Invited & Colloquia Talks

1. "Semantics, Services, Sensor and Social Computing on the Web," Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT), Gandhinagar, India, July 29, 2009.
2. "Semantics to Empower Services for Agile Global Business," Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay, Powai, India, August 1, 2009.
3. "Computing For Human Experience," Department of Computer Science (DSIC) of the Technical University of Valencia (UPV), Valencia, Spain, October 24, 2008.
4. "Globalization and Knowledge-intensive Economies," AINA/World Gujarat Conference, Edison, NJ, Aug 29-31, 2008
5. "Semantic Web: Promising Technologies, Current Applications and Research Directions," Department of Computing, Macquarie University, August, 14, 2008.
6. "Semantics to Empower Services Science: Using Semantics at Middleware, Web Services and Business Levels", School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia,August 13, 2008.
7. "Semantics to Empower Services Science: Using Semantics at Middleware," Web Services and Business Levels CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, August 11, 2008.
8. "Semantic Sensor Web," ARC Research Network on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP), Melbourne, Australia, August 1, 2008.
9. "Semantic Web: Promising Technologies, Current Applications and Research Directions," School of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide, Australia, July 23, 2008.
10. "Relationship Web: Spinning the Semantic Web from Trailblazing to Complex Hypothesis Evaluation," Cyber Center Lecture Series, Discovery Park, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, August 16, 2007.
11. "Relationship Web: Spinning the Semantic Web from Trailblazing to Complex Hypothesis Evaluation," presentation, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007.
12. "Semantic Empowerment of Life Science Applications," Cincinnati Children Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, October 06, 2006.
13. "Career Options, Changing Trends and Emerging Areas in Computer Science and Related Fields," Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India, September 30, 2006.
14. "Semantics to energize the full Services Spectrum," IBM Indian Research Lab, New Delhi, India, July 27, 2006.
15. "Semantics to energize the full Services Spectrum," DA-IICT, Ahmedabad, India, July 25, 2006.
16. "METEOR-S: Using Semantics to energize Services & Processes," DERI, Galway, Ireland, June 19, 2006.
17. "Semantic Web Applications in Financial Industry, Government, Health Care and Life Sciences," Accenture Technology Labs, Palo Alto, CA, March 29, 2006.
18. "Semantic Web Applications in Financial Industry, Government, Health Care and Life Sciences" and "METEOR-S: Investigations on semantics empowerment of processes," Hewlett-Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA, March 6, 2006.
19. "Web Service Semantics-WSDL-S," W3C Advisory Committee Meeting, Montreal, Canada, November 30, 2005
20. "What Can Semantics Do for Bioinformatics," Special Seminar, Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, September 22, 2005.
21. "Semantic Web Applications in Enterprises and Scientific Research," W3C Advisory Committee Meeting, Cannes-Mandelieu, France, June 7, 2005.
22. "Semantic Web: Technology & Applications in Search, Digital Media/Content Management, Science and National/Homeland Security," Digimarc Corp., Portland, OR, May 3, 2005.
23. "Semantics in the Semantic Web: The implicit, the formal and the powerful (with a few examples from Glycomics)," Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC) Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, October 26, 2004.
24. "Web Services to Semantic Web Process," Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, September 16, 2004.
25. "Semantic Web Technology in Action: From Search and Integration to Analytics," Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, September 15, 2004.
26. "Semantic Web Technology Evaluation Ontology (SWETO): A test bed for evaluating tools and benchmarking semantic applications," WWW2004 Developers' Day, New York, NY, May 22, 2004.
27. "Semantic Web in Action," NASA Ames Research Center, Menlo Park, CA, April 1, 2004.
28. "Semantic Web in Action," IBM Almaden Research Center, January 13, 2004.
29. "Semantic Discovery and its applications to Homeland Defense and Bioinformatics," Georgia Technology Institute, Atlanta, GA, November 24, 2003.
30. "Ontology-Driven Information Systems: From Research to Reality," Boeing PhantomWorks, Seattle, WA, September 17, 2003.
31. "Semantic Web Process Lifecycle: Role of Semantics in Annotation, Discovery, Composition and Orchestration," IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, July 10, 2003.
32. "Ontology Driven Information Systems in Action: Capturing and Applying Existing Knowledge to Semantic Applications," University of Namur, Belgium, June 24, 2003.
33. "Semantic Web Applications and Next Generation Content Management," Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea, October 30, 2001.
34. "Web, Semantics, OIL and FUEL: Semantic Interoperability and learning on the Web," Stanford University Database Seminar, October 20, 2000.
35. "Mapping your job search process while balancing Career Growth, Pay and Security," ACM Student Chapter First Annual ACM Dinner, Athens, GA, April 5, 2001.
36. "Changing Focus on Interoperability in Global Information Systems," Technical Speaker Series, MITRE Corp., December 3, 1998.
37. "Enabling Virtual Teams and Infocosm," Bell Communications Research, December 2, 1998.
38. "METEOR System for Distributed, Multi-paradigm Workflow Management," invited technical presentation, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, March 31, 1998.
39. "InfoHarness and InfoQuilt: Steps towards enabling Infocosm through Semantic Interoperability," colloquium talk, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 5, 1998.
40. "InfoHarness and InfoQuilt Projects," CNN Interactive, Atlanta, GA, April 21, 1997.
41. "Information (Super) Highway: New Opportunities for Global Competitive Advantage for Developing Countries," H.M. College, Ahmedabad, India, September 12, 1996.
42. "Information (Super) Highway: New Opportunities for Global Competitive Advantage for Developing Countries," IEEE Computer Society, Gujarat, India, September 11, 1996.
43. "Media-independent Correlation and Access of Heterogeneous Digital Information," Indian Space Research Organization, Ahmedabad, India, September 9, 1996.
44. "Adapt/X Harness System for Managing Heterogeneous Information in Internet and Intranets." Conference on Very Large Databases, Bombay, India, September 4, 1996.
45. "Transactional Workflow Management: Research, Technology and Applications," Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, December 1994.
46. "Issues in Interoperable Information Systems," Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, December 29, 1994.
47. "Multi-Database Systems: Research and Reality," ACM Lecture Series Talk, University of Michigan, November 1994.
48. "Transactional Workflow Systems," ACM Lecture Series Talk, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, November 17, 1994.
49. "Multi-Database Systems: Research and Reality," ACM Lecture Series Talk, ACM Professional Chapter, Ann Arbor, MI, November 17, 1994.
50. "Multi-system Applications and Transactional Workflows," George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, May 1994.
51. "Multisystem Applications and Transactional Workflows," University of California, Riverside, April 1994.
52. "Transactional Workflow Management: Research, Technology and Applications," State University of New York, Albany, NY, March 1994.
53. "Transactional Workflow Management: Research and Applications," Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, July 1993.
54. "Transactional Workflow Management: Research and Applications," Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, June 1993.
55. "Management of Interdependent Data: Specification, Enforcement and Applications," University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, May 1993.
56. "Schematic and Semantic Heterogeneity," ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland, May 1993.
57. "Multisystem Workflow Applications," University of Munich, April 1993.
58. "Management of Interdependent Data: Specification, Enforcement and Applications," George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, March 1993.
59. "BERDI: A Schema Design, Analysis and Integration Toolkit," Hewlett Packard Labs, February 1993.
60. "The CHIME Project," Microelectronics and Computer Corporation, Austin, TX, January 1993.
61. "Multidatabase Systems: Research and Reality," Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, November 1992.
62. "Federated Databases for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases," La Trobe University, Bandoora, Australia, November 1992.
63. "Management of Interdependent Data: Specification, Enforcement and Applications," ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich, Switzerland, October 1992.
64. "Management of Interdependent Data," IBM-European Networking Center and Scientific Research Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, October 1992.
65. "Transactional Workflow Management: Specification and Enforcement," IPSI-GMD, Darmstadt, Germany, October 1992.
66. "Federated Databases for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases," University of Ulm, October 1992.
67. "The BrAID System for Integrating AI and DBMS Systems," Fern Universitat, Hagen, Germany, October 1992.
68. "Multidatabase Systems: Research and Reality," Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, August 1992.
69. "Management of Interdependent Data in Multidatabase Systems," University of Maryland, Baltimore County, May 1992.
70. "Management of Interdependent Data," IPSI-GMD, Darmstadt, Germany, March 1992.
71. "Semantics Issues in Schema Integration," IPSI-GMD, Darmstadt, Germany, March 1992.
72. "Federated Databases for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases," CRAI, Italy, March 1992.
73. "Data Consistency and Work Flow Management in Multidatabase Systems," VTT (National Research Center of Finland), Helsinki, Finland, March 1992.
74. "Management of Interdependent Data in Multidatabase Systems," Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, February 1992.
75. "Management of Interdependent Data: A Case Study at Bellcore," Microelectronics and Computer Corporation, Austin, TX, January 1992.
76. "Research Issues in Schema Integration and View Update," University of Houston, Houston, TX, October 1991.
77. "Federated Database Systems," Boeing, Seattle, WA, October 1991.
78. "Federated Database Systems," ACM professional chapters at Piscataway, NJ, April 1991.
79. "Schematic and Semantic Issues in Schema Integration," New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, March 1991.
80. "Federated Database Systems: Architecture and Alternatives," New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, January 1991.
81. "Integrating Heterogeneous Distributed Databases: Requirements, Concepts and Solutions," New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, October 1990.
82. "Research Issues in Schema Integration and View Update," Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, October 1990.
83. "Federated Databases for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases," IBM-European Networking Center and Scientific Research, Heidelberg, Germany, August 1990.
84. "View Update Using Knowledge at View Definition and View Update Time," IPSI-GMD, Darmstadt, Germany, August 1990.
85. "Federated Databases for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases," Fern Universitat, Hagen, Germany, August 1990.
86. "Federated Database Systems," Bell Communications Research, Red Bank, NJ, February 1990.
87. "Integrating Heterogeneous Distributed Databases: Requirements, Concepts and Solutions," University of California, Los Angeles, October 1988.
88. "View Update Using Knowledge at View Definition and View Update Time," Fern Universitat, Hagen, Germany, March 1988.
89. "View Update Using Knowledge at View Definition and View Update Time," INRIA, France, March 1988.
90. "View Update Using Knowledge at View Definition and View Update Time," Unisys West Coast Research Center, April 1987.
91. "Integrating Heterogeneous Distributed Databases," University of Minnesota, September 1986.