中央研究院 資訊科學研究所

Semantic Computing (SC) is an emerging field that addresses computing technologies which allow users to search, create, manipulate and connect computational resources (including data, documents, tools, people, agents, devices, etc.) based on semantics.

Semantic Computing includes the computing technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, natural language, software engineering, data and knowledge engineering, computer systems, signal processing, etc.), and their interactions, that may be used to extract or process computational content and descriptions. While some areas of Semantic Computing have appeared as pieces in different disciplines, Semantic Computing glues these pieces together into an integrated theme with synergetic interactions. It addresses not only the analysis and transformation of signals (e.g., pixels, words) into useful information, but also how such information can be accessed and used to synthesize new signals.

The National Science Foundation has approved the planning of an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Semantic Computing currently involving UCI, UCSD and UCLA (http://www.iucrc4sc.org). The missions of the I/UCRC are to develop semantic technologies that may facilitate the transition of the Internet into its next generation, and develop new business models to stimulate, strengthen, and grow the economy.

An important outcome of this I/UCRC is a Semantic Problem Solving Network (SPSN) where resources can be easily identified and connected based on semantics ("intention", "meaning") for the purpose of problem solving across a broad spectrum of industries including (but not limited to): finance, IT, health, service, defense, entertainment, education, manufacturing and commerce.

This talk will introduce Semantic Computing and its applications, the operations of the I/UCRC, the architecture of the SPSN, how companies and academic institutions can join or affiliate with the I/UCRC, and how companies and academic institutions can contribute to and benefit from the SPSN.

Dr. Phillip C.-Y. Sheu is currently a professor of EECS, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He received his Ph.D. and M. S. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

He has published two books: (1) Intelligent Robotic Planning Systems and (2) Software Engineering and Environment—An Object-Oriented Perspective, and more than 100 papers. His current research interests include semantic computing and complex biomedical systems. He is a fellow of IEEE and a founder of IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Semantic Computing, Institute for Semantic Computing, IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing, International Journal of Semantic Computing, and editor of the book Semantic Computing (eds. P. Sheu, H. Yu, C.V. Ramamoorthy, A. Joshi and L.A. Zadeh, IEEE and Wiley, 2010).