Elena Simperl

Professor Elena Simperl is Chair of Computer Science at King's College London and Director of Research at the Open Data Institute. Her interdisciplinary work spans artificial intelligence, social computing, and collective intelligence systems. Major contributions include:

Research Focus

• Hybrid intelligence architectures combining human and machine capabilities
• Knowledge graph development with applications in transport, citizen science, and media
• Socioeconomic aspects of knowledge engineering and dataset governance
• AI transparency through metadata standards (Croissant)

Leadership

• Led 16 research projects including EU Horizon 2020 initiatives (QROWD, MediaFutures)
• President of the Semantic Web Science Association
• Co-chair of MLCommons Croissant working group standardizing AI dataset descriptions

Recognition

• Fellow of the British Computer Society and Royal Society of Arts
• Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship (Technical University of Munich)