Alessandro Adamou
Digital Humanities Scientist at Max Planck Society
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Top SchoolAlessandro Adamou is a Digital Humanities Scientist and seasoned Java developer with 15+ years of experience in knowledge engineering, linked data and data science, currently applying his expertise at the Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Society. He has driven semantic web and interoperability work across major European research projects (NeOn, IKS/Apache Stanbol, LinkedUp, AFEL) and academic labs in Italy, the UK and Ireland, blending rigorous software engineering with humanities scholarship. A PhD in Information Science and former Apache Stanbol committer, he excels building headless back-end systems and pragmatic data services while occasionally crafting polished UIs. Known for a critical, minimalist approach—“nihilist who makes things that do things”—he focuses on making the Web of data actually work for digital administration and smart cities.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Science/Studies, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Science/Studies at University of BolognaMaster, Computer Science, Master, Computer Science at Sapienza Università di RomaEmpirical software analysis, Web Service composition, Empirical software analysis, Web Service composition at Center for Advanced Software Engineering Summer SchoolEconomics, Economics at LUISS Business SchoolSemantic Web sciences and technologies, Semantic Web sciences and technologies at SSSW09Advanced algorithms, Theorem proving, Machine Learning, Advanced networking, Advanced algorithms, Theorem proving, Machine Learning, Advanced networking at Bertinoro international Spring School
English, Italian, French, Greek, Spanish
Github Skills (50)
apache10
java10
csv8
xml8
semantic-web8
linked-data8
sparql8
journal7
open-access7
rdf7
creative-commons6
cross-browser6
api6
ontology6
pattern6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
alexdma/linkedmoby
Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
mk-smart/datahub-catalogue
Aug 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:14 commits, 6 PRs, 5 pushes in 10 months
cataloguewordpresswordpress-plugindata-hub
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