William H. Dutton

In September 2004, Steve Russell was diagnosed with cancer. During his treatment, he composed a series of paintings, drawings and collages which are on display from 23 May until 1 June at Innovation Gallery, Central Saint Martins, Procter Street, London WC1. I highly recommend viewing this exceptional range of art. Here is a draft of [...]

The House of Lords Constitution Committee has launched an inquiry into ‘The Impact of Surveillance and Data Collection upon the Privacy of Citizens and their Relationship with the State’. Please consider responding if you can contribute to this inquiry. http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/dutton/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/Lords%20Constitution%20Committee%203.doc

The study of behaviour on the Web presents one major opportunity for collaboration between the social, information and computer sciences, as well as between academia and industry. (I thought this has been captured by Professor Shifra Baruchson-Arbib’s concept of ‘social information science’.) This was certainly my impression from attending a British-Israeli conference, entitled ‘The Future [...]