Personal InformationA computer scientist, Polish, grew up in the Czech Republic, now living in Portsmouth, UK. Please call me "Jack" even though I spell my name "Jacek".
I have a blog with, you know, bloggy stuff.
I have profiles at Google+, Facebook and Linked In.
WorkI'm a lecturer at the School of Computing at the University of Portsmouth (UK). My research interests are all around the Web: Semantic Web, Web services, Web architecture and Web science, and Mobile Web.
My publications — some papers and articles of mine, in PDF (page to be updated and improved).
(The icon comes from my earlier employer, Systinet, now part of HP.)
Hobbies and LinksA great hobby of mine was riding a motorcycle — see my old bike.
Casual photography is a small hobby of mine, see my pics at flickr and some older assorted pictures here.
Before the Web took over, I used to read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy books. My favourites are Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams from the absurdity department, J.K.Rowling in the swords-and-magic fantasy area and Isaac Asimov, J.R.R.Tolkien from among the serious sci-fi authors. Plus I heartily recommend Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged and Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow.
Other things I would recommend are movies by Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino, some web comics (the link opens about 12 new windows) and the Czech site Hyena.
Contactjacek@jacek.cz — all you should need.
Disclaimer: The data may not be accurate. It can change. This line last updated 2013/07/26.