4th Scottish Linked Data Interest Group workshop (12th Jan, 2015, Aberdeen)

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Pan, Dr Jeff Z.

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Dec 17, 2014, 5:45:49 AM12/17/14
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4th Scottish Linked Data Interest Group workshop

The  workshop will take place at University of Aberdeen, 11.00-16.00, Monday 12th January, 2015.

By attending, you can learn about existing applications of Linked Data as well as applications of recent research in the area from various organisations, industry professionals and academics in and around Scotland.

The workshop is free and open to anyone, to register and find out more please go to


http://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-scottish-linked-data-interest-group-workshop-tickets-14950164344

 

Programme

11:00 11:10 Welcome and Introduction
11:10 11:30 LD 101: What is Linked Data? -- Bill Roberts (Swirrl), Jeff Z. Pan (University of Aberdeen)
11:30 11:50 Scottish Open Data Strategy -- Tabitha Stringer (Digital Public Services)
11:50 12: 10 Using the CURIOS System in the Hebridean Connections Web Site -- Tristan ap Rheinallt (Hebridean Connections)
12:10 12:30 CURIOS Mobile: Linked Data Exploitation for Tourist Mobile Apps in Rural Areas  -- Hai Nguyen (University of Aberdeen)
12:30 12:50 WhatTheySaid: Enriching UK Parliament Debate with Linked Data -- Yunjia Li (Southampton University)
12:50 13:15 Discussion
13:15 14:00 Lunch
14:00 14:20 Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics as Linked Data -- Bill Roberts (Swirrl)
14:20 14:40 IBM Watson and Linked Data -- Marco Monti (IBM)
14:40 15:00 Summarisation based Linked Data Visualisation -- Honghan Wu (University of Aberdeen)
15:00 15:20 Sherlock: a Semi-Automatic Quiz Generation System using Linked Data -- Dong Liu (BBC), Chenghua Lin (University of Aberdeen)
15:20 15:40 Semantic Search of Linked Data by Abduction -- Jianfeng Du (Guangdong University of Foreign Study)
15:40 16:00 Discussion

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Paola Di Maio

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Dec 18, 2014, 10:13:30 AM12/18/14
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Congrats Jeff
I thought I had unsubscribed from this list, but obviously not
Glad to see this workshop continuing,  and to see so much going on

many greetings and winter wishes to all from the cold himalayas, where hopefully we can plant good seeds here too
PDM


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Pan, Dr Jeff Z.

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Jan 6, 2015, 6:15:04 AM1/6/15
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Please feel free to forward to your colleagues who might be interested in the event. 

Best,

Jeff

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4th Scottish Linked Data Interest Group workshop

The  workshop will take place at University of Aberdeen, 11.00-16.00, Monday 12th January, 2015.

By attending, you can learn about existing applications of Linked Data as well as applications of recent research in the area from various organisations, industry professionals and academics in and around Scotland.

The workshop is free and open to anyone, to register and find out more please go to


http://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-scottish-linked-data-interest-group-workshop-tickets-14950164344

 

Programme

11:00 11:10 Welcome and Introduction
11:10 11:30 Scottish Open Data Strategy -- Tabitha Stringer (Scottish Government)
11:30 11:50
WhatTheySaid: Enriching UK Parliament Debate with Linked Data -- Yunjia Li (Southampton University)
11:50 12: 10
LD 101: What is Linked Data? -- Bill Roberts (Swirrl), Jeff Z. Pan (University of Aberdeen)
12:10 12:30
Using the CURIOS System in the Hebridean Connections Web Site -- Tristan ap Rheinallt (Hebridean Connections)
12:30 12:50 CURIOS: Lessons Learnt and Opportunities for a Linked Data Eco-system  -- Hai Nguyen (University of Aberdeen)
12:50 13:15 Discussion
13:15 14:00 Lunch
14:00 14:20 Scottish Government Statistics as Linked Data -- David Duncan-Fraser (Scottish Government), Bill Roberts (Swirrl)
14:20 14:40 IBM Watson and Linked Data -- Marco Monti (IBM)
14:40 15:00 Summarisation based Linked Data Visualisation -- Honghan Wu (University of Aberdeen)
15:00 15:20 Using Linked Data in House of Care -- Tim Warren (Alliance Scotland)
15:20 15:40
Sherlock: a Semi-Automatic Quiz Generation System using Linked Data -- Dong Liu (BBC), Chenghua Lin (University of Aberdeen)
15:40 16:00
Semantic Search of Linked Data by Abduction -- Jianfeng Du (Guangdong University of Foreign Study)
 16:00 16:20  Discussion





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