Juan F. Sequeda

My name is Juan Sequeda and I am a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. My research interest is Semantic Web, Ontologies and Databases and my current research involves integrating databases with the Semantic Web. I am an Invited Expert at the W3C RDB2RDF XG. I am a Research Assistant on the Morphester ATOL project My advisor is Dr. Daniel Miranker.

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about me My name is Juan Sequeda and I am a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. My research interest is Semantic Web, Ontologies and Databases and my current research involves integrating databases with the Semantic Web. I am an Invited Expert at the W3C RDB2RDF XG. I am a Research Assistant on the Morphester ATOL project My advisor is Dr. Daniel Miranker.
research interest Database, Data Integration, Semantic Web, Linked Data, etc.
projects Direct Mapping Relational Databases to the Semantic Web The majority of the data on the web is stored in relational databases. Therefore, enabling the integration of relational databases and their content with the Semantic Web is critical to the Semantic Web's success. Several manual and user-intense methods exist to create RDF and Linked Data from relational databases. However, there is a lack of automatization. Direct mapping relational databases automatically generates the ontology based on the relational schema and hence automatically creating RDF, SPARQL endpoint and Linked Data. Morphster Morphster is an Image-Driven Ontology Editor that supports morphologically based phylogenetic studies. We have developed an innovated method of creating ontologies through images. More info: www.morphster.org
publications Conferences Sequeda, J F. Garcia-Castro, A. Corcho, O. Tirmizi, S. Miranker, D. (2009) Overcoming database heterogeneity to facilitate social networks: the Colombian displaced population as a case study. Invited Paper at the 18th World Wide Web Conference (WWW2009). WWW in Iberoamerica Track. Madrid, Spain [pdf] Tirmizi, S. Sequeda, J F. Miranker, D. (2008) Translating SQL Applications to the Semantic Web. In Proceedings of the 19th International Databases and Expert Systems Application Conference (DEXA2008). Turin, Italy [pdf] Workshops Sequeda, J F. Tirmizi, S. Miranker, D. (2007) SQL Databases are a Moving Target. Position Paper for W3C Workshop on RDF Access to Relational Databases. Cambridge, MA, USA [pdf] Sequeda, J F. Hurtado, D. (2006) Proposal of Ontology for Semantic Search in Research and Development Laboratories: OLID. Proceedings of IV International Seminar of Internet Technologies(SITI2006). Popayan, Colombia.[pdf] Posters Sequeda, J F. Tirmizi, S. Miranker, D. (2008) A Bootrstrapping Architecture for Integration of Relational Databases to the Semantic Web. Poster in the 7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2008). Karlsruhe, Germany [pdf] Garcia-Castro, A. Norena, A. Betancourt, A. Garcia, L. Sequeda, J F. (2008) CMAPS supporting the development of OWL Ontologies. Poster in the 7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2008). Karlsruhe, Germany [pdf] Technical Reports Sahoo, S. Halb, W. Hellmann, S. Idehen, K. Thibodeau, T. Auer, S. Sequeda, J F. Ezzat, A. (2009)A Survey of Current Approaches for Mapping of Relational Databases to RDF . W3C RDB2RDF XG Report [pdf] Sequeda, J F. Trimizi, S.H. Corcho, O. Miranker, D.P. (2009) Direct Mapping SQL Databases to the Semantic Web. Technical Report 09-04. The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Sciences. [pdf] Sequeda, J F. (2008) On Direct Mapping for Integrating SQL Databases to the Semantic Web. Bachelors Thesis. Technical Report 08-09. The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Sciences. [pdf]
service Co-Founder of Semantic Web Austin Invited Expert on the RDB2RDF Incubator Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) PC Member: Linked Data on the Web (LDOW2009), I-Semantics Conference 2009 Founder and President of Empowering Leadership Alliance at UT Austin. Minority Computer Science Student Organization
links Morphster: Image Driven Ontology Editor - www.morphster.org Ontobrowser: Browse Image Ontologies produced by Morphster - www.morphster.org:8080/Ontobrowser/ W3C RDB2RDF XG: Working group for Relational Databases and RDF - http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/rdb2rdf/

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	Ph.D Student Department of Computer Sciences The University of Texas at Austin