IET honours Dame Wendy Hall for pioneering contribution to computer science and web technologies
Professor Dame Wendy Hall has been named a 2026 Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the organisation’s highest membership honour.
The award recognises Dame Wendy’s distinguished contribution to computer science, her groundbreaking work in the development of web technologies, and her commitment and service to engineering, research and public policy.
Dame Wendy is Regius Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. Her research interests span Web Science, artificial intelligence, AI policy, data science and the Semantic Web. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering and ACM.
Throughout her career, she has played a significant role in shaping the development and understanding of the Web and emerging technologies. She was co-Chair of the UK Government’s AI Review, served as a member of the AI Council, and in 2023 was appointed to the United Nations High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence.
Dame Wendy joins three other 2026 Honorary Fellows: Navjot Sawhney, founder and CEO of The Washing Machine Project; Martin van den Brink, former President and CTO of ASML; and manufacturing engineer and long-standing IET member Stephen Long.
The IET said this year’s Honorary Fellows represent exceptional contributions spanning web technologies, semiconductor innovation, humanitarian engineering and the engineering profession.
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