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Up one levelFourth Workshop on Bridging the Gap between Human and Automated Reasoning
The workshop is part of the FAIM workshop program located at the Federated Artificial Intelligence Meeting (FAIM) which includes the major conferences IJCAI-ECAI, ECML, AAMAS, ICCBR and SoCS.
First results of the GazeMining Project
In the GazeMining project, the Institute for Web Science and Technologies and the start-up company EYEVIDO are working together on the future of usability analysis of modern websites.
EU Project CUTLER started with a Kick-off meeting at Thessaloniki
The recently granted EU project CUTLER aims to shift the existing paradigm of policy making in coastal areas, which is largely based on intuition, towards an evidence-driven approach enabled by big data.
WeST Team reaches final of the Digital Imagination Challenge
The WeST team behind the Web browser GazeTheWeb has reached the final of the Digital Imagination Challenge with their idea for digital inclusion.
Two former WeST employees found the company datapeutics
Dr. Christoph Kling and Christian Hachenberg, both former employees of the Institute for Web Science and Technologies (WeST), founded datapeutics together with Dr. Alexander Zien.
Startup Weekend 2017 in Koblenz - 2nd place for Web Science students
Keya Kasham and Roman Sokolov, two students in Master Web Science won second place together with three other members at the startup weekend 2017 in Koblenz with their idea for the sales machine Eggcellent.
IEEE CBMS 2017 - Best Student Paper Award
In August 2017, the Institute for Web Science and Technology (WeST) received the Best Student Paper Award for their work on understanding cognitive load when typing with eye gaze.
Documentation of the Leopoldina-Symposium on digitalization and its impact on individuals and society is accessible online
Influence of digital technologies on both individuals and society is controversially discussed. A two-day Leopoldina-symposium (Berlin, July 10th -11th, 2017) on digitalization and its impact on individuals and society looked into possibilities, chances and risks of digitalization.
Exhibition “University of Koblenz-Landau Goes International“ opened
Last Wednesday, the exhibition “University of Koblenz-Landau Goes International“ opened and can now be visited in the university library. It features international students who came to Landau to study.
Institute WeST extends study programme cooperation with Chinese Universities
In April the Institute for Web Science & Technologies was a guest in Fujian province in China. Dr. Ulrich Wechselberger, managing director of Institute WeST, visited Fuzhou University and the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou. Subject of the visit were the joint 1+2 study programmes in Web Science and Computer Science. In these programmes, students study one year in China and two in Germany and earn both a Chinese and a German Master’s degree.
International appreciation of the eye-controlled web browser by the Institute for Web Science & Technologies
In April 2017 the Institute for Web Science and Technologies (WeST) received two international awards recognising their supporting technology for physically impaired people. The webbrowser GazeTheWeb, which is being developed at WeST, won first prize at the Web Accessibility Challenge. The prize is awarded by the Web For All conference 2017 in Perth/Australia to acknowledge the most innovative and usable technologies to make Web accessible to all people.
WeST and GESIS host workshop about reference extraction and citation networks
Citation networks are a crucial element for literature research in many research areas. They ease the identification of relevant sources and can be used for metrics that illustrate the impact of authors and publications. However, particularly in the German social sciences these citation networks are not covered sufficiently.
The impact of social bots on political discourses and elections: Expert talk with Markus Strohmaier from the University of Koblenz-Landau in the German Bundestag
How dangerous are computer programs that autonomously post news in social media („social bots“)? Can they affect political discourses in the Web and thereby elections? Experts discussed this issue on 26th January 2017 with the committee for education, research and technological impact assessment in the German Bundestag.
Michal Kosinski guest speaker at University of Koblenz-Landau
Michal Kosinski will be a keynote speaker at the 10th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association in September 2017 in Landau.
Fake news and politics: Interview by phoenix with Markus Strohmaier from the Computer Science department at the University Koblenz-Landau
Which role do fake news play in politics? Markus Strohmaier, professor at the computer science department at the University of Koblenz-Landau and director of Institute WeST and Peter Schaar, former German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, talked about fake news, social media, and politics in an interview with German news channel phoenix.
Student Research Lab Wikiwhere about Tendencies in Wikipedia Content creates Media Attention
Wikiwhere is a service originating from a student research lab at the faculty of computer science at the University of Koblenz-Landau. It provides indicators on potential tendencies of Wikipedia content, as it analyses the origin of references in Wikipedia articles.
Successful dissertation about Provenance in the Semantic Web by Renata Queiroz Dividino at Institute WeST
On 14th December Renata Queiroz Dividino, former researcher at the Institute for Web Science and Technologies (WeST), successfully defended her dissertation at the faculty of computer science at the University of Koblenz-Landau.
New Brochure of the Institute for Web Science and Technologies available
The new brochure of the Institute for Web Science and Technologies (WeST) at the University of Koblenz-Landau is now available. It covers the years from 2013 to 2016. Printed copies can obtained in room B 006 at the Campus in Koblenz and a digital copy is available online.
Southampton University, RPI and WeST publish Web Science Manifesto
27 years ago the World Wide Web was born. Since then many things have changed: The Web has become the largest socio-technical construct of mankind, its users evolved from information consumers to socially connected prosumers.
Eight new Web Science graduates and an IT award for WeST member Martin Körner
On 25th November the department of Computer Science at the University of Koblenz-Landau hosted the graduation ceremony of the academic year 2015/2016. Among others, eight graduates from the Master’s Programme in Web Science received their certificates: