Daniel Lewis

Current

Web Developer at Sift Media
Computer Science Consultant and Technical Writer at Vanir Systems

Past

PGT Student Representative at University of Bristol
Technology Evangelist at OpenLink Software
Developer at Curverider

Web Developer and Systems Administrator at Lovell Johns
Support Worker at Oxford Brookes University
Research Intern at KMi, The Open University
Analyst Developer at Lifecycle Software
I.T./Systems Administration at Electronic Solutions

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Education

University of Bristol
Oxford Brookes University
Bexley College

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Daniel Lewis’s Summary

I have just finished as a full-time postgraduate at the University of Bristol, in the Department of Computer Science, where I was studying various aspects of Machine Learning and Data Mining (which is related to Artificial Intelligence).

From Monday 29th June 2009, I shall be working as a Web Developer for a company in Bristol called Sift Media, who specialise in online community publishing.

My academic and professional interests are in:
* Learning from Semi-Structured and Structured Data.
* Concepts within Unstructured Text, particularly relating to Semantics.
* Applying Machine Learning & Data Mining techniques to various forms of Social Science and Humanities.

My academic and professional background is within:
* The Semantic Web
* Web and Data Portability (including Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and beyond).
* Database Technology.
* Artificial Intelligence and Logic.
* "Technology Evangelism"

My goals are:
* To improve myself in order to be an help to society.
* To help/tutor others whenever I can.

Favoured programming languages: Ruby, Java, Prolog/Progol, Haskell, PHP.
Other languages which I am experienced with: C/C++/Objective-C, CLIPS, and a few others.
Data query languages: SQL, SPARQL.
Data structure languages: XML, RDF, OWL, XHTML.
Experienced with these operating systems: Linux (particularly Ubuntu), Unix (particularly FreeBSD and Darwin), Mac OS (from 7 to X), Windows (from 95 to Vista).

Random other interests include: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion (particularly Christianity, Buddhism, Bahaism, Gnosticism and Interfaith Dialogue), Music, Meditation, Reiki, Freemasonry, Esotericism.

I am CRB checked by the Anglican Diocese of Bath and Wells. This is because I help out with a Youth Group, which is attached to a Church in North Somerset.

I am very happily engaged to Rebecca ("Beki") Turp. We are in the middle of planning our wedding.

Daniel Lewis’s Specialties:

semantic web, social web, web 2.0, software engineering, programming, programming languages, web 3.0, artificial intelligence, intelligent systems, machine learning, data mining, knowledge engineering, knowledge management, information architecture, databases, knowledgebases, wisdombases, logic

Daniel Lewis’s Experience

Web Developer

Sift Media

(Privately Held; Accounting industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

Starting Monday 29th June 2009, I will-be/am a Web Developer at Sift Media. Involving PHP, MySQL, Drupal and XML technologies.
Computer Science Consultant and Technical Writer

Vanir Systems

(Research industry)

June 2004 — Present (5 years 6 months)

* Writing Technical Articles, including on IBM developerWorks
* Writing Technical Blog Posts
* Writing Web and Software Applications (Specialising in Web 3.0, Semantic Web and Artificial Intelligence)
* Organising Events, including the Bristol Knowledge Unconference's and SemanticCamp's
* Speaking at Events
* Speaking at Private Seminars and Lectures (including at Universities and Businesses)
* Miscellaneous other Services

Keywords of interest:
* Semantic Web / Linked Data / Web 3.0
* Web 2.0 / DataPortability
* Artificial Intelligence / Intelligent Systems / Machine Learning / Data Mining / Agent Technology
* Biologically Inspired Computing (aka "Soft Computing" or "Connectionist Computing") and Bioinformatics
* Declarative Programming: Logic Programming and Functional Programming
* Programming Languages: Ruby, Java, Prolog, Haskell
* W3C Standardisation: XHTML, RDF, OWL, RDFa, SPARQL
PGT Student Representative

University of Bristol

(Educational Institution; Research industry)

November 2008 — May 2009 (7 months)

Postgraduate Student Representative on the Faculty of Engineering Staff Student Consultative Committee (SSCC)
Technology Evangelist

OpenLink Software

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

December 2007 — October 2008 (11 months)

Semantic Web and Linked Data Evangelism. Explaining Linked Data aspects of the Virtuoso Universal Server. Explaining the OpenLink Data Spaces system, and the Data Space Philosophy. Explaining the OpenLink Data Explorer. Taking part in discussions about Data Portability. Developing and enhancing Linked Data Spaces. Taking part in the "Semantic Web Expert Gang" Podcast. Organising (e.g. SemanticCampLondon, BarCampOxford and the "Bristol Knowledge Unconference), presenting-at (e.g. XTech 2008 in Dublin. Oxford Geek Nights) and attending relevant events (e.g. Over the Air 2008).
Developer

Curverider

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

August 2007 — November 2007 (4 months)

Basic social network development: PHP, MySQL.... for a platform called Elgg.
Web Developer and Systems Administrator

Lovell Johns

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

Systems Administration of a network with about 50% PC's and 50% Mac's, including Windows Servers. Large backup systems due to geographic data. System setup, server setup, maintenance, upgrades, troubleshooting.

Web development: Google Maps Development, PHP, MySQL, ASP, Microsoft Access, website redevelopment based on standards, RSS feeds.

I also setup a "Meditation at Work" group done during thursday lunchtimes. Meditation had an "interfaith" style, and a "do not judge" policy. It was good, managed to attract between 6 to 10 people each week.
Support Worker

Oxford Brookes University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

October 2006 — March 2007 (6 months)

Support Worker for disabled students. Activities included note-taking, note-typing, discussing and providing addition computer skills help.

I had to undergo some training at Oxford Brookes Student Services department for this role.
Research Intern

KMi, The Open University

(Research industry)

June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)

Researching bridges between "Web 2.0" and "The Semantic Web". My focus was particularly on the similarities between "Folksonomies" (aka Tagging Systems) and Formal Taxonomy Systems (such as the Simple Knowledge Organisation System (SKOS)). Technologies: Java, Sesame, Ruby, Redland, RDF, OWL, SKOS, Web Service API's.
Analyst Developer

Lifecycle Software

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 1 month)

Java, J2EE, Ruby, Ruby On Rails developer. Agile Development / Extreme Programming. Building customer-relationship/billing systems for telecommunications companies.
I.T./Systems Administration

Electronic Solutions

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)

Basic I.T. Management based stuff. Including setting up Mac's and Windows PC's, large network setup, computer/printer troubleshooting, software installation. Plus a little database project using Filemaker. (Electronic Solutions have now reorganised a bit and are now called The Hub Plus ( hub+) ) (Electronic Solutions, and now hub+ are part of the Omnicom group (same group as AMV and BBDO))

Daniel Lewis’s Education

University of Bristol

MSc , Machine Learning and Data Mining , 2008 — 2009

Keywords: Classifiers, Reinforcement Learning, Evolutionary Computing (Genetic Algorithms, Genetic Programming, Artificial Life), Bioinformatics, Logic Programming (Prolog), Intelligent Search Algorithms, Machine Learning Algorithms, Machine Learning Algorithms

Machine Learning and Data Mining Course Summary:
* http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/admissions/pg/msc_ml.html
Machine Learning and Data Mining Units:
* http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/Teaching/MachineLearning/

Bristol Christian Chaplaincy: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/chaplaincy/
Postgraduate Union: http://www.pgu.org.uk/

Activities and Societies:

Postgraduate Christian Fellowship, Faculty of Engineering SSCC, Postgraduate Union
Oxford Brookes University

BSc(Hons) , Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering , 2003 — 2007

I was the founder of Brookes Computing Society, and was president of it from 2004 until 2007.

Activities and Societies:

Brookes Computing Society
Bexley College

FE , Computing, Information Systems, Programming , 2001 — 2003

Additional Information

Daniel Lewis’s Websites:

Daniel Lewis’s Interests:

semantic web, social web, web 2.0, web 3.0, intelligent systems, artificial intelligence, ruby, php, guitar, bass, bristol, machine learning, logic programming, data mining, functional programming, philosophy, psychology, christianity, religion, liberal christianity, music, reiki

Daniel Lewis’s Groups:

ACM, BCS, COfE, Oxford Brookes Alumni, SWIG South West, SWIG, DataPortability, SemanticCampLondon, Bristol Diocese, Bath and Wells Diocese, University of Bristol, Bristol Knowledge Unconference