Stefan Decker

Stefan Decker
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGerman
Alma materUniversity of Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe Technical University
Known forSemantic Web research
Scientific career
InstitutionsRWTH Aachen University, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology

Stefan Decker is a computer scientist, Full Professor for Database and Information Systems at RWTH Aachen University, and managing director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology.[1] He specializes in the Semantic Web.[2] As of 25 January 2020, his research reached 21,206 (with h-index of 66 and i10-index of 201) Google Scholar Citations, making him one of the most influential Semantic Web researchers.[3]

He was formerly Professor of Digital Enterprise at the National University of Ireland Galway, and executive director of the Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Galway. Prof. Decker studied Computer Science at the University of Kaiserslautern. He received his doctorate at the Karlsruhe Technical University.[4]

He was elected to the Royal Irish Academy in 2010.[5]

Selected research

  • Bischof, Stefan, et al. "Mapping between RDF and XML with XSPARQL." Journal on Data Semantics 1.3 (2012): 147–185.
  • Grosof, Benjamin N., et al. "Description logic programs: combining logic programs with description logic." Proceedings of the 12th international conference on World Wide Web. 2003.
  • Noy, Natalya F., et al. "Creating semantic web contents with protege-2000." IEEE intelligent systems 16.2 (2001): 60–71.
  • Decker, Stefan, et al. "The semantic web: The roles of XML and RDF." IEEE Internet Computing 4.5 (2000): 63–73.

References

  1. ^ "Prof. Dr. Stefan Decker". Information Systems - RWTH Aachen University. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ O'Brien, Ciara. "Super-fast RDF search engine developed". The Register. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Stefan Decker". Google Scholar. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Prof. Dr. Stefan Decker (executive)". Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Stefan Decker". Royal Irish Academy. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2020.