CSCI 6966 Advanced Semantic Web (Fall 2008) syllabus

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CSCI 6966 Advanced Semantic Web (Fall 2008)

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Lesson 1, Lesson 2, Lesson 3, Lesson 4, Lesson 5, Lesson 6,
Lesson 7, Lesson 8, Lesson 9, Lesson 10, Lesson 11, Lesson 12, Lesson 13

Syllabus

Course Description

This course aims at showing the cutting edge research on semantic web and encouraging research capability for advanced students. Students attending this course should expect reading, presenting and evaluating important research papers on semantic web, identifying and surveying interesting semantic web research areas.

Prerequisite

CSCI 6962 Semantic Web (Fall 2007) OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR

Presentation Guidelines

general notes

each student should expect presenting:
- 2 conference papers
- 1 journal paper
- an overview of a selected research area.

each lesson consists of
- presentation session (~15min for conference paper)
- discussion session
- optionally practice session (e.g. put things on wiki).

for speakers

put yourself in the place as the author
coverage, e.g. the idea, strength, weakness,...
fair use web resource

for audience

questions should better target at the idea
your written comments should be friendly and constructive as they may go to the public

tentative presentation protocol

speakers fill in the class schedule on class wiki page
speakers email to approve paper, add email filter in subject line [CSCI 6966] (one week before class
- include the paper name, links to paper
- better not choose papers written by Jim, Li, Jie, Deborah
- paper selection should be approved by Jim OR Li
speakers post (links to) paper after approval (one week before class)
credit seeking audience should post at least one question (before class)
speakers post presentation (after class)