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The Web Science Trust is a UK charity which brings together world class thinkers and research in Web Science.
Brave Conversations UCSC Colombo 2025: Helping to Create Smarter Humans

Facilitated by WST Trustee Anni Rowland-Campbell, WSTNet Deputy Chair Oshani Seneviratne, and RPI Web Science PhD student Fernando Spadea, they will discuss what it means to be smart in a digital world.
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🌐 The Fall 2025 kickoff meeting for the Web Science Trust Network of Laboratories (WSTNet) took place yesterday and outlined plans for community growth.
October 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Announcing the WebSciX 2025 community-building workshop on October 14-15, 2025, in Bengaluru, India, featuring a plenary panel discussion on Preserving Indian Knowledge Systems in the Age of AI!

Date: October 14–15, 2025
Venue: J N Tata Auditorium, IISc Bangalore
Register: tinyurl.com/yetu4tb4
Register Now – Symposium on Data for Public Good 2025 | IISc Bengaluru
Register for the Symposium on Data for Public Good 2025 today! Avail our early-bird offer. Certificates await all participants.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
📢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
@TheOfficialACM
Call for Papers
Call for Papers - Web Science 2026   Important Dates December 10, 2025 Paper submission  February 4, 2026 Notification February 28, 2026 Camera-ready versions due  May 26-29, 2026, Conference dates About the Web Science Conference Web Science is an interdisciplinary field dedicated to understanding the complex and multiple impacts of the Web on society and vice …
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September 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
📢 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
@TheOfficialACM
September 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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.
WEBSCI'25
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April 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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 ([email protected]) for more information
webscience.org/websci27-sta...
WebSci'27 Statement of Interest - Web Science Trust
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April 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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.
WEBSCI'25
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March 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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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
March 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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...
March 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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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
March 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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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...
Data-centric AI webinar #8: optimising AI for sensitive industries
Join us for a deep dive into how AI can be used for industries with strict data regulations at our Data-centric AI webinar!
theodi.org
March 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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🚨 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...
February 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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IU's Observatory on Social Media defends citizens from online manipulation – the opposite of censorship
osome.iu.edu/research/blo...
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...
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March 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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"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
March 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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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
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...
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March 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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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 ⬇️
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,
www.ox.ac.uk
March 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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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
The Wayback Mission: Mark Graham on Preserving the Past with the Internet Archive
No Way Out · Episode
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March 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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From trust in news to disagreement: is misinformation more controversial? arxiv.org/abs/2401.12053
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...
arxiv.org
March 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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.
February 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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...
Call for PhD Symposium – 17th ACM Web Science Conference 2025
www.websci25.org
February 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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My first post on BlueSky. Is anybody out there. If you know me and see this please repost.
January 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM