Research

Interests

My current research areas include:

• The Social Semantic Web
• Integrating the Web with electronic devices
• Tagging and video annotation for biomedical applications
• Trip planning on the Web and mobile devices

Projects

• TripPlanr (Principal Investigator)
• Líon (Project Leader)
  • Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC)

Students

Current
• Uldis Bojars, "Creation and Evolution of Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities", PhD, NUI Galway, 2004-Present.
• Sheila Kinsella, "Formation and Analysis of Semantic Social Networks", MEngSc, NUI Galway, 2006-Present.
• Smitashree Choudhury, "Semantic Retrieval of Objects in Multimedia Content", PhD, NUI Galway, 2006-Present.
• Hak-Lae Kim, "Methodologies and Framework for Sharing Social Semantic Clouds of Tags", PhD, NUI Galway, 2007-Present.

Previous
• Martin Fitzgerald, "Creating a Community-Based IPTV Channel", Masters in Digital Media, 2006-2007 (Awarded 2007).
• Ina O'Murchu, "Connecting Local Community Groups Using Semantic Technologies", MSc, NUI Galway, 2004-2006 (Awarded 2006).

Publications

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Tutorials

• J.G. Breslin, S. Decker, S. Kinsella, “Applications of Semantic Web Methodologies and Techniques to Social Networks and Social Media Sites”, Reasoning Web Summer School, Venice, Italy, September 2008.
• J.G. Breslin, S. Decker, U. Bojars, “The Future of Social Networks: The Need for Semantics”, Tutorial at the Semantic Technologies Conference, San Jose, USA, May 2008.
• U. Bojars, J.G. Breslin, A. Passant, "Interlinking Online Communities and Enriching Social Software with the Semantic Web", Tutorial at the 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2008), Beijing, China, April 2008.
• J.G. Breslin, "Semantic Web 2.0", Tutorial for Wireless Skillnet, Dublin, Ireland, May 2007.
• J.G. Breslin, S. Decker, "Semantic Web 2.0: Creating Social Semantic Information Spaces", Tutorial at the 15th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2006), Edinburgh, Scotland, May 2006.
• J.G. Breslin, M. Duffy, W.G. Hurley, "High-Frequency Effects in Transformers and CAD Design", PEI Technologies Magnetics Design Seminars, 1996, 2000 and 2001.

Media Coverage

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Reviewer

Computer Science
• The Journal of Web Semantics (JOWS 2007)
• The 16th Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2007)
• Knowledge Web PhD Symposium (KWEPSY 2007)
• The 5th International Conference on Ontologies, Databases, and Applications of Semantics (ODBASE 2006)
• The 5th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2006)
• The 15th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW 2006)
• Knowledge Web PhD Symposium (KWEPSY 2006)
• Semantic Web Track, The 14th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2006)
• Workshop on the Semantic Desktop, The 4th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2005)
• Workshop on Semantics in Peer-to-Peer and Grid Computing, The 13th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2004)
• Demonstration Session, The 3rd International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2004)

Electronic Engineering
• Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers (JCSC 2003)
• IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (IEEE PELS 2004)
• IEEE Letters on Power Electronics (IEEE PEL 2004)

Conference Committees

Computer Science
• Programme Committee, The 3rd Workshop on Social Aspects of the Web (SAW 2009) at the 12th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2009)
• Programme Committee, The 1st International Workshop on Community-Based Evolution of Knowledge-Intensive Systems (COMBEK 2008) at the 7th On The Move Federated Conferences and Workshops (OTM ’08)
• Programme Committee, The 1st International Workshop on Data Semantics in Social Computing Systems (DiSCo ’08) at the 7th On The Move Federated Conferences and Workshops (OTM ’08)
• Programme Committee, The 3rd Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC 2008)
• Steering Committee, The 2nd Workshop on Collective Intelligence in Semantic Web and Social Networks (CISWSN 2008) at the 7th IEEE/WIC/ACM Joint International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI '08)
• Programme Chair, The 1st International Workshop on Social Data on the Web (SDOW 2008) at the 7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2008)
• Programme Chair, The 3rd International ExpertFinder Workshop (PICKME 2008) at the 7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2008)
• Programme Committee, The 6th IEEE International Workshop on Distributed and Mobile Collaboration (DMC 2008)
• Programme Committee, International Conference on Semantic Systems (I-SEMANTICS 2008)
• Programme Committee, European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2008)
• Programme Committee, European Semantic Web Conference Demonstrations (ESWC 2008 Demos)
• Programme Committee, European Web Technologies Conference (XTech 2008)
• Programme Chair, The 5th International Conference on Social Software (BlogTalk 2008)
• Programme Committee, The 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2008)
• Programme Committee, The 5th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2008)
• Programme Committee, The 2nd Workshop on Social Aspects of the Web (SAW 2008) at the 11th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2008)
• Programme Committee, The 2nd International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM 2008)
• Workshop Organiser and Programme Chair, Finding Experts on the Web with Semantics (FEWS 2007) at the 6th International Semantic Web Conference and the 2nd Asian Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2007 + ASWC 2007)
• Programme Committee, The 6th International Semantic Web Conference and the 2nd Asian Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2007 + ASWC 2007)
• Programme Committee, The 1st International Conference on Advances in Semantic Processing (SEMAPRO 2007)
• Programme Committee, The 1st SABRE Conference on the Social Semantic Web (CSSW 2007)
• Programme Committee, The 1st Workshop on Social Aspects of the Web (SAW 2007) at the 10th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2007)
• Session Chair, Session 17, "Free Content", The 1st International Wikimedia Conference (Wikimania 2005)
• Session Chair, Session FP 25.1: "Group Processes and Self-Organisation: Social Networks, Tribal- and Open Communities, Peace Education", The 2nd IADIS International Conference on Web Based Communities (WBC 2005)
• Workshop Organiser, The 1st Workshop on Friend of a Friend, Social Networking and the (Semantic) Web (FOAF Galway)

Electronic Engineering
• Organising and Programme Committees, The 31st IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC '00)
• Session Chair, Session 23: "PWM DC-DC Converters", The 31st IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC '00)
• Organising Committee, The 29th Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 1994)

Last updated on 20-05-08, 04:06.