Imran Asif

Imran Asif is a Senior Research Software Engineer at the FAIR Epigraphy Centre within the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents (CSAD) at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Classics. He has held teaching roles, including University Teacher at Heriot-Watt University's Computer Science Department (September 2021 – March 2022) and Software Engineering lecturer at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Pakistan. His academic background includes a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, supported by the James Watt scholarship, an MPhil, and a BS from Pakistan.

• PhD: Heriot-Watt University, UK (Semantic Publishing)
• MPhil: Focus on semantic web versioning
• BS: Pakistan-based institution

His research interests center on semantic web technologies, knowledge graphs, FAIR principles, and linked data, with applications in digital humanities and epigraphy. He also has industrial experience in full-stack development (e.g., .Net, Java, Python) and semantic web tools like RDF/SPARQL. His work emphasizes interoperability between human and machine-understandable data, particularly in academic and epigraphic contexts.

Publications highlight contributions to knowledge graph development (e.g., IDP-KG), nanopublications for research claim validation, and semantic publishing standards. These works blend bioinformatics, data quality, and digital publishing innovations.

No scientific awards are listed. Advising and grants sections remain unspecified, though he has extensive teaching experience in database systems, software engineering, and web development. Current lab affiliation: FAIR Epigraphy Centre (Oxford) and CSAD.