Web Science Trust

📢The Call for Papers is now open!
We invite submissions on a wide range of topics relating to #webscience.
👉 Full details: websci26.org?page_id=77
Spread the word and submit your work by Dec. 10!
#websci26 @websciencetrust
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📢 Save the Date: May 26-29, 2026! 📅
We’re excited to announce the 18th ACM #WebScience #Conference 2026 🎉
📍 TU Braunschweig 🇩🇪
➡️ websci26.org
Mark your calendars — we can’t wait to welcome you!
#WebSci26 @websciencetrust
@tuBraunschweig
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Registration is now open for the 17th ACM Web Science Conference 2025 (WebSci’25), which will be held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, USA from May 20-23, 2025.

web.cvent.com/event/2e093a... is open until 21 April.

Learn more about WebSci’25 at www.websci25.org.

The Steering Committee of ACM WebSci is seeking statements of interest from organizations or consortia interested in hosting the 19th ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci 2027).

Please contact us (info@webscience.org) for more information
webscience.org/websci27-sta...

Registration is now open for the 17th ACM Web Science Conference 2025 (WebSci’25), which will be held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, USA from May 20-23, 2025.

web.cvent.com/event/2e093a... is open until 21 April.

Learn more about WebSci’25 at www.websci25.org.

Friends, the 2025 ACM Web Science conference is coming up at #Rutgers this May. We have fantastic presenters and keynote speakers lined up. The schedule and registration just went live on www.websci25.org. Do come and join us! cc @websciencetrust.bsky.social @shugars.bsky.social

Web Science Institute Director, Dame Wendy Hall, joined the BBC Newsnight panel to share her take on the UK Government's plans to use AI to modernise the Civil Service.

Watch the full episode on BBC iPlayer here 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

EMPOWER YOUR INNOVATION JOURNEY

Open call to #citizenscience projects and #industries:
Join our pilots to solve #innovation challenges through citizen science and the co-design of new business models.
More info on our eu-citizen.science platform:
eu-citizen.science/ecs_project/...
When: 1-15 April

Free Webinar: Data-Centric AI #8 – Optimizing AI for Sensitive Industries, Wed 19 March
Join Pierre-Carl Langlais (Pleias) & Elena Simperl as they discuss how small, optimized LLMs can be designed for regulated industries. 🔗 Register now!
theodi.org/news-and-eve...

🚨 UPCOMING EVENT: Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms, April 10-11 at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & online. In collaboration with Senior AI Advisor @sethlazar.org & co-sponsored by the Knight Institute and @columbiaseas.bsky.social. RSVP: knightcolumbia.org/events/artif...

IU's Observatory on Social Media defends citizens from online manipulation – the opposite of censorship When thousands of fake accounts controlled by an unknown actor flood social media with some story, and platform algorithms amplify these messages, real...

IU's Observatory on Social Media defends citizens from online manipulation – the opposite of censorship
osome.iu.edu/research/blo...

"Bringing Collections to Life" in our libraries the Stichting Internet Archive held a meeting in the beautiful WAAG in Amsterdam to find how to help

New foundational LLM model for a small language was demonstrated

Look at the fabulous room!

@stichtinginternetarchive.nl stichtinginternetarchive.nl

Data-centric AI webinar#2 Join us for this free webinar with Lee Tiedrich, a widely recognized leader in artificial intelligence, data, and emerging technologies, in conversation with...

If you missed our webinar on data scraping, catch up now. Watch Lee Tiedrich and @esimperl.bsky.social discuss the current data scraping legal and policy landscape and potential approaches for encouraging responsible and legally compliant behaviours.
#AI

Skills-based hiring driving salary premiums in AI sector as employers Employers in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector are increasingly prioritising skills over formal education, with practical expertise commanding higher salaries than university degrees alone,

NEW: Researchers at @oii.ox.ac.uk have found employers in the artificial intelligence sector are increasingly prioritising skills over formal education, with practical expertise commanding higher salaries than university degrees alone.

More info ⬇️

The Wayback Mission: Mark Graham on Preserving the Past with the Internet Archive No Way Out · Episode

Check out the No Way Out podcast interview with Mark Graham, director of Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It’s a must-listen for anyone eager to understand how web archiving works & why it matters.

🎧 ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/4zP5...

#digitalpreservation #archives @mark.bsky.social

From trust in news to disagreement: is misinformation more controversial? The growing prevalence of fruitless disagreement threatens social cohesion and constructive public discourse. While polarised discussions often reflect distrust in the news, the link between disagreem...

From trust in news to disagreement: is misinformation more controversial? arxiv.org/abs/2401.12053

Professor James Hendler has been awarded the prestigious 2025 AAAI Feigenbaum Award for his groundbreaking contributions to knowledge representation, planning, and the Semantic Web.  

Based at RPI in the US, he is a current trustee and former chairman of the Web Science Trust.

WebSci'25 Call for PhD Symposium

ACM WebSci’25 17th ACM Web Science Conference
May 20-24, 2025 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

www.websci25.org/call-for-phd...

My first post on BlueSky. Is anybody out there. If you know me and see this please repost.