kno.e.sis - Courses

World Wide Web (Web 1.0, or “the Web,” as we now know it) centers on documents and semi-structured data in html, rss, and xml. The next generation Web, also called Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, has already started to emerge. Web 2.0 is about user-generated content, user participation such as through tagging, and social networking. Web 3.0, also called Semantic Web, is about labeling content such that machines can process it more intelligently and humans can exploit it more effectively. These labels or metadata add semantics (meaning) to data, and their formal representation enables powerful reasoning that leads not only to better (semantic) search but also to analysis, discovery, and decision making. Semantic Web is already a rapidly emerging field, with standards, technologies, products, and applications—as well as to excellent job prospects (for MS students) and research opportunities (for PhD students).

Prerequisites: Exposure to the basics of World Wide Web and programming skills are required. Course in information retrieval, databases or AI desirable but not required.

Instructor: Prof. Amit Sheth, 367 Joshi Research Center

Prospective students: For information about previous versions of this course taught by this instructor at University of Georgia, Google “Semantic Web Course.” You can also view a tutorial on the topic. More advanced students can check out research in the Kno.e.sis Center.