Associate Professor Kerry Taylor
BSc (Hons 1) Computer Science UNSW; PhD Computer Science and Technology ANU
Associate Professor (Data Science)
College of Engineering & Computer Sciences
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+61 2 6125 8560
Areas of expertise
- Web Technologies (Excl. Web Search) 080505
- Pattern Recognition And Data Mining 080109
- Conceptual Modelling 080603
- Decision Support And Group Support Systems 080605
- Database Management 080604
- Interorganisational Information Systems And Web Services 080612
- Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing 0801
Research interests
My research interests broadly cover ontologies, semantic web and linked data, machine learning and data mining, sensor networks and IoT, and spatial data systems, and especially problems at the intersection of all those topics.
Biography
Kerry joined the Australian National University in January 2016. She spent the previous six months working on a UN 'big data' project with Australian Bureau of Statistics, after 20 years at CSIRO as a principal research scientist in the polyonymous IT research division. She has also worked as an IT practioner in consulting, publishing, education and government, in Sydney, Montreal and Oxford.
Her research has focused on data management, integration, mining and machine learning in interdisciplinary contexts, especially employing logic-based and semantic approaches. Much of her recent work addresses data issues in IoT.
She has lectured in logic programming, networking, software engineering and agile project management. Currently she lectures in data mining and convenes the ANU's postgraduate programs in applied data analytics. From 2015-2017 she co-Chaired the joint Spatial Data on the Web working group of the W3C and the OGC.
Kerry holds a BSc (Hons 1) in Computer Science from UNSW 1983 and a PhD in Computer Science and Technology from the ANU in 1996. She is a Visiting Reader at the University of Surrey UK, and has been a Visiting Fellow at University of Melbourne.
She serves on the Editorial boards of Knowledge-Based Systems and International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks and many conference programme committees including ISWC, ESWC, and WWW.
Available student projects
I am looking for honours and PhD students who would like to work with me on
- Linked Data (Semantic Web) Mining
- Data integration for the Internet of Things
- Semantic Sensor Networks
- Spatial Web of Things
- Ontology visualisation and editing
- Health ontolgies with application to medical research and clinical care
- Open Government Linked Data
- Ontology modularisation by design and extraction
- Ontology-mediated interdisciplinary science
- Agile project management for a data analytics project
Publications
- van den Brink, L, Barnaghi, P, Tandy, J et al 2019, 'Best Practices for Publishing, Retrieving, and Using Spatial Data on the Web', Semantic Web, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 95-114.
- Manning, M, Wong, G, Graham, T et al 2018, 'Towards a 'smart' cost-benefit tool: using machine learning to predict the costs of criminal justice policy interventions', Crime Science, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 1-13.
- Zhang, W, Sheng, Q, Qin, Y et al 2018, 'Learning-based SPARQL query performance modeling and prediction', World Wide Web, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 1015–1035.
- Zhang, W, Sheng, Q, Yao, L et al 2018, 'A learning-based framework for improving querying on web interfaces of curated knowledge bases', ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1-20.
- Haller, A, Janowicz, K, Cox, S et al 2018, 'The Modular SSN Ontology: A Joint W3C and OGC Standard Specifying the Semantics of Sensors, Observations, Sampling, and Actuation', Semantic Web, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1-23pp.
- Ratcliffe, D & Taylor, K 2017, 'Refinement-based OWL class induction with convex measures', 7th Joint International Conference on Semantic Technology, JIST 2017, ed. Z Wang, K Wang, A Turhan & X Zhang, Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland, pp. 49-65pp.
- Lefort, L, Haller, A, Taylor, K et al 2017, 'The ACORN-SAT Linked Climate Dataset', Semantic Web, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 959-967pp.
- Bermudez-Edo, M, Elsaleh, T, Barnaghi, P et al 2017, 'IoT-Lite: a lightweight semantic model for the internet of things and its use with dynamic semantics', Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 475-487.
- Zhang, Z, Ledger, M, Toyer, S et al 2016, 'QBCov: A Linked Data interface for Discrete Global Systems, a new approach to delivering coverage data on the web', 2016 AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C. United States, pp. 1pp.
- Janowicz, K, Lieberman, J, Taylor, K et al, eds, 2016, Proceedings of the Workshop on Spatial Data on the Web (SDW 2016) co-located with The 9th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, CEUR-WS.ORG, USA.
- Zhang, W, Sheng, Q, Taylor, K et al 2016, 'Learning-Based SPARQL Query Performance Prediction', International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2016, ed. Wojciech Cellary Mohamed F. Mokbel Jianming Wang Hua Wang Rui Zhou Yanchun Zhang, Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland, pp. 313-327.
- Bermúdez-Edo, M, Elsaleh, T, Barnaghi, P et al 2016, 'IoT-Lite: A Lightweight Semantic Model for the Internet of Things', UIC-ATC-ScalCom-CBDCom-IoP-SmartWorld 2016, ed. D El Baz and J Bourgeois, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway, New Jersey, US, pp. 90-97pp.
- Shu, Y, Liu, Q & Taylor, K 2016, 'Semantic validation of environmental observations data', Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 79, pp. 10-21.
- Zhang, W, Sheng, Q, Qin, Y et al 2016, 'SECF: Improving SPARQL Querying performance with proactive fetching and Caching', ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, SAC16, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), TBC, pp. 362-367.
- Corcho, O, Llaves, A, Taylor, P et al 2016, 'Enabling RDF stream processing for sensor data management in the environmental domain', International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 1-21.
- Zhang, W, Abebe, E, Sheng, Q et al 2016, 'Towards building open knowledge base from programming question-answering communities', 15th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2016, ed. Takahiro Kawamura and Heiko Paulheim, CEUR-WS.ORG, Aachen, Germany, pp. -.
- Janowicz, K, Hu, Y, McKenzie, G et al 2016, 'Moon landing or safari? A study of systematic errors and their causes in geographic linked data', International Conference on Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2016, ed. J. Miller, D. O'Sullivan, D. Wiegand, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, Switzerland, pp. 275-290.
- Stocker, M, Shurpali, N, Taylor, K et al 2015, 'Emrooz: A scalable database for SSN observations', Terra Cognita, SSN-TC 2015, Ordering and Reasoning, OrdRing 2015 - International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2015, ed. K. Kyzirakos, C. Henson, M. Perry, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, TBC, pp. 1-2pp.
- Chen, J, Huang, J, Wen, Z et al 2015, 'Analysis and evaluation of the top-k most influential location selection query', Knowledge and Information Systems, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 181-217pp.
- Taylor, K, Woodcock, R, Cuddy, S et al 2015, 'A provenance maturity model', 11th IFIP WG 5.11 International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems, ISESS 2015, ed. Chimak G, Argent R.M., Springer New York LLC, TBC, pp. 1-18pp.
- Shu, Y, Ratcliffe, D, Compton, M et al 2015, 'A semantic approach to data translation: A case study of environmental observations data', Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 75, no. February 2015, pp. 104-123.
- Taylor, K & Parsons, E 2015, 'Where Is Everywhere: Bringing Location to the Web', IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 83-87.
- Zhang, W, Sheng, Q, Taylor, K et al 2015, 'Identifying and Caching Hot Triples for Efficient RDF Query Processing', International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2015, ed. M. Renz, C. Shahabi, X. Zhou, M .A Cheema, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, TBC, pp. 259-274.
- Qin, Y, Wang, H, Zhang, J et al 2015, 'Efficient Algorithms for Scheduling XML Data in a Mobile Wireless Broadcast Environment', IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems ICPADS 2015, IEEE Computer Society, USA, pp. 725-732.
- Wen, Z, Zhang, R, Ramamohanarao, K et al 2014, 'MASCOT: Fast and Highly Scalable SVM Cross-validation using GPUs and SSDs', IEEE International Conference on Data Mining IDCM 2014, ed. Zhexue Huang J.Toivo, IEEE Computer Society, California, pp. 580-589.
- Shah, T, Rabhi, F, Ray, P et al 2014, 'Enhancing Automated Decision Support across Medical and Oral Health Domains with Semantic Web Technologies', arXiv (e-archive for Pre-prints, author submits).
- Shah, T, Rabhi, F, Ray, P et al 2014, 'A Guiding Framework for Ontology Reuse in the Biomedical Domain', 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2014, IEEE, Waikoloa USA, pp. 2878-2887.
- Stapleton, G, Howse, J, Taylor, K et al 2014, 'Towards diagrammatic ontology patterns', 4th Workshop on Ontology and Semantic Web Patterns, ed. Aldo Gangemi et al, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, unknown, pp. 1-5.
- Kyzirakos, K, Gruetter, R, Kolas, D et al, eds, 2014, Joint Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on the Foundations, Technologies and Applications of the Geospatial Web, TC 2014, and 7th International Workshop on Semantic Sensor Networks, CEUR-WS.ORG, Unknown.
- Compton, M, Corsar, D & Taylor, K 2014, 'Sensor data provenance: SSNO and PROV-O together at last', Terra Cognita - Semantic Sensor Networks, TC-SSN 2014 - ISWC 2014, ed. Taylor K.Gruetter R., CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Trentino Italy, pp. 67-82.
- Yu, J, Davis, P, Gould, S et al 2014, 'Linked Data Approach for Automated Failure Detection in Pressure Sewers Using Real-time Sensor Data', International Conference on Hydroinformatics HIC 2014, Curran Associates, Inc., USA, pp. 1-9.
- Ratcliffe, D & Taylor, K 2014, 'Closed-world concept induction for learning in OWL knowledge bases', 19th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, EKAW 2014, ed. K Janowicz, S Schlobach, P Lambrix, E Hyvonen, Springer, Linkoping Sweden, pp. 429-440.
- Lefort, L, Taylor, K, Squire, G et al 2014, 'Developing Ontologies for Linked Geospatial Data', Linking Geospatial Data Workshop, World Wide Web Consortium, Online, pp. 1-14.
- Adams, N, Haller, A, Krumpholz, A et al 2013, 'A Semantic Lab Notebook - Report on a case modelling an experiment of a microwave-based quarantine method', Third International Workshop on Linked Science 2013, ed. unknown, CEUR-WS.ORG, Aachen, Germany, pp. 46-58pp.
- Gaire, R, Lefort, L, Compton, M et al 2013, 'Demonstration: Semantic web enabled smart farm with GSN', International Semantic Web Conference ISWC 2013, Elsevier, USA, pp. 41-44.
- Liu, Q, Taylor, K, Zhao, X et al 2013, 'CTrace: Semantic comparison of multi-granularity process traces', International Conference on Management of Data ACM SIGMOD/PODS 2013, ed. K.Ross, D Srivastava, D Papdias, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, USA, pp. 1121-1124.
- Shu, Y, Compton, M, Muller, H et al 2013, 'Towards content-aware SPARQL query caching for semantic web applications', International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2013, Springer International Publishing AG, Nanjing, pp. 320-329.
- Liu, Q, Bai, Q, Kloppers, C et al 2013, 'An ontology-based knowledge management framework for a distributed water information system', Journal of Hydroinformatics, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1169-1188pp.
- Adams, N, Haller, A, Krumholz, A et al 2013, 'A semantic lab notebook - Report on a use case modelling an experiment of a microwave-based quarantine method', 2013 3rd International Workshop on Linked Science, LISC 2013, ed. Groth P.Kessler C.Gi, CEUR-WS.ORG, Sydney Australia, pp. 46-58.
- Taylor, K & Yu, J 2013, 'Event dashboard: Capturing user-defined semantics events for event detection over real-time sensor data', Semantic Sensor Networks, SSN 2013: Co-located with the International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2013, ed. O. Corcho, C. Hensen, P Barnaghi, Springer Berlin, Germany, pp. 19-34.
- Liu, Q, Zhao, X, Taylor, K et al 2013, 'Towards semantic comparison of multi-granularity process traces', Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 52, pp. 91-106.
- Taylor, K, Griffith, C, Lefort, L et al 2013, 'Farming the Web of Things', IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 12-19.
- Shu, Y, Taylor, K, Hapuarachchi, P et al 2012, 'Modelling provenance in hydrologic science: A case study on streamflow forecasting', Journal of Hydroinformatics, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 944-959.
- Taylor, K & Barnaghi, P, eds, 2012, Special issue on Sensor Networks, Internet of Things and Smart Devices.
- Barnaghi, P, Wang, W, Henson, C et al 2012, 'Semantics for the Internet of Things: Early Progress and Back to the Future', International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-21.
- Haller, A, Lefort, L, Bobruck, J et al 2012, 'A Linked Sensor Data Cube for a 100 Year Homogenised Daily Temperature Dataset', International Workshop on Semantic Sensor Networks, Springer, Boston USA.
- Compton, M, Barnaghi, P, Bermudez, L et al 2012, 'The SSN ontology of the W3C semantic sensor network incubator group', Journal of Web Semantics, vol. 17, no. December 2012, pp. 25-32.
- Newman, J, Bolton, E, Muller-Dieckmann, J et al 2012, 'On the need for an international effort to capture, share and use crystallization screening data', Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 253-258.
- He, D, Yang, J, Compton, M et al 2012, 'Authorization in cross-border eHealth systems', Information Systems Frontiers, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 43-55.
- Trotter, M, Yerbury, M, Barron, J et al 2012, 'Monitoring and managing landscape variability inf grazing system', 15th Precision Agriculture Symposium in Australasia SPAA 2012, University of New England, Australia, pp. 42-47.
- Gerber, A, Taylor, K, Meyer, T et al, eds, 2012, Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Ontology Workshop, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Sydney Australia.
- Henson, C, Taylor, K & Corcho, O, eds, 2012, Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Semantic Sensor Networks 2012 (SSN2012), Conference Organising Committee, Boston, MA.
- Taylor, K, Ayyagari, A & De Roure, D, eds, 2011, Proceedings of 4th International Semantic Sensor Networks Workshop (SSN11), CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Bonn.
- Taylor, K & Leidinger, L 2011, 'Ontology-driven complex event processing in heterogenous sensor networks', 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2011, ed. G Antoniou,M Grobelnik,E Simperl,B Parsia,D Plexousakis,P De Leenher,J Pan, Springer Science+Business Media, Heraklion, Crete, pp. 285-299pp.
- Huang, J, Wen, Z, Pathan, M et al 2011, 'Ranking locations for facility selection based on potential influences', Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2011, IEEE, Melbourne, VIC, pp. 2411-2416.
- Leidinger, L & Taylor, K 2011, 'Demonstration: Defining and detecting complex events in sensor networks', Semantic Sensor Networks 2011, SSN 2011 - A 10th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2011, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Bonn, pp. 111-113.
- Pathan, M, Taylor, K & Compton, M 2011, 'On self-configuration of sensor network services', 2011 IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC'2011, IEEE, Las Vegas, NV, pp. 967-968.
- Taylor, K & Leidinger, L 2011, 'Ontology-Driven Complex Event Processing in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks', Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2011), ed. G. Antoniou et al., Springer, Berlin Germany, pp. 15pp.
- Howse, J, Stapleton, G, Taylor, K et al 2011, 'Visualizing Ontologies: A Case Study', International Semantic Web Conference 2011, ed. L. Aroyo et al., Springer, Berlin Germany, p. 16.
- Li, L & Taylor, K 2010, 'Generating an efficient sensor network program by partial deduction', 11th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI 2010, Springer Link, Berlin, pp. 134-145.
- Köhler, H, Zhou, X, Sadiq, S et al 2010, 'Sampling dirty data for matching attributes', 2010 International Conference on Management of Data, SIGMOD '10, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Indianapolis, IN, pp. 63-74.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- An ontology framework for government information (Secondary Investigator)
- A Large-Scale Distributed Experimental Facility for the Internet of Things (Secondary Investigator)
