1. Knowledge Fusion Research WorkshopNovember 29 - December 1, 2005 1 Knowledge Fusion Education Richard Scherl Computer Science Department Monmouth University

2. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 2 Approaches to Knowledge Fusion Education Academic Degree Program Course(s) on Knowledge Fusion * * Adding Knowledge Fusion topics to existing courses. *

3. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 3 Monmouth University: School of Science, Technology, and Engineering Department of Computer Science (M.S.) Tracks: Intelligent Information Systems Computer Networks Telecommunications Department of Software Engineering (M.S.)

4. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 4 Monmouth University: School of Science, Technology, and Engineering Center for Rapid Response Database Systems (CRRDS) Urban Coast Institute Center for Coastal Watershed Management

5. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 5 CSXXX – Knowledge Fusion Catalog Description: Fundamental techniques for integrating information from heterogeneous sources to obtain actionable knowledge. The sources of information include databases, files, and web pages. Covered techniques include both those based upon logic and also approaches based on probabilistic reasoning.

6. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 6 CSXXX – Knowledge Fusion Prerequisites: CS517: Database Systems CS520: Introduction to Intelligent Systems Materials: http://www.monmouth.edu/~rscherl

7. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 7 Syllabus Overview of Knowledge Fusion, basic issues. Logical Background (syntax, semantics, inference methods) Background in Probability Datalog Database Information Integration Ontologies and Information Sysems Description Logics

8. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 8 Syllabus (cont) XML Query Languages for unstructured data, web query languages Semantic Web for Information and Services RDF and OWL Agents and Agent Platforms Bayesian Networks Conclusions and Summary

9. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 9 Some Useful Texts A Semantic Web Primer by Grigoris Antoniou and Frank van Harmelen 2004 Introduction to Knowledge Representation and Reasoning by R. Brachman and H. Levesque 2004. Database Systems: The Complete Book by H. Garcia-Molina, J. Ullman, and J. Widom 2002

10. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 10 Some Issues Balance of Theoretical and Practical Aspects How to convey more theoretical aspects to typical student.

11. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 11 Some Issues (cont) Programming Language (?) Bayesian Network Software (Hugin) Agent Platform (Jade) Owl Tools

12. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 12 Python ? Blank, D.S., Kumar, D., Meeden, L., and Yanco, H. The Pyro Toolkit for AI and robotics. AI Magazine. 2005. P. Norvig. Python for Lisp Programmers. http://www.norvig.com Pychinko Parsia, B. Katz, Y., Clark, K. http://www.mindswap.org

13. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 13 Adding Knowledge Fusion Topics to Established Classes Databases but see Alon Halevy Sigmod Record 2003 Artificial Intelligence (undergraduate and graduate) Semantic Web: Logic, Inference Bayesian Networks: Fusion of information to identify terrorist or an event of terrorism Machine Learning: Identify signature of a category of event given available information (sensors) Abduction: Identify suspicious behavior

14. Knowledge Fusion Research Workshop November 29 - December 1, 2005 14 Thanks! Knowledge Fusion Center of ARL (Dana Ulery) DAAD-03-2-0034 My Monmouth Students