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NewsDame Wendy Hall named one of the most influential women in UK IT Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Dean of Physical and Applied Sciences at the University of Southampton, has been named as the second most influential woman in UK IT in a poll published in Computer Weekly. Dame Wendy Hall appointed to Dstl Board Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Dean of the Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences, has been appointed to the Board of Dstl, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. Shortage of girls in computer science worse than ever, says Wendy Hall The shortage of girls studying computer science is worse than ever before, says Professor Dame Wendy Hall, speaking in The Guardian today. Professor Dame Wendy Hall honoured by Oxford Internet Institute Professor Dame Wendy Hall received an ‘Internet and Society Award’ from the Oxford Internet Institute as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations which culminated this month. The Web at 20 - it's come a long way Twenty years on from the day that Tim Berners-Lee made the first web page available, it is now 'the single most important thing breaking down barriers around the world', according to Professor Dame Wendy Hall, who will be speaking about the anniversary on BBC Breakfast News tomorrow (Saturday 6 August). 24 March 2011 Wendy Hall looks back on her tenure as President of the ACM and reflects on some upcoming developments in the way we use the Web. Honours come in three for Dame Wendy Hall Professor Dame Wendy Hall has been elected a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest organization for computing professionals. Three ECS Professors featured among the UK's top 100 scientists Three Professors from the School of Electronics and Computer Science feature in the list of ‘100 most important figures in British Science’ published in today’s (Thursday 7 October) Times newspaper. 1 October 2010 "I STILL DO HATE COMPUTERS," says Wendy Hall. Ironic, since she is one of the most distinguished computer scientists in the country... Wendy Grossman interviews Wendy Hall and hears about her passion for the World Wide Web and Web Science. Professor Dame Wendy Hall appointed to lead new Faculty Professor Dame Wendy Hall has been appointed Dean of the new Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences in the University of Southampton. ECS Professors take part in London technology summits ECS Professors Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Dame Wendy Hall, and Professor Tony Hey have all been taking part in the Royal Society’s 'See Further: Festival of Science + Arts' at the South Bank Centre, London, this week, and Professor Nigel Shadbolt has been taking part in the Guardian 'Activate 2010' conference, also in London. Wendy Hall receives honorary degree and city freedom in Greece The unique contribution to research and innovation of an ECS Professor has been recognized by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 9 June 2010 Professor Dame Wendy Hall gives a keynote on Web Science at the Future Everything event held in Manchester, UK, in May. Web Science on FutureEverything agenda Professor Dame Wendy Hall and Professor Nigel Shadbolt are key speakers at FutureEverything 2010 which takes place this week (12-15 May) in Manchester. ACM visit to Qatar Wendy is currently in Qatar at a meeting of the ACM Education Board at Qatar University. One of the sessions discussed the gender issue in CS. Computing Education Blog 19 April 2010 Wendy Hall was one of the first computer scientists to investigate hypermedia and multimedia, and her influence on the business world looks set to continue as she becomes one of the driving forces behind a new institute created to study the Web. Southampton and Oxford to partner in new Institute for Web Science The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced £30M of funding to take forward research on the next generation of the World Wide Web. Professor Dame Wendy Hall re-appointed to top-level Council The Prime Minister has re-appointed Professor Dame Wendy Hall to the Council for Science and Technology (CST). 15 March 2010 Leading British computer scientist, Dame Wendy Hall, believes that the net is ready for a substantial upgrade. ECS research features in new BBC SuperPower series Research on the development of the World Wide Web in the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) is featured in a new BBC season of programmes, Superpower, which began on Monday 8 March and runs for two weeks. Students from a whole range of disciplines are being invited to go along to the Royal Society in London next week to hear why they should study the World Wide Web. The Ever Evolving Web, Keynote at Annenberg Networks Network Seminar Report and Video of Keynote, 19-20 February 2010 The Web Science Trust has been granted charitable status, in a move which will enable greater focused, global development of the discipline. The Semantic Web Revolution Wendy Hall talks about her opening keynote (with Nigel Shadbolt) at Online Information 2009 on 1 December 2009.Listen to Podcast. The Semantic Web Revolution Wendy Hall talks about her opening keynote (with Nigel Shadbolt) at Online Information 2009 on 1 December 2009.Listen to Podcast.<>/a> Wendy Hall gives this year's Southampton City Lecture Professor Dame Wendy Hall will be giving the 6th Southampton City Lecture on Monday 30 November, on the subject ‘The Emerging Science of the Web and why it is Important'. Professor Dame Wendy Hall to present the future potential of WWW Professor Dame Wendy Hall from the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics and Computer Science will celebrate the 125th anniversary of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) next week with a lecture on the progress of the World Wide Web and its future potential. Dame Wendy Hall honoured by R&D Society Professor Dame Wendy Hall, FRS, FREng, Web pioneer and leading campaigner for women in science, is to receive the 19th Duncan Davies Medal from the Research and Development Society for her outstanding contribution toward making the UK the best-performing research and development environment in the world. InterFace encourages new cross-disciplinary initiatives The concept of the humanities and technology working closer together will be endorsed by Professor Dame Wendy Hall FRS at an international symposium at the University of Southampton next month. Wendy Hall profiled in The Guardian Professor Dame Wendy Hall is profiled in a long article by Anthea Lipsett in today's Guardian (2 June). Professor Dame Wendy Hall elected Fellow of the Royal Society Dame Wendy Hall DBE, Professor of Computer Science in the University of Southampton, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, it is announced today (Friday 15 May). Windsor Castle investiture for Professor Dame Wendy Hall Professor Dame Wendy Hall received the official insignia of Dame Commander of the British Empire from HM The Queen at Windsor Castle yesterday (Tuesday 7 April). 24 March 2009 A long interview with Professor Dame Wendy Hall explores the uses, dangers and perceptions of the Web. 24 March 2009 Professor Dame Wendy Hall is listed as one of 10 successful women in IT on Ada Lovelace Day, 24 March. 13 March 2009 Professor Wendy Hall and Professor Shadbolt have been featured on Paul Miller's Nodalities Blog, talking about the Semantic Web. Listen to the podcasts here: ECS professors warn of privacy intrusions on the Web Speaking at Westminster this week, Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee warned of the potential dangers if companies are allowed to monitor individuals' searches of the Web. Conference to call for more research into the World Wide Web The World Wide Web and its future development will be the focus of the first European conference on Web Science to be held in Athens from 18-20 March Web Science ’09: Conference focuses on Society On-Line Web Science ’09, the first European conference on Web Science, is dedicated to the presentation of research into ‘Society on the Web’. Dame Wendy Hall leads new engineering diversity campaign The Diversity in Engineering Campaign, being launched today (Thursday 15 January) by the Royal Academy of Engineering and led by Professor Dame Wendy Hall of ECS, aims to ensure that UK engineering blazes a trail to a diverse profession that will benefit from the skills of all sectors of society. New Years Honours - Dame Wendy Hall Professor Wendy Hall, CBE, has been appointed DBE in the New Year Honours List for services to science and technology. ECS plays key role in two new Centres for Doctoral Training The EPSRC today (5/12/08) announced a £250M investment in UK science and engineering. ECS will play a key role in two of the new Centres for Doctoral Training awarded to the University. Three ECS Professors in ICT 2008 Hall of Fame Professor Wendy Hall, Professor David Payne, and Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee are among the 25 figures honoured in the ICT 2008 Hall of Fame. Wendy Hall to address Grace Hopper Celebration Professor Wendy Hall, in her role as President of the Association for Computing Machinery, will address the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Colorado this week. BBC News Magazine Professor Wendy Hall and Professor Nigel Shadbolt of ECS took part in a BBC Radio 3 programme on latest advances in devices that focus on the crucial role that memory places in our lives. WebSci09: Society Online Professor Hall is to co-chair WebSci09: Society Online, the first international conference exploring the Social Science of the Web. 3 September 2008 Professor Wendy Hall is noted in The Guardian as one of the UK's top web thinkers for her work on the semantic web. Loughborough University awards honorary degree to Wendy Hall Professor Wendy Hall received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Loughborough University at their 2008 graduation ceremony. BT becomes founder sponsor of Web Science Research Initiative BT has announced that it is to become a sponsor of the Web Science Research Initiative, founded by the ECS professors Wendy Hall, Nigel Shadbolt and Sir Tim Berners-Lee, with Daniel J. Weitzner. Professor Wendy Hall elected as ACM President Professor Wendy Hall has been elected as President of the Association for Computing Machinery, the first person from outside North America to hold this position in the ACM’s prestigious 60-year history. Wendy Hall awarded rare honour at Tsinghua University Professor Wendy Hall has been awarded a Guest Professorship at Tsinghua University in China, only the seventh UK academic to have received this honour. Three ECS professors consider the Web's future Fifteen years ago (30 April 1993) CERN announced that the Web could be used free by anyone. To mark the anniversary, three ECS professors comment for the BBC on the Web's future. 15 March 2008 Professor Wendy Hall of ECS is quoted on the use of the Semantic Web by Yahoo. 15 March 2008 Phil Tetlow of IBM muses on the significance of the new Web Science Research Initiative, jointly backed by ECS at Southampton and CSAIL at MIT. 15 March 2008 Professor Wendy Hall of ECS says that Yahoo's move to the semantic web could help it compete with arch-rival Google, which has grown on the back of indexing documents rather than objects. 12 March 2008 Professor Wendy Hall is featured in a video clip on Web Science in Rory Cellan-Jones's blog. Web Science at the Royal Society of Arts Professor Wendy Hall, Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt addressed the Royal Society of Arts yesterday (11 March) to celebrate the new science of Web Science. October 2007 October 2007 October 2007 August 2007 May 2007 30 April 2007 03 October 2006 08 March 2006
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Dame Wendy Hall named one of the most influential women in UK IT Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Dean of Physical and Applied Sciences at the University of Southampton, has been named as the second most influential woman in UK IT in a poll published in Computer Weekly. Dame Wendy Hall appointed to Dstl Board Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Dean of the Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences, has been appointed to the Board of Dstl, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. Shortage of girls in computer science worse than ever, says Wendy Hall The shortage of girls studying computer science is worse than ever before, says Professor Dame Wendy Hall, speaking in The Guardian today. |
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