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Since its inception the World Wide Web has changed the ways people work, play, communicate, collaborate, and educate. There is, however, a growing realization among researchers across a number of disciplines that without new research aimed at understanding the current, evolving and potential Web, we may be missing or delaying opportunities for new and revolutionary capabilities. If we want to be able to model the Web, if we want to understand the architectural principles that have provided for its growth, and if we want to be sure that it supports the basic social values of trustworthiness, personal control over information, and respect for social boundaries, then we must pursue a research agenda that targets the Web and its use as a primary focus of attention.

   RPI's Tetherless World Constellation will address this emerging area of "Web Science," focusing on the World Wide Web and it's future use. Faculty in the constellation will explore the research and engineering principles that underlie the Web, will enhance the Web's reach beyond the desktop and laptop computer, and will develop new technologies and languages that expand the capabilities of the Web. We will use powerful scientific and mathematical techniques from many disciplines to explore the modeling of the Web from network- and information- centric views. Our goals will include making the next generation web natural to use while being responsive to the growing variety of policy and social needs, whether in the area of privacy, intellectual property, general compliance, or provenance. The Tetherless World Constellation will design new techniques to explore social, scientific, and legal impacts of the evolving technologies deployed on the Web.

   Specific topics to be addressed in the constellation will include:

  • Semantic Web Technology
  • Knowledge Provenance and Explanation
  • Privacy, Policy, and Workflow Transparency
  • Tetherless and Mobile Web access
  • Trust, Social networking and collaboration technologies for the Web
  • Network-centric concepts for the defense, industrial and intelligence sectors
  • Cyber-infrastructure in general with initial focus on eScience cyberinfrastructure
  • Ontology evolution, management and use in diverse disciplines
  • Ethical, Policy and Social aspects of Web use and usability
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