Muriel Foulonneau is researcher on data interoperability and technologies at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology. She has worked in Europe and in the US on Semantic data, Big data, and Open data in particular in the fields of educational assessment, online community analysis, e-government, and cultural heritage. She has been involved in collaboration projects between research and industry. She has been active in standardization initiatives, including the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. She has authored many articles and books in the domain. She is local organisation chair of the European Data Forum 2015 in Luxembourg.