1. Trustworthy Semantic Webs
Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham
The University of Texas at Dallas
Introduction to the Course

2. Outline of the Course Trustworthy Semantic Webs:
Prof. Bhavani Thuraisingham
Contents
Introduction to the Course
Part I: Supporting Technologies
Trustworthy Systems
Secure Data and Information Management
Secure Web and Information Retrieval Systems
Part II: Semantic Webs
Overview of Semantic Webs
Components of the Semantic Web
XML, RDF, Ontologies, Rules
Applications
Conclusion to Part II

3. Outline of the Course Part III: Secure Semantic Web
Overview of Secure Semantic Webs
Components of Secure Semantic Web
XML Security, Securing RDF Documents, Secure Ontologies
Secure Web Rules, Inference Problem
Multilevel Security and Malicious Attacks
Part IV: Dependable Semantic Webs
Trust Management
Privacy and Platform for Privacy Preferences
Data Provenance and Integrity Management
Part V: Secure Semantic Applications
Secure Semantic Interoperability
Secure Web Services
Secure Knowledge Management and E-Business
Conclusion to the Course

4. Outline of the Course Textbook: A semantic web primer
Grigoris Antoniou and Frank van Harmelen,
MIT Press, 2004
Chapters from book in Preparation
“Building Trustworthy Semantic Web”
Bhavani Thuraisingham, CRC Press, 2007.

5. Course Rules
Unless special permission is obtained from the instructor, each student will work incidviaully
Copying material from other sources will not be permitted unless the source is properly referenced
Any student who plagiarizes from other sources will be reported to the Computer Science department and any other committees as advices by the department

6. Contact For more information please contact Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham
Professor of Computer Science and
Director of Cyber Security Research Center Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science EC31, The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 75080
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