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  • PhD Dissertation Defense- Basel Shbita

    Wed, May 01, 2024 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    PhD Dissertation Defense- Basel Shbita
    Title: Transforming Unstructured Historical and Geographic Data into Spatio-Temporal Knowledge Graphs
    Committee: Craig A. Knoblock (chair), Cyrus Shahabi, John P. Wilson; Jay Pujara, Yao-Yi Chiang
     
    Abstract: This dissertation presents a comprehensive approach to the transformation, integration and semantic enrichment of historical spatio-temporal data into knowledge graphs. The dissertation encompasses three core contributions: one, the automated generation of knowledge graphs from digitized historical maps for analyzing geographical changes over time; two, the integration of spatial and semantic context embeddings for accurate geo-entity recognition and semantic typing; and three, the creation of a comprehensive knowledge graph for the analysis of historical data from digitized archived records. I introduce innovative methodologies and practical tools to support researchers from diverse fields, enabling them to derive meaningful insights from historical and geographic data. My approach is demonstrated through various applications, such as analyzing geospatial changes over time in USGS (United States Geological Survey) historical maps of transportation networks and wetlands, automatic semantic typing of unlabeled georeferenced spatial entities, and constructing a spatio-temporal knowledge graph from digitized historical mineral mining data. The dissertation combines semantic web technologies, representation learning, and semantic modeling to build comprehensive knowledge graphs that support geospatial and temporal analyses.

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Basel Shbita

    Event Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97894910088?pwd=ZVQ0VU9lYlJaWTM4V2w5Vk1maEVOQT09

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