The Web Science Invited Lecture Series hosts distinguished guest speakers on a variety of topics related to web science. The lectures are free and open to the public. We are grateful to Yahoo! for their sponsorship during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Lecture Series
Upcoming Lectures
No invited lectures are scheduled at this time.
Past Lectures
Christos Faloutsos: "Graph Mining: Laws, Generators and Tools"
Friday, February 8, 2008 - 11:00am — 12:00pm
Please join us for a Web Science Invited Lecture by Christos Faloutsos, Professor in the School of Computer Science at CMU. The title of his talk is "Graph Mining: Laws, Generators and Tools." It will be on Friday, February 8th, 11a-noon at Klaus 1116, and a reception will follow.
Ron Brachman: "Emerging Sciences of the Internet"
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 2:00pm — 3:00pm
Please join us for a Web Science Invited Lecture by Ron Brachman, VP of Worldwide Research Operations at Yahoo! The title of his talk is "Emerging Sciences of the Internet." It will be on Wednesday, January 30th, 2p-3p at Klaus 1116, and a reception will follow.
The slides from Ron's talk are now available (PDF, 9 MB).
Robert Kraut: "Conversation & Commitment in Online Communities"
Friday, November 30, 2007 - 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Please join us for a Web Science Invited Lecture by Robert Kraut, Professor of Social Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University at CMU. The title of his talk is "Conversation & Commitment in Online Communities." It will be on Friday, November 30th, noon-1p in the TSRB Auditorium. A reception will follow.