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Email: [email protected]
Phone: +351 300 007 671
In cooperation with:
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Universidade Aberta (UAb)
Department of Science and Technology
R. Braamcamp, 90
1250-052 Lisboa
Portugal
http://dcet.uab.pt
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)
School of Science and Technology
Quinta de Prados
5001-801 Vila Real
Portugal
http://ect.utad.pt
Directing Committee
Adérito Fernandes Marcos, PhD (Director)
Ramiro Manuel Ramos Moreira Gonçalves, PhD (Vice-director)
Leonel Caseiro Morgado, PhD (Vice-director)
Programme Committee
Ramiro Manuel Ramos Moreira Gonçalves, PhD
Vítor Jorge Ramos Rocio, PhD
Leonel Caseiro Morgado, PhD
José Henrique Pereira São Mamede, PhD
Paulo Nogueira Martins, PhD
Vítor Manuel de Jesus Filipe, PhD
Secretariat
Teresa Ramos
Phone: (+351) 300 007 671 +Email: [email protected]
Web: http://dw.dcet.uab.pt
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1. INTRODUCTION
The Department of Science and Technology (DCeT, Departamento de Ciências e
Tecnologia) of Universidade Aberta, alongside the School of Science and Technology
of the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, created the Doctoral
Programme on Web Science and Technology (DW). This will be a mixed-format
programme, combining face-to-face and online distance learning. It is a pioneer
programme in Portugal for the emerging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary
field of Web Science. Internationally, it is the first doctoral proposal in the field that
operates in this mixed format.
Web Science is defined henceforth as the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary
field that aims to understand, explain, and transform/develop the Web,
combining scientific methods and knowledge from social and exact sciences,
engineering and technology, and arts and humanities. Web Science deals with the
technology that supports and provides the Web; but also with the Web’s organizational
and personal realities, and with its potential for expressiveness and transformation,
including social and human perspectives.
The Doctoral Programme in Web Science and Technology is a 3rd cycle programme
(Bologna Agreement) that bestows the title of Doctor to students that are approved
in both the curricular component and the thesis. Students that have successfully
passed the curricular component are provided with a Diploma of Advanced Studies
on Web Science and Technology.
This guide provides important information on the programme, its goals, its target
candidates, subjects, faculty, key dates (for applying, enrolling, and beginning of
studies), alongside other relevant information. The guide is also a supporting tool
for organization of students’ learning effort. Further information can be found at the
following Web site: http://dw.dcet.uab.pt.
2. PROGRAMME CREATION
Under the terms of Deliberation No. 214/CC/2014 of the Scientific Council of
Universidade Aberta, in its session of July 30th, 2014; following favourable
appreciation by the Scientific Council of the School of Science and Technology of
the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (item 1, proceedings 16/2014,
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October 8th, 2014); under the terms of articles 11, 61, and 74 of Law No. 62/2007
(Sep. 10), of Decree-Law No. 74/2006 (Mar. 24), changed by Decree-Law No.
107/2008 (Jun. 25), of Decree-Law No. 230/2009 (Sep. 14), and Decree-Law No.
115/2013 (Aug. 7); following Deliberation No. NCE/14/02046 of the Portuguese
Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education, which accredited the
programme for a 6-year period; and upon registration with the Directorate-General
of Higher Education, reference R/A-Cr 268/2015, the Doctoral Programme on Web
Science and Technology was created by joint order No. 01/VR/UAb-UTAD/2015 (Oct.
6) of the Vice-Rectors of Universidade Aberta and Universidade de Trás-os-Montes
e Alto Douro. The study plan was approved by order No 12129/2015 (Oct. 16) of
Universidade Aberta, published in the Official Journal of the Portuguese Republic,
2nd series, No. 211 (Oct. 28th, 2015).
3. PROGRAMME GOALS
The Doctoral Programme on Web Science and Technology aims to graduate
professionals with a solid basis and competences of Information Systems and
Technologies, focusing on the Internet and the Web, who can face current needs
for research, education, and leadership of highly innovative projects, towards the
development of new applications, products, and usage models for the Internet
and the Web. It aims to provide doctoral students with the opportunity to become
leaders of the emergent digital society and economy, motivated to study the Web
not only as a technological infrastructure but also as a phenomenon influenced by
society, including businesses and other organizations, impacting all human activity.
It also aims to provide competences for the development and valuation of scientific
research in the field of Web Science and Technology, and to contribute towards
stronger ties between the domains of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation.
A Doctor on Web Science and Technology shall be able to lead research projects in
these domains, pursuing change processes that strongly exploit the use of Internet-
based and Web-based platforms, envisaging intervention domains in organizations
in general, but also within societal groups and particularly individuals.
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4. TEACHING-LEARNING METHODOLOGY
The programme has an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature, encompassing
theory, practice, and design components. Hence, teaching-learning methods in all
courses, regarding distance education, are student-centric and follow an online
collaborative learning approach, combining theory and practice in a virtual class,
based on both individual and group assignments. Faculty members act as facilitators
of knowledge acquisition and development processes.
Contact time with faculty takes place mainly through the e-learning platform, and
also, less frequently, through other telematics technologies. Additionally, face-
to-face sessions will be organized, comprising intensive thematic seminars and
workshops, over one or two weeks, to reinforce and consolidate knowledge and
assessment.
5. TEACHING
The programme follows the Bologna Declaration principles regarding its structure
and credit system. It is provided in a mixed approach: distance learning in a virtual
class employing the specialized e-learning platform and the virtual pedagogic
model of Universidade Aberta; also face-to-face class in seminar or workshop
format, along learning periods of at most two weeks per year.
Face-to-face sessions will take place once during the first year of the programme,
in intensive mode. These sessions will take place as in situ internships (doctoral
retreat). Students and faculty will share the same workspace in close cooperation.
Student present is mandatory, and in principle no distance attending is allowed. The
location(s) of the doctoral retreat will be announced in due time, including details
on travel, accommodation and meals.
6. VENUE AND EQUIPMENTS
Given the specific teaching style of the programme, Universidade Aberta (a public
distance learning university) will provide students with a virtual campus comprising
the following services:
E-learning platform (based on Moodle technology);a)
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Coordination of the Doctoral Programme in Web Science and Technology b)
(faculty area and student area),
Online Secretariat;c)
Online social space.d)
Each student’s personal computer is the main lab space, for experimenting e)
and developing the proposed activities. It is also the communication and
sharing channel in the context of the virtual class.
Students will also have available physical lab spaces, which will be used for the
face-to-face component of the programme in the first curricular year and for work
in preparation of the thesis. These spaces are located in the two physical campi
(Universidade Aberta and Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro):
a) Videoconferencing studio, INVITRO exhibition and interaction space, and
audiovisual studios, at the head offices of Universidade Aberta (Ceia Palace,
Lisbon, Portugal);
b) Computing, Networking, and Multimedia laboratories, at the campus of
Universidade Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal);
c) Facilities of the Local Learning Centres of the Universidade Aberta, across
Mainland Portugal, Azores, and Madeira, plus Rianxo (Galicia, Spain), and
Mozambique.
And also facilities of research, arts, and professional organizations associated with
the programme, such as the INESC TEC Associate Laboratory (Porto, Braga, Vila
Real – Portugal), and more to be announced.
7. PREREQUISITES AND STUDENT PROFILES
Prospective students may apply for the Doctoral Programme on Web Science and
Technology by fulfilling one of the following:
a) Holders of a Master’s degree or legally equivalent title, in the fields of
information systems and technologies, systems engineering, computer
engineering, software engineering, informatics engineering, multimedia and
computer graphics, applied statistics, computational algebra, or similar;
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b) Holders of a baccalaureate degree or legally equivalent title, in the fields of
item a), if they possess an adequately relevant curriculum, in terms of its
academic, scientific, and/or professional background, recognized as proof of
the applicant’s ability to pursue this programme by the Scientific Council of
the host university1;
c) Exceptionally, holders of an educational, scientific, and/or professional
curriculum that is recognized as proof of the applicant’s ability to pursue this
programme by the Scientific Council of the host university1.
Thus, the Doctoral Programme on Web Science and Technology has been planned
for professionals working in the fields of the Web and the Internet, who wish
to perform an advanced-level scientific and technological specialization in the
interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field of Web Science and Technology.
In order to attend the programme, applicants must have access to a computer
with a broadband Internet connection, possess the skills to use Web-based tools,
mastery of the Portuguese language (higher education level), and English language
skills for reading, writing, and comprehension (technical level).
8. PROFILE OF THE DOCTOR ON WEB SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
A Doctor on Web Science and Technology will be able to:
a) classify the main theories, principles, models, and advanced technologies,
within each field of expertise, identifying their potential and limitations,
accounting for their application to the design and development of Web-based
computing solutions for a wide variety of usage scenarios;
b) select, develop, and apply, in rigorous, efficient, and critical fashion, advanced
technologies and models, within each field of expertise, which are adequate
to the identified features of the usage scenarios;
c) develop methodologies for exploiting, applying, and assessing technologies
that are adequate for study and/or intervening in usage scenarios;
d) supervise research projects on Web science and technology.
1 This is either the Universidade Aberta or the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, whichever is hosting the current edition of the doctoral programme. For the inaugural edition, the hosting university is Universidade Aberta.
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9. APPLICATIONS
Applicants must formalize their applications by accessing and filling in the online
form available at http://dw.dcet.uab.pt. The formal application is done via a request
to the Scientific Council of Universidade Aberta, where the applicant puts forward
the reasons for the application, the desired goals, and the skills to be developed in
the scope of the programme. The application must further include the following:
a) documents proving that the applicant holds the adequate degrees, regarding
access to doctoral studies;
b) updated curriculum vitae;
c) desired research domain;
d) other elements that the applicant finds relevant for evaluation, such as a
personal portfolio or recommendation letters.
Applicants will then be ranked based on their academic degrees, professional
experience, and further elements of the Curriculum Vitae and application. It is
deemed valuable to present prior work and projects, particularly published papers
and outcomes (e.g., products, services, technologies, societal intervention) that
have been achieved by the applicant in the field of the doctoral programme.
Applicants who are graduates (Master or Baccalaureate) from outside the European
Area must pursue the process for recognition of academic/professional qualifications
in order to attend the programme. This must take place upon the application
process, and in case of admittance should be in possession of original documents
or authenticated copies supporting the digital versions of those documents.
The schedule for applications, enrolment, and registration is:
Applications July 11 – September 9, 2016
Enrolment and registration October 3 – 7, 2016
Online Adaptation Module October 17 – 28, 2016
Start of courses October 31st, 2016
The minimum number of enrolled students in the Doctoral Programme on Web
Science and Technology is 10 and the maximum number (numerus clausus) is 30.
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10. TUITION FEES
Tuition fees are € 4400 in total, distributed along the various enrolment years, as
determined by Rector’s Decree No. 70/R/2016 and by the tuition fees regulations of
Universidade Aberta.
Applicants must also pay, upon application, a € 60 tax to support application
review and processing expenses, and if accepted the programme registration fee is
€ 500.
Tuition fees must be paid in accordance with the schedule as established by
Universidade Aberta.
11. DEGREE AND DIPLOMA
Award of the Doctoral degree takes place upon completing and being approved
on the curricular component (first academic year), and also upon submitting a
scientific thesis, and having its approval by means of public viva voce examinations,
in accordance with the internal regulations of Universidade Aberta, which include
the Programme Regulations and applicable laws.
The degree of Doctor is awarded on the field of Web Science and Technology. This
degree is certified by a Doctoral Charter and matching diploma supplement.
Approval on the curricular component of the programme entitles the student to a
Diploma of Advanced Studies on Web Science and Technology.
12. PROGRAMME ORGANIZATION
The programme includes a first curricular year, which is an advanced programme
on Web Science and Technology, granting 60 ECTS credits, equally divided by two
semesters, with courses comprising 30 credits per semester.
Before the start of the first semester there is an early fully online module: Online
Adaptation. This is meant to help students adapt to the virtual context and e-learning
tools.
The curricular component has three courses on Advanced Topics, a Research
Seminar, a Seminar on the Information and Knowledge Society, and a course on
Thesis Planning, all required, fulfilling a total of 60 credits.
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The curricular component takes place along 40 weeks, with at most, 2 devoted
to face-to-face activities for learning, experiences, and assessment, as a doctoral
retreat. The assessment of the curricular component of the doctoral programme
includes, as part of the Thesis Planning course, a public presentation for discussion
and defence of the detailed thesis work plan. This is called the Assessment of
Research Ability Examination.
The request of admission for thesis development must by filled up to 30 workdays
after successfully completing the curricular component.
The second and third years of the doctoral programme are devoted to the preparation
of a thesis, accounting for 120 ECTS credits. The full three years of the doctoral
programme totals 180 ECTS credits and bestows the diploma and degree of Doctor
on Web Science and Technology.
13. FULL TIME MODE WORK PLAN
Students attending the doctoral programme full time must complete it in 6 academic
semesters (3 years) according to the work plan below.
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14. PART TIME MODE WORK PLAN
A part time student is he/she who upon enrolling and registering for an academic
year, and only at that moment, enrols on at least 20% and at most 50% of available
ECTS credits for that year. Therefore, enrolment on the 1st year of each edition of
the doctoral programme can encompass at most enough courses to comprise 30
ECTS, and 15 ECTS as a minimum (3 curricular modules). The work plan above is
the recommended part time path for students to follow in the Doctoral Programme
on Web Science and Technology.
The maximum allowed time for thesis preparation is 3 years. This plus the
curricular component time cannot extend beyond a 5-year limit, the maximum time
for completion of the doctoral programme. Therefore, should a student decide to
complete the curricular component in a longer time frame – 3 years, for instance,
which is the maximum – that student will only have 2 years to prepare the thesis.
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15. PEDAGOGICAL MODEL
The Doctoral Programme on Web Science and Technology follows a specific
pedagogical model, designed for virtual education at Universidade Aberta.
This model follows these 3 principles:
1. Student-centric education, meaning that the student is active and in charge of
developing knowledge;
2. Education based on flexibility of access to learning (contents, learning activities,
learning group) without strict scheduling or travel requirements, which
account for students’ availability. This principle is fulfilled by emphasizing
asynchronous communication, enabling non-overlapping of time or space,
hence interaction and communication take place under the convenience of the
student, providing time for reading, processing information, experimenting,
reflecting, and finally dialogue or reacting (responding);
3. Education based on diversity of interaction, between students and faculty,
among students, and with the learning resources, under an overall social
context.
Based on these principles, two vital elements are used in the learning process:
Virtual Class: each student is part of a virtual class, accessible to faculty and
other students. Learning activities take place in this online virtual space, resorting
to various communication elements. It must be seen as a multifunctional
space, assembling various resources, distributed over several collective work
locations, where interactions with faculty and among students take place. The
communication is essentially asynchronous and therefore base on writing and/or
other non-ephemeral expression media. Some courses will have required face-
to-face components, at a single doctoral retreat period.
learning ContraCt: the lecturer of each course will propose a learning contract
to the class. It will define the work plan, organized with foreseen activities and
supported by self-learning and collaborative learning. Based on the learning
materials that will be organized and provided, the lecturers organize and define
time-based self-learning zones (based on documents, literature, searching,
analysis, evaluation and assessment, experimenting with tools, outcomes, etc.)
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and diversified interaction zones in the virtual class (seminar), among the overall
group of students, among small groups of students, or between students and
lecturers.
16. TIME FOR STUDY AND LEARNING
Distance learning in a virtual class means that you will not be on the same location
with your lecturers and colleagues, nor will you be with them at the same time.
That is, it is a style of learning that provides flexibility, because it is independent of
the time and place you’re at.
Naturally, this implies that you need to devote time for studying and learning.
Therefore, each course defines a number of expected hours for study and
assignments: the ECTS units or credits.
You must take into account that each credit (1 ECTS) represents 26 actual hours
of study, as per the Regulation for Application of the ECTS Credit Units System of
Universidade Aberta. These include, for instance, the time for reading the various
documents, for completing online and offline activities, for experimenting with tools
individually or as a group, for reading messages, for drafting personal documents,
for taking part in discussions, and for assessment and grading.
17. LEARNING RESOURCES
The various courses will require of you effort and study over various learning
resources, which may include written texts, books, Web resources, learning objects,
and more, using a diversity of formats.
While some resources are in digital form and provided online in the virtual class,
other (such as books and/or computing tools) must be acquired by the student at
the beginning of the programme, in order to ensure the essential learning conditions
when those resources become necessary.
18. ASSESSMENT AND GRADING
Assessment of the curricular component usually includes a continuous dimension,
i.e., based on the quality of questions and issues that each student provides to the
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lecturer or tutor; on online discussions in the virtual class; on the quality of critique
and review of assignments; and on the individual development of experiments
and artefacts of Web science and technology. The weighing of learning elements
and assessment criteria is usually subjected to negotiation between lecturers and
students.
The final assessment, which takes place individually, may include (for instance)
the development of papers, assignments, presentation/discussion of assignments,
reports, tests, in accordance with the lecturing team defines in cooperation with the
programme committee.
Successful completion of the curricular component of the programme requires
successful completion of all courses, with a final grade in each above or equal to
10 (out of 20).
19. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
The management bodies of the programme are the Programme Committee and
the Programme Director, nominated by joint order of Universidade Aberta and
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, as well as the vice-directors which
are nominated by the Programme Director. The management of the programme
is conducted by Prof. Adérito Fernandes Marcos, and vice-directors Prof. Ramiro
Gonçalves and Prof. Leonel Morgado.
This team will support the individual learning process of each student throughout
the programme, using a set of pedagogical support instruments:
a) coordinating and encouraging participation in a virtual space devoted to
pedagogic support of students throughout the programme;
b) organizing and encouraging participation in an online adaptation module for
admitted students;
c) organizing and encouraging participation in a social space (forum) that serves
as an informal meeting space for students and faculty;
d) coordinating the organization of the various courses of the programme, and
their overall operation;
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e) engaging the programme faculty in coordination of pedagogical approaches;
f) supporting students in the selection of themes for thesis research.
20. FACULTY
The learning process is supported by a team of faculty members comprised
of experts in the various fields of study, who are in charge of the programme’s
courses. The programme will also include occasional participation of national and
international experts from fields related to Web science and technology, or from
related areas in businesses, civil society, or the military. Below is a list of faculty and
external participants, including the fields of research/interest and their overarching
organizations (UAb = Universidade Aberta; UTAD = Universidade de Trás-os-Montes
e Alto Douro):
Adérito Marcos, PhD; Digital Art, Computational Aesthetics, Creative Media, –
UAb
Ramiro Gonçalves, PhD; E-Business, E-Commerce, UTAD –
Leonel Morgado, PhD; Serious Games, Interaction, Advanced Interfaces, –
UAb
Amílcar Oliveira, PhD; Statistics and Simulation, UAb –
António Cunha, PhD; Medical Imaging, UTAD –
António Cunha, PhD; Computer Networks, UTAD –
Benjamim Fonseca, PhD; Mobile and Ubiquitous Web, UTAD –
Carlos Carreto, PhD; Digital Humanities, UAb –
Cristina Vieira, PhD; Network Society, UAb –
Darlinda Moreira, PhD; Virtual Ethnography, Participant Observation, UAb –
Elizabeth Carvalho; PhD; Information Visualization; Computer Graphics; UAb –
Frederico Branco, PhD; Information Systems, Information Visualization, –
UTAD
Gracinda Carvalho, PhD; Information Search and Retrieval, UAb –
Henrique São Mamede, PhD; Information Systems Planning, Privacy and –
Security, UAb
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Hugo Paredes, PhD; Software Architectures, Accessibility, UTAD –
Isabel Dias, PhD; Digital Humanities, UAb –
João Barroso, PhD; Computer Vision, Accessibility, UTAD –
João Caetano, PhD; Economy Development and Behaviour, UAb –
Jorge Morais, PhD; Multi-agent Systems, UAb –
José Bidarra, PhD; Digital Narratives and Games, UAb –
José Bulas Cruz, PhD; Computer Vision, Fighting the Digital Divide, UTAD –
José Coelho, PhD; Programming, Modern Heuristics, UAb –
José Martins, PhD; Information Systems, UTAD –
José Porfírio, PhD; Digital Entrepreneurship, Creative Industries, UAb –
Lina Morgado, PhD; E-Learning, UAb –
Luís Cavique, PhD; Semantic Web and Web Mining, UAb –
Luísa Cagica Carvalho, PhD; Digital Entrepreneurship, UAb –
Olga Magano, PhD; Qualitative Data Analysis, UAb –
Paulo Costa, PhD; Fundamental Digital Rights, UAb –
Paulo Oliveira, PhD; Intelligent Systems, UTAD –
Paulo Shirley, PhD; Parallel Computing, UAb –
Paulo Martins, PhD; Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning, UTAD –
Pedro Isaías, PhD; E-Business, UAb –
Rosário Bernardo, PhD; E-Government, UAb –
Tânia Rocha, PhD; Accessibility, UTAD –
Teresa Oliveira, PhD; Experimental Statistics and Data Analysis, UAb –
Vasco Amorim, PhD; System Dynamics, UTAD –
Vítor Cardoso, PhD; Virtual Reality, UAb –
Vítor Filipe, PhD; Computer Vision, UTAD –
Vitor Rocio, PhD; Web Platforms, Information Harvesting, UAb –
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21. ONLINE ADAPTATION
This module take place before the programme delivery, and lasts 2 weeks. It is a
hands-on module, with a practical approach focusing on know-how.
With this prior module, the aim is for you as a student of Universidade Aberta to
master the features of the online environment, acquiring various skills in support of
successful online learning. Therefore, upon its completion you will have attained:
skills on the use of the technological resources available in this online –
environment (know-how);
confidence about the various communication modes available in this online –
environment (know how to communicate), particularly about asynchronous
communication;
skills regarding the various modes of online learning and work: self-learning, –
cooperative learning, pair learning, resource-supported learning;
experience in applying generic Internet usage skills (communication, –
searching, management and assessment of information) to the online
environment where the programme will take place: knowing how to use the
communication tools, how to work in online groups, how to search and access
information on the Internet;
experience applying the social norms specific to communication in online –
environments (knowing how to get along).
22. PROGRAMME SECRETARIAT
For any clarifications regarding the programme, you can approach the secretariat
by phone or e-mail during business hours (9h00 to 17h30, Mainland Portugal time
zone):
Teresa Ramos
Phone: (+351) 300 007 671
E-mail: [email protected]
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23. COURSES
Below you will find the short syllabi of the programme courses. All are required.
ADvAnCED TrAInIng In WEb InfrASTrUCTUrE15 ECTS | ANNUAL
Synopsis: this learning unit aims to provide students with an overview on the main
subjects and research areas that focus on infrastructures and technologies that
support web-based systems. It is divided into modules of topics, each dealing with
a research theme. Current modules are: Software Architectures, Web Services
and Systems Programming and Integration, Web Platforms, High-Performance
Computing, Mobile and Ubiquitous Web, and Immersive/Mixed Environments
Infrastructure.
Competences: after concluding this learning unit, the student must able to:
Identify, classify, select and apply concepts and technologies on infrastructures –
for the web;
Analyse, conceive and design systems and services for the web, taking into –
account diverse usage scenarios;
Develop web applications with dynamic contents and adapted or adaptable to –
specific usage scenarios;
Integrate web systems and organize communication between applications; –
Identify emerging technologies, foreseeing innovative applications –
ADvAnCED TrAInIng In WEb InfOrMATIOn SySTEMS & TEChnOlOgIES15 ECTS | ANNUAL
Synopsis: this learning unit aims to study and develop models/tools related to
the use of the Web by organizations, to support their processes and integration of
their value chains. It is divided into modules of topics, each dealing with a research
theme. Current modules are: Planning and Development of Information Systems;
Models and Platforms for E-Business; Distributed, Multi-Agent, and Intelligent
Systems; Web Accessibility; Web Platform Management; Interaction and Advanced
Web Interfaces; Modern Heuristics; Creativity and Digital Entrepreneurship; Digital
Marketing; Web Technology in E-Government; Trust, Tolerance, and Privacy on the
Web; Fundamental Digital Rights and the Web.
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Competences: after concluding this learning unit, the student must able to:
Analyse and reflect upon the consequences and possibilities of new –
technologies for transforming organizational value chains;
Discriminate features and consequences of the distributed nature of Web –
information systems, including aspects such as intelligence, multi-agents,
management, and maintenance;
Differentiate strategic approach practices to Web information systems, –
including e-business and content platforms;
Distinguish the various dimensions of Web accessibility; –
Distinguish features, challenges, and limitations of emerging interaction and –
interface solutions for Web applications and systems, including Augmented
and 3D Web;
Identify limits and challenges at the level of trust, tolerance, and privacy in –
Web applications and systems.
ADvAnCED TrAInIng In WEb DATA AnD vISUAlIzATIOn15 ECTS | ANNUAL
Synopsis: the focus of this learning unit is on the complexity of Web data analysis
and its fulfilment in new contexts of visual and spatial interaction. It is divided
into modules of topics, each dealing with a research theme. Current modules
are: Learning Analytics and Educational Data Mining; Autonomous Affective and
Empathic Interfaces; Search and Retrieval of Information; Information Visualization;
Digital Culture and Art Artefacts; Narratives and Multimedia Games; Experimental
Statistics and Web Data Analysis; Statistical Computation and Simulation on
the Web; Planning of Experiences on the Web; Virtual and Augmented Reality;
Computational Learning of Medical Imaging; Digital Humanities on the Web.
Competences: after concluding this learning unit, the student must able to:
Identify issues in search, collection, processing, retrieval, visualization, –
analysis, and interpretation of information from Web data;
Describe the main concepts, models, and techniques associated with –
autonomous affective and empathic interfaces;
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Describe the main concepts, models, and techniques associated with Learning –
Analytics and Educational Data Mining;
Discriminate the main techniques and tools for Web events, statistical analysis, –
computation & simulation, and data visualizations;
Discriminate and reflect upon technologies and issues in information –
visualization in face of growing amounts of data;
Describe the concepts, models, and techniques associates with the –
development of digital culture and art artefacts on the Web.
rESEArCh SEMInAr5 ECTS | SEMESTRAL
Synopsis: this learning unit aims to develop in students the knowledge and
competences to conduct scientific work. From the distinction between scientific
and non-scientific knowledge, the field of Web Science and Technology and its
research processes will be presented. Subsequently, the students will contact the
most common methods to conduct scientific research, and become able to identify
the assumptions, virtues and limitations of each method, as well as the potential
complementarities.
Competences: after concluding this learning unit, the student must able to:
Distinguish the characteristics and nature of scientific and technological –
knowledge;
Discriminate various approaches and research methods, and their applicability –
to different types of research problems;
Differentiate the different research practices in areas related to Web Science –
and Technology;
Conduct literature reviews; –
Create and evaluate a research project proposal. –
SEMInAr On ThE KnOWlEDgE & InfOrMATIOn SOCIETy5 ECTS | SEMESTRAL
Synopsis: this learning unit aims to provide students with an opportunity to identify
the issues related to the Web in its social dimension.
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Competences: after concluding this learning unit, the student must able to:
Identify issues associated with knowledge management; –
Discriminate issues related to methods, techniques, and platforms supporting –
the social perspective of the Web;
Detail issues related to individual and institutional relationships that are –
established, formally and casually, over the Web;
Discriminate aspects related to risk management, individual exposure, and –
privacy on the Web.
ThESIS PlAnnIng5 ECTS | SEMESTRAL
Synopsis: this learning unit aims to provide students with an opportunity to identify
the problems related with the development of a doctoral thesis in the field of Web
Science and Technology, while identifying their main research questions, prepare a
detailed study of the state of the art on a specific subarea, and specify a work plan
for the two years towards the doctoral thesis.
Competences: after concluding this learning unit, the student must able to:
Identify the problems related with doctoral-level work on Web Science and –
Technology;
Distinguish the various research questions of at least three subdomains of –
research;
Specify in detail the state of the art on a specific subdomain of Web Science –
and Technology;
Specify a doctoral research proposal that includes the research question(s) or –
problem(s) to be solved, the motivation, and a detailed and justified plan of the
activities to be undertaken.
ThESIS SEMInAr120 ECTS | BIANNUAL
Synopsis: this learning unit aims at building a specific research project in Web
Science and Technology, whose final product will be a doctoral thesis. It must con-
figure the identification of new problems and raise, at the conceptual and praxeolo-
gical levels, the search for responses adjusted to the contexts of intervention.
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Competences: after concluding this learning unit, the student must able to:
Critically analyse research contexts in Web Science and Technology; –
Design, implement, and assess research projects in Web Science and –
Technology;
Develop conceptual and methodological instruments that are adjusted to the –
development of research projects;
Write critical documentation about the developed project, incorporating all –
the elements produced in a final thesis.
24. HOSTING UNIVERSITY
The hosting university for the inaugural edition of the Doctoral Programme on
Web Science and Technology is Universidade Aberta. As such, it takes on the
administrative, financial, and academic management of this edition, which comprises
all six semesters of the doctoral programme, including: reception and organization
of applications, announcing results, enrolling and registration of admitted students,
collecting fees, sending and receiving mail, requesting the various support services,
payment of current expenditure, organization and logistics for face-to-face sessions,
managing accounting of income and expenses, theses registration, organization of
public viva voce organizations, and more..