Carole Anne Goble (born 10 April 1961) is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Manchester. Goble co-founded the Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) in 2010, serves as joint head of node at the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructure (ESFRI) ELIXIR project of the European Union and is a co-author of the influenential FAIR data principles. She previously served as principal investigator (PI) of the myGrid, BioCatalogue and myExperiment projects and co-lead the Information Management Group (IMG) with Norman Paton.
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Education
Goble was educated at Maidstone School for Girls, now called Invicta Grammar School. Her academic career has been spent at the Department of Computer Science, where she gained her Bachelor of Science degree in computing and information systems from 1979 to 1982.
Research and career
Goble's research interests include grid computing, the semantic grid, the Semantic Web, ontologies, e-Science, medical informatics, bioinformatics, and Research Objects. She applies advances in knowledge technologies and workflow systems to solve information management problems for life scientists and other scientific disciplines. She has successfully secured funding from the European Union, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the United States and UK funding agencies including the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) (MRC), the Department of Health, the Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute and the Department of Trade and Industry. She is principal investigator (PI) of the myGrid, BioCatalogue and myExperiment projects and co-leads the Information Management Group (IMG) with Norman Paton.