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My undergraduate studies include a BS in Computer Science from the University of Koblenz and studies in Mathematics, Philosophy and German literature at the University of Cologne, both in Germany. | My undergraduate studies include a BS in Computer Science from the University of Koblenz and studies in Mathematics, Philosophy and German literature at the University of Cologne, both in Germany. | ||
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| + | Throughout my studies the question of semantics played a major role. In literature it is about the meaning of the words and the interpretation of the whole text; in computer vision the meaning of signals for an algorithm and the meaning of components of the user interface for the user. | ||
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| + | In AI the question of semantics is central. How does it work that a symbol means something to me and how can I make a machine understand this meaning? | ||
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| + | The use of Ontologies in BioInformatics to give a meaningful description of not only everything between molecules and organisms, but also of processes and experiments is also very promising and might bring us new insights in the way molecules, cells, organisms, etc interact. | ||
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Revision as of 22:39, 10 January 2013
Researcher, Computer Science and Engineering
Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University, Homepage
Ph.D, Computer Science
BS, ComputerVisualistik
Universität Koblenz
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Bio
I recently finished my Ph.D. degree in the Kno.e.sis center at Wright State University in Dayton, OH. Until 2006, I used to be a member of the LSDIS lab in the Computer Science department of the University of Georgia in Athens.
My Research encompasses different aspects of Semantics in Computer Science, from the formal, top-down approaches in ontology engineering to the bottom-up approaches of social knowledge accumulation that can be seen in Wikipedia and Tagging sites.
My undergraduate studies include a BS in Computer Science from the University of Koblenz and studies in Mathematics, Philosophy and German literature at the University of Cologne, both in Germany.
Throughout my studies the question of semantics played a major role. In literature it is about the meaning of the words and the interpretation of the whole text; in computer vision the meaning of signals for an algorithm and the meaning of components of the user interface for the user.
In AI the question of semantics is central. How does it work that a symbol means something to me and how can I make a machine understand this meaning? In the Semantic Web this problem emerges at an even larger scale.
The use of Ontologies in BioInformatics to give a meaningful description of not only everything between molecules and organisms, but also of processes and experiments is also very promising and might bring us new insights in the way molecules, cells, organisms, etc interact.
Work Experiences
- Faculty Research Assistant, UMIACS Center, University of Maryland College Park, Jan-Dec 2012
- Research Assistant, Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University, Jan 2007 - Dec 2011
- Research Intern, Max Planck Institute Informatics, July - Sep 2009
- Research Intern, HP-Labs, Jun - Aug 2007
- Research Assistant, LSDIS Center, University of Georgia, 2003 - 2006
- Research Intern, Amazon.com, Seattle, WA, May - Aug 2005
Research Interests
Projects
Talks
Publications
Journal, Conference and Workshop Publications
- An Up-to-date Knowledge-Based Literature Search and Exploration Framework for Focused Bioscience Domains
- Knowledge Acquisition in a System, Ph.D. Thesis
- Web Wisdom: An Essay on How Web 2.0 and Semantic Web Can Foster a Global Knowledge Society
- Continuous Semantics to Analyze Real-Time Data
- Pattern-Based Synonym and Antonym Extraction
- What Goes Around Comes Around - Improving Linked Open Data through On-Demand Model Creation
- Inexact Matching of Ontology Graphs Using Expectation-Maximization, Journal of Web Semantics 2009
- Ontology Supported Knowledge Discovery in the Field of Human Performance and Cognition
- Growing Fields of Interest -Using an Expand and Reduce Strategy for Domain Model Extraction
- Semantic Convergence of Wikipedia Articles
- Inexact Matching of Ontology Graphs Using Expectation-Maximization, AAAI 2006
- Knowledge Modeling and Its Application in Life Sciences: A Tale of Two Ontologies
- Modular Ontology Design Using Canonical Building Blocks in the Biochemistry Domain
- On the Expressiveness of the Languages for the Semantic Web - Making a Case for 'A Little More'
- TaxaMiner: Improving Taxonomy Label Quality Using Latent Semantic Indexing
- GLYDE-an expressive XML standard for the representation of glycan structure
- METEOR-S Web Service Annotation Framework with Machine Learning Classification
- Semantics for The Semantic Web: the Implicit, the Formal and the Powerful
- TaxaMiner: An Experimental Framework for Automated Taxonomy Bootstrapping
- Semantic Integration of Glycomics Data and Information
- Semantic Web technology in support of Bioinformatics for Glycan Expression
Book Chapters
- Semantic Web Service Approaches to be published in USDL
Professional Activities
Journal Reviewer
Program Committee Member and Chair
Selected Courses
Computer Science and AI
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Linguistics
Philosophy
Other Interests
Contact Information
- Email: <topher> at knoesis dot org
- LinkedIn: Christopher Thomas
