Meher Solutions is looking for an RDF Expert for a contract position of at least six months in Hopewell, NJ. The company is looking for someone to be responsible for development and architectural activities. Qualifications for the position include the following: “Knowledge of different system supporting RDF. Expertise in implementation of RDF based solutions. Experience in semantic analysis. Understanding of financials data and trends. Prepare high quality documentation. Excellent written and oral communication skills.” Read more

Semantic Tech & Business Conference Returns to San Francisco

Semantic Tech & Business Conference returns to San Francisco in June! Join us from June 3-7 for complete coverage of Big Data, Linked Data, Extreme Information Management, and Semantic Web. From breakthrough approaches to solving business problems to the big data implications of fast–evolving technologies, SemTechBiz provides you with an unparalleled interactive experience and delivers tangible business value. We're offering a special early rate when you register by February 17. Sign up now!

Stanford University is looking for a Web UI and Backend Server Developer in Palo Alto, CA: “Stanford University is the home for a national center to apply advances in computing to improve the effectiveness of biomedical research and health care. The user-facing part of our center is primarily an open-source web portal for collecting, categorizing, and applying medical and biological terminologies in innovative ways (http://bioportal.bioontology.org). In addition, we provide programmatic access to this information to allow others to build upon our technology. One of the applications of this system provides search of biomedical literature and clinical records that is much more effective than has previously been possible.” Read more

Executive Summary

Challenged with limited personal time and virtually unlimited information sources, the knowledge worker of today is becoming less efficient. Finding what we need, in the right context at the right time is increasingly difficult with current methods in web or enterprise search. In this article I’ll outline some primary issues that we face and how we can resolve these issues with new approaches that use semantic technologies.  I’ll explain what semantic agents are, what they do and describe how they can help computers help us more effectively.

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