Our thinking
A small selection of press articles and papers to which the Seme4 partners and senior management team have contributed.
The emerging discipline of Web Science
14 January 2012
A chapter by Dr. Kieron O’Hara and Professor Dame Wendy Hall in The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies, edited by William Dutton, Oxford University Press 2012, discussing the rationale for the new discipline of Web Science, the definition of the Web, Web architecture, the role of government, semantics and linked data.
Read moreThe under-representation of women in Computer Science: Wendy Hall in the Guardian
10 January 2012
Professor Dame Wendy Hall interviewed by Jessica Shepherd, education correspondent for the Guardian, discussing the problem of the decline in the number of women choosing to study Computer Science.
Read more'There’s gold to be mined from all our data:' Nigel Shadbolt and Tim Berners-Lee in The Times
07 January 2012
An article by Professor Nigel Shadbolt and Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee published in The Times, discussing the advantages of open data and the wide array of possible applications.
Read moreCelebrating Science: Wendy Hall at the NPL
02 January 2012
Professor Dame Wendy Hall gave a talk entitled “Towards a Smarter Web” as part of the “Celebrating Science” series of lectures at the NPL (National Physical Laboratory). The NPL is the National Measurement Institute for the UK, developing measurement standards and techniques for all areas of business, science and technology.
Read moreNigel Shadbolt interviewed on BBC News about launch of Midata
05 November 2011
An interview with Professor Nigel Shadbolt, adviser to the government on the Open Data initiative, on the launch of the Midata scheme, which will allow consumers to have access to personal data held by a range of private sector organisations. 26 companies, including a number of household names such as Google, MasterCard and British Gas, have already signed up to the scheme.
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