Dr. Leslie Sikos
Computer Scientist

About

Leslie F. Sikos, Ph.D. [IPA: ˈʃikoʃ] (♂) is a Web standardista and metadata expert. He is a Computer Scientist and IT book writer. He is a senior Web developer specializing in Web Quality Assurance including, but not limited to, website standardization, the Semantic Web, Web accessibility, and multimedia. He is an IT professional also known for IT-related activities such as videography. He is a computer literate and “tech savvy” with a true passion for technology and IT.

Not just another Web developer

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Technology
System Information Specialist (B.Sc. equiv.)
Technological Manager (B.Sc. equiv.)
Master’s degree in IT
Ph.D. in IT

Current positions

Technical book writer, Apress
Senior web consultant and web developer at Sikos Web Consulting

Working experience

Head of Community Centre – Supervisor – Information Technology Teacher – Technical book writer – Research assistant – Assistant lecturer – Project contributor – Senior web developer

Affiliations & memberships

W3C Translation Volunteer Group, 2004–present
HTML Info Team, 2004–present
Wikipedia editor, 2008–present
Web Standards Group, from 2010
Internet Engineering Task Force, from 2010
Internet Society, from 2010
Unicode, from 2010
Guild of Accessible Web Designers, from 2010
Web Industry Professionals Association, from 2010
Open Digital Rights Language Initiative, from 2010
International Webmasters Association, from 2010

Former memberships:

Center for Information Retrieval, 2005–2006
Integrated Security Research & Development Centre (futurIT), 2006–2010

Main fields of interest

Website standardization in development and redesign according to all major recommendations and standards.
Web accessibility for providing websites available to anybody, including people with disabilities.
Semantic Web in order to make web pages meaningful to automated software agents.
Multimedia including digital photography and videography, retouching, sound recording, flash, as well as CD/DVD/BD authoring.
DTP and publishing, mainly technical book writing, online article editing, brochures, flyers, covers, business cards and technical translations.

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