The Influence and Impact of Web 2.0 on e-Research Infrastructure, Applications and Users

23 March, 09 09:30 AM - 27 March, 09 05:00 PM

e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh

Any slides or other material generated as a result of this event can be found at: www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=968

The number of Web 2.0 services and applications, widely used by Internet users, academics, industry and enterprise, are growing rapidly, which demonstrates Web 2.0's solid foundations. These technologies and services are based on the open standards that underpin the Internet and Web, and are used in many forms, e.g. blogs, wikis, mashups, social websites, podcasting and content tagging. This field is having a significant impact on distributed infrastructure and applications, and on the way users and developers interact. The area needs to be thoroughly investigated and understood to encourage the development of new services and applications for e-Research.

Target Audience

We wish to engage the e-Science, and e-Research community, as well as those in the arts and humanities, and other researchers who have not been funded under the e-Science Programme.

Hands on Session Prerequisites

Delegates who are attending the hands on sessions which will be held on Friday 27 March should come along prepared with the following software loaded onto their laptops:

• a browser (eg Firefox)
• a java development kit
• a text editor that will work with code (TextPad has been recommended)
• Web Server Apache – v2 or later (with rewrite module enabled) *
• PHP – v4.3 or later *
• MySQL –v4.0 or later *

Those marked with an asterisk (*) should be installed and tested, but left in their vanilla state

Programme

This event is provisionally scheduled to start at 09:30 Monday 23 March 2009 and close at 17:00 on Friday 27 March 2009.

Day 1: An introduction to Web 2.0 Technologies

Day 2: Cloud-based Services

Day 3: Users and Usability

Day 4: Application-based Activities

Day 5: Hands on Session (please see prerequisites)

Accommodation

Assistance with accommodation is offered once you have registered.

Registration for this event is now closed. To enquire about an application or to cancel a previous application please contact NeSC Administration.

Important Dates

16 Jan - Registration Opens
16 Mar - Registration Deadline
16 Mar - Date we will respond to your application by (Please note this is the latest date we will respond to your application. It is normal policy for us to respond within 5 working days where possible.)
23 Mar - Event Starts at 09:30hrs

Travel

Full details on how to get to the e-Science Institute are available at:

http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/esi_travel.html

Enquiries

Enquiries should be made directly to our Conference Administrator.

http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/