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Dame Wendy Hall, DBE, FRS, FREng is Regius Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President (International Engagement) and is Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. She became a Dame Commander of the British Empire in the 2009 UK New Year's Honours list and is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the ACM. Dame Wendy was co-Chair of the UK government’s AI Review, which was published in October 2017 and a member of the AI Council. She is currently the co-Chair of the ACM Publications Board and Editor-in-Chief of Royal Society Open Science. She is an advisor to the UK government and many other governments and companies around the world and in 2023 was appointed to the United Nations high-level advisory body on artificial intelligence. Her latest book, Four Internets, co-written with Kieron O’Hara, was published by OUP in 2021.
Personal website: www.damewendydbe.com
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Biography
Dame Wendy Hall, DBE, FRS, FREng is Regius Professor of Computer Science, Associate Vice President (International Engagement) and Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. She was Dean of the Faculty of Physical Science and Engineering from 2010 to 2014 and Head of the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) from 2002 to 2007.
One of the first computer scientists to undertake serious research in multimedia and hypermedia, she has been at its forefront ever since. The influence of her work has been significant in many areas including digital libraries, the development of the Internet, and the emerging research discipline of Web Science. Her current research includes exploring interfaces between the social, and physical sciences through the development of Web Science and the study of online systems through a sociotechnical lens. She is a Director and Trustee of the Web Science Trust.
She became a Dame Commander of the British Empire in the 2009 UK New Year's Honours list and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in the same year. She was elected President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in July 2008, and was the first person from outside North America to hold this position. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the ACM. She is a distinguished fellow of the British Computer Society.
She was Senior Vice President of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2005-8), a member of the UK Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology (2004-10), and a founder member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (2005-10). She was President of the British Computer Society (2003-4), an EPSRC Senior Research Fellow (1996-2002) and a member of the EPSRC Council (1997-2002).
In 2017, Dame Wendy was co-Chair of the UK government’s AI Review, which was published in October 2017. She became a member of the AI Council and was appointed the first UK AI Skills Champion in 2018. She was Chair of the Ada Lovelace Institute (2020-2023). She is currently the co-Chair of the ACM Publications Board and Editor-in-Chief of Royal Society Open Science. She is an advisor to the UK government and many other governments and companies around the world and in 2023 was appointed to the United Nations high-level advisory body on artificial intelligence. Her latest book, Four Internets, co-written with Kieron O’Hara and published by OUP in 2021, is about data, geopolitics and the governance of cyberspace.
Through her leadership roles on national and international bodies, she has shattered many glass ceilings, readily deploying her position on numerous national and international bodies to promote the role of women in SET and acting as an important role model for others.
Prizes
- Suffrage Science Award - MRC London Institute of Medical Science (LMS) (2016)
- Distinguished Fellow, British Computer Society (2016)
- Honorary Degree - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2010)
- Duncan Davies Medal (2009)
- Honorary Degree - University of Glasgow (2009)
- Fellow of the Royal Society (2009)
- Awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2009)
- Honorary Degree - Loughborough University (2008)
- Honorary Degree - University of Pretoria (2007)
- Anita Borg Award for Technical Leadership (2006)
- Honorary Degree - University of Glamorgan (2005)
- Fellow of the City & Guilds of London Institute (2002)
- Honorary Degree - Oxford Brookes University (2002)
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2000)
- CBE (2000)
- Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award (2015)
- Honorary Fellow (2004)
- Honorary Citizenship, City of Veria, Greece (2010)
- Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS) (1996)
- Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (FIEE) (1997)
- Fellow of the ACM (2011)
- Honorary Degree - Hong Kong Baptist University (2020)
- Women of Outstanding Achievement in SET for Scientific Discovery & SET Innovation (2006)
- IEEE Engineering the Future Award (2009)
- Diana Patterson for Corporate Leadership in Technical Communication (2005)
- CITP (Chartered IT Professional) (2004)
- Named as 1 of 40 Tech Guru’s (2004)
- Named as 26th Most influential Scientist in the UK (2011)
- Named 1 of 100 Most Powerful Women in UK, (2013)
- Kluge Chair in Technology and Society, Library of Congress (2016)
- Recognised as 1 of 50 most Inspiring Women in Technology (2016)
- Named as Most Influential Woman in IT in the UK (2014)
- MBCS (1987)
- C.Eng (Chartered Engineer) (1990)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (2011)
- Recognition of being 1 of 100 Leading Practising Scientists (2014)
- Honorary Degree - University of Bradford (2015)
- Honorary Degree - Open University (2015)
- Honorary Degree - University College London (2014)
- Honorary Degree - University of Sussex (2013)
- Honorary Degree - City, University of London (2013)
- Honorary Degree - Queens University Belfast (2012)
- Honorary Degree - University of Birmingham (2012)
- Honorary Degree - Dalhousie University (2012)
- Honorary Fellow - Cardiff University (2004)
- ACM Presidential Award (2022)
- Computer Weekly UKTech50- 2023 The most Influential people in UK Technology (2023)
- WSAI Community's top 50 innovators (2022)
- Honorary Degree - Brunel University, London (2022)
- Honorary Degree - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Barcelona (2023)
- Honorary Visiting Professor, School of Science and Technology, City, University of London (2024)
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