Elisa Kendall and Deborah McGuinness presented our perennial favorite at this year’s New York Semantic Technology & Business Conference: Ontology 101. As the title suggests, it is an introduction to the subject of ontology in computer science. It is very comprehensive, yet it has considerable depth as well and provides a number of “ah hah” moments as one moves through. This year’s presentation adds a good deal of material on actual implementations of semantic technologies by RPI and others. If you should like your own copy of the presentation, please contact us and let us know — we’re happy to …
The Semantic Concierge Headlines OpenTravel Alliance Conference
Thematix was pleased to help facilitate a discussion among progressive travel providers at their recent annual OpenTravel Advisory Forum in Miami, Florida. Deborah McGuinness, a Thematix affiliate, gave the keynote for the conference, entitled the Semantic Concierge, a vision for a near term travel future in which the traveler’s efforts to plan and coordinate their travel is augmented by smart technologies that understand context and intent. As OpenTravel itself summarized, Another hot topic at the event was semantic technologies. Dr. Deborah McGuinness from Renassaeler Polytechnic Institute presented a great overview of her work and how she envisions the application of …
Building the Roads We are Driving Upon
THEMATIX is building the roads as it drives on them. We (in the person of Elisa Kendall) will join the fray at the following events next month. Information on the programs and attendance can be found at the respective conference sites. OMG TECHNICAL MEETING September 19-23, 2011 – Kissimmee, FL USA The OMG Technical Meeting provides IT architects, business analysts, government experts, vendors and end-users a neutral forum to discuss, develop and adopt standards that enable software interoperability for a wide range of industries. Attend an OMG Technical Meeting to influence the direction of future standards work, hear from industry …