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Prof. Stefan Decker

Prof Decker is a professor at the National University of Ireland, Galway, director of the Digital Enterprise Research Institute and Cluster Leader of the Semantic Web Cluster within the institute.
Previously Prof Decker worked at ISI, University of Southern California (2 years, Research Assistent Professor and Computer Scientist), Stanford University, Computer Science Department (Database Group) (3 Years, PostDoc and Research Associate), and Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe (4 years, PhD Student and Junior Researcher).

His main research field is the Semantic Web.
 

Bill McDaniel

Bill McDaniel has been active as entrepreneur, designer, developer, and researcher in information technology for 35 years.  In 2006 he joined the Digital Enterprise Research Institute at the National University of Ireland, Galway. For three years he ran the DERI eLearning Research Cluster and is now managing the DERI Applied Innovations group. Prior to his time at DERI he was with Adobe Systems as a Sr Scientist researching emerging technologies, semantic technologies, and developing a long range technology strategy for Adobe.

Bill has been CTO of several startup and small software companies, including two of his own. These included companies in such areas as electronic printing,  wireless demand chain management, wireless retail loyalty, advanced 2D bar-coding, AI-based military logistics. He also opened the first internet café in North Texas and a digital recording studio. He has co-authored 7 books and several papers and articles on the future impact of technology on people and society including several on semantic web applications in digital libraries, eLearning, and human computer interactions.  His current interests are semantic technologies, ubiquitous and pervasive computing, Human-computer Interaction and associated areas.