Data/Information/Knowledge Integration and Analysis; Semantic Web and Semantic Applications (knowledge discovery and intermediation, multi-ontology and complex relations, search/directory/personalization/analytics, business intelligence, etc.), Management of Rich Media Content and Information Sources, Digital Libraries, Pan-Web and Enterprise Information Interoperability (incl. federated information systems, multi-agent and information brokering architectures, ontology and metadata management), Web and Business Processes (Semantic Web Services/Processes, Workflow Management, Autonomic/Adaptable/Dynamic Web/Business Processes, Semantic Social Networks, eCommerce/eService/eScience). Significant collaborations and applications in Bioinformatics/Life Science, Health Care, GIS, Financial, and National Security domains.

Education

Ph.D. 1985 Ohio State University Computer & Information Science

MS 1983 Ohio State University Computer & Information Science

BE 1981 Birla Institute of Tech. & Science Electrical & Electronics Engineering

(Hons) Pilani, India

Academic Positions/Appointments

Jan 2007 – LexisNexis Ohio Eminent Scholar, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Professor, computer Science & Engineering. Director, Kno.e.sis Center

2001 – present Member/Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Georgia.

1998 – Dec 2006 Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (on partial sabbatical during 2000 and 2001.)

Biomedical & Health Science Institute Member 2005

Institute of Bioinformatics Member 2004

1994 – Dec 2006 Director, Large Scale Distributed Information Systems (LSDIS) Lab, Athens, GA

1994 – 1998 Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

May 93 – June 93 Visiting Faculty, Institute of Information Systems, ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland

1983 – 1984 Graduate Research Associate, Computer & Information Science Dept., Ohio State University

1981 – 1983 Graduate Teaching Associate, Computer & Information Science Dept., Ohio State University

Entrepreneurship and Industry Employment

Aug 2002 – May 2006 Co-founder/CTO (part time) Semagix, Inc.

June 2001 – Aug 2002 Co-founder/CTO/Exec.VP/, Voquette, Inc. (Merger led to Semagix)

Aug 1999 – May 2001 Founder, Chairman and CEO, Taalee, Inc. (Acquired by Voquette)

1997 – 1999 Founder and President, Infocosm Inc., S-Corporation, Georgia

1989 – 1994 Member of Technical Staff, Systems Principles & Research, Morristown, NJ and Computer Systems Integration, Bell Communications Research, Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) Inc., Piscataway, NJ

1987 – 1989 Staff Research Scientist, UNISYS West Coast Research Center (formerly SDC), Santa Monica, CA

1985 – 1987 Principal Research Scientist, Computer Sciences Center, Honeywell, Minneapolis, MN

Keynote and Plenary Invited Talks at International Conferences/Workshops and Significant National/International Meetings

1. “Semantic Web for Health Care and Biomedical Informatics,” Keynote, NSF Biomedical Informatics Workshop: Expanding Secondary Use of Health Data, December 4–5, 2007.

2. “Semantic Web Techniques Empower Perception and Comprehension in Cyber Situational Awareness?” Invited talk, ARO Cyber Situational Awareness Workshop, Fairfax, VA, November 14–15, 2007.

3. “Realizing the Relationship Web: Morphing information access on the Web from today's document- and entity-centric paradigm to a relationship-centric paradigm,” Keynote address, ACM Multimedia 2007 International Workshop: The Many Faces of Multimedia Semantics, Augsburg, Germany, September 28, 2007.

4. “Semantics to Empower Services Science: Using Semantics at Middleware, Web Services and Business Levels,” Keynote address, 9th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS2007), Funchal, Portugal, June 12–16, 2007.

5. “Driving Deep Semantics in Middleware and Networks: What, why and how?” Keynote address, Semantic Sensor Networks Workshop