Carole Goble facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Carole Goble CBE FREng FBCS
Born	Carole Anne Goble (1961-04-10) 10 April 1961 (age 64)
Nationality	British
Education	Maidstone School for Girls
Alma mater	University of Manchester
Known for	myGrid Semantic Grid Open PHACTS Apache Taverna Software Sustainability Institute The Seven Deadly Sins of Bioinformatics
Spouse(s)	Ian Cottam ​ (m. 2003)​
Awards	Jim Gray e-Science Award (2008) Karen Spärck Jones lecture (2012)
Scientific career
Fields	Semantic web Bioinformatics e-Science Social computing Workflows
Institutions	University of Manchester Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Academic advisors	Alan Rector Tom Kilburn

Carole Anne Goble, born on April 10, 1961, is a British professor. She teaches Computer Science at the University of Manchester. Professor Goble leads important projects like myGrid and myExperiment. She also helps lead the Information Management Group (IMG).

Carole Goble's Early Life and Education

Carole Goble went to Invicta Grammar School, which was then called Maidstone School for Girls. She studied at the University of Manchester. From 1979 to 1982, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree there. Her degree was in computing and information systems.

Carole Goble's Research and Career

Professor Goble is very interested in how computers can help scientists. Her work focuses on areas like grid computing and the Semantic Web. These fields help computers understand and organize information better. She also works on e-Science and bioinformatics. Bioinformatics uses computers to study biology, like DNA.

Solving Information Problems for Scientists

Professor Goble uses new technology to solve problems for scientists. She helps them manage large amounts of information. This is especially useful for life scientists. Her work helps them organize their research data. She has received funding from many groups. These include the European Union and agencies in the United States and the UK.

Published Works and Influence

Her research has been published in many science magazines. These include Nucleic Acids Research and Bioinformatics. She joined the University of Manchester in 1985. By 2000, she became a full professor. She is also on the editorial boards of several important journals. From 2003 to 2008, she was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Web Semantics.

Professor Goble also advises important science committees. She was appointed to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council in 2013. She also helped start a company called Cerebra. This company used Semantic Web technologies.

Awards and Honours

Carole Goble at Buckingham Palace with Douglas Kell after receiving her CBE.

In December 2008, Professor Goble received the first Jim Gray e-Science Award. This award recognized her work in helping scientists. She helped them use Apache Taverna for data-heavy science.

She has also won awards for her research papers. In 2002, Sun Microsystems honored her. They recognized her important achievements in life science computing. Professor Goble has given many keynote speeches. These are important talks at major conferences. She has spoken about topics like digital curation and artificial intelligence.

In 2014, she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). This was for her services to science. She was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2010. In 2018, she received an honorary degree from Maastricht University.