Prof Ian Horrocks from Oxford University on the Use of Semantic Technology to Tackle Industry's Data Variety Challenge

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Abstract: Big Data technologies have made significant progress in addressing problems related to the volume and velocity of data, but they are less effective at dealing with data variety and heterogeneity; this so-called “variety challenge” is the main barrier to effective data access in many industry applications. Semantic Technologies offer a potential solution to the variety challenge, and in the Ontology Based Data Access (OBDA) approach they do so in a way that layers on top of existing infrastructure and exploits its scalability. In this talk I will explain the OBDA approach, and show how it is being used to address the variety challenge in two large companies: Siemens and Statoil. I will also highlight some of the problems and limitations of OBDA, discuss how these can be mitigated, and present some recent research that shows how semantic data access can go beyond what is possible with OBDA.

Ian Horrocks is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and a visiting professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo. He played a leading role in the development of the Web Ontology Language (OWL), and he developed the SROIQ description logic on which OWL is based, as well as many of the algorithms, optimization techniques, and reasoning systems that underpin OWL applications. He’s a Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of Academia Europaea, and a fellow of the European AI Society (ECCAI).


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  • Date: 15 Sep 2017
  • Time: 08:30 AM UTC to 09:30 AM UTC
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  • Meraka Auditorium
  • CSIR Campus, Brummeria
  • Pretoria, Gauteng
  • South Africa
  • Building: Meraka, Building 43
  • Room Number: Meraka Auditorium
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  • Co-sponsored by Department of Informatics, University of Pretoria
  • Starts 09 September 2017 10:00 PM UTC
  • Ends 15 September 2017 08:00 AM UTC
  • No Admission Charge