[oor-forum] [ontolog-forum] Mike Dean

Peter Yim peter.yim at cim3.com
Sat Nov 22 17:07:21 CET 2014


Thank you, Leo.

I have updated your input on Mike's contribution to the W3C-OWL work, as
well as that from Kathy Laskey (offline) on Mike's role in the STIDS
conference series and the Annual "Mike Dean Best Paper Award" that has
recently been established to honor him.

The OntologWiki:MikeDean page now reads ...

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Mike Dean    (162M)
<http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid162M>

Michael Dean
August 7, 1961 - November 19, 2014    (4EWM)
<http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWM>

Previously,
Principal Scientist*Raytheon BBN Technologies*
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.    (162N)
<http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid162N>

Among other roles, Mike was    (4EWN)
<http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWN>

   - a Member of the ONTOLOG
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ONTOLOG>_BoT
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BoT> - ONTOLOG_BoardOfTrustees
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ONTOLOG_BoardOfTrustees> (2014)
      (4EWO) <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWO>


   - Chair of the DARPA <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DARPA> DAML
   Program <http://www.daml.org/>* Joint Committee
   <http://www.daml.org/committee/> (Joint US/EU ad hoc Agent Markup
   Language Committee) (*2000~2006)    (4EWP)
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWP>


   - a member of the W3C Web Ontology Working Group
   <http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/> (2002-2004)    (4EWY)
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWY>
      - this is the working group that developed the OWL Web Ontology
      Language <http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/>, for which Mike was a
      co-editor    (4EWZ)
      <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWZ>


   - Co-convener of the Open Ontology Repository (OOR
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OpenOntologyRepository>)
   initiative (est. 2008)    (4EWQ)
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWQ>


   - a Member of the Steering Committee of the annual Conference on
   Semantic Technology for Intelligence, Defense and Security (STIDS
   <http://stids.c4i.gmu.edu/>) (since the steering committee's founding in
   2010)    (4EWT)
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWT>
      - the STIDS <http://stids.c4i.gmu.edu/> Conference organizers have
      established an annual "Michael Dean Best Paper Award" to reward the paper
      that best exemplifies the qualities that made Mike such a productive and
      respected member of the semantic technology community. See:
      http://stids.c4i.gmu.edu/award2014.php    (4EWU)
      <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWU>


   - Symposium Co-Chair for OntologySummit2013
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2013>: Ontology
   Evaluation Across the Ontology Lifecycle   (4EWR)
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWR>


   - ... he has made key contributions, and took on leadership roles in the
   semantic web, ontology and artificial intelligence communities - in the
   Ontolog <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Ontolog> SemanticWiki
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SemanticWiki>,
   EarthScienceOntolog
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?EarthScienceOntolog> &
   RulesReasoningLP
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RulesReasoningLP> mini-series';
   SOCoP <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SOCoP> (Spatial Ontology
   CoP <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CoP>); W3C
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?W3C>/RIF
   <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RIF> Working Group; and the
   OntologySummit
<http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit> program.
      (4EWS) <http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid4EWS>

see: http://purl.org/net/mdean/    (162O)
<http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean#nid162O>
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Regards. =ppy
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On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Obrst, Leo J. <lobrst at mitre.org> wrote:
> Peter and all,
>
>
>
> Mike was also a member of the W3C Web Ontology Working Group that
developed
> OWL, 2002-2004. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/. He was also the
> co-editor of the OWL Web Ontology Language
>
> Reference: http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/.
>
>
>
> It would be useful to update his namesake page with this too.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Leo


> From: ontolog-forum-bounces at ontolog.cim3.net
> [mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces at ontolog.cim3.net] On Behalf Of Barkmeyer,
> Edward J
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 2:52 PM
> To: [ontolog-forum] ; OpenOntologyRepository-discussion
>
>
> Cc: Nancy Dean
> Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Mike Dean
>
>
>
> Peter,
>
>
>
> What that list only hints at is the combination of technical ability,
> leadership, and dedication that Mike brought to the projects he led, and
the
> patience, tolerance, and personal warmth that he contributed to their
> success .  Mike was a hero of the AI community; he got talented and
> difficult people to work together to realize great ideas.  As others have
> said, he will be missed by many of us, personally and professionally, and
he
> will be long remembered.
>
>
>
> -Ed


> From: ontolog-forum-bounces at ontolog.cim3.net
> [mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces at ontolog.cim3.net] On Behalf Of Peter Yim
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 2:16 PM
> To: OpenOntologyRepository-discussion; [ontolog-forum]
> Cc: Nancy Dean
> Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Mike Dean
>
>
>
> To help keep this kind and brilliant gentleman in our memories, I have
just
> updated MikeDean's namesake page on the OntologWiki - see:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MikeDean
>
>
> ...[snip]...
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