Curriculum Vitae
Short Biography
Ruben Taelman is a Postdoctoral Researcher at IDLab, Ghent University – imec, Belgium. His research concerns the decentralized publication and querying of Linked Data on the Web, and investigating the trade-offs that exist between server and client. He has contributed to this domain through publications in journals such as the Semantic Web Journal and the Journal of Web Semantics. Next to that, he is actively applying his research by developing reusable software that can be used by developers and other researchers. Furthermore, he has presented his work at various conferences and workshops such as the Web Conference, the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), and the Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC). Additionally, he has served as a reviewer and program committee member for these journals and conferences.
Academic Work Experience
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Postdoctoral Researcher
2020 - nowTogether with a team of PhD students and postdocs, I am researching decentralized publication and querying of Linked Data on the Web.
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Visiting Researcher
2019 - 2020I visited Sabrina Kirrane in Austria to collaborate on privacy-preserving querying within decentralized environments.
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Visiting Researcher
2017 - 2018I visited Hideaki Takeda in Japan to study the fundamentals of semantic versioned querying.
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Doctoral Researcher
2015 - 2020Under the supervision of Ruben Verborgh, I am researching decentralized publication and querying of Linked Data on the Web.
Education
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Doctor of Computer Science Engineering
2015 - 2020Ghent University, Belgium
Thesis: Storing and Querying Evolving Knowledge Graphs on the Web
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Master in Computer Science Engineering
2013 - 2015Ghent University, Belgium
With great honor
Thesis: Continuously Updating Queries over Real-Time Linked Data -
Bachelor in Informatics
2010 - 2013Ghent University, Belgium
With honor
Teaching
Courses
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Web Development
2017 - nowGhent University, Belgium
Coaching of Computer Science students on designing and implementing Web applications.
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Design of Cloud and Mobile Applications
2015 - 2017Ghent University, Belgium
Coaching of Informatics students on designing and implementing cloud applications.
Supervision of Master Students
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Karel Haerens
2019 - 2020Ghent University, Belgium
Query execution over decentralized social media networks
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Serge Morel
2018 - 2019Ghent University, Belgium
Computational integrity for outsourced execution of SPARQL queries
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Isa Sebrechts
2018 - 2019Ghent University, Belgium
Usability of distributed data sources for modern Web applications
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Wouter Vandenberghe
2017 - 2019Ghent University, Belgium
An analysis of the effects of HTTP2 on a low-cost query interface
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Thibault Mahieu
2017 - 2018Ghent University, Belgium
Reducing storage requirements of multi-version graph databases using forward and reverse deltas
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Brecht Hendrickx
2017 - 2018Ghent University, Belgium
Client-side querying of media fragments using a low-cost server interface
Fellowships
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Postdoctoral Fellowship
2020 - 2023Full research grant for a 3-year junior postdoctoral fellowship
Awards
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Best Paper Award
2020Pattern-based Access Control in a Decentralised Collaboration Environment
LDAC2020 - 8th Linked Data in Architecture and Construction Workshop
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Best Paper Award
2016Continuously Updating Query Results over Real-Time Linked Data
2nd Workshop on Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web)
Publications
Journal articles
- Journal Triple Storage for Random-Access Versioned Querying of RDF ArchivesMore
In Journal of Web Semantics - Journal Generating Public Transport Data based on Population Distributions for RDF BenchmarkingMore
In Semantic Web Journal
Conference and workshop contributions
- Conference LDflex: a Read/Write Linked Data Abstraction for Front-End Web DevelopersMore
In Proceedings of the 19th International Semantic Web Conference - Conference Facilitating the Analysis of COVID-19 Literature Through a Knowledge GraphMore
In Proceedings of the 19th International Semantic Web Conference - Conference Pattern-based Access Control in a Decentralised Collaboration EnvironmentMore
In Proceedings of LDAC2020 - 8th Linked Data in Architecture and Construction Workshop - Conference Streamlining governmental processes by putting citizens in control of their personal dataMore
In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Electronic Governance and Open Society: Challenges in Eurasia - Conference Reflections on: Triple Storage for Random-Access Versioned Querying of RDF ArchivesMore
In Proceedings of the 18th International Semantic Web Conference - Conference Comunica: a Modular SPARQL Query Engine for the WebMore
In Proceedings of the 17th International Semantic Web Conference - Conference On the Semantics of TPF-QS towards Publishing and Querying RDF Streams at Web-scaleMore
In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Semantic Systems - Conference Components.js: A Semantic Dependency Injection FrameworkMore
In Proceedings of the The Web Conference: Developers Track - Conference Declaratively Describing Responses of Hypermedia-Driven Web APIsMore
In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Knowledge Capture - Conference Continuous Client-Side Query Evaluation over Dynamic Linked DataMore
In The Semantic Web: ESWC 2016 Satellite Events, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 29 – June 2, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
- Tutorial Modeling, Generating, and Publishing Knowledge as Linked DataMore
In Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management: EKAW 2016 Satellite Events, EKM and Drift-an-LOD, Bologna, Italy, November 19–23, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
- Challenge Versioned Querying with OSTRICH and Comunica in MOCHA 2018More
In Proceedings of the 5th SemWebEval Challenge at ESWC 2018
- Workshop Optimizing Approximate Membership Metadata in Triple Pattern Fragments for Clients and ServersMore
In Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Scalable Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems - Workshop RDF Test Suite: Improving Developer Experience for Building Specification-Compliant LibrariesMore
In Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on The Semantic Web in Practice: Tools and Pedagogy - Workshop Towards Querying in Decentralized Environments with Privacy-Preserving AggregationMore
In Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Storing, Querying, and Benchmarking the Web of Data - Workshop The Fundamentals of Semantic Versioned QueryingMore
In Proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Scalable Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems co-located with 17th International Semantic Web Conference - Workshop A Preliminary Open Data Publishing Strategy for Live Data in FlandersMore
In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference Companion on World Wide Web - Workshop Describing configurations of software experiments as Linked DataMore
In Proceedings of the First Workshop on Enabling Open Semantic Science (SemSci) - Workshop Versioned Triple Pattern Fragments: A Low-cost Linked Data Interface Feature for Web ArchivesMore
In Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web - Workshop Multidimensional Interfaces for Selecting Data within Ordinal RangesMore
In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Consuming Linked Data - Workshop Continuously Updating Query Results over Real-Time Linked DataMore
In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web
- Demo Discovering Data Sources in a Distributed Network of Heritage InformationMore
In Proceedings of the Posters and Demo Track of the 15th International Conference on Semantic Systems - Demo Using an existing website as a queryable low-cost LOD publishing interfaceMore
In Proceedings of the 16th Extended Semantic Web Conference: Posters and Demos - Demo GraphQL-LD: Linked Data Querying with GraphQLMore
In Proceedings of the 17th International Semantic Web Conference: Posters and Demos - Demo Demonstration of Comunica, a Web framework for querying heterogeneous Linked Data interfacesMore
In Proceedings of the 17th International Semantic Web Conference: Posters and Demos - Demo OSTRICH: Versioned Random-Access Triple StoreMore
In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference Companion on World Wide Web - Demo Live Storage and Querying of Versioned Datasets on the WebMore
In Proceedings of the 14th Extended Semantic Web Conference: Posters and Demos - Demo Querying Dynamic Datasources with Continuously Mapped Sensor DataMore
In Proceedings of the 15th International Semantic Web Conference: Posters and Demos - Demo Linked Sensor Data Generation using Queryable RML MappingsMore
In Proceedings of the 15th International Semantic Web Conference: Posters and Demos
- Poster PoDiGG: A Public Transport RDF Dataset GeneratorMore
In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference Companion on World Wide Web - Poster Exposing RDF Archives using Triple Pattern FragmentsMore
In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management: Posters and Demos - Poster Moving Real-Time Linked Data Query Evaluation to the ClientMore
In Proceedings of the 13th Extended Semantic Web Conference: Posters and Demos
- PhD Symposium Continuously Self-Updating Query Results over Dynamic Heterogeneous Linked DataMore
In The Semantic Web. Latest Advances and New Domains: 13th International Conference, ESWC 2016, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 29 – June 2, 2016, Proceedings
Other publications
- Position Statement Bridges between GraphQL and RDFMore
In W3C Workshop on Web Standardization for Graph Data
Academic Involvement
Tutorials
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2019
Half-day tutorial at the 18th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2019), Auckland, New Zealand, 2019.
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2019
Full-day tutorial at the 18th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2019), Auckland, New Zealand, 2019.
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2019
Half-day tutorial at the 16th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2019), Portoroz, Slovenia, 2019.
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Modeling, Generating and Publishing knowledge as Linked Data
2016Full-day tutorial at the 20th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW2016), Bologna, Italy, 2016.
Journal Reviewer
- IEEE Access
- 2020
- Semantic Web Journal
- 2017
- 2018
- 2020 (including member of editorial board for Special Issue on Semantic Technologies for Data and Algorithmic Governance
- Journal of Web Semantics
- 2017
- Data Science
- 2019
Program Committee Member
- International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC)
- 2019 (Resources Track)
- 2020 (Resources Track)
- Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC)
- 2018 (Research Track)
- 2019 (Research Track)
- 2020 (Metadata Chair, Research Track, Poster & Demo Track)
- 2021 (Research Track, Resources Track, In-Use Track)
- The Web Conference
- 2018 (Developers’ Track)
- International Conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics (ODBASE)
- 2020
- SEMANTiCS Conference
- 2017 (Poster & Demo Track)
- 2018 (Research Track, Poster & Demo Track)
- 2019 (Research Track)
- 2020 (Research Track)
- ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
- 2020
- Workshop on Decentralizing the Semantic Web
- 2018
- 2019
- Workshop on Managing the Evolution and Preservation of the Data Web (MEPDaW)
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- Linked Data in Architecture and Construction Workshop
- 2019
- Open Mighty Storage Challenge (MOCHA)
- 2017
- International Workshop on Semantics for Transport (Sem4Tra)
- 2020
- 2019