A paper by Markus Luczak-Roesch, Ramine Tinati, Kieron O’Hara and Nigel Shadbolt on collaborative problem solving activities on the Web. The authors ask whether the Web can be conceived of as one giant machine. A thesis of information sharing activities is proposed, with the aim of developing a generic model of the computational capability of the Web.
New Seme4 Sales and Marketing Director Robert Pye’s blog on reframing how society thinks about linked data.
A paper by Markus Luczak-Roesch, Ramine Tinati and Nigel Shadbolt on a general theory of coincidence in information spaces.
A paper on a collaboration between the University of South Australia and the University of Southampton to build a Web Observatory for the South Australian Government, which allows government data to be published in a user-friendly, transparent and secure manner.
A research paper by Ian Brown, Lisa Harris and Wendy Hall, which describes extensions to a model of Web Observatories. The revised model includes external factors and sequencing of processes. The paper also suggests ways to implement the model.
A paper by Thanassis Tiropanis, Wendy Hall, Jon Crowcroft, Noshir Contractor and Leandros Tassiulas on the 3 interdisciplinary fields of Network Science, Web Science and Internet Science. The 3 areas are compared and contrasted and ways of harmonising research activities are proposed.
In an interview with “Computer World UK” Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt discusses the good progress made so far on Open Government Data, but argues that there is still a long way to go to realise its full potential.
Seme4 has partnered with Ethos VO Ltd., OpenSensors.io and a number of parking companies to produce an open data platform which provides information on parking availability.
The information is accessible to motorists through an app, and is available as a viewer which provides management information for transport planners, retailers and other organisations. So far the platform has been rolled out to Brighton, Guildford, Greenwich and Kingston.
Further information can be found in an article which appeared in Forbes below:
A paper by Ramine Tinati, Markus Luczak-Rösch, E. Simperl, Wendy Hall and Nigel Shadbolt, describing research into the citizen science game EyeWire. Over 4 million interactions made by 90,000 players were analysed, providing an insight into the features of a successful citizen science platform.
A paper for the Australia and New Zealand School of Government on a project to enable government data to be easily shared, analysed and visualised, while maintaining data safety and security.
The new platform is entitled the ‘Government Web Observatory’ and is hosted by an Australian university.