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Web Science Institute

We're leading academics in the fields of web science, data science and artificial intelligence research.

Director

Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science

Deputy directors

Leslie Carr, Head of the Web and Internet Science Group

Pauline Leonard, Associate Dean of Research and Enterprise

Associate directors

Michael Boniface, Director of the IT Innovation Centre

Thomas Irvine, Professor in Music

Larry Lynch, Head of Winchester School Art

Matthew Ryan, Associate Professor of Governance and Public Policy

Peter W F Smith, Professor in Social Statistics

Mark Weal, Professor in the Web and Internet Science Group

Visiting professors and fellows

Tom Barnett, Visiting Fellow, entrepreneur and pioneer in the field of web technology

Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Honorary Professor, inventor of the World Wide Web and Founding Director of the World Wide Web Foundation

Dr Vinton G Cerf, Visiting Professor, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google

Liam Maxwell, Visiting Professor, Director of Government Transformation at Amazon Web Services

Dr Kieron O'Hara, Emeritus Fellow, philosopher, computer scientist and political writer

JP Rangaswami, Visiting Professor, Chair of the Web Science Trust board of trustees

Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Visiting Professor, Principal of Jesus College, University of Oxford

Dr Jeni Tennison, Visiting Professor, Director of Connected by Data

Dr Phil Tetlow, Visiting Professor, Chief Architect at IBM Software Group

Bill Thompson, Visiting Professor, Principal Research Engineer, BBC

Management

Susan Davies, Co-ordination Manager

Louise Payne, Research and Enterprise Marketing and Communications Manager

Alistair Sackley, Specialist Policy Officer

Claire Wilkins, Project Manager

Administrative support

Samantha Collins, Administrator

Nichola Need, Senior Administrator

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