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David Newman serves as a Senior Enterprise Fellow within the Electronics and Computer Science department at the University of Southampton's Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. His research focuses on the intersection of web science, scientific workflow systems, and semantic technologies, with particular emphasis on developing infrastructure for collaborative research environments.
His primary research interests center around Web Science, Scientific Workflow Systems, and Research Objects, where he investigates how digital platforms can enhance scientific collaboration. Newman's work explores the social dimensions of scientific computing through projects like myExperiment, examining how researchers share and reuse computational workflows. His research bridges technical infrastructure development with social computing aspects of scholarly practice, contributing to the evolution of virtual research environments that support modern scientific collaboration across disciplines.
Analysis of Newman's publication history reveals consistent contributions to the development of semantic platforms for scientific collaboration, particularly through the myExperiment project. His work spans from foundational research on scientific social objects (2011) to practical implementations like Erica the Rhino (2016) that demonstrate real-world applications of workflow systems. The publications show progression from theoretical frameworks for research objects toward applied implementations in digital art and news enrichment, reflecting both technical depth and interdisciplinary reach.
While no specific scientific awards are documented in the available materials, Newman's contributions to the myExperiment platform represent significant impact in the research infrastructure community. His work has helped shape how scientists share and discover computational workflows, contributing to more efficient and collaborative research practices across multiple disciplines.
As a Senior Enterprise Fellow, Newman contributes to the university's research ecosystem through development of digital research infrastructure rather than traditional student supervision. His work focuses on creating platforms that support researcher collaboration at scale, with implications for how scientific communities organize and share knowledge in the digital age. The myExperiment platform, in particular, has served as an important testbed for concepts now mainstream in research computing.
Newman's research is closely associated with the Web & Internet Science group at Southampton, where he has contributed to the development of semantic technologies for research communities. His work represents an important strand of the university's leadership in web science and digital research infrastructure, connecting technical innovation with practical applications for scholarly communication and collaboration.
