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Education

• PhD, Computer Science, Brigham Young University, 1995

Selected Publications

• "Inter-Generational Family Reconstitution with Enriched Ontologies", Advances in Conceptual Modeling: ER 2021 Workshops CoMoNoS, EmpER, CMLS; St. John's, NL, Canada, October 18–21, 2021 Proceedings, Volume Lecture Notes in Computer Science 13012, Pages 61-75, Springer, Iris Reinhartz-Berger and Shazia Sadiq, 2021
• "Characterizing Conceptual Modeling Research", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 11877, Pages 40-57, Springer, H. Panetto, C. Debruyne, M. Hepp, D. Lewis, C.A. Ardagna, R. Meersman, 2019
• "A Reference Framework for Conceptual Modeling", International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2018), Volume 11157, Pages pp. 27-42, Springer, 2018
• "Ontological Deep Data Cleaning", International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2018), Pages pp. 100-108, 2018
• "Ontological Document Reading: An Experience Report", Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures---International Journal of Conceptual Modeling: Special Issue on Conceptual Modelling in Honour of Heinrich C. Mayr, Edition 2 (February 2018), Volume 13, Pages 133-181, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (The German Informatics Society), Bonn, Judith Michael, Claudia Steinberger, Vladimir A. Shekhovtsov, Suneth Ranasinghe, Fadi Al Machot, 2018
• "Conceptual Modeling in Accelerating Information Ingest into Family Tree", Conceptual Modeling Perspectives, Pages 69-84, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Jordi Cabot, Cristina Gómez, Oscar Pastor, Maria Ribera Sancho, and Ernest Teniente, 2017
• "Multilingual Ontologies for Cross-Language Information Extraction and Semantic Search", Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2011), Page 14, 2011
• "Conceptual Modeling Foundations for a Web of Knowledge", Handbook of Conceptual Modeling: Theory, Practice, and Research Challenges, Volume ISBN 978-3-642-15864-3, Pages 477-516, Springer Verlag, D.W. Embley and Bernhard Thalheim, 2011
• "Conceptual-Model Programming: A Manifesto", Handbook of Conceptual Modeling: Theory, Practice, and Research Challenges, Pages 3-16, Springer, Berlin, David W. Embley and Bernhard Thalheim, 2011
• "Model-Driven Software Development", Handbook of Conceptual Modeling: Theory, Practice, and Research Challenges, Pages 17-56, Springer, Berlin, David W. Embley and Bernhard Thalheim, 2011
• "A Web of Knowledge: A Conceptual-Modeling Perspective", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 6520, Pages 137-160, Springer, Berlin, Roland Kaschek and Lois Delcambre, 2011
• "KBB: A Knowledge-Bundle Builder for Research Studies", Advances in Conceptual Modeling: Applications and Challenges; Proceedings of the ER2010 Workshops ACM-L, CMLSA, CMS, DE@ER, FP-UML, SeCoGIS, WISM, Edition ISBN 978-3-642-16384-5, Volume Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6413, Pages 148-159, Springer Verlag, Berlin, J. Trujillo, G. Dobbie, H. Kangassalo, S. Hartmann, M. Kirchberg, M. Rossi, I. Reinhartz-Berger, E. Zimányi, & F. Frasincar, 2010
• "Articulating Conceptual Modeling Research Contributions", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer
• "HyKSS: Hybrid Keyword and Semantic Search", Journal on Data Semantics, Springer

Awards

• ER Fellow, International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, 2018
• J. Owen Cherrington Professor, Marriott School, 2015
• Gunnell Professor, Marriott School, 2012
• Outstanding Citizenship Award, Marriott School, 2011

Languages

• German
• Spanish

Administrative Assignments

• Department Chair — 2020–2023
• Director — Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, Academic Director — 2009–2020
• Director — Rollins Center for eBusiness; interim director from Fall 2003 through summer 2006; director from summer 2006 through February 2009. Then the center merged with the Center for Entrepreneurship to become the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, and I became the academic director of the merged center. — 2003–2009