1. of 17 course outline

2. of 17 marek reformat ecerf building, w6-023 Marek.Reformat@ualberta.ca 780.492.2848 www.ualberta.ca/~reformat 2ece 627, winter'13

3. of 17 syllabus this course focuses on aspects of representation and processing of knowledge, and its application to emerging concepts of future web and networking 3ece 627, winter'13

4. of 17 syllabus the course provides an introduction and fundamental knowledge in:  basic logic (with emphasis on the description logic)  RDF and ontology as a new approach to knowledge representation  alternative knowledge representations of data on the web  web data utilization 4ece 627, winter'13

5. of 17 syllabus the course also provides an introduction to new concepts and paradigms:  semantic web  folksonomy/tagging  linked data  RDF query language – SPARQL 5ece 627, winter'13

6. of 17 teaching method  lectures … are compulsory … cover core material  reading material … time to time: given and suggested 6ece 627, winter'13

7. of 17 assessment  exams … two quizzes – 30% (15% each) … final – 30%  projects … paper critique – 10% … ontology development and reasoner utilization – 30% 7ece 627, winter'13

8. of 17 assessment  exams … quiz #1: Wed, Feb 13 th, 11am … quiz #2: Wed, Mar 20 th, 11am … final – Friday, April 19, at 9am 8ece 627, winter'13

9. of 17 assessment  projects … paper critique (1-2 pages) – Friday, Mar 29 th, 11pm … ontology development and reasoner utilization – Friday, April 12 th, 11pm 9ece 627, winter'13

10. of 17 course objectives to help you understand changes in the web, and expose you to new forms of knowledge representation and their utilization  to understand basics of description logic  to construct ontology in variety of domains of interest  to know basic approaches to ontology maintenance and integration 10ece 627, winter'13

11. of 17 course objectives  to be familiar with  semantic web  folksonomy/tagging  linked data  to know how to utilize web data  to understand a need for intelligence in the future web 11ece 627, winter'13

12. of 17 lecture topics guide  ontology  introduction to ontology – a bit of history  ontology languages (RDF, OWL)  ontology 101  Protégé (ontology development tool)  development, integration, maintenance 12ece 627, winter'13

13. of 17 lecture topics guide  logic  from propositional logic to predicate logic (a very short introduction)  description logic 13ece 627, winter'13

14. of 17 lecture topics guide  rules and reasoning  Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL)  ontology reasoners 14ece 627, winter'13

15. of 17 lecture topics guide  folksonomy  tagging (collaborative, social)  informal social categorization  construction of folksonomy  integrating folksonomy with Semantic Web 15ece 627, winter'13

16. of 17 lecture topics guide  linked data  advanced topics related to triples: URIs, different representation formats  querying linked data 16ece 627, winter'13

17. of 17 welcome sit comfortably, relax and enjoy!!! any questions? 17ece 627, winter'13