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8/7/2019 Presentation on author

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Presentation on author

Presented by: Aashish Tulsani

19th march, 2011


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Profile

Career

Current work

Awards and Achievements

Publications Conclusion

Snapshots


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Sir Timothy John "Tim"

Berners-Lee


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Profile

Born:- 8 June 1955, London, England, UK

Residence:- Massachusetts, U.S.

Education:-The Queen's College, OxfordOccupation:-Computer scientist

Employer:- World Wide Web Consortium and

University of Southampton

Known for:-Inventing the World Wide Web

Website:- w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/


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Attended The Queens College, Oxford.

Proposed project (1980)

Implementation of WWW

http://info.cern.ch

W3C @ MIT (1994) Semantic web @ university of Southampton,

England (2004)

Career


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W3C

Senior researcher @ 3COM

Director @ Web science research initiative

Chairperson @ MIT computer science and artificialintelligence laboratory

Member of the advisory board MIT center for collective

intelligence Elected member of U.S. National Academy of Science

U.K Gov. (data.gov.uk)

ISPs

Current Work


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In 1994 he became one of only six members of the

World Wide Web Hall of Fame of 1994. In 1999, Time Magazinenamed Berners-Lee one of

the 100 Most Important People of the 20thCentury.

In March 2000, he was awarded an honorary

degree from Open University as Doctor of theUniversity.

In 2003, he received the Computer HistoryMuseum's Fellow Award



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On 15 April 2004, he was named as the first recipient

of Finland's Millennium Technology Prize, for inventingthe World Wide Web. The cash prize, worth one millioneuros

He was appointed to the rank of Knight Commander ofthe Most Excellent Order of the British by QueenElizabeth II, in the 2004 New Year's Honours List

On 21 July 2004, he was presented with an honoraryDoctor of Science degree from Lancaster University.

On 27 January 2005, he was named Greatest Briton of2004, both for his achievements.



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In 2007, he was ranked Joint First, alongside

Albert Hofmann, in The Telegraph's list of 100greatest living geniuses.

On 13 June 2007, he received the Order of Merit,becoming one of only 24 living members entitledto hold the honour, and to use the post-nominals'O.M.' after their name.

On 20 September 2008, he was awarded theIEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award,for conceiving and further developing the WorldWide Web IEEE.



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On 21 April 2009, he was awarded an honorary

doctorate by the Universidad Politcnica deMadrid.

On 28 April 2009, he was elected member of theNational Academy of Sciences.

On 8 June 2009, he received the Webby Award for

Lifetime Achievement, at the awards ceremonyheld in New York City.

In October 2009, he was awarded an honorarydoctorate by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam



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Weaving theWeb: The Original Design and

Ultimate Destiny of theWorldWideWeb by its

inventor

The Semantic Web

Long Live the Web: A call for continued and

open web neutrality

Publications


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Publications


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Greater openness, accountability andtransparency in Government will give peoplegreater choice and make it easier forindividuals to get more directly involved inissues that matter to them.

Advance the Web to empower humanity bylaunching transformative programs that buildlocal capacity to leverage the Web as amedium for positive change.

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Thank You

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