Professor Dame Wendy Hall is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya on Thursday 2 March 2023 in recognition of her academic career in the fields of artificial intelligence, the semantic web and web science, her inclusive vision of technology as a resource for people’s well-being, and her role as a leading figure in the fight for gender equality and against horizontal segregation in the field of technology.
She has a PhD in Mathematics, and is Regius Professor of Computer Science and Associate Vice President for International Engagement at the University of Southampton, Executive Director of the Web Science Institute and Managing Director of the Web Science Trust. Dame Hall sits on the AI Council, an independent expert committee serving the UK Government with guidance and leadership in the artificial intelligence ecosystem, and is also Chair of the Ada Lovelace Institute. One of the world’s leading computer scientists, she is recognized internationally as a key figure in the development of Web Science, and was one of the first computer scientists to embark on research into multi and hyper-media technologies, before the existence of the World Wide Web. Wendy Hall is a former member of the UOC’s IN3 Scientific Advisory Board (2013-2015).
Active in the defence of gender equality in science and technology, she spearheaded the creation of the British Computer Society Women's Forum and has promoted numerous other initiatives raising awareness of women's roles in the field of computer science.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and ranked one of the hundred most powerful women in the United Kingdom by the BBC, she has received honorary titles from various other universities, including University College London (2014), Birmingham University (2012) or the University of Glasgow (2009).
Venue
Campus UOC
Perú, 52
08018 Barcelona
Espanya
When
02/03/2023 18.00h
Organized by
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya