From owner-cse584-sp07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Jan 23 10:28:54 2007 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:28:54 -0500 (EST) for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:28:49 -0500 (EST) 10:27:25 -0500 Delivered-To: cse584-sp07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:27:24 -0500 (EST) cse584-sp07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:27:24 -0500 (EST) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:27:24 -0500 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: IS "WEB SCIENCE" A SCIENCE? To: CSE584-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.6, clamav-milter version 0.88.6 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: IS "WEB SCIENCE" A SCIENCE? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here's a news article from a few months ago that raises some interesting questions, such as: Is "web science" a science?" How is it related to computer science? Lohr, Steve (2006), "Group of University Researchers to Make Web Science a Field of Study", New York Times (2 November 2006): C6. http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~rapaport/584/S07/lohr06-webscience-nyt.pdf