Philip Tetlow
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| Thesis | Investigations into Web Science and the Concept of Web Life (2009) |
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Philip Tetlow is a British technologist, IT Architect, author and Web Scientist. He is a visiting professor of practice the University of Newcastle and an adjunct professor at the University of Southampton.
Early life and education
Philip Tetlow was born in Leeds and lives in Stockton on Tees. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1989, and his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2009. The title of his doctoral thesis is Investigations into Web Science and the Concept of Web Life.[1]
Career
Tetlow started his career in the industrial heartland of North East England, where he helped design and deliver IT systems for companies in heavy engineering, bulk chemicals and automotive manufacture. In 2000 he moved to PricewaterhouseCooopers Consulting (PwCC) to work as an IT Architect[2] and quickly gained a reputation for pragmatic technical leadership. In 2001 he transitioned to IBM, as part of the PwCC aquisition[3], and took on the role of Chief IT Architect[4] in IBM's UK consulting practice. He later went on to beame technical lead for IBM (UK)'s Business Analytics and Optimisation consulting practice, then Chief Technical Officer (Data Ecosystems) in (IBM Software Group). He has worked as an a trusted advisor to many top 100 companies and the UK Government on subjects including Open Data, metadata standards[5], data strategy, advanced AI and quantum computing.[6]
In 2002, Tetlow became interested in the use of formal semantics in Software Engineering and joined the World Wide Web Consortium[7] (W3C). There he contributed to the Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group[8]. While a member, he co-led the Software Engineering Task Force[9] (SETF), which helped found the disiplin of Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering.[10][11]
In 2005, while at the W3C's plenary meeting[12][13][14] in Boston Massachusetts, Tetlow raised an informal objection over role of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) in the Web's evolution. The resulting (out of session) debate(s) led to his first book The Web's Awake[15], the first major work on Web Science. It also highlighted the tension between information theory and other fields of science - something that has featured in Tetlow's published work ever since.[16][17]
In 2009, Tetlow gained the the world's first PhD in Web Science.[1]
In 2012, Tetlow published his second book Understanding Information and Computation.[18]
In 2014, Tetlow was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Web Science at the University of Southampton. Later that year he was elected as a member of IBM's Academy of Technology.
In 2015 Tetlow, gave the Web Science Institute Distinguished Lecture[19] at University of Southampton, in which he argued for the concept of web life, which considers the Web not as a connected network of computers, as in common interpretations of the Internet, but rather as a sociotechnical machine capable of fusing together individuals and organisations into larger coordinated groups. It argues that unlike the technologies that have come before it, the Web is different in that its phenomenal growth and complexity are starting to outstrip our capability to control it directly, making it impossible for us to grasp its completeness in one go. Tetlow made use of Fritjof Capra's concept of the 'web of life' as a metaphor.[20]
In 2017, Tetlow gave the TED talk on 8 steps to understanding information (and maybe the universe).[21]
In 2019, Tetlow was appointed a Visiting Professor of Practice at Newcastle University.
From 2019 to 2022, Tetlow served as Vice President[22] of IBM's Academy of Technology.
In 2022, Tetlow coauthored a paper on Quantum Semantics, introducing the idea of Quantum Corollas. He also sat on the advisory panel on the The Artificial Intelligence Public-Private Forum.[23]
Tetlow is currently working with the Open Group[24] on the emerging idea of Ecosystems Architecture.
Awards and honours
In 2007, The Web's Awake won an Honourable Mention in the Association of American Publishers PSP Awards for Excellence.[25][26]
Tetlow has twice successfully nominated British Computer Society Lovelace Medal (2009,2012) winners.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tetlow, Philip David (2009-02-15). Investigations Into Web Science and the Concept of Web Life (doctoral thesis). University of Sunderland.
- ↑ "What Is an Information Technology Architect? | Skills and Career Paths". www.computerscience.org. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ Street Journal, William M. Bulkeley and Kemba DunhamStaff Reporters of The Wall. "IBM Boosts Consulting Service With $3.5 Billion PWC Deal". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "What Does A Chief Architect Do". www.zippia.com. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "Ontology Definition MetaModel", Wikipedia, 2021-03-19, retrieved 2023-04-24
- ↑ "Open Data Institute (2023)". Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "W3C Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "Software Engineering Task Force Terms of Reference". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "W3c, (2006), Ontology Driven Architectures and Potential Uses of the Semantic Web in Systems and Software Engineering". Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "W3C, (2006B), Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group". Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "2005 W3C Technical Plenary Week". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "Agenda: W3C Technical Plenary, 2 March 2005". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "Minutes: W3C Technical Plenary 2 March 2005". www.w3.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ Tetlow, Philip. The Web's awake : an introduction to the field of Web science and the concept of Web life. ISBN 1-280-85532-0. OCLC 1127147637.
- ↑ "Researchgate, (2006), A Framework for Web Science". Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "Investigations into Web science and the concept of Web life". www.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ Tetlow, Philip (2012). Understanding Information and Computation - From Einstein to Web Science. Gower Applied Reserach. ISBN 978-1-4094-4039-0.
- ↑ "WSI Distinguished Lecture with Dr Phil Tetlow | Web Science Institute | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "Fritjof Capra", Wikipedia, 2023-01-27, retrieved 2023-04-24
- ↑ Tetlow, Phil (12 February 2018), 8 steps to understanding information (and maybe the universe), retrieved 2022-02-04
- ↑ IBM (2019-04-15). "Phil Tetlow". IBM Reserach. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Bank of England (2022-02-17). "Final Report - Artifcial Intelligence Public-Private Forum" (PDF). Bank of England. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "The Open Group, Making Standards Work". Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "Home". PROSE Awards. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ↑ "2007 Award Winners". PROSE Awards. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
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