Making Sense of the Web

Vit Novacek holds a PhD from the Digital Enterprise Research Institute at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He also holds BSc and MSc degrees in theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence (AI) from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. Vit's current research focuses on AI techniques for describing and enabling knowledge emergence from on-line content. He is also interested in applying his research in the context of life sciences and bioinformatics. He has been the primary author of over 20 peer-reviewed international publications, and was plenary speaker at a premier national AI conference. In 2009, Vit was a recipient of the 2nd prize in the Elsevier Grand Challenge competition aimed at knowledge enhancement in life sciences

Part 1 Introduction; Background: Knowledge and its actionable representation; Web as a global knowledge base. Part 2 Making sense of the web: Semantic web and linked open data; Social network analysis; Open issues and possible solutions. Part 3 Towards machine-aided knowledge evolution: From (semantic) web to knowledge web; Sparking the knowledge evolution. Part 4 Selected application areas: Knowledge discovery; Publishing and library science. Part 5 Conclusions: The status quo and future outlook.