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

[Obrst, Leo J.]

Thanks, Peter!

Leo

From: oor-forum-bounces at ovgu.de [mailto:oor-forum-bounces at ovgu.de] On Behalf Of Peter Yim
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 11:07 AM
To: [ontolog-forum]
Cc: Nancy Dean; OpenOntologyRepository-discussion
Subject: Re: [oor-forum] [ontolog-forum] Mike Dean

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 theOntologySummit<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<mailto:lobrst at mitre.org>> wrote:
> Peter and all,
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> 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
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> Reference: http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/.
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> It would be useful to update his namesake page with this too.
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> Thanks,
>
> Leo


> From: ontolog-forum-bounces at ontolog.cim3.net<mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces at ontolog.cim3.net>
> [mailto: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
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> Cc: Nancy Dean
> Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Mike Dean
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> Peter,
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> 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>
> [mailto: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
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> 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
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>
> ...[snip]...

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