Sawood Alam
@ibnesayeed
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๐ผ Research Lead @waybackmachine/@internetarchive ๐ PhD @WebSciDL/@ODU ๐ฌ Web Science, Web Archiving, DWeb, Urdu, RTL Langs, Unicode, Linux, Docker
Norfolk VA
Joined April 2009
#2020Goals โ๏ธ ๐ Graduation from @ODU โ๏ธ ๐ Innovation Award from @NDSA2 โ๏ธ ๐ผ Job at @internetarchive Accomplished in the reverse order! /cc @WebSciDL @waybackmachine
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Trip report for the 2025 ACM Hypertext Conference #HT2025 @ACMHT
@WebSciDL PhD students @tarannum_zaki, @rochanaro, & @DomSoos and alumni @machawk1 & @ibnesayeed attended in September, 2025. https://t.co/iF1x2PjkQK
ws-dl.blogspot.com
The Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University.
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The web has a memory โ and weโve saved 1 trillion pages of it! ๐ Join the @InternetArchive for The Web Weโve Built, a celebration of the people, stories & technology that preserve our digital world. ๐
Oct 22 ๐๏ธ In Person โก๏ธ https://t.co/kfx5EdnChq ๐ฅ๏ธ Virtual โก๏ธ
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Goodbye, https://t.co/7XmPA0txTi. 1. I confirmed that https://t.co/HDqPVTRKTX no longer redirects unlucky short URLs 2. hooray for @waybackmachine & archived redirects! 3. twist: different HTML 404 pages for deprecated vs. never valid short URLs!
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Excited to share my internship experience with the @internetarchive as a @Google Summer of Code 2025 contributor! โ๏ธ@WebSciDL blog post: https://t.co/QAnEov6Z6H ๐ @ibnesayeed, @MarkGraham, @r_macdonald, @TVNewsArchive, @weiglemc, @phonedude_mln, @acnwala, @oducs, and @ODUSCI.
ws-dl.blogspot.com
The Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University.
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Had the opportunity to present our work, 'Toward Robust URL Extraction for Open Science: A Study of arXiv File Formats and Temporal Trends' at #WADL2025 #HT2025 Grateful for the support from @fanchyna @liya_lamia @WebSciDL @ibnesayeed @sudobear @bipasha_bb @edwardafox
.@rochanaro from @WebSciDL and @oducs is presenting "Toward Robust URL Extraction for Open Science: A Study of arXiv File Formats and Temporal Trends" at #WADL2025 #HT2025 ๐ https://t.co/EUpAUWT7Vb
@ibnesayeed @sudobear @bipasha_bb @edwardafox @fanchyna #LAMPS_LAB
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.@ibnesayeed from @internetarchive is presenting "Lost, but Preserved - A Web Archiving Perspective on the Ephemeral Web" at #WADL2025 #HT2025 ๐ https://t.co/yHqFlAVm0p
@MarkGraham
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.@rochanaro from @WebSciDL and @oducs is presenting "Toward Robust URL Extraction for Open Science: A Study of arXiv File Formats and Temporal Trends" at #WADL2025 #HT2025 ๐ https://t.co/EUpAUWT7Vb
@ibnesayeed @sudobear @bipasha_bb @edwardafox @fanchyna #LAMPS_LAB
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๐ข Big news from Internet Archive Europe! ๐ @IFLA has signed the Four Digital Rights for Memory Institutions, asserting that in the digital age, libraries, archives & museums must be able to: ๐ฅ Collect ๐ก๏ธ Preserve ๐ Provide Access ๐ค Cooperate ๐โคต๏ธ https://t.co/CKWsQYUryv
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Building on the momentum of our Our Future Memory campaign, weโre thrilled to share two major developments: ๐ IFLA Joins the Statement This week, the International Federation of Library Associations...
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What does the web mean to you? As we celebrate 1 trillion webpages archived in the Wayback Machine, we want to hear your story. Why does preserving the web matter to you? ๐ Share your story now: https://t.co/29MlTn2Q5X
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
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Day 3 at #WebSci2025 Excited to present my research "Not Here, Go There: Analyzing Redirection Patterns on the Web" today @WebSciConf @RutgersU ๐DOI: https://t.co/lkgwOqOFR4 Slides: https://t.co/C121lXZScI
@weiglemc @phonedude_mln @ibnesayeed @WebSciDL @oducs
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Excited to share that Iโve been selected as a @Google Summer of Code 2025 contributor๐คฉ Iโll be working with @InternetArchive/@TVNewsArchive this summer, mentored by @ibnesayeed๐ https://t.co/ddhFW8XCqW
#GSoC2025, @MarkGraham, @WebSciDL, @weiglemc, @phonedude_mln, @acnwala
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Goodbye Skype! ๐๐ฌ It transformed global communication in the 2000s, bringing free internet calls to millions. Now it's just another memory, its website preserved & accessible via the @WaybackMachine. Explore Skypeโs web history โก๏ธ https://t.co/HFJhYbB0iN
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The @InternetArchive was honored with the 2024 Project Uil award for its impact on Dutch-language Wikipedia! @Brewster_Kahle accepted the award, highlighting how the archive has fixed 22M+ broken links & enhanced the credibility of Wikipedia. More โก๏ธ https://t.co/LiPukdKfkA
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@ibnesayeed (@internetarchive) rounds out the Advocacy & User Engagement session @ #iipcWAC25 with "Lost, but Preserved-A #WebArchiving Perspective on the Ephemeral Web" w/ various assessments of linkrot, depending on which src you consult. Rarely did they mention web archives.
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๐ Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machineโs Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. ๐ฐ๏ธ๐พ ๐ Try it now: https://t.co/0x24WHkJKE
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โAPIs โBrowser extensions โApps โผ๏ธ Yes, those, too:
๐ Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machineโs Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. ๐ฐ๏ธ๐พ ๐ Try it now: https://t.co/0x24WHkJKE
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Mark Graham, director of Internet Archive's @waybackmachine, will join this conversation โฌ๏ธ
On Feb. 13 at 3pm Eastern, MuckRock will host an event with organizations that are helping lead the efforts to preserve the publicโs data.
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Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. ๐ณ๏ธ Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive โก๏ธ https://t.co/mv4z35bonQ
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Since 2004, Internet Archive has collaborated with a group of libraries and research organizations on the End of Term Web Archive. ๐พ Learn more about the effort โฌ๏ธ https://t.co/TsjeCoecQT
eotarchive.org
The End of Term Web Archive is a collaborative initiative that collects, preserves, and makes accessible United States Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
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