Web Science Summer School - Third keynote speech from Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt

Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt will give the third keynote on Tuesday afternoon in the Health Sciences building. He is a director of the Web Science Institute and also a co-founder of the Open Data Institute. He is also an advisor of HM Government. He draws together his multidisciplinary expertise to focus on understanding how the web is evolving and changing society. He is passionate about how humans and computers can solve problems together at web scale. The abstract for his speech is below: We are living in an age of superabundant information. The Internet and World Wide Web have been the agents of this revolution. This deluge of information and data has led to a range of scientific discoveries and engineering innovations. Data at Web scale has allowed us to characterise the shape and structure of the Web itself and to efficiently search its billions of items of contents. Data published on the Web has enabled the mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of humans to solve problems beyond any individual or single organisation. Open government data published on the Web is improving the efficiency and accountability of our public services. Open data is giving rise to open innovation that is generating social, environmental and economic value. Data science is emerging as an area of competitive advantage for individuals, companies, public and private sector organisations and nation states. A Web of data offers new opportunities and challenges for science, government and business. This lecture will discuss these fast moving developments and how they will impact our lives. Blogging from WSI Intern and DigiChamp Alex Hovden.