Harnessing the Semantic Web for Scholarship

Research Without Borders
November 2, 2011

The Semantic Web links data to other data via machine-readable information. Scholars from a wide variety of fields are applying semantic technologies to their research. At this event, panelists cover examples of the scholarly use of linked data and its creation. The panel also consider how linked data is changing the process and outcomes of research.

Speakers:

Micki McGee, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Fordham University

Benno Blumenthal, Data Library Manager, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) at Columbia University

Cristina Pattuelli, Assistant Professor, Pratt School of Information and Library Science

This Research Without Borders event was co-sponsored by the Digital Humanities Center, the Digital Science Center, and the Digital Social Science Center of the Columbia University Libraries.