, Santa Barbara, Balazs Vedres from the University of Oxford, Oshani Seneviratne from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Nancy Baym from Microsoft Research.… Read the rest [...]

Intelligence artificielle : Inria partage son expertise avec la startup gloo

22 July 2021

07/16/2021 - 15:48 Le centre Inria – Bordeaux Sud-Ouest accompagne régulièrement, avec le soutien de la région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, des startups régionales en quête de nouvelles innovations technologiques. Récemment, un partenariat – placé sous le signe de l'agilité – a été signé avec gloo, une jeune pousse à l'origine d'une application permettant à des amis de trouver très facilement des créneaux horaires et des endroits attractifs pour se rencontrer. [...]

Flit Sport, la course à pied personnalisée

22 July 2021

07/21/2021 - 10:59 Flit Sport est issue de la rencontre et de la collaboration entre Pierre, ingénieur des Mines ParisTech et docteur en sciences du sport, et Aurélien, docteur en informatique et spécialiste du machine learning. De leur amour du sport et de leur intérêt pour l’entrepreneuriat est née la toute jeune startup qui propose des programmes d'entraînement personnalisés à destination des coureurs. Rencontre avec Pierre Gilfriche, son fondateur. [...]

Anatoscope crée des doubles numériques de l’anatomie des patients

22 July 2021

07/20/2021 - 11:00 Lancée en 2015, la startup grenobloise et montpelliéraine Anatoscope est à la pointe de l'innovation dans le domaine de la médecine personnalisée, et plus précisément de la modélisation d'appareillages (prothèses, orthèses, appareils dentaires…). Elle a été fondée par cinq chercheurs dont trois viennent d'Inria. [...]

Modéliser la mécanique des biofluides

22 July 2021

04/09/2021 - 11:15 Simuler numériquement le cheminement de l’air ou du sang à l’intérieur d’un corps ? C’est bientôt possible grâce aux progrès scientifiques de Commedia. L’équipe-projet plurielle compte sur la modélisation mathématique et les modèles numériques afin de comprendre et prédire les écoulements biofluides. Panorama. [...]

#Podcast : À quoi sert la recherche... en agriculture numérique ?

22 July 2021

07/22/2021 - 09:00 Pour accompagner votre été, Inria lance une nouvelle série de podcasts dédiée au rôle des chercheurs, et plus globalement de la recherche en sciences du numérique, dans des domaines qui impactent le quotidien des professionnels de certains secteurs comme les modes de vie des Français. Cette semaine, zoom sur la recherche en agriculture numérique, avec Stan Borkowski, ingénieur de recherche au centre Inria de Grenoble. [...]

Tomorrow’s Leviathan – Machine Learning in a Political World

14 October 2019

By Ellena Parsons Today’s WSI Distinguished Lecture was delivered by Professor Phil Howard of the Oxford Internet Institute, based at the University of Oxford. The overarching theme of Prof. Howards lecture was the notion of Artificial Intelligence having an influence – whether positive or negative – on politics, and the wider implications of AI influencing public opinion via social media. … The post Tomorrow’s Leviathan – Machine Learning in a Political World appeared first on WSI. [...]

WSTNet Web Science Summer School – by Ryan Javanshir

4 October 2019

Group Project On the first day of the summer school, attendees were split into groups and each given a problem to solve during the down-time. Each problem involved the consideration of the issues we had learned during the week, whilst using Open Street Map data and machine learning techniques to solve our specific problem. These problems and the issues they … The post WSTNet Web Science Summer School – by Ryan Javanshir appeared first on WSI. [...]

WSTNet Web Science Summer School – by Maria Priestley

4 October 2019

This year’s Web Science Summer School provided a great opportunity to learn about the theme of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from a diverse range of perspectives. In the usual spirit of Web Science, we were presented with a well-rounded selection of talks and workshops covering the social, technical and ethical issues surrounding AI technology. It was fantastic that these sessions came … The post WSTNet Web Science Summer School – by Maria Priestley appeared first on WSI. [...]

One book to rule the world … Web Science Summer School 2019

20 September 2019

In the social sciences, I use statistical techniques to uncover data trails of human behaviour. I look for some really hidden behaviours – ones that no-one is going to admit to in a survey, like ‘Did you cheat or guess the answers in your exam?’ We use probability based measures and look at error terms to make our judgments. It … The post One book to rule the world … Web Science Summer School 2019 appeared first on WSI. [...]

Technical Challenges in delivering a Digital Built Britain | Dr Matthew West

19 September 2019

Dr Matthew West has spent the majority of his working life at the petrochemical giant Royal Dutch Shell. From the early 1990s onwards he was involved in developing company standards and guidelines to support the integration of systems and processes to facilitate different parts of the multinational working efficiently and effectively together. Essentially this work involved the development of company-wide … The post Technical Challenges in delivering a Digital Built Britain | Dr Matthew West appeared first on WSI. [...]

The Birth of Web Science Podcast

30 June 2021

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Web Science success

30 June 2021

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New data sharing initiative in Southampton to improve public health and patient care

19 May 2021

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13th ACM Web Science Conference 2021 hosted by the University of Southampton - REGISTRATION OPEN!

29 March 2021

Join world leaders in Web Science research, technology, industry and policy-making at this global, interdisciplinary event to explore how Web Science can help us address the challenges and opportunities we face from the effects of the pandemic and other global threats. [...]

WSI announces new Director

8 March 2021

The Web Science Institute is delighted to announce that Anneke Lucassen will be joining our team as WSI Director. [...]

ICWSM Test of Time Award

11 June 2021

Our 2011 paper Political Polarization on Twitter was recognized at the 2021 AAAI International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) with the Test of Time Award. First author Mike Conover, who was then a PhD student and is now Director of Machine Learning Engineering at Workday, accepted the award at a ceremony at the … Continue reading ICWSM Test of Time Award → [...]

New grant on AI and multilayer networks

10 May 2021

The Army Research Office has awarded the grant Multilayer network embeddings and applications to real-world problems to CNetS faculty Santo Fortunato and Filippo Radicchi. The project lies at the interface between artificial intelligence and network science and aims at developing embeddings of multilayer networks in vector space. While graph embeddings have become very popular over … Continue reading New grant on AI and multilayer networks → [...]

Talk by Chris Connell

5 May 2021

When: Friday, May 14, 2021 Where: https://iu.zoom.us/j/87346711649 Speaker: Chris Connell Title: The DynACPD network embedding algorithm for prediction tasks on dynamic networks Abstract: Classical network embeddings create a low dimensional representation of the learned relationships between features across nodes. Such embeddings are important for tasks such as link prediction and node classification. We consider low … Continue reading Talk by Chris Connell → [...]

Postdoctoral position available in CNetS!

10 March 2021

A postdoctoral position in the lab of Professor Santo Fortunato is available, starting this summer. Candidates interested in working on the science of science are strongly encouraged to apply. Topics include citation and collaboration dynamics, science evolution, interdisciplinarity, novelty, among others. The ad of the position is here [...]

Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award

1 November 2020

CNetS alumnus Mihai Avram is the recipient of the 2020 Indiana University Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award for his work on Hoaxy and Fakey: Tools to Analyze and Mitigate the Spread of Misinformation in Social Media. This award recognizes a “truly outstanding” Master’s thesis based on criteria such as originality, documentation, significance, accuracy, organization, and style. … Continue reading Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award → [...]

SONIC Summer Lab Meeting

20 July 2021

Contractor Awarded the 2022 Simmel Award

25 June 2021

Spotlight Panel at the ACM Web Science Conference 2021

25 June 2021

Thank you to everyone who participated in The Near Future of Work Workshop at #WebSci21 ~

24 June 2021

Join Us Tomorrow at The Near Future of Work Workshop at #WebSci21

21 June 2021

We’re excited for The Near Future of Work Workshop at #Websci21 ACM Web Science Conference Tomorow (June 22, 4PM UK Time // 11 AM Eastern Time)! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to listen to Ethan Bernstein from Harvard Business School, Paul Leonardi from University of California, Santa Barbara, Balázs Verdes from Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Nancy Baym from Microsoft Research, & Oshani Seneviratne from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute!… Read the rest [...]

WSL Research Workshop – May’21

15 May 2021

The Web Science Lab at IIIT-B conducts biannual research workshop that aids research scholars to share and present the latest development in their field of work. These interactive brainstorming sessions encourage everyone to new ways of thinking and lays out a fresh perspective on ongoing research problems. Due to the present COVID-19 situation, the workshop […] [...]

Workshop on Web Science for Digital Capabilities (WSDC 2021)

22 March 2021

Co-located with the 13th ACM Web Science Conference June 21, 2021, Online workshop Schedule Time Session Presenters Affiliation 9:30 – 10:00 Session 1:Introduction to the Workshop Bidisha Chaudhuri / Srinath Srinivasa IIIT Bangalore . 10:00 – 11:30 Session 2 Discussant: Nirmal Sivaraman LNMIIT Leveraging technology to improve quality of mental health care in Karnataka (Full […] [...]

Media Mentions

20 February 2021

2021 Prof. Srinath Srinivasa was interviewed by the Center for IT and Public Policy, about his course called “The Web and the Mind” and the increasing relevance of Web Science in today’s times. Podcast of the interview may be found from any of these locations: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor. (31 May 2021). […] [...]

Workshop on Web Science for Development (WS4D2021)

20 January 2021

Theme: Web Science for the new normal IIIT-Bangalore, 19-20 Feb 2021 Workshop Chairs: Bidisha Chaudhuri (IIITB), Jai Ganesh (Mphasis), Srinath Srinivasa (IIITB) Venue: Online WS4D 2021 Registration: Click Here (Note: Registration for Brave Conversations is valid for WS4D 2021 attendance as well) The Web Science for Development (WS4D 2021) workshop is part of the web […] [...]

Activity Log 2021

13 January 2021

22 July 2021. Srinath Srinivasa participated in the Expert Committee Panel for the ELCITA Smart City initiative, Electronics City, Bangalore. 29 June 2021. Jayati Deshmukh successfully presented her PhD thesis proposal in the State of the Art talk titled “Computational Transcendence for building Responsible AI Systems”. 21 June 2021. Workshop on Web Science for Digital […] [...]

Latest News from the Oxford Internet Institute

2 July 2021

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11 December 2020

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17 July 2020

Latest News from the Oxford Internet Institute

19 December 2019

Summer 2019 Newsletter

7 August 2019

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Mr.Shayantan Banerjee, MS scholar form RBCDSAI Secured the first rank in the HSBC AI challenge at...

3 December 2019

The mission of Shaastra AI Challenge is to create solutions and initiatives in AI, that will contribute to the social good and address the needs and challenges faced by humanity. The Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Madras, organized the ‘Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Conclave’ focused on understand cutting-edge technology and innovation in the field with participation from top technology firms and think-tanks including Google, Amazon, Foxconn and TVS group among others. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency here, to enhance data driven governence… [...]