Christopher Gutteridge

Christopher Gutteridge is a Systems, Information and Web programmer, part of the IT Innovation team in the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton.[1] He is known for being the lead developer for GNU EPrints [2] and for being an advocate for Open Data,[3] Linked Data[4] and the Open Web.[5]

Notable Achievements

In May 2005 Gutteridge won the UK's Unix and Open Systems User Group award for his work on the Open Archive Software: GNU EPrints.[6] The UKUUG awards an annual prize to give particular recognition to the development of free and open-source software in the UK.[7]

In March 2011 Gutteridge launched data.southampton.ac.uk,[8] which provides open access to a number of non-confidential administrative datasets at the University of Southampton[9] and which won the 2012 Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding ICT Initiative of the Year.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Biography at School of Electronics and Computer Science". University of Southampton. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Development team for EPrints software". EPrints – Digital Repository Software. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Southampton Data Blog". University of Southampton. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ventnor Fringe: The World's First Semantic-Web Powered Arts Festival!". On The Wight. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Charles Arthur (29 June 2010). "Please don't read this post about the Edinburgh Fringe site - or click the links". Guardian Technology blog. London. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  6. ↑ Lucy Sherriff. "Boffin wins prize for EPrints project". The Register. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "2005 UKUUG Award Winner". UKUUG - the UK's Open Systems User Group. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "University of Southampton Open Data Service". University of Southampton. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  9. ↑ Kelly Fiveash. "Southampton Uni shows way to a truly open web". The Register. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "2012 Times Higher Education Awards winners". 2012 Times Higher Education Awards. Retrieved 29 January 2013.

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