What’s the Difference between Web Technology and Web Science? Opportunities for study and research at the University of Southampton

The University of Southampton has a long history of pursuing research, development and social change with the Web This document guides you through the opportunities for Web-related study and research that we offer: an MSc in Web Technology; a 3-year PhD in Web Technology; an MSc in Web Science or a 4-year PhD in Web Science

COMP3016 Web Technology - Strand "Web Science" Lecture 1

Lecture 1: Introduction to Web Science Lecture slides and video by Directors of Web Science Research Initiative (Wendy Hall and Tim Berners-Lee)

COMP3016 Web Technology - Strand "Web Science" Lecture 2

Lecture 2: Personal Privacy and State Interference Lecture slides and video by Danny Weitzner.

Foundations of Web Science: Introductory Lecture

An introduction to the "Foundations of Web Science" module that overviews the module itself, plus the context of web science at Southampton in terms of WSRI and the new Doctoral Training Centre.

Foundations of Web Science: Introductory Lecture 2. What is Web Science?

Professor Nigel Shadbolt describes the emergence of Web Science Research Initiative and discusses the themes and topics that contribute to an understanding of Web Science.

An Economists View of Web Science

Social Networking explained by an economic model of cost and benefit.

INFO2009 Group23 CW2 Freedom of Information

the coursework2 for INFO2009 by group23. This resource contains a poster and a questionnaire(web page based).Please access following website for the questionnaire: http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/rrs4g10/info2009

Freedom Of Information Act

Link to various resources appropriate for revising the FOI

WAIS Seminar:Evaluating the Cognitive Side of Information Interaction

Abstract In this talk, I'll focus on the work we've been doing on evaluating the cognitive side of dealing with information resources and increasingly complex user interfaces. While we can build increasingly powerful user interfaces, they often come at the cost of simple design and ease of use. I'll describe two specific studies: 1) work on the ORCHID project focused on measuring mental workload during tasks using fNIRS (a blood-oxygen-based brain scanner), and 2) a evaluation metric for measuring how much people learn during tasks. Together these provide advances towards understanding the cognitive side of information interaction, in working towards building better tools for users.