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|[http://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cicalese Cindy Cicalese] is the Founder and Consultant at Amethyst Collaborative Knowledge. She was previously a Principal MediaWiki Architect at Selfiie Corporation, a health tech startup. Before that, at the [https://www.wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation], she was a Principal Engineer on the Developer Experience Team and a Principal Engineer and Senior Product Manager for MediaWiki on the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Platform_Engineering_Team Platform Engineering Team] aka [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Core_Platform_Team Core Platform Team]. Prior to joining the Foundation, Cindy was a Principal Engineer and Senior Technical Advisor of the Software Solutions and Technologies department at [http://www.mitre.org the MITRE Corporation]. She also served as a tenured Computer Science professor at [https://marymount.edu/ Marymount University]. | |[http://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-cicalese Cindy Cicalese] is the Founder and Consultant at Amethyst Collaborative Knowledge. She was previously a Principal MediaWiki Architect at Selfiie Corporation, a health tech startup. Before that, at the [https://www.wikimediafoundation.org Wikimedia Foundation], she was a Principal Engineer on the Developer Experience Team and a Principal Engineer and Senior Product Manager for MediaWiki on the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Platform_Engineering_Team Platform Engineering Team] aka [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Core_Platform_Team Core Platform Team]. Prior to joining the Foundation, Cindy was a Principal Engineer and Senior Technical Advisor of the Software Solutions and Technologies department at [http://www.mitre.org the MITRE Corporation]. She also served as a tenured Computer Science professor at [https://marymount.edu/ Marymount University]. | ||
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Cindy has developed software across a diverse set of domains including social semantic authoring, real-time robotics control, distributed systems, web applications, and more. Her doctoral dissertation research involved [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/774918 specification of distributed software component interfaces]. She serves in a volunteer capacity on the Board of the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group]. She has been involved in organizing and presenting at many of the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_user_conferences MediaWiki users conferences]. | Cindy has developed software across a diverse set of domains including social semantic authoring, real-time robotics control, distributed systems, web applications, and more. Her doctoral dissertation research involved [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/774918 specification of distributed software component interfaces]. She serves in a volunteer capacity on the Board of the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Stakeholders%27_Group MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group]. She has been involved in organizing and presenting at many of the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_user_conferences MediaWiki users conferences]. | ||
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She has developed and continues to maintain a suite of open source MediaWiki extensions that are especially helpful for enterprise use of wikis, including: | She has developed and continues to maintain a suite of open source MediaWiki extensions that are especially helpful for enterprise use of wikis, including: | ||
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* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VersionCompare VersionCompare] – Compare the software versions of two wikis side-by-side | * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VersionCompare VersionCompare] – Compare the software versions of two wikis side-by-side | ||
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Create_User_Page CreateUserPage] – Automatically create user pages on login | * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Create_User_Page CreateUserPage] – Automatically create user pages on login | ||
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Cindy Cicalese is the Founder and Consultant at Amethyst Collaborative Knowledge. She was previously a Principal MediaWiki Architect at Selfiie Corporation, a health tech startup. Before that, at the Wikimedia Foundation, she was a Principal Engineer on the Developer Experience Team and a Principal Engineer and Senior Product Manager for MediaWiki on the Platform Engineering Team aka Core Platform Team. Prior to joining the Foundation, Cindy was a Principal Engineer and Senior Technical Advisor of the Software Solutions and Technologies department at the MITRE Corporation. She also served as a tenured Computer Science professor at Marymount University.
Cindy has developed software across a diverse set of domains including social semantic authoring, real-time robotics control, distributed systems, web applications, and more. Her doctoral dissertation research involved specification of distributed software component interfaces. She serves in a volunteer capacity on the Board of the MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group. She has been involved in organizing and presenting at many of the MediaWiki users conferences. |
She has developed and continues to maintain a suite of open source MediaWiki extensions that are especially helpful for enterprise use of wikis, including:
- PluggableAuth – A framework for pluggable authentication and authorization extensions
- OpenIDConnect– Authentication using OpenID Connect providers
- EmailAuthorization – Authorization based on email addresses
- CommentStreams – A commenting system for wikis
- DisplayTitle – Enhanced display title handling
- TitleIcon – Add icons to page titles
- VersionCompare – Compare the software versions of two wikis side-by-side
- CreateUserPage – Automatically create user pages on login