Articles about 2012 December

RailGB: Using Open Accessibility Data to Help People with Disabilities

A paper by Yunjia Li, E.A. Draffan, Hugh Glaser, Ian Millard, Russell Newman, Mike
Wald, Gary Wills and Magnus White, describing RailGB, a new linked-data driven mobile web application which provides searches for underground train stations in London which are easily accessible (for disabled people or those carrying heavy loads).

Unlike most applications which use static web sites, RailGB reacts dynamically to users’ needs whilst travelling.

→ http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/345829/1/iswc2012sc.pdf

Wendy Hall named one of the most influential people in U.K. I.T.

Following on from being named in Computer Weekly’s first ever list of the U.K.’s top 25 most influential women in I.T. in July, Professor Dame Wendy Hall has featured in Computer Weekly’s recently announced list of the most influential people in U.K. I.T.

The list was decided by a reader vote as well as an expert judging panel with representatives from across the I.T. industry.

Professor Hall was recognised for her founding of the Web Science Research Initiative with Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 2006, which is a collaborative research project between the University of Southampton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).