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SUMMARY:Semantics\\sqcap Scalability\\models\\bot? Are Semantics and Scala
 bility Incompatible? - Ian Horrocks\, University of Oxford
DTSTART:20130319T140000Z
DTEND:20130319T150000Z
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CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:So called "Semantic Technologies" are rapidly becoming mainstr
 eam technologies\, with RDF and OWL now being deployed in diverse applicat
 ion domains\, and with major technology vendors starting to augment their 
 existing systems accordingly. This is\, however\, only the first step for 
 Semantic Web research\; we need to demonstrate that the Semantic Technolog
 ies we are developing can (be made to) exhibit robust scalability if deplo
 yments in large scale applications are to be successful. In this talk I wi
 ll review the evolution of Semantic Technologies to date\, and show how re
 search ideas from logic based knowledge representation developed into a ma
 instream technology. I will then go on to examine the scalability challeng
 es arising from deployment in large scale applications\, and discuss ongoi
 ng research aimed at addressing them.
LOCATION:Auditorium\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 21 Station Road\, Cambridge
 \, CB1 2FB
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