Software SIG: Leveraging Semantic Web Technologies for Improved Decision Making  

Leveraging Semantic Web Technologies for Improved Decision Making

by: Samuel Chance

Tuesday November 29, 2011

As the proliferation of sensors and bandwidth increases, the quantity of available data increases; and imposes additional time and manpower overhead to interpret the data for decision-makers. Increasingly, aspects of decision-making are leaving the realm of human senses, and crossing outside the limits of human reaction times.  Eventually it may become impossible for humans to absorb and discern knowledge value from the mounting data glut. The result: decisions based on incomplete information (i.e. conjecture). The technologies and methodologies of the Semantic Web allow machines to assist humans in interpreting the data glut, and incorporating more data into the construction of domain knowledge. Because organizations and individuals desire the highest possible degree of certainty from which to make decisions, they pursue knowledge wherever it is perceived to exist. While this pursuit of knowledge is justified theoretically, it is extremely difficult, time consuming and complex to realize with current WWW technologies. The Semantic Web will abstract more of the complexities, and will mitigate difficulties associated with data aggregation and knowledge representation, all of which is employed in the construction and interpretation of knowledge to support decision making. This presentation briefly describes the Semantic Web construct, its overall function in the progression of the Internet, and how it enables the next major iteration of the Internet. This presentation will also discuss how semantic data integration liberates data from application-specific silos to create context which improves our ability to “know what we know.”

Samuel Chance retired from the U.S. Navy in 2006 and has since served as an Information Technology Architect. Mr. Chance completed his Master’s thesis in Semantic Web Technologies. He possesses over 28 years experience in electronics, communications, and distributed systems design, development, deployment and lifecycle support. Mr. Chance has broad technical expertise in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Semantics-Based Computing, Intelligent Agent and Knowledge Management Systems. He keynoted or presented in myriad public U.S. and international engagements such as the Semantic Technologies Conference, International Standards Organization Open Forums, Object Management Group, and DODIIS Worldwide Conference. Mr. Chance continues to design and develop capabilities using semantic technologies. He currently serves as the Principal Technology Consultant at Inovex Information Systems, a leading provider of information technology solutions and services to the U.S. Government and private industry.

6:30 PM – Networking and Pizza(*)

7:00 - 8:00 PM – Program

(*) There is no cost to attend at McLean and Silver Spring.

Locations:

Mr. Chance will be presenting from McLean, with video tele-conferencing (VTC) between:

For details and driving directions, see the

November Software SIG Announcement.

If you can host another location via VTC, please contact Scott Ankrum (below)

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