1. 1 CSE 2102 CSE 2102 Ph.D. Proposal A Process Framework For Ontology Modeling, Design, And Development Realized By Extending OWL and ODM Candidate: Rishi Kanth Saripalle Major Advisor: Prof. Steven A. Demurjian Associate Advisors: Prof. Xiaoyan Wang Prof. Dong-Guk Shin

2. 2 CSE 2102 CSE 2102 What is Informatics?  Informatics is:  Management/Processing of Data  Classification (Ontologies), Collection, Storage, Analysis, Dissemination  Informatics is Multi-Disciplinary  Computing (Model, Store, Mine, Process Information)  Social Science (HCI)  Statistics (Analysis)  Informatics Can Apply to Multiple Domains:  Pharmacology, Nursing, Medicine, Biology, etc.  Business, Fine Arts, Humanities People Information Technology Informatics Adapted from Shortcliff textbook

3. 3 CSE 2102 CSE 2102 What is Biomedical Informatics (BMI)?  BMI is Associated with Research and Practice of Medicine Primarily for:  Public Health Informatics (State and Federal)  Tracking Trends in Public Sector  Clinical Research Informatics  De-identified Repositories and Databases  Facilitate Epidemiological Research and On going Clinical Studies (Drug Trails, Data Analysis, etc.)  Objective:  Improved Patient Health Care  Reduce Medical Errors  Reduce duplication of Tests, Visits and Diagnosis.  Reduce overall Medical Costs

4. 4 CSE 2102 CSE 2102 What are Relevant Systems?  Electronic Medical Records (EMR/EHR)  Within Hospitals, Clinics, Practices, Laboratories  Capture Information Electronically  Examples: AllScripts, Centricity, Vista  Personal Health Records – Patient Controlled  MS HealthVault, Web MD  Health Information Exchange (HIE)  Facilitate Secure Sharing of Information  Employ XML Standards:  Health Language 7 Clinical Document Archiecture  XML Schema and Messaging for Exchange  Virtual Chart: View of Patient Data Collected from Multiple Sources that Facilitates Patient Care

5. 5 CSE 2102 CSE 2102 What’s Big Picture? EHR PHR EMR Health Information Exchange Syntactic Unifier Semantic Unifier Metadata Ontology Mapping Ontology Global Ontology Ontology Engine Web Services Virtual Chart X-Ray Tests Health History Blood Tests Family History Ontology Repository ER Physicians Radiologist ER Nurse Office Staff Insurance Companies Primary Care Physician

6. 6 CSE 2102 CSE 2102 Summary- Research Contributions  Meta Model for Ontologies  Defined OWL Domain Profile.  Extended OWL with Attribute Metamodel Entity.  Ontology Model and Schema:  Defined the semantics of Class Entity.  Provide Schema from Perspective of Software Engineering.  Proposed Ontology Relationships.  Improved Knowledge Representation  Proposed Semantic Design Patterns.  Captured Conceptual Theory.  Hybrid Ontology Design and Development Lifecycle  Ontology Design and Development Process employing A, B, and C  Leveraging Software Design Process Models