The Tetherless World Constellation (TWC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is a multidisciplinary research institution that focuses on the study of theories, methods and applications of the World Wide Web within three inter-connected themes or “Constellations”: Future Web, Semantic Foundations and Xinformatics. TWC aims to make the next generation of the Web usable and responsive to the growing variety of policy, educational, societal and scientific needs.
FEATURED PROJECTS
- HEALS (Health Empowerment by Analytics, Learning and Semantics)
- HHEAR (Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource)
- Web Science Research Center at RPI
- DARPA Machine Common Sense (MCS) Multi-modal Open World Grounded Learning and Inference (MOWGLI)
Recent Events
TWC Co-chair Guest Speaker for Podcast titled “Untangling the Web”
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. In this podcast, Deborah McGuinness explains how we can use ontologies to create programs that help us make the best decisions, from pairing wine and food to choosing to start a new medication. Listen now.
James Hendler Named Chair of ACM Technology Policy Council
