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Semantic Web Technologies

Semantic Web Technologies. Deborah McGuinness and Peter Fox CSCI-6965 Week 1, January 13, 2009. Admin info (keep/ print this slide). Class: CSCI-6965 Hours: 4pm-7pm Tuesdays Location: Winslow 4 th floor, then Winslow 1140 (after January 27) Instructors: Deborah McGuinness and Peter Fox

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Semantic Web Technologies

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  1. Semantic Web Technologies Deborah McGuinness and Peter Fox CSCI-6965 Week 1, January 13, 2009

  2. Admin info (keep/ print this slide) • Class: CSCI-6965 • Hours: 4pm-7pm Tuesdays • Location: Winslow 4th floor, then Winslow 1140 (after January 27) • Instructors: Deborah McGuinness and Peter Fox • Instructor contact: dlm@cs.rpi.edu, pfox@cs.rpi.edu • Contact hours: TBD • Contact location: Winslow 3129, 1140 (until Jan 27, then 2104 and 2120 • Wiki: http://tw.rpi.edu/wiki/Advanced_Semantic_Web_%282009_Spring%29

  3. Introductions • Who are you? • Why are you here? • Will you make the class (on time) each week?

  4. Semantic Web Layers http://www.w3.org/2003/Talks/1023-iswc-tbl/slide26-0.html, http://flickr.com/photos/pshab/291147522/

  5. Application Areas for Semantics • Smart search • Annotation (even simple forms), smart tagging • Geospatial • Implementing logic (rules), e.g. in workflows • Data integration • Verification • Explanation, Proof, Trust • Web services • Web content mining with natural language parsing and query • User interface development (portals) • Semantic desktop • Wikis - OntoWiki, SemanticMediaWiki • Sensor Web • Software engineering

  6. Topics from: • ISWC • ESWC • IAAI • AAAI • Semantic Technologies

  7. Categories and indexing papers • Discussion topic

  8. Engineering or research? • Journals • Journal of Web Semantics: • Journal of AI Research: • International Journal On Semantic Web and Information Systems: • International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC): • International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO): • Journal of Data Semantics: • Journal of Semantics: • Cf. twine

  9. Schedule - wiki • Reading assignments • Assignments • Individual • Written assessments – your presentations and any 1-pager • Presentation assessments • Sign up will be available on the wiki during the week – for the 10min talks next week and for during the term

  10. What we expect • Attend class, complete assignments • Participate • Ask questions – be honest with yourself and others about what you do and do not know • Work individually and when you are stuck, ask for help • Work constructively in group and class sessions

  11. Logistics summary • This weeks assignment: • Research survey of topics, come prepared with a 1-page description of a research topic and be prepared to talk about it for 10 minutes • Next class (week 2 – January 20): • 10 minute presentations each on research agendas • Questions?

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