About
Dr Samantha Kanza is a Senior Enterprise Fellow at the University of Southampton. She coordinates the AI 4 Scientific Discovery Network (AI4SD - www.ai4science.network) run out of Southampton, and the Future Blood Testing Network (www.futurebloodtesting.org) run out of Reading. Samantha works in the interdisciplinary research area of applying computer science techniques to the scientific domain, specifically through the use of semantic web technologies and artificial intelligence. Her research includes looking at electronic lab notebooks and smart laboratories, to improve the digitization and knowledge management of the scientific record using semantic web technologies; and using IoT devices in the laboratory. She has also worked on a number of interdisciplinary Semantic Web projects in different domains, including agriculture, chemistry and the social sciences.
Research
Research interests
- Semantic Web
- Linked Data
- Ontologies
- Research Data Management
- Digitisation of Scientific Research
Current research
Samantha's current research focuses on the digitisation of scientific research, and using semantic web technologies to improve research data management within the physical sciences.
Research projects
Active projects
Publications
Biography
Dr Samantha Kanza is a Senior Enterprise Fellow at the University of Southampton. She completed her MEng in Computer Science at the University of Southampton and then worked for BAE Systems Applied Intelligence for a year before returning to do an iPhD in Web Science (in Computer Science and Chemistry), which focused on Semantic Tagging of Scientific Documents and Electronic Lab Notebooks. She was awarded her PhD in April 2018. Samantha works in the interdisciplinary research area of applying computer science techniques to the scientific domain, specifically through the use of semantic web technologies and artificial intelligence. Her research includes looking at electronic lab notebooks and smart laboratories, to improve the digitization and knowledge management of the scientific record using semantic web technologies; and using IoT devices in the laboratory. She has also worked on a number of interdisciplinary Semantic Web projects in different domains, including agriculture, chemistry and the social sciences.