As Kieron O’Hara and Wendy Hall stated in a May 2008 article in Alt-N, “our understanding of the Web has not kept pace with its development.” Rensselaer’s Tetherless World Constellation is one of the first academic programs that will address the emerging area of “Web Science,” focusing on the World Wide Web and its future use. How can academic programs like this support the goals of the Web Science Research Initiative and best support the future of the Web?
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How can something so amorphous and inherently complex as the Web possibly be studied and understood?
The Web Science Research Initiative was launched in 2006. In fact, three of the four founding directors and the associate director are members of this panel. But, as renowned Internet expert David Clark once said of the users of the Web, “We have no kings or president. We believe in rough consensus and running code.” There are billions of internet users and Web sites that can all be connected to one another. How can something so amorphous and inherently complex possibly be studied and understood?
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