About Me

Research Interests
Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Data Visualization and Analytics, Big Data.
Publications
2020
A CIG Integration Framework to Provide Decision Support for Comorbid Conditions using Transaction-based Semantics and Temporal Planning Proceedings Article
In: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2020), 2020.
2018
Feasibility and usability of an ontology-based mobile intervention for patients with hypertension Journal Article
In: International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 119, pp. 8 - 16, 2018, ISSN: 1386-5056.
2016
An Ontological Model of Behaviour Theory to Generate Personalized Action Plans to Modify Behaviours Proceedings Article
In: Exploring Complexity in Health: An Interdisciplinary Systems Approach. 26th European Medical Informatics Conference (MIE2016), Munich, pp. 399-403, IOS Press, 2016.
2015
Multi-Strategy Semantic Web Reasoning for Medical Knowledge Bases Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of International Workshop on Biomedical Data Mining, Modeling, and Semantic Integration: A Promising Approach to Solving Unmet Medical Needs (BDM2I2015), 2015.
H-DRIVE: A Big Health Data Analytics Platform for Evidence-Informed Decision Making Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Congress on Big Data, New York City, NY, USA, pp. 416–423, IEEE Press, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-4673-7278-7.
2014
A Multi-Phase Correlation Search Framework for Mining Non-Taxonomic Relations from Unstructured Text Journal Article
In: Knowl. Inf. Syst., vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 641–667, 2014.
2013
An Ontology-Driven Personalization Framework for Designing Theory-Driven Self-Management Interventions Proceedings Article
In: Process Support and Knowledge Representation in Health Care - AIME 2013 Joint Workshop, KR4HC 2013/ProHealth 2013, Murcia, Spain, June 1, 2013, Revised Selected Papers, pp. 97–112, 2013.
Usability Evaluation of Family Physicians' Interaction with the Comorbidity Ontological Modeling and ExecuTion System (COMET) Proceedings Article
In: MEDINFO 2013 - Proceedings of the 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, 20-13 August 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark, pp. 447–451, 2013.
2012
Modeling Clinical Workflows Using Business Process Modeling Notation Proceedings Article
In: 25th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, June 20-22, 2012, Rome, Italy, pp. 1–4, 2012.
An Ontological Modeling Approach to Align Institution-Specific Clinical Pathways: Towards Inter-Institution Care Standardization Proceedings Article
In: 25th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, June 20-22, 2012, Rome, Italy, pp. 1–4, 2012.
2011
Exploiting OWL Reasoning Services to Execute Ontologically-Modeled Clinical Practice Guidelines Proceedings Article
In: 13th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2011, Bled, Slovenia, July 2-6, 2011. , pp. 307–311, 2011.
An Ontology-Based Electronic Medical Record for Chronic Disease Management Proceedings Article
In: 44th Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-44 2011), Proceedings, 4-7 January 2011, Koloa, Kauai, HI, USA, pp. 1–10, 2011.
Detecting and Resolving Inconsistencies in Ontologies Using Contradiction Derivations Proceedings Article
In: 35th Annual IEEE International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Munich, Germany, 18-22 July 2011, pp. 556–561, 2011.
2010
A Service Oriented E-Research Platform for Ocean Knowledge Management Proceedings Article
In: 6th World Congress on Services, SERVICES 2010, Miami, Florida, USA, July 5-10, 2010, pp. 32–39, 2010.
Ontology Based Modeling and Execution of Nursing Care Plans and Practice Guidelines Proceedings Article
In: Stud Health Technol Inform, pp. 1104-8, Netherlands, 2010, ISSN: 0926-9630.
Extracting and Merging Contextualized Ontology Modules Proceedings Article
In: Modular Ontologies - Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop, WoMO 2010, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 11, 2010, pp. 25–40, 2010.
2009
Towards the Merging of Multiple Clinical Protocols and Guidelines via Ontology-Driven Modeling Proceedings Article
In: 12th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Verona, Italy, July 18-22, 2009. , pp. 81–85, 2009.
Computerizing Clinical Pathways: Ontology-Based Modeling and Execution Proceedings Article
In: The 22nd International Congress of the European Federation for Medical Informatics, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, pp. 643–647, 2009.
2008
Operationalizing Prostate Cancer Clinical Pathways: An Ontological Model to Computerize, Merge and Execute Institution-Specific Clinical Pathways Proceedings Article
In: Knowledge Management for Health Care Procedures, ECAI 2008 Workshop, K4HelP 2008, Patras, Greece, July 21, 2008, Revised Selected Papers, pp. 1–12, 2008.
An Ontology-based Framework for Authoring and Executing Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clinical Decision Support Systems Journal Article
In: The Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare, pp. 8, 2008.
Modeling the Form and Function of Clinical Practice Guidelines: An Ontological Model to Computerize Clinical Practice Guidelines Proceedings Article
In: Knowledge Management for Health Care Procedures, ECAI 2008 Workshop, K4HelP 2008, Patras, Greece, July 21, 2008, Revised Selected Papers, pp. 81–91, 2008.
2007
Ontology Engineering to Model Clinical Pathways: Towards the Computerization and Execution of Clinical Pathways Proceedings Article
In: 20th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2007), 20-22 June 2007, Maribor, Slovenia, pp. 536–541, 2007.
Ontology Driven CPG Authoring and Execution via a Semantic Web Framework Proceedings Article
In: 40th Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-40 2007), CD-ROM / Abstracts Proceedings, 3-6 January 2007, Waikoloa, Big Island, HI, USA, pp. 135, 2007.
Ontology-based Modeling of Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Clinical Decision Support System for Breast Cancer Follow-up Interventions at Primary Care Settings Proceedings Article
In: MEDINFO 2007 - Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics - Building Sustainable Health Systems, 20-24 August, 2007, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 845–849, 2007.
2006
Modeling Intelligent Ontology Evolution Using Biological Evolutionary Processes Proceedings Article
In: IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Intelligent Systems, pp. 1-6, IEEE 2006.