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Publications

  1. Y. Li, A. Qasem and J. Heflin. A Scalable Indexing Mechanism for Ontology-Based Information Integration. In WI 10: Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Intelligence. IEEE Computer Society Press, IEEE (c), 2010. 

  2. Z. Pan, A. Qasem and J. Heflin, Semantic Integration the Hawkeye Approach. In P Sheu, H. Yu, C. V. Ramamoorthy (Eds.) , Semantic Computing, Wiley, John & Sons, New York, 2010 

  3. A. Qasem, D. A. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin. Towards Scalable Information Integration with Instance Coreferences. In Proc. of Workshop on Information Integration on the Web, IJCAI 09, Pasadena, California, 2009.

  4. A. Qasem, D. A. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin. Goal Node Search for Semantic Web Source Selection. In WI 08: Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Intelligence. IEEE Computer Society Press, IEEE (c), 2008. 

  5. A. Qasem, D. A. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin. ISENS: A Multi-ontology Query System for the Semantic Deep Web . A Workshop on The Semantic Web meets the Deep Web, In Proc. of IEEE CEC'08 and EEE'08, Washington DC, IEEE (c), 2008. pp. 396-399

  6. A. Qasem, D. A. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin.  Efficient Selection and Integration of Data Sources for Answering Semantic Web Queries. In ICSC 08: Proceedings of the Second IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing. IEEE Computer Society Press, IEEE (c), 2008. pp. 245-252

  7. Z. Pan, A. Qasem, S. Kanitkar, F. Prabhakar and J. Heflin.  Hawkeye: A Practical Large Scale Demonstration of Semantic Web Integration.  In Proc. of the 3rd International Workshop on Scalable Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems (SSWS'07). Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, Nov 27, 2007.

  8. A. Qasem,  D. A. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin.  Efficient Selection and Integration of Data Sources for Answering Semantic Web Queries . In Proc. of Workshop on New forms of reasoning for the Semantic Web: scalable, tolerant and dynamic, ISWC 07,  Busan, Korea, 2007.

  9. A. Chitnis, A. Qasem and J. Heflin. Benchmarking Reasoners for Multi-Ontology Applications. In Proc. of Workshop on Evaluation of Ontologies and Ontology-Based Tools, ISWC 07, Busan, Korea, 2007.

  10. Y. Guo, A. Qasem, Z. Pan and J. Heflin.  A Requirements Driven Framework for Benchmarking Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems. In IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering: Special Issue: Knowledge and Data Engineering in the Semantic Web Era, February 2007 (Vol. 19, No. 2) pp. 297-309

  11. D. A. Dimitrov, J. Heflin, A. Qasem, N. Wang. Information Integration via an End-to-End Distributed Semantic Web System. In Proc. of the 5th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2006), Athens, Georgia, USA, 2006. pp. 764-777

  12. Z. Pan, A. Qasem and J. Heflin.  An Investigation into the Feasibility of the Semantic Web. Technical Report LU-CSE-06-025, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, 2006.

  13. Z. Pan, A. Qasem, J. Heflin. An Investigation into the Feasibility of the Semantic Web. In Proc. of the Twenty First  National Conference on Artificial Intelligence  (AAAI 2006), Boston, USA, 2006. pp. 1394-1399

  14. Y. Guo, A. Qasem, J. Heflin. Large Scale Knowledge Base Systems: An Empirical Evaluation Perspective. In Proc. of the Twenty First  National Conference on Artificial Intelligence  (AAAI 2006), Boston, USA, 2006. pp. 1617-1620

  15. S. Wang, Y. Guo, A. Qasem, and J. Heflin. Rapid Benchmarking for Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems. In Proc. of the 4th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2005), LNCS 3729, Galway, Ireland, 2005, pp. 758-772.

  16. A. Qasem, J. Heflin and H. Muñoz-Avila. Efficient Source Discovery and Service Composition for Ubiquitous Computing Environments. In Workshop on Semantic Web Technology for Mobile and Ubiquitous Applications, ISWC 2004.

  17. A.Qasem and J. Heflin, Efficient Knowledge Management by Extending the Semantic Web with Local Completeness Reasoning. AIS SIGSEMIS Bulletin, 1(2), July 2004, pp. 25-28.

  18. A. Qasem, A Prototype DAML+OIL Ontology IDE, International Semantic Web Working Symposium, Stanford, 2001

  19. T. Gupta and A. Qasem, Reduction of price dispersion through Semantic E-commerce: A Position Paper, Workshop at WWW20002 International Workshop on the Semantic Web, Hawaii, May 7, 20002

  20. T. Hilburn, I. Hirmanpour, S. Khajenoori, R. Turner, A. Qasem, Software Engineering Body of Knowledge Version 1.0, 1999, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Technical Report, SEI-TR-99-004

  21. T. Gupta and A. Qasem, IT Diffusion: National Best Practices, 1999, Proceedings of Information Research Management Association International Conference, 1999

  22. G. Carrithers, R. Brown, A. Qasem, Worlic++: Learning Tool, 1994,  Proceedings of ACM Southeast Regional Conference, 1994

  23. A. Qasem, D. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin. Efficient Selection and Integration of Data Sources for Answering Semantic Web Queries . Technical Report LU-CSE-08-006, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, 2007.

  24. A. Qasem, D. Dimitrov, and J. Heflin. An Efficient and Complete Distributed Query Answering System for Semantic Web Data. Technical Report LU-CSE-07-007, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, 2007.

  25. Z. Pan, A. Qasem, S. Kanitkar, F. Prabhakar, and J. Heflin. Hawkeye: A Practical Large Scale Demonstration of Semantic Web Integration. Technical Report LU-CSE-07-006, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, 2007.

  26. S. Wang, Y. Guo, A. Qasem, and J. Heflin. Rapid Benchmarking for Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems. Technical Report LU-CSE-05-026. CSE Department, Lehigh University, 2005.

  27. A. Qasem, Efficient Selection and Integration of Data Sources for Answering Semantic Web Queries, CSE Department, Lehigh University, 2009

 

Presentations

  1. “Capturing Tweet Semantics to Foster Responsive and Transparent Governance”. In Proceedings of Semantic Technology Conference, SemTech 2010, San Francisco, California 2010.

  2. “Piazza – an organic environment to explore, collaborate and learn”.  Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants Educators Symposium, Richmond, CA June 7, 2012 

 

Short Articles

  1. Chronicle of Higher Education Guest post: Using Piazza to Encourage Interaction ProfHacker, April 2, 2012

  2. ProgrammableWeb How To Get The Most Out Of The New York Times API Suite Jan 4, 2012

  3. World Bank: World Bank People, Space and Deliberation Blog, The Future of Education: What Happens to Accreditation Under an Open Education Model?

  4. World Bank People, Space and Deliberation Blog, The Future of Education: Amazon or an eBay Model? 

  5. Washington Post Guest post: In digital era, lectures and textbooks are secondary, College Blog, December 13, 2012

  6. Washington Post Guest post: An ‘Arab Spring’ of free online higher education College Blog, February 3, 2012

  7. Edudemic, The Future of Education: How Small Colleges Can Build A Competitive Edge [Science] November 14, 2011

  8. Edudemic, Online Schools Are Like ATMs December 1, 2011

  9. Edudemic, The Must-Have Guide To Helping Technophobic Educators February 3, 2012

Publications, presentations and short articles

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