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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