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Education

M.Sc. in Computer Science, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, 2008
Ph.D in Computer Science, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, 2013

Work experience

2009-2012: Assistant Researcher
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute for Cognitive Science and Technologies
- Duties included: Knowledge Engineering, Module development for NeOn Toolkit and Apache Stanbol
2013-2017: Research Associate
- The Open University, Knowledge Media Institute
- Duties included: Projects LinkedUp, LED, MK:Smart, AFEL
2017-2020: Research Fellow
- University of Galway, Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics
- Duties included: Projects AFEL, LITMUS, teaching

Service and memberships

Association for Computing Machinery - Member (2023-)
The Apache Software Foundation - Committer and Project Management Board member - Stanbol (2010-2020)

Languages

Italian - Native
English - Full working knowledge, certified Cambridge ESOL First
French - Basic working knowledge
Greek - Conversational
German - Basic, A2-certified

Publications

SAscha: Supporting the Italian Public Cooperation System with a Rich Internet Application for Semantic Web Services

A. Adamou. 2009. SAscha: Supporting the Italian Public Cooperation System with a Rich Internet Application for Semantic Web Services. In The Semantic Web: Research and Applications. ESWC 2009. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 796–800.

The NeOn Ontology Models

A. Adamou, R. Palma, P. Haase, E. Montiel-Ponsoda, G. Aguado de Cea, A. Gómez-Pérez, A. Gangemi. 2012. The NeOn Ontology Models. Ontology Engineering in a Networked World, ch.4, Springer, pp. 65-90.

Customizing Your Interaction with Kali-ma

A. Adamou and V.Presutti. 2012. Customizing Your Interaction with Kali-ma. Ontology Engineering in a Networked World, ch.15, Springer, pp. 319-342.

Assessing the educational linked data landscape

M. d'Aquin, A. Adamou, and S. Dietze. 2013. Assessing the educational linked data landscape. In Proceedings of the 5th Annual ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci '13). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 43–46.

The foundations of virtual ontology networks

A. Adamou, P. Ciancarini, A. Gangemi, V. Presutti. 2013. The foundations of virtual ontology networks. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Semantic Systems (I-SEMANTICS '13). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 49–56.

The Open University Linked Data – data.open.ac.uk

E. Daga, M. d'Aquin, A. Adamou, S. Brown. 2016. The Open University Linked Data – data.open.ac.uk. Semantic Web 7, 2, pp. 183-191.

Supporting virtual integration of Linked Data with just-in-time query recompilation

A. Adamou, M. d'Aquin, C. Allocca, and E. Motta. 2017. Supporting virtual integration of Linked Data with just-in-time query recompilation. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Semantic Systems (Semantics2017). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 112–119.

Crowdsourcing Linked Data on listening experiences through reuse and enhancement of library data

A. Adamou, S. Brown, H. Barlow, C. Allocca, and M. d'Aquin. 2019. Crowdsourcing Linked Data on listening experiences through reuse and enhancement of library data. Int. J. Digit. Libr. 20, 1 (March 2019), 61–79.

Linked Data Principles for Data Lakes

A. Adamou and M. d'Aquin. 2020. Linked Data Principles for Data Lakes. Data Lakes, ch.7, ISTE Wiley, pp. 145-170.

Digitizing intangible cultural heritage embodied: State of the art

Y. Hou, S. Kenderdine, D. Picca, M. Egloff, A. Adamou. Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage Embodied: State of the Art. J. Comput. Cult. Herit. 15, 3, Article 55 (September 2022), 20 pages.

Experiential Observations: An ontology pattern-based study on capturing the potential content within evidences of experiences

A. Antonini, A. Adamou, M.C. Suárez-Figueroa, F. Benatti. 2023. Experiential Observations: An Ontology Pattern-Based Study on Capturing the Potential Content within Evidences of Experiences. J. Comput. Cult. Herit. 16, 3, Article 58 (September 2023), 30 pages.

The facets of intangible heritage in Southern Chinese martial arts: Applying a knowledge-driven cultural contact detection approach

A. Adamou, D. Picca, Y. Hou, and P. Loreto Granados-García. 2023. The Facets of Intangible Heritage in Southern Chinese Martial Arts: Applying a Knowledge-driven Cultural Contact Detection Approach. J. Comput. Cult. Herit. 16, 3, Article 63, 27 pages.

Orchestrating Cultural Heritage: Exploring the Automated Analysis and Organization of Charles S. Peirce’s PAP Manuscript

D. Picca, A. Schnyder, E. Kostina, A. Adamou, D. Rodighiero, J. Schnapp. 2023. Orchestrating Cultural Heritage: Exploring the Automated Analysis and Organization of Charles S. Peirce's PAP Manuscript. In Proceedings of the 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 28, 1–4.

Alessandro Adamou

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