Who are we?
IDLab is a research group of imec, embedded in
Ghent University (departments IBCN & DSLab) &
University of Antwerp,
performing fundamental & applied research on internet technology & data science.
IDLab has world-leading expertise in the entire data value chain, from data acquisition, enrichment,
storage, representation, to mining and learning from data, visualization & valorization.
The Knowledge on Web-Scale team (KNoWS) focuses on integrating and publishing various datasets on the Web.
The Knowledge on Web Scale (KNoWS) research unit crosses two groups within IDLab, i.e. DSLab & IBCN.
KNoWS is led by Prof. Verborgh, Prof. Colpaert & Prof. Ongenae and
consists of 5 post-docs & 27 PhD students.
KNoWS has a long-standing track record in Semantic Web research.
KnoWS covers the full data management ecosystem to generate Linked Data
(e.g RML),
publish these using a Web API (e.g. LDF),
enable feedback (e.g. Solid), and
query the data while performing reasoning (e.g. N3,
MASSIF,
Roxi & Comunica).
KNoWS is a world top-3 Semantic Web research lab, invaluable to the Solid project as they spearhead –
together with MIT & Sir Tim Berners-Lee – in Solid protocols and Solid-related technical research.
IDLab has a history of participating in W3C standards,
e.g. Media Fragments, PROV, LDES, Solid, N3 & Linked Data Platform.
The KNoWS research group is led by Prof. Dr. Ruben Verborgh,
Prof. Dr. Pieter Colpaert, and
Prof. Dr. Femke Ongenae, and
is regarded as a world-class research group in the Semantic Web domain.
See our list of publications.
Teams
The KNowledge on Web Scale (KNoWS) group of IDLab is an
experienced team of creative researchers in advanced data technologies.
Our mission involves enabling optimal flows of public and protected data
between different parties, and
our ultimate goal is for data to impact people’s lives positively in ways they choose themselves.