Markus Krötzsch
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* Since July 2010: Postdoctoral researcher at Oxford University Computing Laboratory | * Since July 2010: Postdoctoral researcher at Oxford University Computing Laboratory | ||
* Mar 2010–Jun 2010: Postdoctoral researcher at AIFB, Karlsruhe Instititue of Technology | * Mar 2010–Jun 2010: Postdoctoral researcher at AIFB, Karlsruhe Instititue of Technology | ||
| + | * Feb 2010: Ph.D. (Dr. rer. pol.), ''summa cum laude'', dissertation [[Description Logic Rules (monograph)|Description Logic Rules]] | ||
* Mar 2005–Feb 2010: PhD student and research assistant in [[Rudi Studer|Prof. Rudi Studer's]] group at [[Institute AIFB]] of ''Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT'' (formerly Karlsruhe University) | * Mar 2005–Feb 2010: PhD student and research assistant in [[Rudi Studer|Prof. Rudi Studer's]] group at [[Institute AIFB]] of ''Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT'' (formerly Karlsruhe University) | ||
* Feb 2005: Master of Science in Computational Logic, degree 1.0 (supervised by [[Pascal Hitzler|Dr. habil. Pascal Hitzler]] [[TUD]], [[Steffen Hölldobler|Prof. Steffen Hölldobler]] [[TUD]], [[Guo-Qiang Zhang|Prof. Guo-Qiang Zhang]] [[CWRU]]) | * Feb 2005: Master of Science in Computational Logic, degree 1.0 (supervised by [[Pascal Hitzler|Dr. habil. Pascal Hitzler]] [[TUD]], [[Steffen Hölldobler|Prof. Steffen Hölldobler]] [[TUD]], [[Guo-Qiang Zhang|Prof. Guo-Qiang Zhang]] [[CWRU]]) | ||
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=== Grants and awards === | === Grants and awards === | ||
| + | * Winner of 3rd prize at the 2010 Semantic Web Challenge for the entry [[Shortipedia]] (with [[Denny Vrandecic]], [[Varun Ratnakar]], [[Yolanda Gil]]) | ||
* Best Paper Award for [[Efficient Inferencing for OWL EL]] at the 12th European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence (JELIA 2010) | * Best Paper Award for [[Efficient Inferencing for OWL EL]] at the 12th European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence (JELIA 2010) | ||
* do it.software-award 2007: third price of the 2007 ''[http://www.doit-award.de/ do it]'' software awards for [[Semantic MediaWiki]] (with [[Denny Vrandecic]], [[York Sure]], [[Rudi Studer]]) | * do it.software-award 2007: third price of the 2007 ''[http://www.doit-award.de/ do it]'' software awards for [[Semantic MediaWiki]] (with [[Denny Vrandecic]], [[York Sure]], [[Rudi Studer]]) | ||
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Many occasions require a brief personal description. Here is a typical example of what I might use: | Many occasions require a brief personal description. Here is a typical example of what I might use: | ||
| - | <blockQuote>Markus Krötzsch is a post-doctoral researcher at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory. He | + | <blockQuote>Markus Krötzsch is a post-doctoral researcher at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in 2010. His research interest is the intelligent automatic processing of information, ranging from the foundations of formal knowledge representation to application areas like the Semantic Web. He is the lead developer of the successful Semantic Web application platform <em>Semantic MediaWiki</em>, co-editor of the W3C <em>OWL 2</em> specification, chief maintainer of the semanticweb.org community portal, and co-author of the textbook <em>Foundations of Semantic Web Technologies</em>.</blockquote> |
== Contact data == | == Contact data == | ||
Revision as of 22:48, 27 November 2010
Since July 2010, I am doing research at the Computing Laboratory at the University of Oxford. Information about my research and teaching, contact details, and further relevant data can be found below.
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Research
My research is focussed on information systems and (semantic) Web technologies, ranging from foundational studies in knowledge representation and reasoning to implementations of deployable systems (including the one that runs this site)
Teaching
- Lecture «Semantic Web Technologies I» at AIFB Karlsruhe:
- Winter 2009/10 (together with Sebastian Rudolph)
- Winter 2008/09 (together with Pascal Hitzler and Sebastian Rudolph)
- Winter 2007/08 (together with Pascal Hitzler and Sebastian Rudolph)
- Lecture «Intelligente Systeme im World Wide Web» («Intelligent Systems on the WWW») at AIFB Karlsruhe
- Summer 2006 (together with Anupriya Ankolekar, Pascal Hitzler, and York Sure)
- Summer 2005 (together with Pascal Hitzler and York Sure)
- Seminar «Knowledge Representation and Reasoning for the Semantic Web» at TU Dresden in Winter 2005/06 (together with Pascal Hitzler)
Further activities
- Lead developer of Semantic MediaWiki
- Member of the new W3C Web Ontology Language (OWL) working group
- Former member of W3C Rule Interchange Format (RIF) working group
- Maintainer of semanticweb.org, the Semantic Web community portal
Reviewing and committee memberships
I have been reviewing (on programme committees or individual requests) for the following journals:
- Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
- Journal of Web Semantics
- Journal of Automated Reasoning
- Journal of Symbolic Computation, reviewer for special issue on Automated Deduction: Decidability, Complexity, Tractability, 2008
- International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 2008
- Journal of Universal Computer Science, PC member of special issue on Ontologies and their Applications, JUCS 13(12), 2007
- Semantic Web Journal
I serve or have served as a programme committee member of the following events:
- IJCAI 2013, the 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- WWW 2013, the 22nd International World Wide Web Conference
- ESWC 2013, the 10th Extended Semantic Web Conference
- ICFCA 2013, the 11th International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis
Organised events and tutorials
- Course «Ontology Modelling Languages» at ESSLLI 2009, the 21st European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI 2009), Bordeaux, July 20 – 31, 2009
- Tutorial «Semantic Web Modelling Languages» at IJCAI 2009, the 21st International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Passadena, Juli 11 – 17, 2009
- Tutorial «OWL 2 Rules» at ESWC 2009, the 6th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2009), Heraklion, May 31 – June 4, 2009
- OWLED 2008 (EU), the 5th International Workshop on OWL: Experiences and Directions, Karlsruhe, Germany, Oct 26 – 27 2008, local organisation.
- SWKM 2008, the 2008 Workshop on Social Web and Knowledge Management at WWW 2008, Bejing, China, April 22nd, 2008.
- Tutorial «Practical Reasoning with OWL and DL-Safe Rules» at ESWC 2006, the 3rd European Semantic Web Conference.
Invited talks
See also the talk section in publications.
- Speaker at Reasoning Web Summer School 2007 on «Reasoning in Semantic Wikis»
- Invited talk at the Semantic Web Technology Showcase 2007, Vienna, Austria (colocated with ESTC2007, the first European Semantic Technology Conference) on «Practical Reasoning with OWL and Rules»
Curriculum vitae
- Born on May 6th 1981 in Rodewisch, Germany
- Married, no children
- Contact data
Education
- Since July 2010: Postdoctoral researcher at Oxford University Computing Laboratory
- Mar 2010–Jun 2010: Postdoctoral researcher at AIFB, Karlsruhe Instititue of Technology
- Feb 2010: Ph.D. (Dr. rer. pol.), summa cum laude, dissertation Description Logic Rules
- Mar 2005–Feb 2010: PhD student and research assistant in Prof. Rudi Studer's group at Institute AIFB of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT (formerly Karlsruhe University)
- Feb 2005: Master of Science in Computational Logic, degree 1.0 (supervised by Dr. habil. Pascal Hitzler TUD, Prof. Steffen Hölldobler TUD, Prof. Guo-Qiang Zhang CWRU)
- Jun–Aug 2004: visit at CWRU Cleveland
- 2003–2005: Study of Computational Logic at the ICCL of TU Dresden
- 2000–2003: Study of Computer Science at Technische Universität Dresden
- 1999: Abitur, Grade 1.1 (with distinction)
- 1991–1999: High school Goethe Gymnasium Auerbach
Jobs and civil service
- 2002–2003: student assistant in Prof. Michael Thielscher's Computational Logic Group, topic area cognitive robotics
- 2001–2005: various occupations as student tutor for courses Logic I and Logic II at TU Dresden
- 2001–2002: software developer at Signsoft GmbH, Dresden (3D visualisation, OO API development)
- 1999–2000: Civil service at hospital Vogtlandklinikum Rodewisch
Grants and awards
- Winner of 3rd prize at the 2010 Semantic Web Challenge for the entry Shortipedia (with Denny Vrandecic, Varun Ratnakar, Yolanda Gil)
- Best Paper Award for Efficient Inferencing for OWL EL at the 12th European Conference on Logics in Artificial Intelligence (JELIA 2010)
- do it.software-award 2007: third price of the 2007 do it software awards for Semantic MediaWiki (with Denny Vrandecic, York Sure, Rudi Studer)
- Georg-Helm-Preis 2005: best Master's thesis in 2005; yearly award given to two or three graduates (Master's/PhD) of TU Dresden
- DAAD grant «Kurzfristige Studienaufenthalte zur Anfertigung einer Masterarbeit»: thesis research exchange grant of the German Academic Exchange Service, hosted by CWRU Cleveland
- Bestes Vordiplom 2002: award for best Computer Science pre-degree at TU Dresden (best grade point average)
Short CV
Many occasions require a brief personal description. Here is a typical example of what I might use:
Markus Krötzsch is a post-doctoral researcher at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in 2010. His research interest is the intelligent automatic processing of information, ranging from the foundations of formal knowledge representation to application areas like the Semantic Web. He is the lead developer of the successful Semantic Web application platform Semantic MediaWiki, co-editor of the W3C OWL 2 specification, chief maintainer of the semanticweb.org community portal, and co-author of the textbook Foundations of Semantic Web Technologies.
Contact data
- Email: markus.kroetzsch@comlab.ox.ac.uk (work)
- I receive many emails. Some might be overlooked or lost. Feel free to re-send your unanswered message.
- Random requests for software support or other consultations that are not related to any of my personal commitments or research interests can usually not be answered.
- Phone: +44 1865 283529 (work)
- Fax: +44 1865 273839 (work)
- Skype: kroetzsch (for people I know personally)
- GPG key: search for the key ID 0xE302A83DEEA9C8F9, e.g. on http://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net/
- Yes, I have accounts at LinkedIn, Facebook, and XING – though there is also some truth in this rant
- Address
Markus Kroetzsch Wolfson Building Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QD United Kingdom