Hugh Glaser
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| Born | January 1953 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Computer scientist, academic, entrepreneur |
| Employer | Seme4 Ltd |
| Known for | Linked Data, Semantic Web, Functional programming, SUGAR language |
| Title | Chief Executive Officer |
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| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Southampton Westfield College, University of London King's College London Imperial College London |
Hugh Glaser (born January 1953) is a British computer scientist, academic and entrepreneur, known for his work on Linked Data and the Semantic Web. He is chief executive officer of Seme4 Ltd, a company specialising in Linked Data solutions, and has been associated with the University of Southampton as a Reader and later visiting academic in School of Electronics and Computer Science.[1][2] He has previously held academic posts at Westfield College, University of London, King's College London and the Department of Computing, Imperial College London, working on Functional programming and implementation techniques including the SUGAR language.
Career
Glaser has worked in computer science since the 1970s. His early research at Westfield College, London and King's College London focused on Functional languages, Dataflow architecture and implementation techniques, including work on the SUGAR language and on Abstract machines for applicative languages. By the mid-1980s he was based in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, where he continued research on implementations of lazy functional languages and related topics.
He later joined the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, where he became a Reader in Dependable Systems and Software Engineering and contributed to the university's web science and Linked Data activities.[1] At Southampton he worked on distributed systems, provenance and large-scale data integration, and later became involved in the SOCIAM ("social machines") research programme as an Associate.[3]
In 2009 Glaser joined Seme4 Ltd, a company that develops Linked Data platforms and applications for public- and private-sector clients. At Seme4 he has served as chief architect and later chief executive officer, working on projects including open data portals, geospatial applications and data integration platforms.[2] His work on Open government data has included contributions to the UK government's data.gov.uk initiative and to research on integrating open government data into the Web of Linked Data.
Companies House lists Glaser as a director of Seme4 Ltd and contexts.live Ltd.
Linked Data
Glaser is widely known in the Linked Data community for co-creating sameAs.org, a service that discovers and manages URI co-references across datasets on the Web of Data. sameAs.org is used to identify equivalent entities in multiple data sources and has been cited as an important infrastructure component for Linked Data applications. At Southampton he co-developed RKBExplorer, a Linked Data application that provides a unified view over research and other datasets, and related services such as dotAC and other URI-resolution tools.[4] His research and development work has addressed topics including co-reference management on the Semantic Web, consuming and integrating multiple Linked Data sources, provenance and the topology of linked open data graphs, and applications of Linked Data to areas such as open government data, accessibility and higher education.
Academic work
Glaser has co-authored numerous papers, technical reports and workshop contributions on Linked Data and Semantic Web technologies, often with collaborators from Southampton and other institutions. His work has been presented at venues such as the International Semantic Web Conference, the Linked Data on the Web (LDOW) workshops and other specialised meetings.[1] He is also co-author of the textbook Principles of Functional Programming and co-editor of the proceedings volumes Programming Languages: Implementations, Logics, and Programs: 9th International Symposium, PLILP '97 and Principles of Declarative Programming: 10th International Symposium PLILP'98, Held Jointly with the 6th International Conference ALP'98.
Industry and other activities
Through Seme4 and other collaborations, Glaser has worked with public bodies, cultural institutions and commercial organisations to build Linked Data solutions, including open data portals and geospatial data applications.
In 2006 he was quoted by BBC News at the WWW2006 conference in Edinburgh, warning of "big privacy" issues associated with the emerging Semantic Web and the way that combining public data sources could create detailed profiles of individuals.[5] He has also contributed to public discussions and blogs on Linked Data infrastructure, open data and community practices.
In 2021 Glaser co-founded contexts.live, a platform for synchronised Surtitles, text and media for live and digital performance, with conductor Brad Cohen. The system has been used by New Zealand Opera and others to deliver Braille surtitles and accessible surtitling for blind and low-vision audiences.[6][7][8][9]
Selected publications
- Hugh Glaser, Chris Hankin and David Till, Principles of Functional Programming, Prentice Hall, 1984.
- Afraz Jaffri, Hugh Glaser and Ian C. Millard, "Managing URI synonymity to enable consistent reference on the Semantic Web", in Identity and Reference in the Semantic Web (IRSW), 2008.
- Hugh Glaser, Afraz Jaffri and Ian C. Millard, "Managing Co-reference on the Semantic Web", Linked Data on the Web (LDOW 2009) workshop at WWW 2009.
- Nigel Shadbolt, Kieron O'Hara, Tim Berners-Lee, Nicholas Gibbins, Hugh Glaser, Wendy Hall and m.c. schraefel, "Linked open government data: lessons from Data.gov.uk", IEEE Intelligent Systems 27 (3): 16–24, May 2012.
- Ian C. Millard, Hugh Glaser, Manuel Salvadores and Nigel Shadbolt, "Consuming multiple Linked Data sources: challenges and experiences", Consuming Linked Data (COLD 2010) workshop at the International Semantic Web Conference, 2010.
- Nicholas Gibbins, Hugh Glaser, Christopher Gutteridge, Wendy Hall, Ian Millard and Nigel Shadbolt, "The Web of Linked Data: A Tutorial", 2010.
- Hugh Glaser, Pieter Hartel and Herbert Kuchen (eds.), Programming Languages: Implementations, Logics, and Programs: 9th International Symposium, PLILP '97, Including a Special Track on Declarative Programming Languages in Education, Southampton, UK, September 3–5, 1997: Proceedings, Springer, 1997.
- Catuscia Palamidessi, Hugh Glaser and Karl Meinke (eds.), Principles of Declarative Programming: 10th International Symposium PLILP'98, Held Jointly with the 6th International Conference ALP'98, Pisa, Italy, September 16–18, 1998: Proceedings, Springer, 1998.
- Luis Ibáñez, Ian Millard, Hugh Glaser and Elena Simperl, "An assessment of adoption and quality of Linked Data in European open government data", in The Semantic Web – ISWC 2019.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hugh Glaser". Electronics and Computer Science. University of Southampton. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hugh Glaser". Seme4. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ "Hugh Glaser". SOCIAM. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ "RKBExplorer". Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ Fildes, Jonathan (24 May 2006). "Privacy worries over web's future". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ "contexts.live". contexts.live. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ "The "magic" of braille surtitles for live performance". Arts Access Aotearoa. 2023-04-13. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ "Braille surtitles for NZ Opera's Le comte Ory season 'life-changing'". Radio New Zealand. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ "New Zealand Opera Provides Braille Subtitles for Live Performances". The Violin Channel. 2025-11-06. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
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