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

[Ravi Sharma]

I was also fortunate to associate with Mike Dean and actually visited BBN /
Raytheon pages last week only.
My prayers, and wishes to bring comforts to his family.

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Peter Yim <peter.yim at cim3.com> wrote:

> 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 ...
>
> //
> 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>
> //
>
> Regards. =ppy
> --
>
>
> 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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Ravi
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