Dr. Amit Sheth
Amit P. Sheth
Founding Director, AI Institute@UofSC
NCR Chair and Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
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Invited Colloquia & Talks

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  1. "Research Career and Higher Education Choices for ICT Students." IET-Ahmedabad University. Town hall (guided discussion with Q&A). Mar. 7, 2016.
  2. "Semantics-enhanced Linguistic, NLP, & ML Approach to Health Informatics." IET-Ahmedabad University. Feb. 26, 2016.
  3. "Semantics-empowered Smart City Applications: Today & Tomorrow." IET-Ahmedabad University. Feb. 26, 2016.
  4. "Semantic Sensor Web." IET - Ahmedabad University. Feb. 12, 2016. [SSW project website, Video].
  5. "Physical-Cyber-Social Computing: An Early 21st Century Approach to Computing for Human Experience.” IET - Ahmedabad University. Feb. 10, 2016. [WiMS keynote:Slides,Video.PCS-EarthCube Video, Applications of Multimodal P(IoT)CS Data for Reliable and Actionable Insights; papers: ACM-TIST, AAAI.]
  6. "Citizen Sensing & Social Media Analysis with Twitris." IET - Ahmedabad University. Feb. 9, 2016. [WWW Tutorial:Slides,Video; Twitris; Sample real-world application stories.]
  7. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data: Deriving Value via Harnessing Volume, Variety, and Velocity Using Semantics and Semantic Web." IET - Ahmedabad University, LNMIIT (Jaipur, India), VJTI (Mumbai, India), IIT (Patna, India), and CiRG (New Delhi, India). Feb. 8, 11, 17, and 29 2016. Mar. 10, 2016. [Smart Data wiki/article, Video.]
  8. "Search Engine Basics to Semantic Search." IET - Ahmedabad University & IIIT Hyderabad. Feb. 5 and Feb. 15 2016. [Schema.org - Evolution of Structured Data on the Web, 15 years of Semantic Search and Ontology-enabled Semantic Applications, Review of early Semantic Engine , Semantic Enhancement Engine.]
  9. “Semantic Web: Introduction & Overview.” IET - Ahmedabad University. Feb. 4, 2016. [Intro:Video,Slides;Role of metadata in semantic search; RDF/RDFS:Video, Slides.]
  10. "History of World Wide Web & Core Web". IET - Ahmedabad University. Feb. 3, 2016. [Intro:Slides; Videos:Module 1,Module 2; Dirt Road to Infocosm: Slides, Video.]
  11. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data: Deriving Value via Harnessing Volume, Variety & Velocity Using Semantics and Semantic Web." CSIT Seminar: Transforming Big Data into Smart Data: Deriving Value via Harnessing Volume, Variety & Velocity Using Semantics and Semantic Web. RMIT School of Computer Science and Information Technology. Melbourne, Australia. Mar. 18, 2015.
  12. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data: Deriving Value via Harnessing Volume, Variety & Velocity Using Semantics and Semantic Web." Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Hobart, Australia. Mar. 16, 2015.
  13. "Citizen Sensor Data Mining, Social Media Analytics and Applications." Singapore Symposium on Sentiment Analysis. Nanyang Technology University. Feb. 6, 2015.
  14. "Smart Data - How You and I Will Exploit Big Data for Personalized Digital Health and Many Other Activities." Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R), Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR). Feb. 5, 2015.
  15. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data." Vienna University of Economics and Business. Vienna, Austria. Dec. 17, 2014.
  16. "Citizen Sensor Data Mining, Social Media Analytics, and Applications." SaSeMe Institute. National University of Singapore. Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Feb. 25, 2014.
  17. Sheth, Amit."Citizen Sensor Data Mining, Social Media Analytics and Applications." SaSeMe Institute. National University of Singapore. Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Feb. 25, 2014.
  18. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data." Nanyang Technological University. Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Feb. 13, 2014.
  19. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data." University of Malaysia. Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. Feb. 10, 2014.
  20. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data." Singapore Management University. Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Feb. 6, 2014.
  21. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data." Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R), Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR). Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Jan. 29, 2014.
  22. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data." International Institute of Information Technology. New Delhi, India. Jan. 16, 2014.
  23. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data." Indian Institute of Sciences. Bangalore, India. Jan. 8, 2014.
  24. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data." EMC Corporation. Bangalore, India. Jan. 7, 2014.
  25. "Physical-Cyber-Social Computing." Computer Society of India, Ahmedabad Education Society Institute for Computer Studies. Ahmedabad, India. Jan. 4, 2014.
  26. "Physical-Cyber-Social Computing." International Institute of Information Technology. Bangalore, India. Jan. 1, 2014.
  27. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data." International Institute of Information Technology. Gandhinagar, India. Jan. 1, 2014.
  28. "Transforming Big Data into Smart Data." Maharastra Institute of Technology. Pune, India. Dec. 24, 2013.
  29. “Semantics of Perception: Towards a Semantic Web Approach to Machine Perception.” Invited talk given at the Dagstuhl Seminar on Cognitive Approaches for the Semantic Web. Schloss Dagstuhl, May 28 - Jun. 01, 2012.
  30. “Web 3.0 and beyond: Semantics empowered Cyber-Physical, Social and Ubiquitous Computing beyond the Web .” Webinar organized by the Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE), Mar. 26, 2011.
  31. “Computing for Human Experience: Semantics empowered Sensors, Services, and Social Computing on ubiquitous Web.” SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, May 3, 2010.
  32. “Semantic (Web) Technologies for Translational Research in Life Sciences.” The School of Informatics and Computing Colloquium Series. Indiana University, Feb. 5, 2010.
  33. “Semantics to Empower Services for Agile Global Business.” Indian Institute of Technology. Bombay, Powai, India, Aug. 1, 2009.
  34. “Semantics, Services, Sensor and Social Computing on the Web.” Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT), Gandhinagar, India, Jul. 29, 2009.
  35. Sheth, Amit (with K. Lulla and S. Chaudhary), (presentation to and white paper for the Gujarat CM), Round Table on 'Regulatory & Policy Reform for Higher Education in Gujarat,' in conjunction with the International Conference on 'Reconnecting Gujarati Diaspora with its Homeland: Contribution to its Development with a Focus on Building a Knowledge Society' (Patan-Gandhinagar, Jan. 17-19, 2009).
  36. "Semantic Sensor Web." Advancing Digital Watersheds and Virtual Environmental Observatories II session of AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, Dec. 17, 2008
  37. “Computing For Human Experience.” Department of Computer Science (DSIC) of the Technical University of Valencia (UPV), Valencia, Spain, Oct. 24, 2008.
  38. “Challenges of Creating a Knowledge-based Society: Education & Research for India & Gujarat.” Invited Talk, World Gujarat Conference: Chaalo Gujarat. Edison, NJ, Aug. 30, 2008.
  39. “Globalization and Knowledge-intensive Economies.” AINA/World Gujarat Conference, Edison. NJ, Aug 29-31, 2008.
  40. “Semantic Web: Promising Technologies, Current Applications and Research Directions.” Macquarie University, Sydney, Aug. 14, 2008.
  41. “Semantics to Empower Services Science: Using Semantics at Middleware, Web Services and Business Levels.” School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia, Aug. 13, 2008.
  42. “Semantics to Empower Services Science: Using Semantics at Middleware, Web Services and Business Levels.” CSIRO. Canberra, Australia, Aug. 11, 2008.
  43. “Semantic Sensor Web.” ARC Research Network on Intelligent Sensors. Sensor Networks and Information Processing - ISSNIP talk, Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 1, 2008.
  44. “Semantic Web: Promising Technologies, Current Applications & Future Directions.” University of Adelaide, Australia, Jul. 23, 2008.
  45. “Semantic Sensor Web.” Semantic Technology Conference, San Jose, CA, May 18-22, 2008.
  46. “SA-REST: Using Semantics to Empower RESTful Services and Smashups with Better Interoperability and Mediation.” Semantic Technology Conference. San Jose, CA, May 18–22, 2008.
  47. “Dynamic and Agile SOA using SAWSDL.” Semantic Technology Conference. San Jose, CA, May 18, 2008.
  48. “Semantic Sensor Web.” Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) Working Group of the Open Geospatial Consortium ( OGC), St. Louis, MO, Mar. 26, 2008.
  49. “Semantic Sensor Web.” Special SICoP Conference, Building Semantic Interoperability Solutions for Information Sharing and Integration. Falls Church, VA, Feb. 5, 2008.
  50. “Strategic Importance of Higher Education and Research in Positioning Gujarat for Global Competitiveness .” Plenary Invited Talk, Global Gujarat & Its Diaspora, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, India, Jan. 17–19, 2008.
  51. “Relationship Web: Spinning the Semantic Web from Trailblazing to Complex Hypothesis Evaluation.” Cyber Center Lecture Series. Discovery Park, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, Aug. 16, 2007.
  52. “Relationship Web: Spinning the Semantic Web from Trailblazing to Complex Hypothesis Evaluation.” Presentation, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007.
  53. “Semantic Empowerment of Life Science Applications.” Cincinnati Children Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, Oct. 14, 2006.
  54. “Career Options, Changing Trends and Emerging Areas in Computer Science and related fields.” Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India, Sept. 30, 2006.
  55. “Semantics to energize the full Services Spectrum.” IBM Indian Research Lab, New Delhi, India, Jul. 27, 2006.
  56. “Semantics to energize the full Services Spectrum.” DA-IICT. Ahmedabad, India, Jul. 25, 2006.
  57. “METEOR-S: Using Semantics to energize Services & Processes.” DERI. Galway, Ireland, Jun. 19, 2006.
  58. “Semantic Web applications in Financial Industry, Government, Health care and Life Sciences.” Accenture Technology Labs, Palo Alto, CA, Mar. 29, 2006.
  59. “Semantic Web applications in Financial Industry, Government, Health care and Life Sciences,” and “METEOR-S: Investigations on semantics empowerment of processes.” Hewlett–Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA, Mar. 6, 2006.
  60. “Web Service Semantics-WSDL-S.” W3C Advisory Committee Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Nov. 30, 2005.
  61. “What can Semantics do for Bioinformatics?” Special Seminar, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Sept. 22, 2005.
  62. “Semantic Web Applications in Enterprises and Scientific Research.” W3C Advisory Committee Meeting, Cannes-Mandelieu, France, Jun. 7, 2005.
  63. “Semantic Web: Technology & Applications in Search, Digital Media/Content Management, Science and National/Homeland Security.” Digimarc Corp., Portland, OR, May 3, 2005.
  64. “Semantics in the Semantic Web–The implicit, the formal and the powerful (with a few examples from Glycomics).” Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC) Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, Oct. 26, 2004.
  65. “Web Services to Semantic Web Process.” Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Sept. 16, 2004.
  66. “Semantic Web Technology in Action: From Search and Integration to Analytics.” Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Sept. 15, 2004.
  67. “Semantic Web Technology Evaluation Ontology (SWETO): A test bed for evaluating tools and benchmarking semantic applications.” WWW2004 Developers’ Day, New York, NY, May 22, 2004.
  68. “Semantic Web in Action.” NASA Ames Research Center, Menlo Park, CA, Apr. 1, 2004.
  69. “Semantic Web in Action.” IBM Almaden Research Center, Jan. 13, 2004.
  70. “Semantic Discovery and its applications to Homeland Defense and Bioinformatics.” Georgia Technology Institute, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 24, 2003.
  71. “Ontology-based Information Systems: From Research to Reality.” Boeing PhantomWorks, Seattle, WA, Sept. 17, 2003.
  72. “Semantic Web Process Lifecycle: Role of Semantics in Annotation, Discovery, Composition and Orchestration.” IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, Jul. 10, 2003.
  73. “Ontology Driven Information Systems in Action: Capturing and Applying Existing Knowledge to Semantic Applications.” University of Namur, Belgium, Jun. 2003.
  74. “Semantic Web Applications and Next Generation Content Management.” Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 30, 2001.
  75. “Web, Semantics, OIL and FUEL: Semantic Interoperability and learning on the Web.” Stanford University Database Seminar, Oct. 20, 2000.
  76. “Mapping your job search process while balancing Career Growth, Pay and Security.” ACM Student Chapter 1st Annual ACM Dinner, Athens, GA, Apr. 5, 2001.
  77. “Changing Focus on Interoperability in Global Information Systems.” Technical Speaker Series, MITRE, Dec. 3, 1998.
  78. “Enabling Virtual Teams and Infocosm.” Bell Communications Research, Dec. 2, 1998.
  79. “METEOR System for Distributed, Multi-paradigm Workflow Management.” Invited technical presentation, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, Mar. 31, 1998.
  80. “InfoHarness and InfoQuilt: Steps towards enabling Infocosm through Semantic Interoperability.” colloquium talk, University of California, Santa Barbara, Mar. 5, 1998.
  81. “InfoHarness and InfoQuilt Projects.” CNN Interactive, Atlanta, GA, Apr. 21, 1997.
  82. “Information (Super) Highway: New Opportunities for Global Competitive Advantage for Developing Countries.” H. M. College, Ahmedabad, India, Sept. 12, 1996.
  83. “Information (Super) Highway: New Opportunities for Global Competitive Advantage for Developing Countries.” IEEE Computer Society. Gujarat, India, Sept. 11, 1996.
  84. “Media–independent Correlation and Access of Heterogeneous Digital Information.” Indian Space Research Organization, Ahmedabad, India, Sept. 9, 1996.
  85. “Adapt/X Harness System for Managing Heterogeneous Information in Internet and Intranets.” Conference on Very Large Databases, Bombay, India, Sept. 4, 1996.
  86. “Transactional Workflow Management: Research, Technology and Applications.” Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Dec. 1994.
  87. “Issues in Interoperable Information Systems.” Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, Dec. 29, 1994.
  88. “Multi-Database Systems: Research and Reality.” ACM Lecture Series Talk, Univ. of Michigan, Nov. 1994.
  89. “Transactional Workflow Systems.” ACM Lecture Series Talk, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Nov. 17, 1994.
  90. “Multi-Database Systems: Research and Reality.” ACM Lecture Series Talk, ACM Professional Chapter, Ann Arbor, MI, Nov. 17, 1994.
  91. “Multi-system Applications and Transactional Workflows.” George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, May 1994.
  92. “Multisystem Applications and Transactional Workflows.” University of California, Riverside, Apr. 1994.
  93. “Transactional Workflow Management: Research, Technology and Applications.” State University of New York, Albany, NY, Mar. 1994.
  94. “Transactional Workflow Management: Research and Applications.” Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, Jul. 1993.
  95. “Transactional Workflow Management: Research and Applications.” Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, Jun. 1993.
  96. “Management of Interdependent Data: Specification, Enforcement and Applications.” University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, May 1993.
  97. “Schematic and Semantic Heterogeneity.” ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland, May 1993.
  98. “Multisystem Workflow Applications.” University of Munich, Apr. 1993.
  99. “Management of Interdependent Data: Specification, Enforcement and Applications.” George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Mar. 1993.
  100. “BERDI: A Schema Design, Analysis and Integration Toolkit.” Hewlett Packard Labs, Feb. 1993.
  101. “The CHIME Project.” Microelectronics and Computer Corporation, Austin, TX, Jan. 1993.
  102. “Multidatabase Systems: Research and Reality.” Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Nov. 1992.
  103. “Federated Databases for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases.” La Trobe University, Bandoora, Australia, Nov. 1992.
  104. “Management of Interdependent Data: Specification, Enforcement and Applications.” ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 1992.
  105. “Management of Interdependent Data.” IBM-European Networking Center and Scientific Research Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Oct. 1992.
  106. “Transactional Workflow Management: Specification and Enforcement.” IPSI–GMD, Darmstadt, Germany, Oct. 1992.
  107. “Federated Databases for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases.” University of Ulm, Oct. 1992.
  108. “The BrAID System for Integrating AI and DBMS Systems.” Fern Universitat, Hagen, Germany, Oct. 1992.
  109. “Multidatabase Systems: Research and Reality.” Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 1992.
  110. “Management of Interdependent Data in Multidatabase Systems.” U of Maryland–BC, May 1992.
  111. “Management of Interdependent Data.” IPSI–GMD, Darmstadt, Germany, Mar. 1992.
  112. “Semantics Issues in Schema Integration.” IPSI–GMD, Darmstadt, Germany, Mar. 1992.
  113. “Federated Databases for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases.” CRAI, Italy, Mar. 1992.
  114. “Data Consistency and Work Flow Management in Multidatabase Systems.” VTT (National Research Center of Finland), Helsinki, Finland, Mar. 1992.
  115. “Management of Interdependent Data in Multidatabase Systems.” Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, Feb. 1992.
  116. “Management of Interdependent Data: A Case Study at Bellcore.” Microelectronics and Computer Corporation, Austin, TX, Jan. 1992.
  117. “Research Issues in Schema Integration and View Update.” University of Houston, TX, Oct. 1991.
  118. “Federated Database Systems.” Boeing, Seattle, WA, Oct. 1991.
  119. “Federated Database Systems.” ACM professional chapters at Piscataway, NJ, Apr. 1991.
  120. “Schematic and Semantic Issues in Schema Integration.” New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, Mar. 1991.
  121. “Federated Database Systems: Architecture and Alternatives.” New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, Jan. 1991.
  122. “Integrating Heterogeneous Distributed Databases: Requirements, Concepts and Solutions.” New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, Oct. 1990.
  123. “Research Issues in Schema Integration and View Update.” Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Oct. 1990.
  124. “Federated Databases for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases.” IBM-European Networking Center and Scientific Research Heidelberg, Germany, Aug. 1990.
  125. “View Update Using Knowledge at View Definition and View Update Time.” IPSI-GMD, Darmstadt, Germany, Aug. 1990.
  126. “Federated Databases for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases.” Fern Universitat, Hagen, Germany, Aug. 1990.
  127. “Federated Database Systems.” Bell Communications Research, Red Bank, NJ, Feb. 1990.
  128. “Integrating Heterogeneous Distributed Databases: Requirements, Concepts and Solutions.” University of California, Los Angeles, Oct. 1988.
  129. “View Update Using Knowledge at View Definition and View Update Time.” Fern Universitat, Hagen, Germany, Mar. 1988.
  130. “View Update Using Knowledge at View Definition and View Update Time.” INRIA, France, Mar. 1988.
  131. “View Update Using Knowledge at View Definition and View Update Time.” Unisys West Coast Research Center, Apr. 1987.
  132. “Integrating Heterogeneous Distributed Databases.” University of Minnesota, Sept. 1986.
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Professor Amit P. Sheth
Artificial Intelligence Institute
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
University of South Carolina
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