| Semantics for the Rest of Us |
Eric A. Franzon, Semantic Universe
Brian Sletten, Bosatsu Consulting, Inc.
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Business / Non-Technical
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Foundational Topics
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| What Will We Be Saying About Semantics This Year? |
Dave McComb, Semantic Arts Inc.
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Technical – Introductory
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Foundational Topics
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| Case Study: Using Ontologies for Opportunistic Systems Integration |
Elisa Kendall, Sandpiper Software
Dr. Reginald E Ford, SRI International
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Technical – Intermediate
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Enterprise Semantics
Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
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| Rapid Prototyping with the Jena Command Line Utilities |
Mark Wallace, Modus Operandi
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Technical – Advanced
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Ontology Design and Engineering
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| Unhappy with Internal Corporate Search? Come Learn Tips and Tricks for Building a Controlled Vocabulary Ontology |
Bettina K. Schimanski, Sandia National Laboratories
Jennifer Miller, Sandia National Laboratories
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Technical – Introductory
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Enterprise Semantics
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| Reputation, community, Web 2.0, and games: incentives for semantics – about getting people involved |
Katharina Siorpaes, STI Innsbruck
Elena Simperl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Technical – Introductory
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Knowledge Engineering and Management
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| User Interfaces for Semantic Web: Do They Have to Be Ugly? |
Andraz Tori, Zemanta
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantic Software Development
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| Lightweight Semantic Annotations for Web Services |
Dumitru Roman, SINTEF
Arne Jørgen Berre, SINTEF
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantic Web
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| Using a Controlled Vocabulary for Managing a Digital Library Platform |
Sean Boisen, Logos Bible Software
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Technical – Intermediate
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Business Applications
Knowledge Engineering and Management
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| Using SKOS and Semantic Technologies to support smart, sustainable growth in Europe |
Henric Stjernquist, European Commission
Johan De Smedt, TenForce
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Technical – Intermediate
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Industry: Government
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| Interactive Exploration of Enterprise- and Web-Datasets |
Andreas Harth, AIFB/KIT
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantic Search
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| Semantic Technology and Healthcare Reform: How to Decrease the Cost of Healthcare with Semantic Technologies |
Bill L. Victoria, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Health Care Services Corp.
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Business / Non-Technical
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Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
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| Maintaining Temporal Perspective |
Ian Emmons, BBN Technologies, Inc.
Douglas Reid, BBN Technologies, Inc.
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Technical – Advanced
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Knowledge Engineering and Management
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| Semantics for Intelligence and Security |
Oren Yosifon, MindCite
Paul Cichonski, Booz Allen Hamilton / NIST
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Technical – Introductory
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Industry: Government
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| Semantics in Publishing |
Bob DuCharme, TopQuadrant
Luca Scagliarini, Expert System
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Business / Non-Technical
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Industry: Publishing
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| Components of a Semantic Enterprise |
Christine JM. Connors, TriviumRLG LLC
Gary Carlson, Gary Carlson Consulting
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantics for Enterprise Data
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| Consumer-Led and Social Approaches to Semantic Representation and Deployment |
Anne Hunt, Primal
Peter Sweeney, Primal
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Business / Non-Technical
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Knowledge Engineering and Management
Social Networks & Collaboration
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| Semantic Applications for Financial Services |
David S. Newman, Wells Fargo
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Business / Non-Technical
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Industry: Financial
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| Using Knoodl.com to Facilitate the Human Resource Enterprise Information Web (HR-EIW) for the U.S. Dept. of Defense |
Michael A. Lang, Revelytix
Brooke Stevenson, Spry Enterprises, Inc
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Case Study
Technical – Introductory
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Industry: Government
Knowledge Engineering and Management
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| Assistive and Automatic Tools for Tagging and Categorizing Anything |
Seth Maislin, Earley & Associates
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Technical – Introductory
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Enterprise Semantics
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| Semantics for Situational and Contextual Awareness |
Mala Mehrotra, Pragati
David Kolas, BBN Technologies
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Technical – Intermediate
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Industry: Government
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| Accelerating the Adoption of Linked Data |
Georgi Kobilarov, Uberblic Labs
Dave Reynolds, Epimorphics Ltd
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Business / Non-Technical
Technical – Introductory
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Industry: Government
Linked Data
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| Introducing Semantics Concepts in a Television Broadcasting Organization |
Roger Roberts, RTBF
Guy N.L. Marechal, TITAN
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Industry: Publishing
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| Semantic Technologies to Enable the Knowledge-powered Enterprise: The ACTIVE Approach |
Paul Warren, Eurescom GmbH
John Davies, BT
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Technical – Introductory
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Enterprise Semantics
Knowledge Engineering and Management
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| The Enterprise Data Management Council Semantics Repository Case Study |
Mike G. Bennett, EDM Council Inc.
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Industry: Financial
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| Semantics for Emergency Response and Disaster Management Systems |
Bob Smith, Tall Tree Labs
Rex Brooks, Starbourne Communications Design
Steven R. Ray, Carnegie Mellon University
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Technical – Introductory
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Industry: Government
Ontology Design and Engineering
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| Taking the Tech Out of Semtech |
Sean Martin, Cambridge Semantics
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Technical – Intermediate
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Business & Marketplace
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| Estimating and Managing the Costs and Benefits of Knowledge Structures |
Elena Simperl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Business / Non-Technical
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Business Applications
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| The Characteristics of a RESTful Semantic Web and Why They Are Important |
Chimezie U. Ogbuji, Cleveland Clinic
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantic Web
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| Highly Available RDF Data at Enterprise Scale: The Bigdata® High-Availability Architecture |
Bryan Thompson, SYSTAP, LLC
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Technical – Intermediate
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Semantics for Enterprise Data
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| Gist: The Minimalist Upper Ontology |
Dave McComb, Semantic Arts Inc.
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Technical – Intermediate
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Ontology Design and Engineering
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| How to integrate 10 databases and interlink them with 10 million documents in 10 weeks |
Vassil Momtchev, Ontotext AD
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Technical – Intermediate
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Enterprise Semantics
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| Semantic Tools for More Profitable Online Commerce |
Jay Myers, bestbuy.com
Barbara H. Starr, Ontologica
Martin Hepp, Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen
Paul Bruemmer, PB Communications
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Business Applications
Marketing & Advertising
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| Sizzle for the Steak: Rich, Visual Interfaces for Ontology-driven Apps |
Michael K. Bergman, Structured Dynamics
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Business / Non-Technical
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Business Applications
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| The Ten Myths of the Semantic Web Debunked (and how they hurt your success) |
John Hebeler, BBN Technologies
Matthew Fisher, Progeny Systems
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Business / Non-Technical
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Enterprise Semantics
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| The Challenge of Building DoD Business Enterprise Architectures with Semantic Technologies |
Dennis Wisnosky, U.S. Department of Defense
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Business / Non-Technical
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Enterprise Semantics
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| Innovations in Semantic Enterprise Search |
Terry Patten, Charles River Analytics
John B. Lowe, Qewz, Inc.
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Product/Service Offering
Technical – Introductory
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Enterprise Semantics
Semantic Search
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| Semantics in Publishing and Media: Recent Research Results |
Rachel Lovinger, Razorfish
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Business / Non-Technical
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Industry: Publishing
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| Change Impact Analysis: A Semantic Model-driven Approach |
Dean Allemang, TopQuadrant
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Business / Non-Technical
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Semantics for Enterprise Data
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| How to Make Linked Data More Than Data |
Prateek Jain, Kno.e.sis, Wright State University
Amit P. Sheth, Kno.e.sis, Wright State University
Kunal Verma, Accenture Technology Labs
Pascal Hitzler, Kno.e.sis, Wright State University
Peter Z. Yeh, Accenture Technology Labs
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Technical – Intermediate
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Linked Data
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| Enterprise Semantic Data Integration |
Fran Clark, Arpeggio Technology
Denisa Popescu, World Bank Group, Enterprise Architecture
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Technical – Introductory
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Industry: Financial
Semantics for Enterprise Data
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| The Clean Energy Commons: Using Semantic Technologies to Share the World’s Energy Information |
Jamey Wood, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Stuart Macmillan, Consulting Professor Stanford University
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Technical – Intermediate
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Social Networks & Collaboration
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| The Implications of Semantic Technologies for Market Research |
Chris C. Arning, Creative Semiotics
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Business / Non-Technical
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Marketing & Advertising
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| Consuming Linked Data |
Juan Sequeda, Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin
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Linked Data
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| Basic Level Categories for Knowledge Representation: Combining Cognitive Science and Library Science |
Tom Reamy, KAPS Group
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Business / Non-Technical
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Foundational Topics
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| Using A-tree Technology to Keep Ontologies Up-to-date |
Harry Ellis, Babel-Ease Ltd.
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Technical – Intermediate
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Data Portability
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| Using SPARQL Server Pages |
Jeffrey A. Schmitz, The Boeing Company
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Technical – Intermediate
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Making Web 3.0 Web Sites
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| RIF: Rules for the Semantic Web |
Christopher Welty, IBM Research
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Business / Non-Technical
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Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
Semantic Web
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| Leveraging Rule Standards |
Christian de Sainte Marie, IBM
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Technical – Intermediate
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Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
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| The SILK 2 System and RIF Dialect: Semantic Rules Grow Up |
Benjamin Grosof, Vulcan Inc.
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Technical – Intermediate
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Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
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| Transparent, Open Government with Linked Data – Data.gov and Data.gov.uk |
Suzanne Acar, U.S. Federal Data Subcommittee
Ian Davis, Talis
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Business / Non-Technical
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Industry: Government
Linked Data
Open Government
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| Semantic Technologies in Oracle Database 11gR2: Capabilities, Interfaces, Performance |
Xavier R Lopez, Oracle Corp
Souripriya Das, Oracle
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantics for Enterprise Data
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| Open Architectures for Open Government |
Cory B. Casanave, Model Driven Solutions
Brand L. Niemann, Semanticommunity.net
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Business / Non-Technical
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Industry: Government
Linked Data
Open Government
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| Drupal and the Semantic Web: from RDF to Whitehouse.gov |
Jeff Walpole, Phase2 Technology
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Business / Non-Technical
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Making Web 3.0 Web Sites
Semantic Publishing with Drupal
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| Applications of Biomedical Ontologies and Resources |
M. Scott Marshall, Leiden University Medical Center
Jeffrey Grethe, Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego
Mark Musen, Stanford University
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Business / Non-Technical
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Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
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| Applications and Examples of Linked Data in Government |
Kevin Ford, Network Development & MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress
Deborah L. McGuinness, RPI and McGuinness Associates
James Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Li Ding, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Business / Non-Technical
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Industry: Government
Linked Data
Open Government
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| Evaluating and Evolving Semantic Search: From the Deep Web to User Impact |
Peter Mika, Yahoo! Inc
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Technical – Intermediate
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Semantic Search
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| Using Semantics to Build a Scouting Knowledgebase |
Michael McGlashen, Merck & Co., Inc.
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Technical – Intermediate
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Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
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| Google Rich Snippets |
Kavi Goel, Google
Pravir Gupta, Google
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Business / Non-Technical
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Making Web 3.0 Web Sites
Marketing & Advertising
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| An Enterprise-Class Inference Engine Inside Oracle Database 11g Release 2 |
Zhe Wu, Oracle Corp.
Vladimir Kolovski, Oracle
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
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| The Practical Use of Rules with Ontologies |
Christopher John Matheus, VIStology, Inc.
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Technical – Intermediate
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Semantic Rules (incl. RuleML, RIF, SILK, RL Profile)
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| Knowledge Provenance |
Deborah L. McGuinness, RPI and McGuinness Associates
Peter Fox, RPI
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantic Web
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| Text Analytics and Semantics |
C. David Seuss, Northern Light Group
Stefan Andreasen, Kapow Technologies
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Business / Non-Technical
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Semantic Search
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| Knowledge Sharing Using Semantic Technologies |
Vijay Bulusu , Pfizer Inc
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Business / Non-Technical
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Business Applications
Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
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| Using OWL in Closed World Applications |
Evren Sirin, Clark & Parsia, LLC
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Technical – Intermediate
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Knowledge Engineering and Management
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| The Social Fabric of Semantics |
Jamie Taylor, Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
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Business / Non-Technical
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Marketing & Advertising
Social Networks & Collaboration
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| Ontology-Driven Enterprise Information Lifecycle Management |
Mary Catherine Parmelee, MITRE Corporation
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantics for Enterprise Data
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| The Role of Semantic Technologies in the National Airspace System |
Elisabeth B Huffer, Next Generation Air Transportation System Joint Planning and Development Office
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Technical – Introductory
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Industry: Government
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| Trust, Confidence and Security on the Semantic Web |
Andy Hickl, Swingly
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Technical – Intermediate
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Knowledge Engineering and Management
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| Finding a Good Ontology: The Open Ontology Repository Initiative |
Mike Dean, Raytheon BBN Technologies
Peter P. Yim, CIM3
Todd Schneider, Raytheon
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Technical – Intermediate
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Ontology Design and Engineering
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| RDF Friday Part 1: The ABCs of RDF Vocabularies |
Brian Sletten, Bosatsu Consulting, Inc.
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantic Software Development
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| Semantics in the Cloud |
Kurt Rohloff, BBN Technologies
Geoff Brown, m2mi Corp.
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Technical – Advanced
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Research
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| Monitoring Healthcare Innovation: A Case Study in Using OWL, Linked Data and RDFa |
Mark Birbeck, Backplane Ltd.
Michael Wilkinson, National Innovation Centre, NHS
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Technical – Introductory
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Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
Ontology Design and Engineering
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| Case Study Year 5: USAF 45th Space Wing Knowledge Management Initiative – Representing Semantic Points-of-View Using SITREP and Mission Ontologies |
Dr. Kent D. Bimson, Modus Operandi, Inc.
Randy Caldwell, Modus Operandi, Inc.
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Technical – Intermediate
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Semantics for Enterprise Data
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| Leveraging a Single Semantic Fabric to Drive Efficiencies from Accounting to Research and Everything in Between |
William Hayes, Biogen Idec
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Technical – Intermediate
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Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
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| UMLS-SKOS: A Semantic Web Framework for Representation of Biomedical Terminologies Using Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) |
Parsa Mirhaji, University of Texas-Houston
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Technical – Advanced
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Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
Ontology Design and Engineering
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| The Ontology Life Cycle: Integrated Tools for Editing, Publishing, Peer Review, and Evolution of Ontologies |
Tania Tudorache, Stanford University
Natasha Noy, Stanford University
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Technical – Introductory
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Ontology Design and Engineering
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| Wikipedia’s Structured Data Challenge |
Trevor Parscal, Wikimedia Foundation
Erik Moeller, Wikimedia Foundation
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Technical – Introductory
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Semantic Wikis
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| RDF Friday Part 2: Intermediate Technical Issues – Extending and Querying RDF |
David Booth, Cleveland Clinic
David Wood, Zepheira, LLC
James Leigh, Zepheira, LLC
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Technical – Intermediate
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Semantic Software Development
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| Semantic Health Solutions for Clinical Trials and Real-time Public Health Monitoring |
Matthew M. Vagnoni, University of Texas at Houston, Health Science Center
Ram Vedam, University of Texas at Houston – Health Science Center
Chintan Patel, Applied Informatics Inc.
Karthik Gomadam, Applied Informatics Inc.
Vivek Gard, Applied Informatics Inc
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Product/Service Offering
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Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
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| The Research Intelligence Project |
Jerry Sheehan, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
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Technical – Introductory
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Research
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| Application of Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence Components (Planners and Heuristic Search) to Distributed Reasoning on Very Large Data Sets |
Reza BFar, Oracle USA
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Technical – Advanced
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Semantic Search
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| RDF Friday Part 3: Practical RDF – POWDER & Object Design Patterns |
John Hebeler, Raytheon BBN Technologies
Matthew Fisher, Progeny Systems
Bryan Thompson, SYSTAP, LLC
Martyn Cutcher, SYSTAP, LLC
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Technical – Intermediate
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Semantic Software Development
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| Configuring the Cloud: Automated Planning As a Semantic Technology |
Blazej Bulka, Clark & Parsia, LLC
Stuart Charlton, Elastra
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Technical – Intermediate
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New Products & Companies
|
| Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records through Semantic Technologies: The Cleveland Clinic Experience |
Chris Pierce, Cleveland Clinic
Chris Deaton, Cycorp, Inc.
David Booth, Cleveland Clinic
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Technical – Intermediate
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Industry: Pharmaceutical / Health Care
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