About
Christophe Debruyne (he/him) is an Assistant Professor (chargé de cours) at the Montefiore Institute of Liège University. Christophe conducts research in ontology and knowledge engineering, data modeling, Linked Data, and declarative approaches to data integration. He applies (and has applied) his research in various domains ranging from digital humanities and the cultural sector to e-commerce and geospatial data management.
In 2013, Christophe obtained a PhD in computer science with a dissertation entitled “Grounding Ontologies with Social Processes and Natural Language”. In his thesis, he investigated the role of the exchange of natural language definitions of concepts (called glosses) in the social interactions that take place when a community of stakeholders is collaboratively constructing ontologies. Before his PhD, Christophe obtained a Bachelor in Applied Computer Science at Hogeschool Gent (University College Gent) in 2005, a BSc in Computer Science and an MSc in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science at the VUB in 2007 and 2009 respectively. You can find more information about his education and work experience on LinkedIn.
Projects and (Selected) Project Participation
More and more detailed information on projects and other types of funding is available on my CV.
| Project | Comment |
|---|---|
| Introducing Context-Awareness in Data Integration Processes for Data-driven Projects with Knowledge Graphs. FNRS Mandat d’impulsion scientifique (2024-2028) | (a) |
| Graphs For Data Integration (KG4DI) FWO Scientific Research Network (2022-2026) | |
| DALIDA: DAta LIteracy Discussion workshops for Adults. SFI Discover Programme 2020 | (a,b) |
| OSi Linked Data Project III (2016): ADAPT Centre Spokes Target Project with the Ordnance Survey Ireland | (c) |
| Project to add a geospatial dimension to datasets available on data.gov.ie via Ordnance Survey Ireland authoritative linked data (2016-2017): Open Data Engagement Fund 2016 | (b,c) |
| OSi Linked Data Project II (2016): ADAPT Centre Spokes Target Project with the Ordnance Survey Ireland | (b,c) |
| Cliodynamics Research Network Ireland II (CLIO, 2016). Irish Research Council Government of Ireland New Foundations Scheme 2015 | (b,c) |
| OSi Linked Data Project (2016): ADAPT Centre Spokes Target Project with the Ordnance Survey Ireland | (b,c) |
| CMC Linked Irish NEw mUsic Platform (CMC LINE-UP, 2014-2015): within the Science Foundation Ireland funded Insight Research Centre | (c) |
| Open Semantic Cloud for Brussels (OSCB, 2011-2014): INNOViris Call for Strategic Platforms (Brussels, Belgium) | (b,c) |
- (a) Principal Investigator
- (b) Leading (scientific) activities
- (c) (Led) Proposal Writing
Service
Working Groups
- Member of the Knowledge Graph Construction Community Group (2021-…)
- Member of the Interoperability WG in the EU eHealth initiative or electronic vaccination certificates (2020-2021)
- Member and secretary of IFIP WG 12.7 Social Networking Semantics and Collective Intelligence (2010-…)
Chairs and Organizing Committees
- On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2020 Conferences/Workshops - Publication chair
Cancelled due to COVID19)
- On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2019 Conferences/Workshops - Publication chair
- On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2018 Conferences/Workshops - Publication chair
- On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2017 Conferences/Workshops - Publication chair
- On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2016 Conferences/Workshops - Publication chair
- International Workshop on Computational History and Data-Driven Humanities 2016
- International Workshop on Methods, Evaluation, Tools and Applications for the Creation and Consumption of Structured Data for the e-Society (META4eS) 2015
- International Workshop on Computational History and Data-Driven Humanities 2014
Editorial Board
- Semantic Web Journal Guest Editor “Knowledge Graph Construction”
- Semantic Web Journal Guest Editorial Board “Interactive Semantic Web”
Reviewer
- ACM Transactions on the Web
- Computing
- Data Technologies and Applications
- IEEE Access
- International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
- International Journal of Web Information Systems
- Journal of Data and Information Quality
- Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
- Journal of Web Semantics
- Journal on Data Semantics
- Knowledge and Information Systems
- Knowledge-Based Systems
- Semantic Web Journal
- Transactions in GIS
- International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL 2023)
Program Committees (past five years)
- International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS) 2025
- ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in (JCDL) 2024
- 23nd International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) 2024–Research Track
- 5th International Workshop on Knowledge Graph Construction (KGCW) 2024
- Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS) 2024–Lightning Talks
- 7th International Workshop on Visualization and Interaction for Ontologies and Linked Data (Voila) 2023
- 9th Workshop on Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web (MEPDaW) 2023
- ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in (JCDL) 2023
- 22nd International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) 2023–In-Use Track
- 8th Workshop on Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web (MEPDaW) 2022
- SEMANTicS Conference 2022
- 6th International Workshop on Visualization and Interaction for Ontologies and Linked Data (Voila) 2022
- 21st International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) 2022–In-Use Track
- 3rd International Workshop on Knowledge Graph Construction (KGCW) 2022
- ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in (JCDL) 2022
- 7th Workshop on Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web (MEPDaW) 2021
- IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI) 2021
- ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in (JCDL) 2021
- 20th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) 2021–In-Use Track
- International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS) 2021
- IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI) 2020
- 19th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) 2020–In-Use Track
- 6th Workshop on Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web (MEPDaW) 2020
- ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in (JCDL) 2020
- International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS) 2020
- International Conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics (ODBASE) 2019
- IFIP 2.6 International Symposium on Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis (SIMPDA) 2019
- 1st International Workshop on Semantic Web for Historical and Legacy Linguistic and Lexicographic Data (SWH3L) 2019
- 5th Workshop on Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web (MEPDaW) 2019
- International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS) 2019