William Van Woensel

@inproceedings{Loseto2021,

title = {Mobile App Development for the Semantic Web of Things with Punya},

author = {G Loseto and E Patton and O Seneviratne and W Van Woensel and F Scioscia and L Kagal},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-10-24},

urldate = {2021-01-01},

booktitle = {20th International Semantic Web Conference: Demo Track (ISWC '21)},

keywords = {Internet of Things, Mobile Computing, Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{Seneviratne2021,

title = {Rapid Prototyping of Mobile Apps for Clinical Research using Semantic Web Technologies},

author = {Oshani Seneviratne and William Van Woensel and Giuseppe Loseto and Floriano Scioscia and Evan Patton and Lalana Kagal},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-10-24},

urldate = {2021-01-01},

booktitle = {20th International Semantic Web Conference: Demo Track (ISWC '21)},

keywords = {Mobile Computing, Mobile Health, Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{Patton2021,

title = {The Punya Platform: Building Mobile Research Apps with Linked Data and Semantic Features},

author = {Evan Patton and William Van Woensel and Oshani Seneviratne and Giuseppe Loseto and Floriano Scioscia and Lalana Kagal},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-10-24},

urldate = {2021-01-01},

booktitle = {20th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC '21)},

keywords = {Mobile Computing, Mobile Health, Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{wvw_swh_21,

title = {Towards Model-Driven Semantic Interfaces for Electronic Health Records on Multiple Platforms Using Notation3},

author = {William Van Woensel and Samina Abidi and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},

url = {http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3055/paper4.pdf},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-10-24},

urldate = {2021-10-24},

booktitle = {4th International Workshop on Semantic Web Meets Health Data Management (SWH’21) co-located with 20th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC’21)},

keywords = {Electronic Medical Record, Model-driven Engineering, Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{wvw_aime_21,

title = {Semantic Web Framework to Computerize Staged Reflex Testing Protocols to Mitigate Underutilization of Pathology Tests for Diagnosing Pituitary Disorders},

author = {William Van Woensel and Manal Elnenaei and Syed Ali Imran and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-06-16},

urldate = {2021-06-16},

booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME)},

keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Reflex Protocols, Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{VANWOENSEL2020-COCIG1,

title = {A CIG Integration Framework to Provide Decision Support for Comorbid Conditions using Transaction-based Semantics and Temporal Planning},

author = {William Van Woensel and Samina Abidi and Borna Jafarpour and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-08-01},

urldate = {2020-08-01},

booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2020)},

abstract = {Managing comorbid conditions, i.e., patients with multiple medical conditions, is quite challenging for Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) based on computerized Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG). In case of comorbidity, CDSS will need to recommend treatments from multiple different CPG, which may adversely interact (e.g., drug-disease interactions), or introduce inefficiencies. A-priori, static integration of computerized comorbid CPG is insufficient for clinical practice. In this paper, we present a solution for dynamic integration of CPG in response to evolving health profiles. Using Description and Transaction Logics, we define a set of CIG integration semantics for encoding integration decisions that cope with comorbidity issues at execution-time. These dynamic, transaction-based semantics are well-suited to roll back prior decisions when no longer safe or efficient; or, inversely, apply new decisions when relevant. Moreover, comorbid CIG integration should consider temporal properties of CIG tasks—at execution-time, these properties will be influenced by a range of temporal constraints. Given all temporal constraints, optimal task schedules will be calculated that will determine the feasibility of CIG integration decisions.},

keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Comorbidities, Ontology, Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{Mohammadhassanzadeh2016,

title = {A Semantic Web-based Approach to Plausible Reasoning for Improving Clinical Knowledge Engineering},

author = {Hossein Mohammadhassanzadeh and William Van Woensel and Samina Raza Abidi and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-02-24},

urldate = {2016-02-24},

booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, Las Vegas},

abstract = {In this paper, we present a semantic web based knowledge engineering approach to extend the coverage of medical knowledge-based systems in order to solve complex medical queries that demand the integration of deterministic and plausible knowledge.  We leverage plausible reasoning mechanisms, which exploit associations between the underlying domain-specific data, as well as tentative domain knowledge, to extend the coverage of a medical knowledge base. We demonstrate that Semantic Web technologies, due to their efficient solutions for federated data management and built-in DL-based inferencing methods, offer useful opportunities to support plausible reasoning for medical decision support tasks. We evaluated our multi-strategy medical reasoning approach using real-world medical data. Our results illustrate that plausible reasoning improved the knowledge coverage of the original medical knowledge base by 10-12%, and in turn helped to solve complex disease diagnostic queries.},

keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Plausbile Reasoning, Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/semweb/WoenselMAA15,

title = {Multi-Strategy Semantic Web Reasoning for Medical Knowledge Bases},

author = {William Van Woensel and Hossein Mohammadhassanzadeh and Samina Raza Abidi and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},

url = {http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1428/BDM2I_2015_paper_8.pdf},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-10-11},

booktitle = {Proceedings of International Workshop on Biomedical Data Mining, Modeling, and Semantic Integration: A Promising Approach to Solving Unmet Medical Needs (BDM2I2015)},

keywords = {Health Informatics, Knowledge Based Systems, Ontology, Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{VanWoensel:2011:GAO:1995966.1995987,

title = {A Generic Approach for On-The-Fly Adding of Context-Aware Features to Existing Websites},

author = { William Van Woensel and  Sven Casteleyn and  Olga De Troyer},

editor = {De Bra, Paul and Grø nbaek, Kaj},

url = {http://web.cs.dal.ca/~woensel/paper/A Generic Approach for On-The-Fly Adding of Context-aware Features to Existing Websites.pdf},

isbn = {978-1-4503-0256-2},

year  = {2011},

date = {2011-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 22nd Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia},

pages = {143--152},

publisher = {ACM},

address = {Eindhoven, Netherlands},

series = {HT '11},

abstract = {More and more, mobile devices act as personal information managers and are able to obtain rich contextual information on the user’s environment. Mobile, context-aware web applications can exploit this information to better address the needs of mobile users. Currently, such websites are either developed separately from their associated desktop-oriented version, or both versions are created simultaneously by employing methodologies that support multi-platform context-aware websites, requiring an extensive engineering effort. While these approaches provide a solution for developing new websites, they go past the plethora of existing websites. To address this issue, we present an approach for enhancing existing websites on-the-fly with context-aware features. We first discuss the requirements for such an adaptation process, and identify applicable adaptation methods to realize context-aware features. Next, we explain our generic approach, which is grounded in the use of semantic information extracted from existing websites. Finally, we present a concrete application of our approach that is based on the SCOUT framework for mobile and context-aware application development.},

keywords = {Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{Casteleyn:2010:AMW:1967486.1967555,

title = {Assisting Mobile Web Users: Client-Side Injection of Context-Sensitive Cues into Websites},

author = { Sven Casteleyn and  William Van Woensel and  Olga De Troyer},

editor = {Kotsis, Gabriele and Taniar, David and Pardede, Eric and Saleh, Imad and Khalil, Ismail},

url = {http://web.cs.dal.ca/~woensel/paper/Assisting Mobile Web Users Client-Side Injection of Context-Sensitive Cues into Websites.pdf},

isbn = {978-1-4503-0421-4},

year  = {2010},

date = {2010-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services},

pages = {443--450},

publisher = {ACM},

address = {Paris, France},

series = {iiWAS '10},

abstract = {In a mobile setting, the user often browses the Web to consult information related to his current context and environment: e.g., reviews of nearby restaurants, or tourist information on visited monuments. On the other hand, the limitations of mobile devices (e.g., limited screen) and the peculiarities of mobile Web usage (e.g., walking around, driving a car) make it cumbersome to extensively browse a Web page for such useful information. In this paper, we present a client-side approach that aims to assist the mobile user in his browsing session, by correlating the Web page’s content with the mobile user’s context, and subsequently emphasizing and enriching relevant content with so-called context-sensitive cues. To achieve this, we utilize the SCOUT framework for mobile applications to model and access the user’s context, and RDFa annotations present on existing Web pages to identify Web page elements suitable to enrich with context-sensitive cues. The cues themselves are injected using existing adaptation techniques, borrowed from the field of Adaptive Hypermedia.},

keywords = {mobile application, Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{VanWoensel:2010:ASW:1884110.1884157,

title = {Applying Semantic Web Technology in a Mobile Setting: The Person Matcher},

author = { William Van Woensel and  Sven Casteleyn and  Olga De Troyer},

editor = {Benatallah, Boualem and Casati, Fabio and Kappel, Gerti and Rossi, Gustavo},

url = {http://web.cs.dal.ca/~woensel/paper/Applying Semantic Web technology in a Mobile Setting the Person Matcher.pdf},

isbn = {3-642-13910-8, 978-3-642-13910-9},

year  = {2010},

date = {2010-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Web Engineering},

pages = {506--509},

publisher = {Springer-Verlag},

address = {Vienna, Austria},

series = {ICWE'10},

abstract = {In a mobile setting, users use, handle and search for online information in a different way. Two features typically desired by mobile users are tailored information delivery and context awareness. In this paper, we elaborate a demo application that is built upon the existing SCOUT framework, which supports mobile, context-aware applications. The application illustrates the use of intrinsic mobile features, such as context- and environment-awareness, and combines them with the use of Semantic Web technologies to integrate and tailor knowledge present in distributed data sources.},

keywords = {Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{Bellekens:2008:AEA:1441421.1441554,

title = {Achieving Efficient Access to Large Integrated Sets of Semantic Data in Web Applications},

author = { Pieter Bellekens and  Kees Van Der Sluijs and  William Van Woensel and  Sven Casteleyn and  Geert-Jan Houben},

url = {http://web.cs.dal.ca/~woensel/paper/Achieving Efficient Access to Large Integrated Sets of Semantic Data in Web Applications.pdf},

isbn = {978-0-7695-3261-5},

year  = {2008},

date = {2008-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Web Engineering},

pages = {52--64},

publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},

address = {Yorktown Heights, NY, USA},

series = {ICWE '08},

abstract = {Web-based systems exploit Semantic Web-based approaches to link data and create applications that make the most out of the combination and integration of different sources and background knowledge. While a lot of attention is paid to the opportunities that this linking of data on the Web provides, the reality of implementing such solutions with currently available semantic technologies creates a serious engineering challenge. In developing such applications in a commercial setting, we have been confronted with requirements and conditions that show the limitations of current technologies for this type of Web applications. Using our experience from iFanzy, we illustrate in this paper the issues and steps in turning the concept of access to semantically integrated content into solutions that use available technology.},

keywords = {Query Optimization, Reasoning, Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}

@inproceedings{12,

title = {A Semantics-Based Aspect-Oriented Approach to Adaptation in Web Engineering},

author = { Sven Casteleyn and  William Van Woensel and  Geert-Jan Houben},

url = {http://web.cs.dal.ca/~woensel/paper/A Semantics-based Aspect-Oriented Approach to Adaptation in Web Engineering.pdf},

isbn = {978-1-59593-820-6},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia},

pages = {189--198},

publisher = {ACM},

address = {Manchester, UK},

abstract = {In the modern Web, users are accessing their favourite Web applications from any place, at any time and with any device. In this setting, they expect the application to user-tailor and personalize content access upon their particular needs. Exhibiting some kind of user- and context-dependency is thus crucial in Web Engineering. In this research, we focus on separating the adaptation engineering process from regular Web engineering by applying aspect-oriented techniques. We show how semantic information and metadata associated with the content can be exploited in our aspect-oriented approach. Furthermore, the approach allows the use of global (structural) properties of the Web application in adaptation specification. We thus obtain several advantages, which are demonstrated in this paper: to control adaptation (specification) separate from (regular) Web Engineering concerns in a richer, more consistent, robust and flexible way.},

keywords = {Semantic Web},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inproceedings}

}