Improving the Impact and Takeup of Semantic Web Research

John DomingueKMi, The Open University, UK

STI International

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Academic Dream

Impact

• Impact Factors for Journals• Impact measurement for UK Research Excellence Framework• Impact component of EU proposals

What is Impact?

Meteor’s have impact too!

A Little History and Motivation

Symbol Level

… near the beginning

Knowledge Level

Effect

Slogan Level

Bringing the Web to its full potential

A little semantics goes a long way

Changes 260M€EUProjects2005

2M€

3M€

5M€7M€9M€

Google Knowledge Graph

How to get to the next level?

Academic Impact

Journal of Universal Rejection

Exceptionally-low-acceptance-rate Semantic Web Conference

ESWC

People

Image

Organisational Structures with Impact

Media

Engagement

SPARQL Turks

Silver Turks

An Opportunity

The Euro Currency Crisis

World’s Smallest Chip

Money 2.0

Measuring Real Impact

H-Index

The S-Metric

Number of Simpsons episodes you’ve appeared in*

*You have to be yourself!

Dieter Philipp Axel

Frank Elena IanAvi

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Final Thought

Final Thought

Thanks to ..

• Harriett Cornish - graphic design• Barry Norton - artistic and technical support• Blaz Horvat – camera• Staff of Knossos and Youvivo• Elena Simperl – invitation and moral guidance