Thomas Franz

Welcome!

I am is a researcher in computer science affiliated with the Institute for Web Science and Technologies at the University of Koblenz.
My research focus is on Semantic Web technology for supporting personal information management, e.g. research towards a Semantic Desktop. My research contributions include works on knowledge engineering, usability studies, relevance ranking, and software engineering for the Semantic Web.

Contact

Affiliation:	Institute for Web Science and Technologies University of Koblenz
Office:	D 116
Phone:	+49 261 287-2795
Email:	franz at uni-koblenz.de
Foaf:	View my Foaf profile (edited with FoafMe)

Research Interests

My research is located in the area of the Semantic Web with a focus on the following topics:

• Semantic Desktop
• Personal Information Management
• Computer Supported Collaborative Work
• Computer Mediated Communication

Research Activities

• X-Media Project, leader of the workpackage on Knowledge Lenses and Process Support.
• Member of the Multimedia Semantics Incubator Group of the W3C
• Reviewing Activities
  • CBMI 2008
  • ISWC 2008
  • PAKM2008
  • SAMT 2009
  • AIXIA Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence
  • ACM Multimedia 2009 - Workshop on EiMM09
  • PIM 2009
  • IEEE Intelligent Systems Journal

Tools

• Framework for The X-COSIM Semantic Desktop
  
  The X-COSIM Semantic Desktop from Thomas Franz on Vimeo.
• Core Ontology for Multimedia (COMM)
• Semantics Aware Messenger (SAM)
• The lens-based navigator LENA
• The X-COSIM plugin for Thunderbird, COSIMail

Academic CV

2005-today	Research Assistant @ ISWeb - University of Koblenz
2007	Summer School on Ontological Engineering and the Semantic Web
2005	M.Sc. Applied Computer Science Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany Thesis: Design and Prototypical Implementation of a Platform for Personalized Recommender Systems Advisor: Prof. Dr. Schmidt-Thieme, Prof. Dr. Georg Lausen
2004	Exchange Student at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
2002	Research assistant, Research Center Knowledge Management at the University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany
2001	Diplom-Informatiker (FH), University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany
2001	Thesis at Clemson University, SC, USA Title: Implementation of a Web-Based System for Managing a Supply Network Advisors: Prof. Dr. Steve Davis, Prof. Dr. Holger Günther

Lehre

WS 09:	Übung Datenbanken
WS 09:	Semantic Desktop Presentation @ Seminar Social Interactive Media
SS 08:	Projektpraktikum MyTag 2.0
WS 07:	Übung Datenbanken
SS 07:	Projektpraktikum MyTag, MyTag live!
SS 06:	Seminar Personal Information Management

Studien-, Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten

Interessiert an einer Studien/Bachelor/Master/Diplomarbeit im Bereich "Semantic Desktop" oder "Semantic Web"? Die Liste ausgeschriebener Arbeiten ist niemals als vollständig anzusehen. Gerne bespreche ich im persönlichen Gespräch weitere interessante Arbeitsthemen.

Thema	Student	Status
Design and Implementation of a TripleRanked Faceted Browsing Interface for Linked Open Data		Abgeschlossen
Austausch strukturierter Information in Email über Wiki-Text	Markus Köhler	Abgeschlossen
Online Plattform für Soziale Projekte und Einrichtungen	Ria Müller	Abgeschlossen
Anwendungsintegration für den Social Semantic Desktop mittels Publish/Subscribe	Tobias Mantsch	Abgeschlossen
Browsing von Desktopmetadaten über das Dateisystem	Richard Wuensch	Abgeschlossen