Re: Semantic Web Challenge winner - in HCLS domain

Congratulations Lena and collaborators!  That's great news - would you be
inclined to present your results to us?

Best,

m.


On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Jim McCusker <mccusj@rpi.edu> wrote:

> Great news! It's good to se HCLS applications getting interest and
> traction at ISWC.
>
> Congrats, Lena & Co!
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Helena Deus <helenadeus@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> The judges of the ISWC 2013 Semantic Web Challenge chose as the winner
>> of the Big Data Track this year a work that fits entirely in the
>> health care/life sciences integration domain. This work would not have
>> been possible if it weren't for the fruitful conversations and
>> interactions enabled by this mailing list. So, congrats to all!
>>
>> Here is an article about it in the Wall Street Journal:
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131030-909839.html?dsk=y
>>
>>
>> "Big Data Track challenge winner:
>>
>> "Fostering Serendipity through Big Linked Data" by Muhammad Saleem,
>> Maulik R. Kamdar, Aftab Iqbal, Shanmukha Sampath, Helena F. Deus and
>> Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo; this system shows how high volume and high
>> velocity of latest published bio-medical research papers from PubMed
>> can be intelligently and semantically integrated within the Linked
>> Cancer Genome Atlas dataset (TCGA), thus supporting and facilitating
>> cancer researchers in their important work.
>>
>> "We were very impressed to see this year's challengers address real
>> world problems and in some cases already see them having a societal
>> impact. The winners of the 2013 SWC have successfully combined
>> innovative semantic web technology with an end user practical focus
>> and efficiency in use," explained SWC co-chairs Andreas Harth,
>> Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Sean Bechhofer, University of
>> Manchester."
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Helena
>>
>> --
>> Helena F. Deus, PhD
>> Senior Scientist, Medical Knowledge Engineer
>> Foundation Medicine, Inc
>> http://lenadeus.info/
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jim McCusker
>
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Michel Dumontier
Associate Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics), Stanford
University
Chair, W3C Semantic Web for Health Care and the Life Sciences Interest Group
http://dumontierlab.com