Michael F. Uschold (born 1955) is an American

computer scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (al ...

Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...

researcher, and consultant, known for his work on

knowledge representation Knowledge representation and reasoning (KRR, KR&R, KR²) is the field of artificial intelligence (AI) dedicated to representing information about the world in a form that a computer system can use to solve complex tasks such as diagnosing a medic ...

and

ontology In metaphysics, ontology is the philosophical study of being, as well as related concepts such as existence, becoming, and reality. Ontology addresses questions like how entities are grouped into categories and which of these entities exis ...

.Noy, Natalya F., and Deborah L. McGuinness. ''Ontology development 101: A guide to creating your first ontology.'' (2001).

Biography

Uschold received his BA in

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

and

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

in 1977 from the

Canisius College Canisius College is a private Jesuit college in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1870 by Jesuits from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. Canisius offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and minors, and around 34 master's ...

, his MS in

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

in 1981 from

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...

, and his PhD in

in 1991 from the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...

.Michael F. Uschold
at semanticarts.com, 2017. Accessed 18-05-2017 In 1983 Uschold joined the faculty of the University of Edinburgh, Department of Artificial Intelligence as researcher and lecturer, and later moved to its

Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute The Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute (AIAI) at the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh was a non-profit technology transfer organisation that promoted Artificial Intelligence research. History AIAI was creat ...

. In 1997 he left the academic world and became Research Scientist at

Boeing Phantom Works Boeing Phantom Works is the advanced prototyping arm of the defense and security side of Boeing. Its primary focus is developing advanced military products and technologies, many of them highly classified. Founded by McDonnell Douglas, the res ...

, a division of The Boeing Company, specialized in advanced prototyping. In 2007 he became Senior Ontologist in a computer science consultancy firm, in 2009 he started as independent consultant, and since 2010 participates in a management consultancy firm. Uschold's research interests and expertise is in the field of "Software concept design and architecture; Facilitation, Analysis & Modeling; Asking probing question, getting to the heart of the matter; Communication of complex information in simple terms. Writing, speaking, presenting; Constructive reviewing and critiquing; and Semantic technology."

Selected publications

Papers and articles, a selection: * Uschold, Michael, and Martin King.
Towards a methodology for building ontologies
'. Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute, University of Edinburgh, 1995. * Uschold, Michael.
Building ontologies: Towards a unified methodology
'' Technical. Report AIAI-TR-195, Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute, The University of Edinburgh, 1996. * Uschold, Mike, and

Michael Gruninger Michael Gruninger is a Canadian computer scientist and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, known for his work on Ontologies in information science. particularly with the Process Specification Language, and in enterp ...

.
Ontologies: Principles, methods and applications
" ''Knowledge engineering review'' 11.2 (1996): 93–136. * Uschold, M., King, M., Moralee, S., & Zorgios, Y. (1998).
The enterprise ontology
" ''The knowledge engineering review'', 13(01), 31–89. * Jasper, Robert, and Mike Uschold.
A framework for understanding and classifying ontology applications
" ''Proceedings 12th Int. Workshop on Knowledge Acquisition, Modelling, and Management KAW.'' Vol. 99. 1999.

References

External links

semanticarts.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Uschold, Michael Living people Artificial intelligence researchers American computer scientists Canisius College alumni Rutgers University alumni Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Edinburgh Enterprise modelling experts 1955 births