UK Web Science
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, and prominent researcher Nigel Shadbolt will lead a new British Institute for Web Science with $45 million in government backing. The announcement was not without its critics, but the Institute could have a world-wide impact. The two men collaborated in helping build the excellent data.gov.uk and will now expand upon that work. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said of the move : "We are determined to go further in breaking down the walled garden of Government...This Institute will help place the UK at the cutting edge of research on the Semantic Web and other emerging web and internet technologies."
Good summary
$45 million is quite huge .... by Mar 28
And with of course Nigel Shadbolt by Mar 28
Posted by Tom Foremski - March 22, 2010 Associated Press reports that Tim Berners Lee, who developed the world wide web, a method of viewing and displaying pages of content, will head the UK's Institute of Web Science. The institute -- which has been given 30 million pounds ($45 million) funding -- will aim to help Britain develop 250,000 new jobs in the technology sector.
250.000 jobs ?
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The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced £30M of funding to take forward research on the next generation of the World Wide Web. The funding will create a new Institute for Web Science which will be led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt , Professors in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, who were appointed Government Information Advisers last June.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "We want to build on the outstanding work Sir Tim and Nigel Shadbolt have put in to 'making public data public'. "We are determined to go further in breaking down the walled garden of government, using technology and information to provide greater transparency on the workings of Whitehall and give everyone more say over the services they receive."
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