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)