Biography

Full Professor (Catedrático), University of Oviedo, Spain. Founder and main researcher of WESO (Web Semantics Oviedo) research group, which collaborates with different companies around the world applying semantic web technologies to solve practical problems.

Member of Data Shapes W3C Working Groups and of Shape Expressions, SHACL, RAX (RDF and XML interoperability) and Best practices of Multilingual Linked Open Data W3C community groups.

Previously, coordinator of the Master in Web Engineering - University of Oviedo (2016-2017), and Dean of the School of Computer Science Engineering - University of Oviedo (2004-2012).

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All publications

• Let's dive into EntitySchemas

  Thu, 30 Nov, 2023, Wikidata Data Modeling Days

• Knowledge graphs: description, validation and subsetting

  Thu, 5 Oct, 2023, Invited talk at International Center for Computational Logic at Dresden

• RDFShape: A Web-based tool to teach Semantic Web Technologies

  Sun, 24 Sep, 2023, COST Action meeting

• Knowledge graphs: how to define and how to describe them (in spanish)

  Tue, 17 Jan, 2023, SISTEDES Online seminars

• Describe and Validate your RDF Data with Data Shapes

  Thu, 24 Mar, 2022, Lotico talks

• Semantics, knowledge graphs and ontologies in practice

  Mon, 29 Nov, 2021, Training given to a company

• Validating RDF data using Shapes

  Thu, 27 May, 2021, In this talk we will talk about recent advancements to improve the quality of RDF data using Shapes languages like Shape Expressions (ShEx) and SHACL (Shapes Constraint Language). We will present a short introduction to both, motivating their usage, and show some applications and tools based on them

• Adding COVID Information to Wikidata

  Thu, 15 Apr, 2021, Knowledge Graphs Course

• Validating RDF data using Shapes

  Thu, 25 Feb, 2021, International Semantic Intelligence Conference

• Shapes applications and tools

  Thu, 26 Nov, 2020, Tutorial at International Semantic Web Conference

Supervised PhD students

• Herminio García González: Integración semántica de grandes fuentes de datos heterogéneas, 2021

• Jose Alberto Benítez Andrades: Tecnologías Semánticas aplicadas al Análisis de Redes Sociales en el ámbito de la Salud, 2017

• Hernán Sagastegui Chigne: Desarrollo de Tecnologías Colaborativas para Entornos virtuales de apoyo al aprendizaje, 2015

• Jose María Álvarez Rodríguez: Métodos semánticos de reutilización de datos abiertos enlazados en las licitaciones públicas, 2012

PhD Students supervision (Current)

• Daniel Fernández Álvarez
• Francisco Cifuentes Silva
• Paulino Álvarez Ondina
• Claudio Andrés Navarro Cruces
• Any Navarro Cabrero

PhD Thesis Committees

• Ben De Meester, IDLab, University of Ghent, Belgium, May 2020, title: Improving and Assessing Data Quality of Knowledge Graphs.
• Mikko Koho, School of Science in Aalto University, April 2020, title: Representing, Using, and Maintaining Military Historical Linked Data on the Semantic Web.
• Andrii Berezovskyi, KTH, Jan 2020, title: A generic framework for integration of Cyber-physical Systems by use of intelligent systems (Midterm PhD Examination)

Member of Scientific/Organizing committee

• International Semantic Web Conference, 2020
• Joint International Conference on Knowledge Graphs 2020
• DaMaLOS-2020: First workshop on Research data* management for linked open science (* and associated Research Objects)
• 3rd Workshop on Quality of Open Data
• 2nd Iberoamerican Knowledge Graph and Semantic Web Conference
• International Semantic Web Conference, 2019
• 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
• International Semantic Web Conference - ISWC 2019
• 8th Workshop on Ontology Design and Patterns, WOP, 2017
• Workshop on Linked Enterprise Data Services, Provenance, Linking and QualitY, LEDSPLaY17, 2017
• Linked Data Quality Workshop, 2017
• ISW-LOD2016 (4th International Workshop on Semantic Web and Linked Open Data), Puerto Rico, 2016
• SEMANTiCS 2016, Senior PC member
• Latin American Symposium on Data Management Systems, Co-chair
• W3c workshop on Multilingual web, 2015
• SEMANTiCS 2015 Research Track (11th International Conference on Semantic Systems, Research Track), Senior PC member
• ReCert 2015 (1st International Workshop on Linked Data Repair and Certification), 2015
• International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Semantic Web, 2014
• 16th International Simposium on Computers in Education, 2014
• Workshop on Ontology and Semantic Web Patterns, WOP, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Spanish conference on service science and engineering, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
• Encuentro Nacional en Ciencias de la Computación, Mexico, 2014
• Jornadas de Enseñanza Universitaria de Informática, Jenui, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• 12th International Semantic Web Conference - Evaluation Track, 2012
• 9th Extended Semantic Web Conference, 2012
• Metadata and Semantics Research Conference, MTSR, 2012
• Social Data and Semantic Web, Workshop of the 10th International Conference on Semantic Web
• Workshop on LInked Data en Conferencia Española de la Asociación para La Inteligencia Artificial (CAEPIA, 2011)
• Workshop on Software Engineering and eLearning (ISELEAR), 2010, 2011
• Brazilian Symposium on Programming Languages (SBLP), 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Jornadas sobre Programación y Lenguajes (PROLE), 2008
• International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE, 2003, 2004, 2006
• Fourth International Workshop on Language, Descriptions, Tools and Applications, 2004

Reviewer of papers in the following journals

• Computer Standards and Interfaces, Reviewer, 2017
• Bioinformatics, 2015
• Computers and Human Behaviour, Reviewer, 2013-2016
• Computers in Industry, Reviewer and Special issue editor, 2014
• Telematics and Informatics, Reviewer, 2016, 2017
• Expert Systems with Applications, Reviewer, 2017
• Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, reviewer, 2016
• Information Sciences, reviewer, 2014
• International Journal of Universal Computer Science, reviewer, 2013
• Science of Computer Programming, reviewer, 2013
• Semantic Web Journal, reviewer, 2013
• Web Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web, reviewer, 2013

Advisory board of the following publications

• Global Hospitality and Tourism Management Technologies: Applications and Issues, Editors: Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, R. Tennyson, and J-Y. Zhao, 2011, IGI-Global. Pp. 1-270 ISBN DOI: 10.⁴⁰¹⁸⁄₉₇₈-1-61350-041-5, ISBN13: 978-1-61350-041-5, ISBN10: 1-61350-041-6
• Semantic Web Personalization and Context Awareness: Management of Personal Identities and Social Networking, Editors: Lytras, M.D., Ordóñez de Pablos, P. and Damiani, E., IGI-Global, pp.1-232, 2011, DOI: 10.⁴⁰¹⁸⁄₉₇₈-1-61520-921-7, ISBN13: 9781615209217, ISBN10: 1615209212, EISBN13: 9781615209224.
• Digital Culture and E-Tourism: Technologies, Applications and Management Approaches, Editors: Lytras, M.D., Ordóñez de Pablos, P., Damiani, E. and Diaz, L. (2011), Editorial IGI-Global. Pp. 1-270. ISBN 9781615208678.
• Technology Enhanced Learning for People with Disabilities: Approaches and Applications, Editors: Ordóñez de Pablos, P., Zhao, Y. and Tennyson, R., 2010, Editorial IGI-Global, pp- 1-276. ISBN-10: 1615209239 -ISBN-13: 978-1615209231. DOI: 10.⁴⁰¹⁸⁄₉₇₈-1-61520-923-1

More personal information

I was the drummer of Kactus Jack. You can see an unofficial home page, vintage style. I was also the drummer of Los Murciélagos and Los Aborígenes.

I teach the following courses:

• Software architecture - Bachelor of Software Engineering, University of Oviedo, Spain. This course is taught in Spanish and English.
• Semantic Web - Master in Web Engineering, University of Oviedo, Spain
• Advances in Semantic Web - Master in Web Engineering, University of Oviedo, Spain
• Web systems and applications - Master in Information Technology, Technical University Federico Santa María, Chile

I also taught the courses:

• Languages and Web standards - Master in Web Engineering, University of Oviedo, Spain
• Object Oriented Programming - Master in Web Engineering, University of Oviedo, Spain
• Web services - Master in Web Engineering, University of Oviedo, Spain
• Logic - Bachelor of Computer Science, University of Oviedo
• Declarative Programming - Bachelor of Computer Science, University of Oviedo
• Language Processors - EPIG

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