Leslie Sikos

Leslie F. Sikos, Ph.D., is a computer scientist and web standards expert. He is a senior web developer specializing in Web Quality Assurance with a focus on web standardization, the Semantic Web, Web accessibility, and multimedia. He has a reputation as a computer book writer with author pages on community portals. His most recent and best-known book is “Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML.”

Bio

Started his first experiments with the Web in its infancy in 1995, Sikos has been studying web technologies and standards from the very beginning. He graduated as a network administrator and technological manager, holds a B.Ed. in Computer Science as well as in Technology, and obtained an M.Ed. and a Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology.

Specialization

Sikos is specializing in Open Web Platform technologies and standards (HTML5, CSS3, MathML, SVG, etc.), XML, Semantic Web (meta elements, Dublin Core, IEEE LOM, ODRL, HTML5 microdata, microformats, RDF, FOAF, DOAC), Web accessibility (WCAG 2.0, Section 508), and mobile browsing.

He also performed research on Information Retrieval with Sándor Dominich and was a contributor of information security (especially access control and biometrics) projects with the R&D team of Sándor Kürti.

Beyond web technologies, he also published journal papers in interdisciplinary topics such as reliability engineering.

Awards and recognition

The major awards and honors of Sikos can be summarized as follows:

• Invited reviewer, Journal of Accessibility and Design for All, 2012
• #2 bestseller on Amazon in XML programming, 2012
• #3 “most wished for” book on Amazon in XML programming, 2012
• #37 bestseller on Amazon in network programming, 2012
• Invited reviewer, RCR, 2009
• Invited reviewer, ATE, 2009
• Government Scholarship for Ph.D. studies, 2006–2009
• Article amongst the Top 25 Hottest Articles of ATE, 2009
• Most voted macrophotograph (Canon photo competition “The Assignment”), 2008
• Fifth position at the Implom spelling bee, 1997
• Excellent performance at a foreign language recitation competition, 1994
• Outstanding essay prize, 1993
• Certificate of Merit, 1992

Affiliations and memberships

Sikos is the member of several professional and academic institutes and groups:

• W3C Translation Volunteer Group
• HTML Info Team
• Center for Information Retrieval
• Center for Advanced Process Optimization
• Integrated Security Research & Development Centre (futurIT)
• Research Laboratory of Process Integration and Intensification
• Wikipedia
• Web Standards Group
• Internet Society
• Unicode
• Guild of Accessible Web Designers
• Web Industry Professionals Association
• Open Digital Rights Language Initiative
• International Webmasters Association

Major publications

Sikos is the author of 13 IT books:

Many of these books are used as textbooks in colleges and universities around the world including, but not limited to, the New York University, UCLA, Dartmouth College, the Brigham Young University, the Eötvös Loránd University, the University of Western Hungary, the Károly Eszterházy College, the University of Miskolc, the University of Pannonia, the College of Nyíregyháza, and the College of Dunaújváros. Many of the books of Sikos are recommended by trainers, web designers, and enthusiasts as well.

Soon after its release, the book Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML appeared amongst the Top 100 bestsellers on Amazon.com in XML programming and voted the third best book on CSS profiles by Mitra Education.

Sikos also has several other publications such as academic journal papers, professional online articles, W3C translations, and web ontologies with citations in textbooks and academic journal papers.

Sikos is also the creator of the DVDs of poet and literary historian István Péter Né[...].

His works have been cited in several journal papers, conference proceedings, textbooks, and websites. Sikos is also known for numerous media appearances, including newspapers and magazines, television shows, and presentations.

Further activities

Sikos is famous for playing the organ as well as for his charity work.

See also

• Semantic Web
• Web standards