Observing Observatories: Web Observatories should use Linked Data
A paper by Hugh Glaser discussing best practice in data management for Web Observatories.
Nigel Shadbolt to be knighted for services to Science and Engineering
Professor Shadbolt was named in the Prime Minister’s list for the 2013 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Professor Shadbolt has been instrumental in developing the interdisciplinary field of Web Science. He is Chairman and Co-Founder of the pioneering Open Data Institute (ODI). With Sir Tim Berners-Lee he led the team which developed data.gov.uk, a single point of access for U.K. governmental data.. The two also act as Information Advisors to the U.K. government. Professor Shadbolt is a member of the Public Sector Transparency Board, which sets open data standards across the public sector in the U.K.
Alongside his many governmental roles, Professor Shadbolt is still actively involved in research, heading up the Web and Internet Science Group at the University of Southampton.
In response to his honour Professor Shadbolt said “I’m surprised and delighted to be recognised with this very special honour. I’m fortunate to have been involved at a crucial period working with outstanding colleagues in the development of both Web Science and the Open Data movement. I hope that I can continue to make a difference as we seek to understand how the web is evolving, and ensure that we are empowered individually and collectively.”
“The Crowd Keeps Me in Shape”: Social Psychology and the Present and Future of Health Social Machines
A research paper by Max van Kleek, Daniel Smith, Wendy Hall and Nigel Shadbolt on the way the Web can help people live healthier lives.
Linking open data to augmented intelligence and the economy
Nigel Shadbolt talking to Alex Howard of O’Reilly about Artificial Intelligence, the Open Data Institute and the Midata initiative.
A Cornerstone for Open Data: The Postcode Address File
Nigel Shadbolt’s blog for the Open Data Institute on the Royal Mail’s stewardship of the Postcode Address File (PAF), a database of addresses and postcodes of 28 million UK households.
Wendy Hall in top 100 most powerful women in the UK
The list of the top 100 most powerful women in the UK was compiled by BBC Radio 4’s long running daily programme Woman’s Hour.
The list aims to celebrate the top 100 women who have had the biggest impact on society and have inspired change and acted as role models.
Other women in the list include author J. K. Rowling, Supreme Court judge Baroness Hale, the Queen and artist Tracey Emin.
Professor Dame Wendy Hall said: “I’m delighted to have made the list. I love the way it highlights the increasingly significant role women play in every walk of life in the UK and I’m flattered to have been included in such distinguished company.”
HETWIN: Helping Evaluate the Trustworthiness of Web Information for Web Users Framework using Semantic Web Technologies
A research paper by Jarutas Pattanaphanchai, Kieron O’Hara, and Wendy Hall on a new framework to help users evaluate the trustworthiness of Web information using Semantic Web technology.
An Information System to support the Engineering Designer
A research paper by Richard Crowder, David Fowler, Quentin Reul, Derek Sleeman, Nigel Shadbolt and Gary Wills introducing and evaluating a new piece of software to support the maintenance and design of aircraft engines.
On the Likelihood of an Equivalence
A research paper by Giovanni Bartolomeo, Stefano Salsano and Hugh Glaser. The problem of deciding whether two things are equivalent is not as straightforward as might be imagined. This paper introduces a new method for determining equivalence based on the contextual knowledge of the entities.
RailGB: Using Open Accessibility Data to Help People with Disabilities
A paper by Yunjia Li, E.A. Draffan, Hugh Glaser, Ian Millard, Russell Newman, Mike
Wald, Gary Wills and Magnus White, describing RailGB, a new linked-data driven mobile web application which provides searches for underground train stations in London which are easily accessible (for disabled people or those carrying heavy loads).
Unlike most applications which use static web sites, RailGB reacts dynamically to users’ needs whilst travelling.