30th November 2009 5:30 p.m. Turner Sims Concert Hall
Lecture: The Emerging Science of the Web
Professor Dame Wendy Hall
- Submitter
- Deborah Guy
The Web is a critical global infrastructure, with hundreds of billions of pages that touch almost all aspects of modern life. Little appreciated, however, is the fact that the Web is more than the sum of its pages and it is more than its technical protocols. Vast emergent properties have arisen that are transforming society, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. As we seek to understand its origins, appreciate its current state and anticipate possible futures there is a need to address the critical questions that will determine how the Web evolves. The emerging field of understanding the Web and its future use and design is becoming known as Web Science. In this talk, Professor Dame Wendy Hall will explore how this new science of the Web has become established, the insights that are beginning to emerge and discuss the major challenges ahead.
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All are welcome, refreshments available from 5.30.