Does anyone have any experience with the Web Science conference, held 2 years ago in Greece, and this year in USA? Pls email me privately. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

>From my recent experience in a number of fora in Europe , Web Science, and Internet Science are a new group of computer science people waking up the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the web, 'inviting' social scientists to start paying attention to the the Internet, and talking about a multidisciplinary approach. However, when pressed, what is wanted is social science to start using computer science methods, so that they can understand what it is we are on about. However the development of interest in a multidisciplinary 'WebScience', and the accompanying money and hype is certainly an opportunity to open new research avenues and relationships. James Stewart Dr James Stewart Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation University of Edinburgh http://www.issti.ed.ac.uk http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/jkstew t: +44 131 650 6392 ***Mobile Phones, Cigarettes for the 21st Century*** The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336 . On 12 Jul 2010, at 15:37, Barry Wellman wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with the Web Science conference, held 2 years ago in Greece, and this year in USA? > > Pls email me privately. > > > Barry Wellman > _______________________________________________________________________ > > S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director > Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 > University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 > Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > CITASA mailing list > CITASA@list.citasa.org > http://list.citasa.org/mailman/listinfo/citasa_list.citasa.org > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.