Irina Bolychevsky Explained

Irina Bolychevsky
Birth Date:[1]
Citizenship:UK
Organization:Open Knowledge Foundation, UK's Government Digital Service, CKAN, W3C
Alma Mater:University of Oxford
Known For:Transforming CKAN, co-founding Redecentralize.org
Website:http://shevski.com
Awards:Open Data Individual Champion Award
Boards:Open Knowledge Foundation

Irina Bolychevsky (born 1986) is a British activist and data specialist, focused on Open Data, decentralized technologies, and technical standards. She is currently director of standards and interoperability at the NHSX of the United Kingdom Government.[2] She has been part of large organizations in those fields, including the Open Knowledge Foundation, the World Wide Web Consortium, and the Open Data Institute,[3] and worked for the UK, Dubai and UAE government administrations.[4] She co-founded Redecentralize.org,[5] an advocacy group promoting decentralized technologies.

Work

She was the product owner of the open-source open data portal CKAN from 2011 to 2014,[6] [7] the period in which it was redesigned in a 2.0 version[8] and where she piloted the transition from a mostly national use in 2011,[9] to international adoption.[10] [11] [12] In this period, she managed its adoption by and relaunch of data.gov.[13] [14] Her work with CKAN allowed her to win the Open Data Individual Champion Award by the Open Data Institute.

Bolychevsky was W3C staff from July 2015 till December 2016.[15] During this period, she was part of the W3C Social Web working group.[16] She actively participated in EU-funded research projects in which the W3C was part of, working on open standards for decentralized technologies developed within the D-Cent project,[17] and on the challenges around open standards within the Big Data Europe project.[18]

Since then, according to her profile by the British Computer Society,[19] she "developed the personal data infrastructure programme within the UK's Government Digital Service", "developed Smart Dubai's and UAE federal policy, regulatory, commercial and technical frameworks for data exchange" and "ran one of the first UK data trust pilots and researched digital identity for the Open Data Institute".

Activism

The group Redecentralize.org, which she co-founded,[20] claims to be "a movement of people pioneering technologies and governance models to redecentralize the web".[5] According to The New Yorker, it is an "advocacy group that provides support for projects that aim to make the Web less centralized".[21] It has also been defined as a "research policy institute".

The group maintains a directory of decentralized web projects which seems to be recognized as the reference list in the field by bloggers[22] [23] [24] [25] and several sites[26] [27] [28] [29] in the field. The group has organized two conferences on the topic, with Bolychevsky as main organizer: in 2015 hosted by ThoughtWorks,[30] [31] and in 2019.[32] [33] These two events hosted speakers such as Open Rights Group's Kevin Marks,[34] Mozilla's Tantek Çelik,[35] Ethereum's Gavin Wood,[36] OAuth's Blaine Cook,[37] Francis Irving, and representatives from Matrix.org,[38] IPFS, Solid and Secure Scuttlebutt.[39] The group has also hosted smaller meetups,[40] [41] one featuring BBC's Bill Thompson, and virtual public meetings, one within the frame of W3C.[42]

She was fellow of the London college for political technologists Newspeak House[43] and co-founder of the Coffee House Club.[44] She is currently co-organizor of the Citizen Beta civic tech meetups,[45] and director/trustee of not-for-profit Eco Soul hostel.[46] [1]

International recognition

In 2014, she was awarded with the Open Data Individual Champion Award for her work with CKAN,[47] as part of the first Open Data awards by the Open Data Institute. Since 2018, she sits on the Board of Directors of the Open Knowledge Foundation,[48] where she was previously Commercial Director.[49]

She has been featured by the New Yorker and twice in the BBC.[50] [51] She was highlighted by the British Computer Society in their "Women in Open Source" series. She has been keynote speaker in several conferences including: Rest Fest, the II Brazilian National Conference on Open Data,[52] MozFest[53] and EmpoderaLive.[54] She has been guest author in the sites of the P2P Foundation,[55] [56] the Sunlight Foundation, the Open Data Institute,[57] the UK online newspaper New Socialist,[58] UK's open data portal data.gov.uk,[59] and US's open data portal data.gov.[60]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Irina BOLYCHEVSKY - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House). beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. en. 2020-02-23.
  2. Web site: 2020-04-02. NHSX appoints Director of Standards and Interoperability. 2021-07-08. htn. en-US.
  3. Web site: The ODI and data trusts: how our projects will work – The ODI. en-GB. 2020-02-23.
  4. Web site: Women in Open Source (2020-03-19). Worthington. Simon. ossg.bcs.org. en-GB. 2020-02-23.
  5. Web site: Redecentralize.org. redecentralize.org. 2020-02-23.
  6. Web site: Irina Bolychevsky. ckan. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  7. Web site: Irina Bolychevsky. Open 2018 Platform Cooperatives Conference 26–27 July 2018, Conway Hall, London. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  8. Web site: CKAN 2.0 beta has arrived!. Bolychevsky. Irina. 2013-02-27. ckan. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  9. Web site: UX Designer / Front end developer position. Bolychevsky. Irina. 2011-09-22. ckan. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  10. Web site: Technology, Tools and Business . okcon.org. 2020-02-23.
  11. Web site: Take a CKAN Tour. 2014-05-01. Open Knowledge Foundation Blog. en-GB. 2020-02-23.
  12. Web site: Project CKAN. Bolychevsky. Irina. 2013-10-18. ckan. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  13. Web site: U.S. government's data portal Data.gov relaunched on CKAN. Bolychevsky. Irina. 2013-05-23. ckan. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  14. Web site: OpenGov Voices: Data.gov relaunches on open source platform CKAN. 2013-05-24. Sunlight Foundation. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  15. Web site: W3C Alumni. www.w3.org. 2020-02-23.
  16. Web site: Socialwg/2016-03-16 - W3C Wiki. www.w3.org. 2020-02-23.
  17. Book: Technical specifications and primer on interoperability. W3C / D-Cent Project. 2016. Irina. Bolychevsky. Natalie. Eskinazi. Amy. Welch. Felicity. Moon.
  18. Web site: How important are standards for Europe's data economy? » Big Data Europe. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  19. Web site: Open Source in Government (2020-02-20). Andy. Bennett. ossg.bcs.org. en-GB. 2020-02-23.
  20. Web site: Redecentralize.org is creating a community and platform to support a fair, empowering internet. Patreon. en. 2020-02-23.
  21. The Mission to Decentralize the Internet. Kopfstein. Janus. The New Yorker. en. 2020-02-23.
  22. Web site: Decentralization — why can't we have good things?. Sambra. Andrei. 2018-08-27. Medium. en. 2020-02-23.
  23. Web site: Zenome Network: Distributed Genomic Internet. zenome.io. 2020-02-23.
  24. Web site: Redecentralize the web. But why and how?. Hasecke. Jan Ulrich. 2016-06-04. www.sudelbuch.de. de. 2020-02-23.
  25. Web site: Life in Cultural Smog – On the Value of Junk, Leaks, Spills, and Noise . www.josephinebosma.com. 2020-02-23.
  26. Web site: Re-decentralizing the Web breakout (#tpac2015) -- 28 Oct 2015. www.w3.org. 2020-02-23.
  27. Web site: NetHood. nethood.org. en. 2020-02-23.
  28. Web site: Redecentralize: Quietly, some geeks are decentralizing the net again. news.ycombinator.com. 2020-02-23.
  29. Web site: Interview with Francis Irving of Redecentralize.org – Houston 2600. www.hou2600.org. 2020-02-23.
  30. Web site: Redecentralize the Web: Event Report – Southampton Web and Data Innovation Team. Gutteridge. Christopher. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  31. Web site: Conference 2015 — Redecentralize.org. redecentralize.org. 2020-02-23.
  32. Web site: Redecentralize: 2019 unconference. Tito. en. 2020-02-23.
  33. Web site: Conference — Redecentralize.org. redecentralize.org. 2020-02-23.
  34. Web site:
    1. Redecentralize 2019 Session: IndieWeb Decentralized Standards and Methods - Tantek
    . tantek.com. 2020-02-23.
  35. Web site:
    1. Redecentralize 2019 Session: Decentralized Identity & Rethinking Reputation - Tantek
    . tantek.com. 2020-02-23.
  36. Web site: 5. WTF Is Ethereum Really? — Redecentralize.org. redecentralize.org. 2020-02-23.
  37. Web site: 7. Day One Closing Panel — Redecentralize.org. redecentralize.org. 2020-02-23.
  38. Web site: Redecentralize Conference - taking back the net. Matrix.org blog. en. 2020-02-23.
  39. Web site: Notes from Redecentralize 2019. Mather. Neil. 2019-10-28. Piper Haywood. en-GB. 2020-02-23.
  40. Web site: Ethereum and Redecentralize: Making decentralization a reality. Meetup. en. 2020-02-23.
  41. Web site: Redecentralize.org Meetup. Kam. Bryan. 2018-12-07. Medium. en. 2020-02-23.
  42. Web site: Re-decentralizing the Web breakout (#tpac2015) -- 28 Oct 2015. www.w3.org. 2020-02-23.
  43. Web site: Newspeak House - Fellows and alumni. www.nwspk.com. 2020-02-23.
  44. Web site: Coffee House Club. coffeehouseclub.org.uk. 2020-02-23.
  45. Web site: Citizen Beta. Citizen Beta - the civic tech meetup. en. 2020-02-23.
  46. Web site: Our Story . Eco Soul Hostel . London. ecosoulhostel.com. en. 2020-02-23.
  47. Web site: First ODI Open Data Awards presented by Sirs Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt . Open Data Institute. en. 2020-02-23.
  48. Web site: Board of Directors. okfn.org. en-gb. 2020-02-23.
  49. Web site: Welcoming our new Open Knowledge International Board. 2018-07-23. Open Knowledge Foundation Blog. en-GB. 2020-02-23.
  50. Web site: BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Declaration of digital independence. BBC. en-GB. 2020-02-23.
  51. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Where next World Wide Web? Space rocks and worms. BBC. en-GB. 2020-02-23.
  52. Web site: II Brazilian National Conference on Open Data. W3C Offices. Burle. Caroline. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  53. Web site: Notes from MozFest 2019. commonknowledge.coop. en. 2020-02-23.
  54. https://empodera.org/live/en/speakers/irina-bolychevsky
  55. Web site: How solid is Tim Berners-Lee's plan to redecentralize the web?. Bolychevsky. Irina. 2018-10-12. P2P Foundation. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  56. Web site: There's more to decentralisation than blockchains and bitcoin. Bolychevsky. Irina. 2018-10-02. P2P Foundation. en-US. 2020-02-23.
  57. Web site: Exploring good common principles for a digital identity system – The ODI. en-GB. 2020-02-23.
  58. Web site: Do we really need a StateBook?. New Socialist. en. 2020-02-23.
  59. Web site: Building data infrastructure for personal data - Data. data.blog.gov.uk. en. 2020-02-23.
  60. Web site: OpenGov Voices: Data.gov relaunches on open source platform CKAN . Sunlight Foundation Blog. 2013-05-28. Data.gov. en-US. 2020-02-23.

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