KMi is a multidisciplinary R&D lab that has been at the forefront of innovation for the past 20 years. We lead in a number of areas, including Semantic Technologies, Educational Media, Social Media Analysis, Big Data, Smart Cities, IoT and others.
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My aim is to to create new ways to model, predict and understand human behaviour using methods from mathematics, statistics, computing and social sciences.
Joining the OU in the Spring of 1992, my initial projects were related to the transcription of course media for print-disabled students. I was a founder member of KMi when it was launched in 1995. I...
Testimonials
"If you are or want to be a brilliant mind, this is where you want to be!"
Valentina Presutti, Institute of Cognitive Science and Technologies, Italy
"I cannot imagine going to a conference without experiencing deep scientific conversations with KMiers!"
Raphaël Troncy, EURECOM: Graduate School & Research Center, France
"Top location for SW research for decades and going strong!"
Pascal Hitzler, Wright State University, USA
Publications
Warren, P., Mulholland, P., Collins, T. and Motta, E. (2018) Improving comprehension of Knowledge Representation languages: a case study with Description Logics, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Warren, P. and Mulholland, P. (2018) Using SPARQL - the practitioners' viewpoint, International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW 2018), Nancy, France, Springer-Verlag
Salatino, A.A., Thanapalasingam, T., Mannocci, A., Osborne, F. and Motta, E. (2018) Classifying Research Papers with the Computer Science Ontology, Poster at International Semantic Web Conference, Posters & Demonstrations and Industry Tracks, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, USA ISWC 2018
Future Seminars
Knowledge-Powered Model Integration in Environmental and Social Sciences: Challenges and Solutions
This event will take place on Friday 26 October 2018
Daniel Garijo - University of Southern California
Environmental and social scientists rely on observational data to accurately model natural processes and human activities around the globe. Since these processes and activities do not occur in...
Recent Seminars
Shadrock Roberts
Machine learning and natural language processing for humanitarian response: a view from the field
This event took place on Wednesday 17 October 2018
Thiviyan Thanapalasingam - The Open University
Ontology-Based Recommendation of Editorial Products
This event took place on Friday 21 September 2018
Peter de Lange - RWTH Aachen University
las2peer: Innovation on the Fringe Next Generation Open Source Service Development for Communities of Practice
This event took place on Monday 10 September 2018
Dr. Valerie Lynch - AND Technology Research Ltd
Big Data, Small Data, Energy Data
This event took place on Friday 20 July 2018
