Semantic Web-Based Information Systems: State-of-the-Art ...

0 About the Authors
Amit.Sheth is an educator, researcher and entrepreneur. He joined the University
of Georgia, USA, and started the LSDIS Lab in 1994. Earlier, he served in R&D
groups at Bellcore (now Telcordia Technologies), Unisys, and Honeywell. In August
1999, Sheth founded Taalee, Inc., a VC funded enterprise software and Internet
infrastructure startup based on the technology developed at the LSDIS lab. He
managed Taalee as its CEO until June 2001. Following Taalee’s acquisition/merger,
he served as CTO and co-founder of Semagix, Inc. (formerly Voquette, Inc). His
research has led to several commercial products and applications. He has published
more than 175 papers and articles (in the areas of semantic interoperability, federated
databases, workflow management, Semantic Web), given over 130 invited talks and
colloquia including 19 keynotes, (co-)organized/chaired 12 conferences/workshops,
and served on over 90 program committees. He is the co-editor-in-chief of the International
Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, is on five journal
editorial boards, is a member of the W3C Advisory Committee the Semantic Web
Services Architecture committee. For more information, visit http://lsdis.cs.uga.
edu/~amit and http://www.semagix.com/company_team.html.
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Thomas.Aden is a member of the Healthcare Information and Communication
Systems R&D division at the OFFIS Research Institute in Oldenburg, Germany. He
is a graduate of the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg where he received
his MS in computer science (2001). His research topics in the field of medical
informatics include data warehousing and data quality applications, in particular
in the context of epidemiological cancer registration, as well as application of the
Semantic Web in health care.
Anthony.Aristar received his PhD in linguistics from the University of Texas
(1984). He was a researcher at Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corporation,
1984-1989; an assistant professor, University of Australia, 1990-1991; an
assistant professor, Texas A&M University, 1991-1995; and an associate professor,
Texas A&M University, 1996-1998. He joined the Department of English at Wayne
State University, USA, in 1998 where he is currently an associate professor. Dr.
Aristar is chairman of the OLAC working group on language codes; moderator
and founder of LINGUIST List; and organizer of several endangered languages
related workshops.
Liviu.Badea.is a senior researcher and heads the artificial intelligence lab within
the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, Romania. His
main areas of research include: knowledge representation and reasoning, intelligent
information integration, Semantic Web, bioinformatics, and machine learning.
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