Tim Berners-Lee joins the Computer Science Department at the University of Oxford as a Professor

W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee joins the Computer Science Department at the University of Oxford as a Professor, as announced by Oxford on Thursday. Sir Tim graduated from the University of Oxford with a first-class degree in Physics in 1976 and returns 40 years later to become a member of the Department of Computer Science and carry out computer science research.

Tim continues to shape the future of the web in his role as Director of both the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the World Wide Web Foundation. Tim also continues as a full-time professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, where he is based, and where he leads the Decentralized Information Group research.