-Professor Dame
Wendy Hall
Wendy is Regius
Professor of Computer Science and Pro Vice-Chancellor (International
Engagement) at the University of Southampton, as well as Executive Director of
the Web Science Institute. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global
Futures Council on the Digital Economy, was co-Chair of the UK government’s
2017 AI Review, and is the first Skills Champion for AI in the UK.
-Professor Vancho
Chabukovski
Vancho is visitor at
the Web Science Institute (WSI) and Web and Internet Science (WAIS) research
group of the School of Electronics and Computer Science of the University of
Southampton. He is a professor of Computer Science, Software Development and
Databases, Programming Languages and Systems, and Information Systems at
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Saints Cyril and Methodius
University in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. He has extensive experience
developing e-learning systems and is CEO and co-founder of Chabukai6 Limited
and founder of Chabukaisix Learn, partnering with Southampton Data Science
Academy (SDSA) at the University of Southampton and helping to extend the reach
of Southampton Data Science Academy’s learning propositions in South-East
Europe (SEE).
-Professor Les Carr
Les is Professor of
Web Science at the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics and
Computer Science. He’s also a Director of the Web Science Institute and
previously Director of the Web Science Centre for Doctoral Training. His
research on Open Access and Open Data led to the establishment of Eprints –
offering Open Access publication and data services, training and support to the
research industry.
-Dr Gary Willis
Gary is an Associate
Professor in Computer Science at the University of Southampton. He graduated
from the University of Southampton with an Honors degree in Electromechanical
Engineering, followed by a PhD in Industrial Hypermedia Systems. Gary is a
Chartered Engineer, a member of the Institute of Engineering Technology, and a
Principal Fellow of the Higher Educational Academy. He is also a visiting
Associate Professor at University of Cape Town and a research professor at
RLabs.
-Dr David Millard
Dave is Associate
Professor of Computer and Web Science at the University of Southampton, David
is a founding member of the Web and Internet Science research group within the
School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS). He represents ECS on the
steering group for the Web Science Centre for Doctoral Training. David is
currently Vice-Chair for ACM SIGWEB.
-Dr Bob Blair
Rob is Visiting Fellow
at the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics and Computer Science.
He holds an MSc Information Systems from University of East Anglia and an MSc
Web Science from University of Southampton. Qualified to teach Physics, Mathematics
and Computer Science, Rob is a highly-experienced classroom teacher and online
tutor specializing in data science.
-Dr. Manuel
Leon-Urrutia
Manuel is Senior
Teaching Fellow in the Web and Internet Science research group of the
Electronics and Computer Science department of the University of Southampton.
He holds an MSc & PhD in Web Science, a PGCE in education and an MA in
Applied Linguistics. Manuel is specialised in learning technologies, with
experience in learning design and research interests in MOOCs and learning
analytics. Prior to joining the Computer Science department in 2012, he worked
for 6 years as an editor in a publishing company, and 6 more years as a
language teacher in the University of Southampton. Manuel currently has an
academic, senior tutoring and learning design role in the Southampton Data
Science Academy.
-Dr. David Tarrant
David is learning
skills lead and a data scientist at the Open Data Institute.
David joined the ODI
from the University of Southampton where he was a lecturer in the Web and
Internet Science Group. He was responsible for creating the world’s first
undergraduate course in open data.
Since joining the ODI
David has put in place key educational content that helped transform
governments and unlock over $15m for startups. Additionally he has applied his
data science skills to building policy making tools for open data leaders,
including the Open Data Barometer visualization. This tool has been used to
guide policy development and allow leaders to compare and contrast their open
data initiatives with other similar ones globally.
As learning skills
lead, David is responsible for the direction and quality of the ODI’s learning
offering. Products include face to face training, eLearning and the ODI’s
learning records system (LRS). Underpinned by the skills framework, all of
these products put together ensure that the ODI can offer high quality online
and face to face training to as many people as possible.
-Dejan Zlatkovski
Dejan is an eLearning
specialist with over 20 years of experience in the field. He has a BSc in
Computer Science from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the
Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia,
and an MSc specialisation in Public Policy Making in Education and Human
Development from George Washington University.
Dejan worked for the
Ministry for Education and Science where he was responsible for educational
policies related to ICT in education, eLearning and R&D projects for
academic and educational IT networks, and for the National Agency for European
Educational Programmes and Mobility, where he was responsible for educational
policies networks and studies, and deployment of the eLearning platforms in the
formal and vocational education and training. He is currently a consultant on
ICT related projects and has tutoring and eLearning design roles at Chabukaisix
Learn.
-Professor Riste
Temjanovski
Riste is a Professor
at University Goce Delcev – Shtip, North Macedonia and holds Research Chair in
Department of Economy at the Faculty of Economics. He has a demonstrated
practice of working in the higher education and entrepreneurial community.
Skilled in Transport and Logistics Science, E-business, Management Information
Systems, E-Marketing, GIS Software and Data Analysis. He is strong education professional with a
PhD in Economic Science, Master of Spatial planning focused on Transport
Science. He is experienced in gathering
and analysing economical data, statistical data analysis and graphic data
presentation and interpretation. He has
tutoring and course content developing roles at Chabukaisix Learn.
