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David De Roure
Sent: 22 January 2008 11:25
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Subject: [SEM-GRD] CFP Understanding Web Evolution - Web Science Workshop at
WWW2008
Hello
I'm organising a Web Science workshop at the International Web Conference (WWW2008) in April in Beijing - the workshop focuses on the evolution of the Web and the study of that evolution. The Call for Papers is below. We are particularly interested in position papers which predict (and explain) how people think the Web will evolve into the future (including Semantic Web, Web 2.0, relationship to grid, ...). We hope this will lead to a fun and informative event!
I'd be very grateful if you could forward this call to your colleagues and students who might be interested in submitting papers to this event, and to appropriate mailing lists. This is an interdisciplinary workshop, so please also pass this on to your colleagues in other disciplines.
Many thanks
Understanding Web Evolution: A Prerequisite for Web Science
22 April 2008, Beijing, China
Web Science Workshop at WWW2008
17th International World Wide Web Conference
http://webscience.org/events/www2008-ws.html
Why is the Web the way it is? How will it evolve? What will it be like in 5 years time - or 20, or 100? This workshop invites you to present and explain your prediction of the future of the Web, discuss how this evolution can be observed and influenced, and to reflect on why the Web has evolved to its current state.
Since its inception less than two decades ago, the World Wide Web has
changed the ways we communicate, collaborate, and educate. In a very
short-space of time we have come to live in a web-dependent society within a
web-dependent world. There is a growing realization among many researchers
that a clear research agenda aimed at understanding the current, evolving,
and potential Web is needed. If we want to model the Web, if we want to
understand the architectural principles that have provided for its growth,
and if we want to be sure that it supports the basic social values of
trustworthiness, privacy, and respect for social boundaries, then we must
chart out a research agenda that targets the Web as a primary focus of
attention. The Web is an engineered space created through formally
specified languages and protocols. However, because humans are the creators
of the content of Web pages and the links between them, their interactions
form emergent patterns in the Web at a
macroscopic scale. These human interactions are, in turn, governed by
social conventions and laws.
Web Science embraces the study of these phenomena. The outcomes of the workshop will contribute to the understanding of how we study the Web as both a technical and social phenomenon.
We invite submission of full papers and position papers within this evolutionary perspective. Topics include:
Papers will be published in the workshop proceedings and on the WSRI web site.
Important Dates
Submission
Papers should be submitted in the WWW2008 proceedings format - see http://www2008.org/submissions/ Position papers should be up to 4 pages in length and full papers up to 8 pages. Submissions will be handled by EasyChair using a link which will be provided on the workshop Web page http://webscience.org/events/www2008-ws.html
Workshop Organisers
Program Committee
Enquiries
If you have any queries about the workshop, please contact Susan Davies, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK. Email info-at-webscience.org
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