Authors
Dr.
Jim Webber is Chief Scientist with Neo
Technology the company behind the popular open source graph
database Neo4j, where he works on graph
database server technology and writes open source software. Jim is
interested in using big graphs like the Web for building distributed
systems, which led him to being a co-author on the book REST
in Practice, having previously written
Developing Enterprise Web Services - An Architect's Guide. Jim is an
active speaker, presenting regularly around the world. His blog is
located at http://jimwebber.org and
he tweets often@jimwebber.
Savas Parastatidis
is doing architecture and development work in
Microsoft on large scale data- and
compute-intensive technologies. Previously he was part of Microsoft's
Bing team where he focused on semantic
and knowledge representation technologies. He also spent time in
Microsoft Research where he
led the design and implementation of a number of tools for scientists
and a graph store/platform for semantic computing applications called
Zentity. Prior to joining Microsoft, Savas was a
Principal Research Associate at
Newcastle University where he undertook research in the areas of
distributed, service-oriented computing and e-Science. He was also the
Chief Software Architect at the
North-East Regional e-Science Centre where he oversaw the
architecture and the application of Web Services technologies for a
number of large research projects. Savas also worked as a Senior
Software Engineer for Hewlett Packard
where he co-lead the R&D effort for the industry's Web Service
transactions service and protocol. Savas' web corner (including his
blog) can be found at
http://savas.me and his twitter stream @savasp.
Ian S Robinson
is a Principal Consultant with
ThoughtWorks, where he specialises in helping clients create
sustainable service-oriented development capabilities that align
business and IT from inception through to operation. He has written
guidance for Microsoft on
implementing service-oriented systems with Microsoft technologies, and
has published articles on business-oriented development methodologies
and distributed systems design - most recently in
The
ThoughtWorks Anthology (Pragmatic Programmers, 2008). He presents at
conferences worldwide on RESTful enterprise integration and distributed
systems design and delivery. Ian blogs at
http://iansrobinson.com and
tweets @iansrobinson.