Re: Pre-Telecon Introductions

Hi all, 
 
we met together (at least with some of you) at the W3C track at WWW'2009
in Madrid. 
I just managed to joint the mailing list of the SWXG a minute ago, and
here's my self-intro :
 
 
My name is Linas, I am with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs Research in France
(near Paris). 
I am researcher at Social Communications department and we strive at
building 
a dynamic network of people according to their activity and
communication 
in order to help the users to interact with each others, e.g. share
experience using 
the most appropriate communication means (IM, mail, call, video
sharing...) 
according to the social situation. 
In a nutshell: how to exploit social networks and their analysis for
telco world. 
 
 
Kind regards,
 
 
Linas Maknavicius  
ALCATEL-LUCENT Bell Labs, Applications Research Domain,
Centre Villarceaux, Route de Villejust, 91620 Nozay, France   
Office +33 130 772 777,  Mobile +33 61513 5813  
Email: Linas.Maknavicius@alcatel-lucent.fr
<mailto:Linas.Maknavicius@alcatel-lucent.fr>   
http://www.bell-labs.com <http://www.bell-labs.com/> 
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/
<http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/enrich/>   
http://www.theworldisalwayson.com <http://www.theworldisalwayson.com/>
- They are ALWAYS ON with the communication solutions from
Alcatel-Lucent
 
 
________________________________

From: Harry Halpin <hhalpin@ibiblio.org
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Please, everyone introduce yourself over the list-serv over the
telecon. Some people  have already done so. If you could, just give
everyone your name, your organization if you have one, and what your
background and hopes for the Social Web XG are.

I'm Harry Halpin, from the School of Informatics at the University of
Edinburgh,and now W3C Fellow. My background is pretty varied in
computer science research, mostly in statistical techniques,
machine-learning,  and the Semantic Web. My most well-known work is on
the dynamics of tagging systems, and I'm interested primarily in
large-scale open standards for social network data-mining that will
make my life as a researcher of these systems easier. However, I
strongly believe that the user should own their own data and expicitly
let others user it for research as needed, so I'm also very much an
advocate for user's rights and electronic freedom and privacy. My main
work in this XG will be really pushing us to deliver a roadmap for
future W3C standardization in the area. Look forward to working with
you all!