WebSci Course Proposal

Human-Computer Interaction in the Web

• Web and HCI. Usability and Findability
• Information Architecture. Search Behaviour and Search Patterns.
• CyberPsychology

Web Data

• APIs and Protocols
• Analyzing Web Data

Web Projects Management & Marketing

• Web Projects
• Web Projects Economy
• Service Customer Lifecycle
• Web Analytics, Game Analytics

Network Structure of the Web

• The Structure of the Web. Directed Graph. Bow-Tie Structure
• Web Search. Ranking. PageRank and Hubs and Authorities (HITS) as Algorithms and Metathors
• Search Markets

Web and Virtual Economy

• Revisiting Search Markets. Auctions
• Power Law and Long Tail
• Virtual Economy. Status and Scarcity

Web and Social Media

• Virtual Communities
• Web and Production
• Social Media, Networks
• Influence in Social Media
• Reputation Systems and Communities
• Topics in Community Design

Crowd Behaviour. Dynamics in Networks

• Decision Making. Information Cascades. Sequential Decision-Making and Cascades.
• Power Laws again and Rich-get-Richer
• Cascading, Small Worlds, Edpidemics

Special Topics

• Web and Institutes. Algorithms Audit, Reputation Systems and Capturing Human Interaction