Semantic Web methods and technologies supporting eScience, and the role of Xinformatics

Peter Fox (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

CSIRO ICT

DATE: 2009-12-04
TIME: 15:00:00 - 16:00:00
LOCATION: CSIRO Seminar Room S206 Building 108
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ABSTRACT:
This talk is aimed at a general audience, discussing the big challenges in e- science, the emerging technologies that can help to address the challenges, and the opportunities for underpinning research in information technologies.

BIO:
Professor Peter Fox, now of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Tetherless World Constellation in the US (and previously of UCAR, University Corporation for Atmosperic Research) is known for his work in applications of ontologies to e-science, especially virtual observatories. He is also president of OPeNDAP which has developed standards used by NASA and NOAA to serve satellite, weather and other observed earth science data. See http://tw.rpi.edu/wiki/Peter_Fox

Peter is available for discussions and meetings from 2--4 December. Contact Kerry Taylor 6216 7038 mailto:Kerry.Taylor@csiro.au to arrange.