Patent Awarded
On October 3, 2006, Dr. Kerschberg, W. Kim and A. Scime were awarded US Patent Number 7, 117,207 B1 entitled Personalizable Semantic Taxonomy-Based Search Agent.
The first two papers listed describe the invention.
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Functional Approach to Data Management
The Functional Approach to Data Management : Modeling, Analyzing and Integrating Heterogeneous Data (Hardcover)
by Peter M.D. Gray (Editor), Larry Kerschberg (Editor), Peter J.H. King (Editor), Alexandra Poulovassilis (Editor)
Below is a sample of publications is the areas of Semantic Ontology Mediation, Intelligent Semantic Search, Agent-Based Systems, Service-Oriented Architectures, Semantic Web Services, E-Commerce and Large-Scale Systems.
A more comprehensive list of publications may be found at the E-Center for E-Business Web Site.
Semantic Ontology Mediation, Information Integration and Interoperation
Saravanan Muthaiyah. “A Framework and Methodology for Ontology Mediation Through Semantic and Syntactic Mapping.” PhD Dissertation, George Mason University, 2008.
Sarvanan Muthaiyah, Marcel Barbulescu, and Larry Kerschberg. “Managing an Evolving Shared Knowledge Repository: The Upgrade Process Via Semantic Mediation.” Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (ICCSIS), Athens, Greece, 2008.
Sarvanan Muthaiyah, Marcel Barbulescu, and Larry Kerschberg “A Hybrid Similarity Matching Algorithm for Mapping and Upgrading Ontologies via a Multi-Agent System”, 12th WSEAS International Conference on Computers (WSEAS CSCC), July 23rd-25th, 2008, Heraklion, Crete Island, Greece, ISBN:978-960-6766-85-5.
Saravanan Muthaiyah, Marcel Barbulescu, and Larry Kerschberg. “An Improved Matching Algorithm for Developing a Consistent Knowledge Model across Enterprises Using SRS and SWRL”, 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICCS), 5-8th January 2009, Hawaii, USA.
Saravanan Muthaiyah, and Larry Kerschberg. “Virtual Organization Security Policies: An Ontology-Based Mapping and Integration Approach.” Paper presented at The Second Secure Knowledge Management Workshop (SKM), 2006.
Saravanan Muthaiyah, and Larry Kerschberg. “Dynamic Integration and Semantic Security Policy Ontology Mapping for Semantic Web Services (SWS)”, IEEE, First International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM’06), Bangalore, India, December 2006, IEEE Engineering Management Society, ISSN 1-4244-0682-X, pg. 116-120.
Saravanan Muthaiyah, and Kerschberg, Larry. “Virtual Organization Security Policies: An Ontology-based Integration Approach”, Information Systems Frontiers (ISF), A Journal of Research and Innovation, Springer, USA, Special Issue on Secure Knowledge Management, Volume 9, Number 5, pg 505-514, 2007, ISSN: 1387-3326 (print), ISSN: 1572-9419 (electronic) Link: http://www.springerlink.com/content/y6381t6085445370/
Saravanan Muthaiyah, and Kerschberg, Larry. “A Hybrid Ontology Mediation Approach for the Semantic Web”, Special Issue on Decision Technologies in E-Business, International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR), Volume 4, Number 4, pg 79-91, 2008, Idea Group Publishing Inc, U.S.A. ISSN: 1548-1131, EISSN: 1548-114X. Link: http://eventseer.net/e/5117/, http://www.igi-global.com/articles/details.asp?id=8247
Saravanan Muthaiyah, and Kerschberg, Larry. “Achieving Interoperability in E-government Services With Two Modes of Semantic Bridging: SRS and SWRL”, Journal of Theoretical And Applied E-Commerce Research (JTAER), Special Issue on Electronic Document Interoperability In eBusiness and eGovernment Applications, Chile, (To Appear).
Intelligent Search and Knowledge Management
L. Kerschberg, W. Kim, and A. Scime, "A Semantic Taxonomy-Based Personalizable Meta-Search Agent," in Innovative Concepts for Agent-Based Systems, vol. LNAI 2564, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, W. Truszkowski, Ed. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2003, pp. 3-31.
Kim, W., Kerschberg, L. and Scime, A. Learning for Automatic Personalization in a Semantic Taxonomy-Based Meta-Search Agent. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (ECRA), 1 (2).
L. Kerschberg, H. Jeong, and W. Kim, "Emergent Semantics in Knowledge Sifter: An Evolutionary Search Agent based on Semantic Web Services,"Journal of Data Semantics, Accepted for publication, 2006.
L. Kerschberg and H. Jeong, "Just-in-Time Knowledge Management," Keynote Talk, Third Conference on Professional Knowledge Management, April 10-13, 2005, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
R. Morikawa and L. Kerschberg, "MAKO-PM: Just-In-Time Process Model,"Workshop on Information Just-in-Time (WIJIT2005): Seeking a New Knowledge Management Paradigm, Kaiserslautern, Germany, April 11, 2005.
R. Morikawa and L. Kerschberg, "MAKO: Multi-Ontology Analytical Knowledge Organization based on Topic Maps," Fifth International Workshop on Theory and Applications of Knowledge Management, Zaragoza, Spain, 2004.
Agent-Based Systems
G. Emami, J. Cheng, D. Cornwell, M. Feldhousen, C. Long, V. Malhotra, I. Starnes, L. Kerschberg, A. Brodsky, X. Zhang: ACTIVE: agile coordinator testbed integrated virtual environment. AAMAS 2006: 1580-1587.
J. Cheng, R. Emami, L. Kerschberg, E. Santos, Jr., Q. Zhao, H. Nguyen, H. Wang, M. Huhns, M. Valtorta, J. Dang, H. Goradia, J. Huang, and S. Xi, "OmniSeer: A Cognitive Framework for User Modeling, Reuse of Prior and Tacit Knowledge, and Collaborative Knowledge Services," presented at Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-38), Island of Hawaii, 2005.
Service-Oriented Architectures and Semantic Web Services
R. Howard and L. Kerschberg, "Brokering Semantic Web Services via Intelligent Middleware Agents within a Knowledge-Based Framework," presented at Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2004), Beijing, China, 2004.
R. Howard and L. Kerschberg, "Using Facets of Security within a Knowledge-based Framework to Broker and Manage Semantic Web Services," presented at Workshop on Secure Knowledge Management (SKM 2004), Amherst, New York, 2004.
R. Howard and L. Kerschberg, "Dynamically Managing the Delivery of Web Services via Workflow and Feedback," presented at International Conference on Information Systems, Workshop on E-Business (Web2004), Washington, DC, 2004.
R. Howard and L. Kerschberg, "A Framework for Dynamic Semantic Web Services Management," Special Issue on Service Oriented Modeling, International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems, Volume 13, December 2004.
R. Howard and L. Kerschberg, "A Knowledge-based Framework for Dynamic Semantic Web Services Brokering and Management," WebS 2004, International Workshop on Web Semantics, in conjunction with DEXA 2004, Zaragoza, Spain, 2004.
E-Commerce
Kerschberg, L., and Banerjee, S. (1999). “An Agency-based Framework for Electronic Business.” Cooperative Information Agents III, M. Klusch, O. Shehory, and G. Weiss, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, et al., 254-279.
Large-Scale Systems
L. Kerschberg, H. Gomaa, D.A. Menascé, J.P. Yoon, Data and Information Architectures for Large-Scale Distributed Data Intensive Information Systems, SSDMB 1996, pp. 226-233.
D.A. Menascé, H. Gomaa and L. Kerschberg, A Performance-Oriented Design Methodology for Large-Scale Distributed Data-Intensive Information Systems, Best Paper Award, ICCSCS 1995, pp. 72-79.