Topher

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Christopher Thomas

Christopher Thomas
Researcher, Computer Science and Engineering
Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University, Homepage

Ph.D, Computer Science

BS, ComputerVisualistik
Universität Koblenz

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

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

Selected Courses

Computer Science and AI

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Contact Information

• Email: <topher> at knoesis dot org
• LinkedIn: Christopher Thomas