Dr Simon Cox
Contact details:
- simon.cox@csiro.au
- +61395452365
- +61403302672
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PRIVATE BAG 10
CLAYTON SOUTH VIC 3169 AUSTRALIA
Biography
Simon has been researching standards for publication and transfer of earth and environmental science data since the emergence of the world wide web. Starting in geophysics and mineral exploration, he has engaged with most areas of environmental science, including water resources, marine data, meteorology, soil, ecology and biodiversity. He is principal- or co-author of a number of international standards, including Geography Markup Language, and Observations & Measurements, that have been broadly adopted in Australia and Internationally. The value of these is in enabling data from multiple origins and disciplines to be combined more effectively, which is essential in tackling most contemporary problems in science and society. His current work focuses on aligning science information with the semantic web technologies and linked open data principles, and the formalization, publication and maintenance of controlled vocabularies and similar reference data.
Dr Cox is the author of over 40 journal articles, 30 technical specifications and international standards, and 150 conference papers.He was awarded the 2006 Gardels Medal by the Open Geospatial Consortium, and was selected to present the 2013 Leptoukh Lecture for the American Geophysical Union.
Academic Qualifications
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1987
PhD
Columbia University -
1981
MSc
Imperial College London -
1980
BA
University of Cambridge
Professional Experiences
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2012-present
Research Scientist
CSIRO Land and Water -
2010-2012
Research Scientist
CSIRO Earth Science & Resource Engineering -
2009-2010
Senior Fellow
European Commission - Joint Research Centre -
1994-2009
Research Scientist
CSIRO Exploration & Mining -
1990-1994
Lecturer
Monash University Earth Sciences -
1987-1990
Research Scientist
CSIRO Geomechanics
Achievements and Awards
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2006
Gardels Medal
Open Geospatial Consortium -
2013
Leptoukh Lecture
American Geophysical Union
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2017-2018
ICSU/CODATA Commission on Standards
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2015-2018
Research Data Alliance - Vocabulary Services Interest Group - co-convenor
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2018-present
CODATA Executive Committee
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2017-present
W3C Dataset eXchange Working Group
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2012-present
Australian Government Linked Data Working Group
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2010-present
Open Geospatial Consortium - Geosemantics Working Group - Co-chair
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2007-present
Standards Australia IT-004 - Member
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2009-2017
Open Geospatial Consortium - Naming Authority - Chair
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2013-2016
Research Data Alliance - Technical Advisory Board
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2015-2017
W3C Spatial Data on the Web Working Group
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2010-2016
Open Geospatial Consortium - Architecture Board
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2013-2016
Open Geospatial Consortium - Planning Committee
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2013-2015
Ocean Data Interoperability Platform - Steering Committee
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2013-2015
American Geophysical Union - Earth and Space Science Informatics Focus Group - Executive Board Member
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2008-2015
ISO Technical Committee 211 - Harmonized Model Maintenance Group - Member
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2010-2011
ISO Technical Committee 211 - Working group on configuration management - Chair
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2008-2011
International Association of Mathematical Geosciences - Council
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2005-2014
Associate editor - Computers and Geosciences
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2004-2008
International Union of Geological Sciences, Commission for Geoscience Information - Council
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1999-2002
Australian Government Locator Service - Advisory Board - Member
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1999-2000
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative - Advisory Board - Member
