Applications bring the Semantic Web alive - revealing its value. Using open source tools and useful examples, we demonstrate practical methods to exercise the Semantic Web based upon on our Wiley book, "Semantic Web Programming". We open with a "Hello Semantic Web World" application that outlines the key components to a Semantic Web application, quickly moving on to our "FriendTacker" Semantic Web application that demonstrates integration through the semantic unification of Jabber Instant Message buddies, WordPress Blogs, Facebook Social networks, and more touching on longitudinal and geospatial considerations. We finish with the four key Semantic Web application challenges ahead as the Semantic Web progress pushes into new data frontiers to encourage us all to contribute realize the Semantic Web's potential.

John and Ryan will also sign their book that night for you starting at 6pm. In case you don't have a copy there will be plenty of Semantic Web Programming books in the store. :-)

Speaker:

John Hebeler

John Hebeler is an avid explorer of new technologies for the development of large-scale, distributed systems. In the last five years, he has focused on the Semantic Web and emergent, distributed systems. He has published published papers, has co-written a P2P networking book, and presents at major technical conferences around the world. He is currently pursing his PhD in Information Systems at the University of Maryland. He is a division scientist for BBN technologies.

Ryan Blace

Ryan Blace has been a Semantic Web developer and BBN Technologies employee since 2004. He works on multiple large-scale Semantic Web-based knowledge management systems for the government and commercial sectors. Ryan holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland and is pursuing his master’s in Computer Science at Virginia Tech. When not spending late nights on his computer hacking away, Ryan spends his time cycling, mountain biking, and instructing at car club track days.