Semantic Web Science with Nigel Shadbolt

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts125/v4/e0/fd/b9/e0fdb993-3a19-4a62-e114-49e81d635b4e/mza_6752186093800463596.png/600x600bb.jpg

Untangling the Web

Web Science Trust

34 episodes

1 week ago

Web Science is the interdisciplinary study of the World Wide Web, drawing on science, social science, law, and the humanities. Today, Web Science is needed more than ever. As the Web evolves, it is clear that we need in-depth and sustained interdisciplinary research to describe, analyze, and intervene in its future. Untangling the Web is a podcast of the Web Science Trust, a charity promoting the understanding of the Web, through education and research in the discipline of Web Science. On this podcast, we bring thought leaders from around the world to explore how the Web is shaping society and how society in turn is shaping the Web. We hope to improve our understanding of the Web, promote the Web’s positive impact on society – and change the Web for the better. The podcast is hosted by the SONIC Research Group.

Social Sciences

Science

RSS

All content for Untangling the Web is the property of Web Science Trust and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Social Sciences

Science

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo400/10357310/dfa37bb5a708d54e.png

Semantic Web Science with Nigel Shadbolt

Untangling the Web

24 minutes 58 seconds

4 years ago

Semantic Web Science with Nigel Shadbolt

In this special 25th episode of Untangling the Web, we talk with one of the founders of web science, Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt. He's Principal of Jesus college and professorial Research Fellow in Computer Science at the University of Oxford. As information adviser to the United Kingdom government, he encouraged the release of many 1000s of public sector data sets. He was knighted in 2013 for services to science and engineering.

During this episode, Nigel recounts some of those founding conversations and intentions surrounding the creation of the web science field, as well as some of his more recent work. Nigel, who was on the forefront of the Semantic Web, also explains exactly what that means -- and what the web might look like today if it had expanded. To hear to this and more, listen to this episode.

Click here for this episode’s transcript and here for this episode’s show notes.