Yiyu (Y.Y.) Yao Department of Computer Science University of Regina Regina, Sask., Canada S4S 0A2 yyao@cs.uregina.ca http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~yyao WICI The International WIC Institute
Ning Zhong, Data Mining and Knowledge Systems Jiming Liu, Intelligent agents and multi-agents Yiyu Yao, Information retrieval and intelligent information systems
Edited by Ning Zhong Yiyu Yao Jiming Liu Setsuo Ohsuga
WI may be viewed as applying results from existing disciplines (IT and AI) to a totally new domain. WI introduces new problems and challenges to the established disciplines. WI may be viewed as an enhancement or an extension of IT and AI.
Edited by Ning Zhong Jiming Liu Yiyu Yao
2002, In Search of Wisdom Web (Zhong, Liu and Yao) WI explores the fundamental roles as well as practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (e.g., knowledge representation, planning, knowledge discovery, agents, and social intelligence) and Advanced Information Technology (IT) (e.g., wireless networks, ubiquitous devices, social networks, and data/knowledge grids) on the next generation of Web-empowered systems, services, environments, and activities.
Co-directors: Ning Zhong Jiming Liu
Web Intelligence Consortium WIC-Australia Research Centre WIC-Beijing Research Centre WIC-Canada Research Centre WIC-France Research Centre WIC-HK Research Centre WIC-India Research Centre WIC WIC-Japan Research Centre WIC-Korean Research Centre WIC-Mexico Research Centre WIC-Poland Research Centre WIC-Spain Research Centre WIC-UK Research Centre
Co-Editors Editors-in-Chief: Jiming Liu Ning Zhong
Editors: Ning Zhong Jiming Liu Yiyu Yao
WI meets Brain Informatics WI meets Immunology
Level-4 Level-3 Level-2 Level-1 Application-level ubiquitous computing and social intelligence utilities Knowledge-level information processing and management tools Interface-level multi-media presentation standards Internet-level communication, infrastructure, and security protocols support
A Goal for Web Intelligence To discover the best means and ends To mobilize distributed resources To enrich social interaction To enable users to gain practical wisdom of living, working, and playing W4 provides a medium for knowledge and experience sharing a supply of self-organized resources for driving sustainable knowledge creation and scientific or social development/evolution
wi-consortium.org Books Journals The IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence IEEE-CS TCII
Each view focuses on one aspect Jointly they form an integrated whole Each level focuses on one issue Jointly they provide a completer picture
Infrastructure and intelligent systems. To study theoretical foundations of the Web. To build physical infrastructure (physical Web) To develop software systems to support the Web. To develop application software to use the Web.
Theoretical foundations, abstraction, logical implementation,. Physical implementations, communication protocols, system software,. Application software, Web-based intelligent systems, Web-based services,.
Hypertext The primitive Web. Connectivity through Web sites and Web pages. Web browsers. Web search engines. Web directories, Web yellow pages. Web page editors and composers.
A Web page is an autonomy entity. Increased capacity of a Web page. The Web-like environments. The Web-like interactivity.
Content on the Web and functionality of the Web Web of Data, the Data Web Web of Information, the Information Web, the Semantic Web Web of Knowledge, the Knowledge Web Web of Wisdom, the Wisdom Web
The ultimate dream of the Intelligent Web. Focuses on knowledge intensive problem solving. Enables user to gain practical wisdom of living, working, learning, and playing. Fundamental question: How to obtain wisdom from knowledge?
Top 10 Problems of W4 1. Goal-directed Services (best means/ends) 7. Semantics (relationships) 6. Meta-knowledge (planning control) 5. Coordination (global behavior) 2. Personalization (identity) 4. PSML (representation) 8. Association (roles) 3. Social & psychological context (sensitivity) 10. Self-aggregation (feedback) 9. Reproduction (population) Liu, 2003; Liu-Zhong-Yao, 2002, 2003
Electronic commerce. Moore's E-commerce escalator: Website for corporate information, Website for product/service information, Customer support via the Web, Credit card order processing, Web access to order information, Purchase order processing, Web-based marketplaces.
From all perspectives, more intelligent entities, functionalities, services, systems are needed with the evolution of the Web,. The notions of intelligence and wisdom will play a crucial role in the development of the Web and Web-based systems. It is important to study the Web, information technology and intelligence related issues in a common research field, namely, Web Intelligence. WI studies the Web from many perspectives.
A multi-disciplinary study and enquiry for the understanding of the Web and its relationships to us. The Web may be studied from many perspectives: philosophical foundations, theoretical and technical foundations, applications, social impacts
Decentralization principle. Universalistprinciples, Minimum constraint principle, Separation of form and content principle.
decentralization, adaptability, evolvability, scalability, universal connectivity and accessibility, affordability, anonymity, diversity.
Web resources are for use. Every user his or her web resource. Every web resource its user. Save the time of the user. The Web is a growing organism. The ideal Web: of the people, by the people, for the people.
Power Law of Distribution. Small World Law. Law of Surfing. Law of Congestion. The Free Ride Law The Law of Downloading. Website designers, webmasters, and organizations can apply such laws.
Vennevar Bush, implementation of hypertext using microfilm documents. Ted Nelson, introduction of hypertext. Doug Engelbert, hypertext editing, email, etc. Berners-Lee, implementation of hypertext using the internet. Right people, Right timing and Right combination.
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Idea-generating phase. Problem-definition phase. Procedure-design/planning phase. Observation/experimentation phase. Results-interpretation phase. Communication phase.
Support functionality: Exploring support Retrieval support Reading support Analyzing support Writing support We move beyond the tasks of simple browsing and searching supported by the current Web systems.
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