What does WEB SCIENCE TRUST stand for? 

Web Science Trust

The Web Science Trust is a joint effort originally started between MIT and University of Southampton to bridge and formalize the social and technical aspects of the World Wide Web. The Trust now coordinates a set of international "WSTnet Laboratories" that include many of the top academic research groups in the emerging area of Web science. It was first announced at MIT on November 2, 2006 as the Web Science Research Initiative, changing its name in 2009 to the Web Science Trust. Tim Berners-Lee is leading the program that also aims to attract government and private funds, and is now involved in creating new undergraduate and graduate curricula. Given the similarities between Web Science and Information Science, Web Science overlaps with the interests of the ISchool movement, particularly in the United States, but focuses more specifically on the Web itself. Some initial areas of interest are: ⁕Social Networks ⁕Collaboration ⁕Understanding online communities ⁕Analyzing the human interactions inherent in social media ⁕Developing "accountability" and other mechanisms for enhancing privacy and trust on the Web.

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