WSTNet Web Science Summer School comes to Southampton
The WSI was delighted to host this year鈥檚 annual WSTNet Web Science Summer School, co-ordinated by Professor Les Carr and Dr Mark Weal. WWSSS鈥19 addressed the interdisciplinary theme of 鈥淲eb Science and AI for Future Society鈥 through a broad range of sessions covering Digital Futures, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, ethics for researchers, data visualisation and the Future of AI.
The WSTNet Web Science Summer School is an annual event and is intended for researchers starting out in Web Science, and for professionals who wish to know more about this increasingly important topic.
Masters and PhD students and early career researchers participated in tutorials, workshops and lectures, as well as working on group projects using Open Streetmap data.
Three keynote talks were given by Professor Susan Halford ( Bristol University) , JP Rangaswami (Web Science Trust) and Professor Dame Wendy Hall (黑料社) .
The programme incorporated a visit to the Data Observatory at the Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, and an Ethics workshop led by the Office for National Statistics.聽 Participants also enjoyed a poster session and networking reception, and a walking tour of medieval Southampton.
A full view of the programme can be viewed here .
WWSSS'19: Keynotes
With JP Rangaswami, Professor Dame Wendy Hall and Professor Susan Halford
WWSSS'19 Blogs
Web Science Students give their overview of the WSTNet'19 Summer School