People | Member | Miriam Fernandez

Research Assistant

My research in KMi is focused on Semantic Search. Within the context of this research line I investigate: a) methods to enhance traditional IR and QA techniques introducing higher level of conceptualizations in the form of ontologies; b) methods and benchmarks to evaluate semantic search systems and c) How the quality and amount of ontologies influences in the quality and performance of the proposed semantic search methods.

Keys: semantic web, information retrieval, personalization, contextualization

Projects
SmartProducts

Technologies
PowerAqua

Fernandez, M., d'Aquin, M. and Motta, E. (2011) Linking Data Across Universities: An Integrated Video Lectures Dataset, 10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2011), Bonn, Germany, eds. Noy, et al.

Fernandez, M., Zhang, Z., Lopez, V., Uren, V. and Motta, E. (2011) Ontology Augmentation: combining Semantic Web and Text Resources, 6th International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-CAP 2011), Banff, Alberta, Canada

Zablith, F., Fernandez, M. and Rowe, M. (2011) The OU Linked Open Data: Production and Consumption, eLearning Approaches for the Linked Data Age, Extended Semantic Web Conference 2011

Lopez, V., Fernandez, M., Motta, E. and Stieler, N. (2011) PowerAqua: Supporting Users in Querying and Exploring the Semantic Web, antic Web. Journal of Semantic Web - Interoperability, Usability, Applicability., In Press.

Uren, V., Sabou, M., Motta, E., Fernandez, M., Lopez, V. and Lei, Y. (2010) Reflections on Five Years of Evaluating Semantic Search Systems, International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO), 5, 2, pp. 87-98

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