Research Associate
Information Systems Group
University of Oxford
Profiles: LinkedIn, Google Scholar, DBLP
Email: vahdati@cs.uni-bonn.de
Short CV
Research Associate at the Smart Data Analytics Group, Institute for Computer Science III, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany (July 2017 – present)
- Main research areas: Knowledge Management, Knowledge Embedding, Semantic Web, Scholarly Communication Metadata, Semantic Data Integration, Knowledge Graph Integration and Mining, Linked Data, Semantic Web Services, and Web APIs
- Research projects: OpenAIRE H2020 (Leading Linked Data Team), OpenResearch (Moderator, Main Developer)
Research Associate at the Intelligent Database Group, Institute for Computer Science III, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany (October 2012 – present)
- Main research areas: Intelligent Information Systems, Temporal Information Systems, Deductive Databases (Datalog).
Research Interests
- Linked Data, Semantic Web
- Knowledge Graph Integration
- Knowldge Graph Embedding
- Open Data, Semantic Publishing
- Metadata Management
- Deductive Databases (Datalog)
Projects
Publications
2022
Data science with Vadalog: Knowledge Graphs with machine learning and reasoning in practice Journal Article
In: Future Gener. Comput. Syst., vol. 129, pp. 407–422, 2022.
2021
Sleeping Beauties of Coronavirus Research Journal Article
In: IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 21192–21205, 2021.
2020
Scholarly event characteristics in four fields of science: a metrics-based analysis Journal Article
In: Scientometrics, vol. 123, no. 2, pp. 677–705, 2020.
Embedding-Based Recommendations on Scholarly Knowledge Graphs Inproceedings
In: The Semantic Web - 17th International Conference, ESWC 2020, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 31-June 4, 2020, Proceedings, pp. 255–270, Springer, 2020.
Knowledge Graphs: The Layered Perspective Incollection
In: Knowledge Graphs and Big Data Processing, vol. 12072, pp. 20–34, Springer, 2020.
Reasoning in Knowledge Graphs: An Embeddings Spotlight Incollection
In: Knowledge Graphs and Big Data Processing, vol. 12072, pp. 87–101, Springer, 2020.
Ontology Design for Pharmaceutical Research Outcomes Inproceedings
In: Digital Libraries for Open Knowledge - 24th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2020, Lyon, France, August 25-27, 2020, Proceedings, pp. 119–132, Springer, 2020.
Let the Margin SlidE for Knowledge Graph Embeddings via a Correntropy Objective Function Inproceedings
In: 2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2020, Glasgow, United Kingdom, July 19-24, 2020, pp. 1–9, IEEE, 2020.
Fantastic Knowledge Graph Embeddings and How to Find the Right Space for Them Inproceedings
In: The Semantic Web - ISWC 2020 - 19th International Semantic Web Conference, Athens, Greece, November 2-6, 2020, Proceedings, Part I, pp. 438–455, Springer, 2020.
Semantic Representation of Physics Research Data Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, IC3K 2020, Volume 2: KEOD, Budapest, Hungary, November 2-4, 2020, pp. 64–75, SCITEPRESS, 2020.
3D Learning and Reasoning in Link Prediction Over Knowledge Graphs Journal Article
In: IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 196459–196471, 2020.
An Evolutionary Algorithm for Rule Learning over Knowledge Graphs Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Knowledge Representation and Representation Learning co-located with the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2020), Virtual Event, September, 2020, pp. 52–59, CEUR-WS.org, 2020.
2019
Collaborative Integration, Publishing and Analysis of Distributed Scholarly Metadata PhD Thesis
University of Bonn, 2019.
Semantic Representation of Scientific Publications Inproceedings
In: Digital Libraries for Open Knowledge - 23rd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2019, Oslo, Norway, September 9-12, 2019, Proceedings, pp. 375–379, Springer, 2019.
Improving Access to Science for Social Good Inproceedings
In: Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases - International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2019, Würzburg, Germany, September 16-20, 2019, Proceedings, Part I, pp. 658–673, Springer, 2019.
The scientific events ontology of the OpenResearch.org curation platform Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the 34th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC 2019, Limassol, Cyprus, April 8-12, 2019, pp. 2311–2313, ACM, 2019.
SEO: A Scientific Events Data Model Inproceedings
In: The Semantic Web - ISWC 2019 - 18th International Semantic Web Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, October 26-30, 2019, Proceedings, Part II, pp. 79–95, Springer, 2019.
Editorial: Special Issue on Scholarly Đata Analysis (Semantics, Analytics, Visualisation) Journal Article
In: Data Sci., vol. 2, no. 1-2, pp. 177–179, 2019.
Editorial: Special Issue on Scholarly Data Analysis (Semantics, Analytics, Visualisation) Journal Article
In: Data Sci., vol. 2, no. 1-2, pp. 177–179, 2019.
2018
Metadata Analysis of Scholarly Events of Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, and Mathematics Inproceedings
In: Digital Libraries for Open Knowledge, 22nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2018, Porto, Portugal, September 10-13, 2018, Proceedings, pp. 116–128, Springer, 2018.
Unveiling Scholarly Communities over Knowledge Graphs Inproceedings
In: Digital Libraries for Open Knowledge, 22nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2018, Porto, Portugal, September 10-13, 2018, Proceedings, pp. 103–115, Springer, 2018.
SemSur: A Core Ontology for the Semantic Representation of Research Findings Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Semantic Systems, SEMANTICS 2018, Vienna, Austria, September 10-13, 2018, pp. 151–162, Elsevier, 2018.
Reasoning Under Situation Awareness in a Temporal Database Inproceedings
In: Second IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, IRC 2018, Laguna Hills, CA, USA, January 31 - February 2, 2018, pp. 387–391, IEEE Computer Society, 2018.
SAANSET: Semi-Automated Acquisition of Scholarly Metadata Using OpenResearch.org Platform Inproceedings
In: 12th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, ICSC 2018, Laguna Hills, CA, USA, January 31 - February 2, 2018, pp. 41–48, IEEE Computer Society, 2018.
Towards a Cloud-Based Service for Maintaining and Analyzing Data About Scientific Events Inproceedings
In: Semantics, Analytics, Visualization - 3rd International Workshop, SAVE-SD 2017, Perth, Australia, April 3, 2017, and 4th International Workshop, SAVE-SD 2018, Lyon, France, April 24, 2018, Revised Selected Papers, pp. 1–14, Springer, 2018.
2017
New Trends in Databases and Information Systems: Contributions from ADBIS 2017 Workshops Inproceedings
In: New Trends in Databases and Information Systems - ADBIS 2017 Short Papers and Workshops, AMSD, BigNovelTI, DAS, SW4CH, DC, Nicosia, Cyprus, September 24-27, 2017, Proceedings, pp. 111–122, Springer, 2017.
Exploiting Interlinked Research Metadata Inproceedings
In: Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries - 21st International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 18-21, 2017, Proceedings, pp. 3–14, Springer, 2017.
Analysing Scholarly Communication Metadata of Computer Science Events Inproceedings
In: Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries - 21st International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 18-21, 2017, Proceedings, pp. 342–354, Springer, 2017.
Towards a Knowledge Graph Representing Research Findings by Semantifying Survey Articles Inproceedings
In: Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries - 21st International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 18-21, 2017, Proceedings, pp. 315–327, Springer, 2017.
SAVE-SD 2017: Third Workshop on Semantics, Analytics and Visualisation: Enhancing Scholarly Data Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on World Wide Web Companion, Perth, Australia, April 3-7, 2017, pp. 1681–1682, ACM, 2017.
Challenges as enablers for high quality Linked Data: insights from the Semantic Publishing Challenge Journal Article
In: PeerJ Computer Science, vol. 3, pp. e105, 2017.
2016
Facilitating the Management and Analysis of Scholarly Communication Metadata Inproceedings
In: Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - EKAW 2016 Satellite Events, EKM and Drift-an-LOD, Bologna, Italy, November 19-23, 2016, Revised Selected Papers, pp. 278–285, Springer, 2016.
OpenResearch: Collaborative Management of Scholarly Communication Metadata Inproceedings
In: Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - 20th International Conference, EKAW 2016, Bologna, Italy, November 19-23, 2016, Proceedings, pp. 778–793, 2016.
Identifying and Improving Dataset References in Social Sciences Full Texts Inproceedings
In: Positioning and Power in Academic Publishing: Players, Agents and Agendas, 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Göttingen, Germany, June 7-9, 2016, pp. 105–114, IOS Press, 2016.
Semantic Publishing Challenge - Assessing the Quality of Scientific Output in Its Ecosystem Inproceedings
In: Semantic Web Challenges - Third SemWebEval Challenge at ESWC 2016, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 29 - June 2, 2016, Revised Selected Papers, pp. 243–254, Springer, 2016.
A semi-automatic approach for detecting dataset references in social science texts Journal Article
In: Inf. Serv. Use, vol. 36, no. 3-4, pp. 171–187, 2016.
2015
Semantic Publishing Challenge - Assessing the Quality of Scientific Output by Information Extraction and Interlinking Inproceedings
In: Semantic Web Evaluation Challenges - Second SemWebEval Challenge at ESWC 2015, Portorov z, Slovenia, May 31 - June 4, 2015, Revised Selected Papers, pp. 65–80, Springer, 2015.
Towards Linked Data Update Notifications Reviewing and Generalizing the SparqlPuSĦ Approach Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Negative or Inconclusive Results in Semantic Web, NoISE 2015, Co-located with the 12th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2015), Portoroz, Slovenia, June 1st, 2015, CEUR-WS.org, 2015.
OpenCourseWare observatory: does the quality of OpenCourseWare live up to its promise? Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Learning Analytics And Knowledge, LAK '15, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA, March 16-20, 2015, pp. 73–82, ACM, 2015.
Mapping Large Scale Research Metadata to Linked Data: A Performance Comparison of HBase, CSV and XML Inproceedings
In: Metadata and Semantics Research - 9th Research Conference, MTSR 2015, Manchester, UK, September 9-11, 2015, Proceedings, pp. 261–273, Springer, 2015.
Towards Linked Data Update Notifications Reviewing and Generalizing the SparqlPuSH Approach Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Negative or Inconclusive Results in Semantic Web, NoISE 2015, Co-located with the 12th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2015), Portoroz, Slovenia, June 1st, 2015, CEUR-WS.org, 2015.
2014
Identifying research schools using enriched bibliographical metadata Inproceedings
In: 14th International Conference on Knowledge Management and Data-driven Business, I-KNOW '14, Graz, Austria, September 16-19, 2014, pp. 39:1–39:4, ACM, 2014.
A Flexible System for a Comprehensive Analysis of Bibliographical Data Inproceedings
In: WEBIST 2014 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, Volume 1, Barcelona, Spain, 3-5 April, 2014, pp. 143–151, SciTePress, 2014.
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Semantic Publishing Challenge Inproceedings
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Semantic Publishing Challenge Inproceedings
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