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<strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4">Fall 2014</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5"><br />CS586 </font><font face="Arial" size="5">"Data and Web Semantics"</font><font face="Arial" size="4"><br /></font><font face="Arial"><br />Schedule: T-R 12:30-1:45 pm<br />Room: </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica">1000 SEO or LCA A003 (</font></strong><strong style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-family: arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: #500050">9/9, 9/30, 10/2, 10/7, 1</span><font color="#500050" style="color: #222222">0/21, 10/23, 11/11, only)</font></strong><span style="background-color: transparent"> </span>

<table width="67%" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="11%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">News</font></p></td><td width="89%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Welcome! The </font><A HREF="http://blackboard.uic.edu/"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Blackboard</font></A> web site will contain further information for this course.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<font face="Arial"> *Syllabus* </font>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica">This page constitutes the syllabus for the course.</font>

<strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Instructor</font></strong>

<font face="Arial">Instructor: Professor </font><A HREF="http://www.cs.uic.edu/Cruz"><font face="Arial">Isabel F. Cruz</font></A><font face="Arial">, SEO 1134<br />Contact email: </font><A HREF="mailto:ifc@cs.uic.edu?subject=CS586">ifc AT cs DOT uic DOT edu</A> (please make sure you mention CS586 in the subject of the message).

<font face="Arial, Helvetica">Additional help: Amruta Nanavaty </font><A HREF="mailto:abuch3@uic.edu?subject=CS586">abuch3 AT uic DOT edu</A>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica"><A NAME="The%20course%20and%20its%20objectives"></A></font><strong><font face="Arial">The course and its objectives</font></strong>

<em><font face="Arial, Helvetica">The course aims to prepare students to undertake research in the important subjects that comprise the Semantic Web research area.</font></em><font face="Arial, Helvetica"> Material will be formally covered following the textbook, to be presented in class or assigned as reading. The contents of the course range from conceptual modeling (including data modeling languages) to query languages. There will be course projects representative of current research and development in the Semantic Web area, especially designed to further the students' understanding of the main research topics. The exam will be comprehensive of all the material taught in the course.</font>

<strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Recommended background</font></strong>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica">An advanced undergraduate course or a graduate course (or equivalent experience) in _one or more_ courses in the following areas:</font>

   * <font face="Arial, Helvetica">Databases</font>
   * <font face="Arial, Helvetica">Information Retrieval</font>
   * <font face="Arial, Helvetica">Data Mining</font>
   * <font face="Arial, Helvetica">Artificial Intelligence</font>
   * <font face="Arial, Helvetica">Visual Analytics</font>
_CS 586 is primarily intended for PhD students. CS586 can be used for the course requirements of the qualifier exam._ <strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Office Hours and Contact with the Instructor</font></strong>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica">Office hours will be by appointment only. To communicate with the instructor use email above </font>( __please mention CS586 in the subject of the message__).

<strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Research Topics</font></strong> We will cover a variety of topics. Here are some of the possible topics that will be covered in detail: <table width="54%" bgcolor="white" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">1. Algorithms (including structural based similarity measures, context-based matching)</font></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">2. Reasoning</font></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">3. Visualization</font></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">4. Linked open data</font></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">5. Structural ontology parsing</font></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">6. Pairing of algorithms with ontologies</font></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">7. Semantic explanation of ontology matching</font></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">8. Information matching</font></td></tr></tbody></table>

<strong style="background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Readings and References</font></strong>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica">There is a recommended book for the course:</font>
   * <em><font face="Arial, Helvetica">A Semantic Web Primer</font></em><font face="Arial, Helvetica"> by Grigoris Antoniou, Paul Groth, Frank van Harmelen, and Rinke Hoekstra (The MIT Press, 3rd edition, 2012).</font>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica">Further readings will be posted as the semester unfolds. Specific readings for the projects will be suggested.</font>

<strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Class Outline</font></strong>

   * <font face="Arial, Helvetica">Lectures by instructor (or invited lecturers)</font>
   * <font face="Arial, Helvetica">Topic presentations (by students)</font>
   * <font face="Arial, Helvetica">Final project presentations (by students)</font>
<strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Calendar</font></strong>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">First Class: August 26.<br /></font><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; background-color: transparent">Thanksgiving break: November 27-28<br /></span><font face="Arial, Helvetica" style="background-color: transparent">Last Class: December 4</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" style="background-color: transparent"> or during exam week (December 8-12) <br /></font><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">Note: Attendance of this class requires permanence on campus till December 12 (day of the final exam). No exceptions will be made.</span>

<strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Evaluation</font></strong>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica">There will be a final project out of a list that will be supplied to the students. There are several stages to the project, which will be graded as the semester unfolds. Group projects are allowed (2 students maximum). Exams are </font><em><font face="Arial, Helvetica">individual</font></em><font face="Arial, Helvetica">, as well as certain presentations. Class participation is essential and is graded.</font>

<strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Grading </font><em><font face="Arial, Helvetica">(tentative):</font></em></strong> <table width="57%" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" border="1"><tbody><tr><td width="21%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="white">Major Components</font></td><td width="46%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">Components</font></td><td width="7%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">Deadline</font></td><td width="11%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">Grade</font></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">Summary</font></td></tr><tr><td width="21%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Exam/Assignments</font></td><td width="46%" bgcolor="white"> </td><td width="7%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">(TBA)</font></p></td><td width="11%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">40%</font></p></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">40%</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="21%" rowspan="4" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Project</font></td><td width="46%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Intro to project and survey (in class presentation and written pages)</font></td><td width="7%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">(TBA)</font></p></td><td width="11%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">15%</font></p></td><td width="15%" rowspan="4" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">55%</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="46%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Midterm report</font></td><td width="7%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">(TBA)</font></p></td><td width="11%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">5%</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="46%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Demo and presentation (slides and delivery)</font></td><td width="7%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">(TBA)</font></p></td><td width="11%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">15%</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="46%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Final report</font></td><td width="7%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">(TBA)</font></p></td><td width="11%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">20%</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="21%" bgcolor="white" height="21"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Class participation</font></td><td width="46%" bgcolor="white" height="21"> </td><td width="7%" bgcolor="white" height="21"> </td><td width="11%" bgcolor="white" height="21"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">5%</font></p></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="white" height="21"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica">5%</font></p></td></tr><tr><td width="21%" bgcolor="white"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">Total</font></td><td width="46%" bgcolor="white"> </td><td width="7%" bgcolor="white"> </td><td width="11%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">100%</font></p></td><td width="15%" bgcolor="white"><p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="black">100%</font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica">Grades to the project will be awarded as follows:</font>

   * <strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">A</font></strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">: Comprehensive presentations, the quality expected at a conference. As for the project, it should have research value as to be presented at a conference or workshop (applied or theoretical).</font>
   * <strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">B</font></strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">: Solid work with attention to detail. Work that is valuable for the class, but which will not necessarily be of interest to a wider audience.</font>
   * <strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">C</font></strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">: Completed work but lacking the above qualities.</font>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica">High quality work is expected both in substance (research depth for the project and breadth for the survey) and presentation (organization, formatting, and spelling). Work that does not satisfy these criteria will not receive a passing grade. Regular feedback will be provided by the instructor so that the students will have a good understanding of their progress. No late submissions are accepted.</font>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica">All project reports should be submitted using </font><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; background-color: transparent">LaTeX and bibliography should be prepared using </span><font face="Arial, Helvetica">BibTeX. Each bibliographic reference should be complete. The reports cannot have typos and need to be professionally prepared. </font>

<strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Course Policy</font></strong>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica">Cheating will not be tolerated in this course. In particular, individual work must be performed by the student alone and group projects must be performed only by the elements of the group. Note that plagiarism, including copying information from the web, is a form of cheating. </font><strong><em><font face="Arial, Helvetica">Any form of cheating will result in </font></em></strong><em><strong><font face="Arial, Helvetica">immediate failing of the course</font></strong>.</em><font face="Arial, Helvetica"> In addition, the case may be reported to the university.</font>

<font face="Arial, Helvetica">Students are urged to check with the instructor on what constitutes proper and improper use of references and software both available in printed form or electronic form and on what constitutes proper and improper forms of collaboration and authoring. Understanding such distinctions will be extremely useful in a student's research or professional career.</font>

<A HREF="http://www.cs.uic.edu/Cruz"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Isabel F. Cruz</font>

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