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Wendy Hall

Also Known As Wendy Anne Hall · Dame Wendy Hall · Dame Wendy Chandler · Wendy Chandler
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Wendy Hall is a British computer scientist at the University of Southampton and a pioneer of hypermedia research, having developed the Microcosm hypermedia system in the years before the World Wide Web became dominant. She later co-founded the Web Science Research Initiative with Tim Berners-Lee and others, helping establish web science as a distinct field of interdisciplinary study, and has served in senior advisory roles on artificial intelligence policy in the United Kingdom.

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Birth Year
1952 1
Birth Date
1952-10-25 1
Nationality
British 1
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Inspiring Fifty Europe 2
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honorary doctorate 2
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2
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Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards 2
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Fellow of the Royal Society 2
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Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering 2
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ACM Fellow 2
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honorary degree 2
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Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology 2
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Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society 2
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Fellow of the British Computer Society 2
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OII Lifetime Achievement Award 2
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Web Science, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Wendy Hall
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Wendy Hall
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  • Lead section
    Dame Wendy Hall (born 25 October 1952) is a British computer scientist.
  • In Field: Web Science, Infobox field and known_for, lead paragraph
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2. Wikidata: Wendy Hall
  • Wikidata Q11626, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • In Group: Human-Computer Interaction
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