Apologies for cross-posting.
There are still a few places left on our joint Information for Energy Group<http://www.energyinst.org/information-centre/sigs/information-for-energy-group> (IFEG)/Network for Information and Knowledge Exchange<http://www.netikx.org/> (NetIKX) seminar next week:
What's next for the web and information services: Linked data and semantic search
Venue: Energy Institute, 61 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7AR
Wednesday 2 November 2011, 2-6pm
Christopher Mims, who writes for the MIT journal Technology Review, claims that Web 2.0 will end on 1 October 2012. His argument is based on the steep decline of the occurrence of the term since 2007 in searches on Google Trends. Extrapolating from the statistics it will hit the X-axis on that date. Terms like Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 are becoming irrelevant as we stop thinking about the platform and concentrate on what we build on it. What are the implications and the key tools for web-based information and knowledge management?
Our speakers will be examining both the nature of linked data, and the creation of structured knowledge, both automatically and by people, and its use in semantic search.
Speakers:
* Richard Wallis<http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwallis>, Technology Evangelist, Talis
Leading organisations such as Ordnance Survey, BBC, and the British Library are already benefiting from using Linked Data; moving beyond the realms of Semantic Web research into real world application. Richard will explore how such organisations have approached the adoption of Linked Data techniques and technologies, and the results they have achieved.
* Dr Victoria Uren<http://www1.aston.ac.uk/aston-business-school/staff/academic/oim/dr-victoria-uren/>, Lecturer in Business Information Systems, Aston University, Birmingham
Victoria will explain how semantic search differs from the statistical and link-based search methods we are used to, and give an overview of different research systems, including differences in approaches to query formulation (natural language, keywords, graphs) and what goes on "under the hood". Then she will discuss in more depth the tools which are closest to being ready for real applications now.
Fees: Information for Energy Group (IFEG) or NetIKX members: Free Non-members: £50 inc VAT
Please visit www.energyinst.org/information-centre/sigs/information-for-energy-group#events<http://www.energyinst.org/information-centre/sigs/information-for-energy-group#events> for further details and our booking form.
Kind regards
Emily Heath
Information Officer
Energy Institute
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