| Start Date: | 6/30/2014 | Start Time: | 6:00 PM |
| End Date: | 6/30/2014 | End Time: | 7:00 PM |
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Event Description
Drexel's College of Computing & Informatics Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Serge Abiteboul, INRIA & ENS Cachan
Turn your "digital self" into a knowledge base
Date: Monday, June 30, 2014
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM (appetizers & refreshments served at 5:30 PM)
Location: Behrakis Grand Hall, Creese Student Center, 32nd & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA
RSVP: http://bit.ly/1gEJQSG
Abstract:
A Web user today has his/her data and information distributed in a number of services that operate in silos. Computer wizards already know how to control their personal data to some extent. It is now becoming possible for everyone to do the same, and there are many advantages to doing so. Everyone should now be in a position to manage his/her personal information. Furthermore, we will argue that we should move towards personal knowledge bases. We also briefly discuss research in this setting based on knowledge management in a distributed setting, using the Webdamlog language, and in particular means of supporting access control in Webdamlog.
Bio:
Serge Abiteboul obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, and a State Doctoral Thesis from the University of Paris-Sud. He has been a researcher at the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique since 1982 and is now Distinguished Affiliated Professor at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan. He was a Lecturer at the École Polytechnique and Visiting Professor at Stanford and Oxford University. He has been Chair Professor at Collège de France in 2011-12 and Francqui Chair Professor at Namur University in 2012-2013. He co-founded the company Xyleme in 2000. Serge Abiteboul has received the ACM SIGMOD Innovation Award in 1998, the EADS Award from the French Academy of sciences in 2007; the Milner Award from the Royal Society in 2013; and a European Research Council Fellowship (2008-2013). He became a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 2008, and a member the Academy of Europe in 2011. He is a member of the Conseil national du numérique and Chairman of the Scientific board of the Société d'Informatique de France.
Abiteboul's research work focuses mainly on data, information and knowledge management, particularly on the Web. He has recently started a blog about computer science hosted by Le Monde newspaper (binaire.blog.lemonde.fr). His fourth novel, L'arpète (in French), was published in 2014 by Publie.net, and he is looking for an English translator. |
Contact Information:
Name: Jennifer Lally
Phone: 2158951077
Email: jl352@drexel.edu |
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Location:
Behrakis Grand Hall, Creese Student Center, 32nd & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA |
Audience:
AlumniCurrent StudentsFacultyPublicStaffGraduate Students |
Special Features:
Free Food |
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