Invited Lecture — Prof. Axel Polleres

Abstract

This talk first introduces the concept of Knowledge Graphs (KGs), their evolution, and current applications. It then offers an outlook on Prof. Polleres' own research and broader trends where KGs enable Hybrid (Neuro‑Symbolic, Agentic) AI applications and systems that power data understanding and data management. As an application case, the talk will mainly refer to open, collaboratively edited Knowledge Graphs such as Wikidata. Materials from prior talks and presentations are available at polleres.net/presentations.

If helpful, the presentation can be tailored based on the expected audience’s background.

Details

Date: Friday, 31 October (JST)

Venue: Rissho University, Shinagawa Campus — Building 11 (direct entrance from main street)

Host: ecosos research group, Rissho University

Schedule

2:00 PM

Lecture + Short Q&A

3:30 PM

Inner discussion

5:30 PM

Inner dinner (restaurant booked)

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Axel Polleres

Axel Polleres heads the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management and leads the Data Management group at the Institute for Data, Process and Knowledge Management of Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien). He joined WU Wien in Sept 2013 as a full professor in "Data and Knowledge Engineering" and has been a member of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna faculty since 2017.

Between January and June 2018, he served as a visiting professor at Stanford University under the Distinguished Visiting Austrian Chair Professors program hosted by The Europe Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He obtained his Ph.D. and habilitation from Vienna University of Technology and has worked at University of Innsbruck (Austria), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid, Spain), the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at the National University of Ireland (Galway), and Siemens AG's Corporate Technology Research division before joining WU Wien.

His research focuses on querying and reasoning about ontologies, rules languages, logic programming, configuration technologies, Semantic Web technologies, Web services, Knowledge Management, Linked Open Data, Knowledge Graphs, and their applications. He has worked in several European and national research projects, published 200+ articles, co‑organized numerous international venues, and serves/served on editorial boards of several journals. He also actively contributed to standardization within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) where he co‑chaired the SPARQL Working Group.

More information: polleres.net