Summary of ONTOBRAS 2018 (Seminar on Ontology Research in Brazil)

From October 1st through 3rd I participated in ONTOBRAS 2018 (Seminar on Ontology Research in Brazil) in São Paulo, Brazil. As usual, in order to force myself to pay attention and to share the knowledge with others, I wrote quick summaries of the presentations that were given during the event. ONTOBRAS 2018 papers are available… Continue Reading

Summary of the 23rd Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web

On October 18th and 19th I participated in the 23rd Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and Web Systems (WebMedia 2017) in Gramado, RS, Brazil. As usual, in order to force myself to pay attention and to share the knowledge with others, I wrote quick summaries of the presentations that were given during the event.

Summary of my visit to CIn/UFPE

On September 11th, I participated in a PhD thesis committee at the Faculty of Computer Science (Centro de Informática) of the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). During my visit to the Faculty, prof. Carla Silva and Jaelson Castro were very kind to organize seminars presented by their students in order to foster collaborative work between… Continue Reading

FOIS, impact and Google’s H5

In Brazil, conferences are evaluated according to a few criteria, the main one being Google’s H5 (h-index in the last 5 years). I wonder if this is unfair to conferences that do not take place every year. For instance, take FOIS – Formal Ontology in Information Systems Conference, which takes place every two years. If… Continue Reading

Summary of the Web.br 2016 Conference

On October 13th and 14th, I attended Web.br 2016, in São Paulo, Brazil. As usual, in order to force myself to pay attention and to share the knowledge with others, I wrote quick summaries of the presentations that were given during the event. Even though most presentations were in Portuguese, I decided to write the… Continue Reading