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[https://ontologforum.com/index.php/User:Rrovetto Robert] is a formal '''ontologist''', '''philosopher''', and '''actively-applying / aspiring student''', open globally to work and study opportunities. '''Output includes''' ontologies, and over 20 written works since 2011, all but two unfunded or personal efforts (demonstrating great initiative, sacrifice, and creativity): journal & conference papers, (inter)national standards, national agency manuals, reports, grant proposals, presentations; as well as collaborative projects including open data/science. '''Focus areas include''': terminology; knowledge representation; conceptual modeling; upper or foundational ontology; highly abstract concepts; development methodology; ontology for aerospace, maritime, and emergency response; ethics of/in ontology & AI. Activities & service are listed below. You can [https://knowledgemodeling.setmore.com/ Directly hire for selected services or Purchase products at this webpage]. | [https://ontologforum.com/index.php/User:Rrovetto Robert] is a formal '''ontologist''', '''philosopher''', and '''actively-applying / aspiring student''', open globally to work and study opportunities. '''Output includes''' ontologies, and over 20 written works since 2011, all but two unfunded or personal efforts (demonstrating great initiative, sacrifice, and creativity): journal & conference papers, (inter)national standards, national agency manuals, reports, grant proposals, presentations; as well as collaborative projects including open data/science. '''Focus areas include''': terminology; knowledge representation; conceptual modeling; upper or foundational ontology; highly abstract concepts; development methodology; ontology for aerospace, maritime, and emergency response; ethics of/in ontology & AI. Activities & service are listed below. You can [https://knowledgemodeling.setmore.com/ Directly hire for selected services or Purchase products at this webpage]. | ||
'''Contact:''' rrovetto[at]terpalum[dot]umd[dot]edu or via [https://ontospace.wordpress.com/contact/ this webpage.] or | '''Contact:''' rrovetto[at]terpalum[dot]umd[dot]edu or via [https://ontospace.wordpress.com/contact/ this webpage.] or [https://tinyurl.com/hm8wu2sa Schedule a Meeting here.] | ||
= Projects that need your support ([https://tinyurl.com/donateViaPayPalrr Donate via PayPal] or [https://gogetfunding.com/?p=6893352 via GoGetFunding]) = | = Projects that need your support ([https://tinyurl.com/donateViaPayPalrr Donate via PayPal] or [https://gogetfunding.com/?p=6893352 via GoGetFunding]) = |
Revision as of 17:23, 13 April 2023
Robert J. Rovetto
Robert is a formal ontologist, philosopher, and actively-applying / aspiring student, open globally to work and study opportunities. Output includes ontologies, and over 20 written works since 2011, all but two unfunded or personal efforts (demonstrating great initiative, sacrifice, and creativity): journal & conference papers, (inter)national standards, national agency manuals, reports, grant proposals, presentations; as well as collaborative projects including open data/science. Focus areas include: terminology; knowledge representation; conceptual modeling; upper or foundational ontology; highly abstract concepts; development methodology; ontology for aerospace, maritime, and emergency response; ethics of/in ontology & AI. Activities & service are listed below. You can Directly hire for selected services or Purchase products at this webpage.
Contact: rrovetto[at]terpalum[dot]umd[dot]edu or via this webpage. or Schedule a Meeting here.
Projects that need your support (Donate via PayPal or via GoGetFunding)
- Catalog of Definitions of 'Ontology'
- My Space ontology project
- Desired as my PhD thesis (documentation of ideation & work since 2009 available on request)
- Donate: via GoGetFunding, or via Patreon, or via PayPal
- Catalog of Space Vocabularies & Knowledge Organization Systems
- Catalog of Spaceflight Terms
- Pros and cons of Knowledge organization systems
- Ethical aspects of ontology development and use
- How to create a top-level ontology
For hire / Open to Opportunities
Willing to relocate internationally. Authorized to work in EU & US, with special interest in Canada.
- Open to regular employment, temp, consulting or contract roles. Open to any level: junior, entry-, mid, apprenticeship.
- Open to educational opportunities as PhD student. Will consider lesser degree.
- Direct hire webpage for ontology consulting
- Searching for formal support for my space ontology project and other projects.
- International experience, bilingual, MBSE, and Agile team experience
Written works (sample)
- ORCID Profile
- GoogleScholar Page
- DBLP
- ResearcherID (old link)
- Sample Presentation: "A generic name for the most generic ontologies" (PPT) at 2022 IAOA SWAO group meeting.
- Buy a copy at this webpage link.
- Description of Some Services (PPT)
- Description of Pay-per Courses (PPT)
Education & Training
- M.A. Philosophy, with applied ontology focus, and courses from multiple departments; The State University of New York.
- B.A. Philosophy, with Minor in Business & Management w/Information Technology focus; University of Maryland.
- Graduate coursework toward M.S. in Space Studies; AMU (incomplete, TBD pending opportunities)
- Training & Expertise in (cv available on request): Maritime operations, water search & rescue. Certified commercial merchant marine.
Service Activities (sample)
- Contributor & committee member of Ontology Summit 2022. Presenter and co-champion/co-organizer of session Aerospace and Maritime Disasterspart 1andpart 2.
- Contributing member of OntologForum since approximately 2010.
- Contributing member of Education Technical Committee (See this new webpage), in the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)
- Co-organizer of the first Education Series on Applied Ontology.
- Contributing member of Semantic Web & Applied Ontology Special Interest Group in the [https://iaoa.org/ IAOA
- Contributing member of Semantic Technology Committee, and other groups in Earth Science Information Partners (2019-present)
- Contributing member of OntoCommons
- Contributing subject-matter expert national-body member in Information Technology committee of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (approx. 2017). Contributions to ISO21838.
- Contributed to two foundational/top-level ontologies (YAMATO, and BFO)
- Webmaster work for YAMATO ontology, and for RFM ontology
- Invited manuscript reviewer, Journal of Applied Ontology (2017, 2022)
- Invited manuscript reviewer, European Semantic Web Conference
- Ontology & terminology subject-matter expert in aerospace orgs. (2019-present)
- Emergency response & rescue community service
Donate to help support this and other ongoing volunteering and community service
Selected Interests
- Philosophy (general)
- Metaphysics: causality/causation, space & time, laws of nature, misc.
- Ethics & moral philosophy
- various topics in philosophy
- Symbolic logic
- Ontology (formal, philosophical, applied)
- Generic/Foundational ontology & ontologies
- Methodological and ethical aspects of ontology and similar types of system
- MBSE - Model-based systems engineering
- Space: astronautics, astronomy, policy, law, spatio-temporality
- Marine safety, boat operations, search & rescue