Research & Development Activities
The Information Systems Laboratory combines expertise in knowledge
representation and reasoning, database systems, net-centric information
systems, and conceptual modeling. Its grand research challenge is to
succeed in the transition from traditional information systems, such
as information retrieval systems, database and workflow management systems,
to semantically rich, large-scale, adaptive information systems. Such
systems will be characterized by large-scale semantic interoperation,
massive distribution, and/or a high level of autonomy and self-adaptation.
Besides conducting theoretical work on the above issues, ISL carries
out applied research work in a number of application domains, including
cultural informatics, biomedical informatics, e-learning, e-commerce
and IT security. Work in these domains has a strong interdisciplinary
character, since it includes the aspect of understanding the respective
domain and modeling it through an appropriate conceptualization.
Overall, the ISL aims to provide enabling technologies for the emergence
of an information society and a knowledge economy.
Research Activities
The research activities of ISL are structured around four core research themes:
- Semantic Data Management
- Knowledge Systems
- Service-Oriented Computing
- Information Retrieval and Analysis
and three core application themes:
Development Activities
- SYNTHESIS - an information system for administration, documentation and promotion of cultural objects and monuments
- DIATHESIS - an information system for documentation, management and promotion of digital documents
- Dictionary Lemmas - Document Management System
- Thesaurus Management Systems
- Semantic Index System
- RDF Description Base
Applications
- e-Commerce
- IT security
- Scientific, technical and legal documentation and knowledge bases
- Community Web portals
- Digital Libraries, Repositories, Data Integration
