Project topic posted by Michel Dumontier (Dumontier Lab Website)

Biological Data Integration using Semantic Web Technologies

The Semantic Web Project is an extension of the current Web that will allow you to find, share, and combine information more easily. It relies on machine-readable information and metadata expressed in the Resource Description Framework (RDF), and extended using the logic vocabulary of the Web Ontology Language (OWL). Ultimately, the Dumontier Lab is interested representing, storing and querying biological information using OWL and related semantic web technologies. Projects in this area include, but are not limited to: ontologies (Protege), semantic databases (Sesame), automated/visual query building (AJAX). The formation of inter-disciplinary groups (either with other CS students or with Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Engineering honours students) is strongly encouraged.