Instructions: Student mini-projects - F.Flöck - ESWC SS 2014

1. ESWC SS 2014
Student mini-projects
Fabian Flöck

2. The outcome
• (Presentation about a) Demo software,
applying Semantic Web technology to
solve a concrete problem
– Creative idea generation and (best) a working prototype, focus is
not on the technical implementation
• Focus on interesting and novel application
• Reuse tools, techniques and datasets,
integrate them

3. Example project
• Evolution of music genres in western music
• Popularity of artists by country over time

4. Ex. Project – Architecture
Visualiza#on
and
Web
API
En#ty
linking
(String
and
property
matches)
Web
API/
Triplifica#on
Server
Infrastructure
Triplestore
and
SPARQL
endpoint

5. Less likely to succeed..
• Group configuration
• Semantic matchmaking: not in closed
domains, e.g., travel recommendations…
• Rule-based XY à only with an engine
• Do not only use DBpedia (there are more!)
• Don’t build an ontology
• Crowdsourcing à yes, but why and how

6. The goals
• Collaborate in a team with previously
unknown researchers, making the most of
each others (complementary) skills
– Under (realistic) time pressure
• Find common ground, articulate an idea
• Design tangible software/concept using LD,
exploring a research issue in some depth
Write a paper ?

7. The best practices
• Manage your time wisely
– Specific steps have to be finished at one point
• Assign roles after the brainstorming stage
– Esp. Friday, dedicate 2 persons to slides
• It is also about marketing
• Balance between boldness and
compromise

8. The groups
• Find your own group of 4 people (8x4pp,
1x3pp à 9 groups total)
• Try to assemble by common interest / idea
• Rule: No people from the same institution
or close current/former collaborators
• As diverse as possible
• Ex-post adjustments, where necessary!

9. The timeline // Tue Wed
• Find your group until the end of the poster
session tonight & find a name
à Tell Fabian
• Give Fabian your topic (one-paragraph
outline) before lunch on Wednesday and
get assigned two tutors (primary and
secondary) in the afternoon
(floeck@kit.edu)

10. The timeline // Thu
• On Thursday morning, get the final
approval for your topic from your primary
Tutor
• On Thursday, tutors will be available the
whole day at the pool
• WORK

11. The timeline // Fri
• For help, arrange meetings with Tutors
• Rehearse your presentation!
• Deadline for your presentation is on
Friday, 17:30 sharp (i.e., USB stick ready)
• Friday 17:31 – 19:59 à relax!
• Friday 20:00 à Dinner
• Friday ca. 22:30 – ?? à disco disco

12. The presentation
• Saturday, 9:00 (a.m.) sharp:
Presentations start
• Order of presentations undisclosed
• At least one presenter, whole group attends
• 10 min (=10 min) à Focus on core ideas
– NO laptop swapping
• Project is judged on: Presentation,
innovativeness/creativity, real-world-applicability
• Winner gets a price! Yay!

13. The real-world impact
• Cregan, A., Mochol, M., Vrandecic, D. and Bechhofer, S. (2005)
Pushing the limits of OWL, Rules and Protege - A simple example. In
Bernardo Cuenca Grau, Ian Horrocks, Bijan Parsia, Peter Patel-
Schneider, OWL: Experiences and Directions, Co-located with ISWC
2005, Galway, Ireland, November, 2005
• Mochol, M., Cregan, A., Vrandecic, D. and Bechhofer, S. (2008)
Exploring OWL and rules: a simple teaching case International
Journal of Teaching and Case Studies (IJTCS), 1, (4), Seiten 299 -
318, November, 2008
• Tanasescu, V. and Streibel, O. (2007) Extreme Tagging: Emergent
Semantics through the Tagging of Tags. Workshop: International
Workshop on Emergent Semantics and Ontology Evolution (ESOE
2007), in conjunction with the ISWC 2007 Conference, Busan, Korea.
• Thalhammer, A., Ermilov, T., Nyberg, K., Santoso, A. and Domingue,
J. (2011) MovieGoer - Semantic Social Recommendations and
Personalised Location-Based Offers, Poster at International
Semantic Web Conference
• …

14. Fitbit Zip

15. Fitbit Zip
Product description https://www.fitbit.com/uk/zip
How to connect to our RDF server:
http://www.slideshare.net/eswcsummerschool/fitbit-instructions-
38513883

16. SPARQL Endpoint for data

18. Good luck &
have fun