Web science

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Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) is a joint effort of MIT and University of Southampton to bridge and formalize the social and technical aspects of collaborative applications running on large-scale networks like the web. It was announced on November 2, 2006 in MIT. Tim Berners-Lee is leading the program that also aims to attract government and private funds, and eventually produce undergraduate and graduate programs. Some initial areas of interest are:

• Trust and privacy
• Social Networks
• Collaboration

[edit] Bibliography

• Lohr, Steve. "Group of University Researchers to Make Web Science a Field of Study", The New York Times, November 2, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Press release
• Official site