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Lightning Talk

From taking a MOOC to a PhD:� Some of the resources that have helped me �along the way

8 March 2023

Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town

Frances Gillis-Webber

Supervised by Prof. Tommie Meyer

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A MOOC TO A PHD:�Resources that have helped along the way

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Started digitising works in the public domain �(mainly by Sol Plaatje)

Took a MOOC on Metadata on

Coursera

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Learnt about �Semantic Web

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Took another MOOC on OpenHPI: Semantic Web Technologies

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Went to Stellenbosch University Library

often (open to the general public)

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A MOOC TO A PHD:�Resources that have helped along the way

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Started a Masters at UCT: �Digital Curation offered by DKIS

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Attended a summer school on Linguistic Linked Data (some sponsorship)

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Followed W3C Interest Groups

relating to Linked Data & Semantic Web

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Dissertation on Linguistic Linked Data: digitising an English/Xhosa dictionary

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Textbook:

An Introduction to Ontology Engineering

by C.M. Keet (2018)