Kieron O'Hara

Arius in Cyberspace: Digital Companions and the Limits of the Person (2010)

O'Hara, Kieron

This paper deals with aspects of agency in the context of digital companions. First, I defend the idea that a full description of human psychology or cognition must deal with more than the state of a...

Use of the Semantic Web in e-Research (2010)

O'Hara, Kieron, Berners-Lee, Tim, Hall, Wendy, Shadbolt, Nigel

A review of the use of the Semantic Web to support e-Science and e-Social Science

Vote Blue, Get Green Conservatism (2009)

O'Hara, Kieron

An exploration of an apparent political paradox: how David Cameron's green conservatism fits into the conservative tradition.

Semantic Web (2009)

Hall, Wendy, O'Hara, Kieron

The Semantic Web is a proposed extension to the World Wide Web (WWW) that aims to provide a common framework for sharing and reusing data across applications. The most common interfaces to the World...

The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious Moderation and Extremism on the Web (2009)

O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David

Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations first suggested that an unfettered religious market leads to a multitude of small sects and away from monopolistic churches. ‘Strict’ or ‘extreme’ religious...

In Defence of Adam Smith (2009)

O'Hara, Kieron

An invited reply to Philip Blond's article 'The Red Tory Moment'. Blond may regret the birth of the liberalism, but that does not mean he can ignore it

Electing the Conservative Leader 1997-2005 (2009)

O'Hara, Kieron

Kieron O’Hara examines the changing nature of Tory leadership contest

Lifelogging: Privacy and Empowerment with Memories for Life (2009)

O'Hara, Kieron, Tuffield, Mischa, Shadbolt, Nigel

The growth of information acquisition, storage and retrieval capacity has led to the development of the practice of lifelogging, the undiscriminating collection of information concerning one’s life...

Semantic Web (2009)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy

The Semantic Web is a vision of a web of linked data, allowing querying, integration and sharing of data from distributed sources in heterogeneous formats, using ontologies to provide an associated...

“Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom, a Hundred Schools of Thought Contend”: Web Engineering in the Chinese Context (2009)

O'Hara, Kieron

The revolutionary aspect of the World Wide Web is that it is a decentralised information structure. This democratic decentralisation is a key factor in the added value that the Web provides, because...

The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious Moderation and Extremism on the Web (2009)

O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David

Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations offers a striking observation about religious groups: An unfettered religious market leads to a multitude of small sects and away from monopolistic churches....

David Cameron, la Crescita di un Leader (David Cameron, the Progress of a Leader) (2009)

O'Hara, Kieron

David Cameron, leader of the British Conservative Party, has tried to bring the Conservative Party to a more centrist position, improving its image while also producing a conservative post-Thatcher...

It's All Semantics (2008)

Hall, Wendy, O'Hara, Kieron

Wendy Hall and Kieron O'Hara describe the new frontier in personal computing and information management.

Semantic Modelling of User Interests based on Cross-Folksonomy Analysis (2008)

Szomszor, Martin, Alani, Harith, Cantador, Ivan, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

The continued increase in Web usage, in particular participation in folksonomies, reveals a trend towards a more dynamic and interactive Web where individuals can organise and share resources....

Trust on the Web: Some Web Science Research Challenges (2008)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy

Web Science is the interdisciplinary study of the World Wide Web as a first-order object in order to understand its relationship with the wider societies in which it is embedded, and in order to...

Web Science (2008)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy

Our understanding of the Web has not kept pace with its development. It is engineered using formally specified languages and protocols, but has large scale effects on society. Certain human...

Identity, Privacy and Technology in Singapore (2008)

O'Hara, Kieron

The Singaporean government, while democratic, is highly authoritarian. This paper examines the relationship, in the context of ICT and e-government, between the government and the individual in...

Lifelogging: Issues of Identity and Privacy with Memories for Life (2008)

O'Hara, Kieron, Tuffield, Mischa, Shadbolt, Nigel

The growth of information acquisition, storage and retrieval capacity has led to the development of the practice of lifelogging, the undiscriminating collection of information concerning one’s life...

The Spy in the Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy As We Know It (2008)

O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

We are entering a new state of global hypersurveillance. As we increasingly resort to technology for our work and play, our electronic activity leaves behind digital footprints that can be used to...

Confiança en el web: alguns reptes en la recerca de la ciència del web (2008)

Kieron O'Hara, Wendy Hall

La ciència del web és l'estudi interdisciplinari del World Wide Web com a objecte de primer ordre per a entendre la seva relació amb les societats més grans en què és integrat, i per a...

Features for Killer Apps from a Semantic Web Perspective (2008)

O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel

There are certain features that that distinguish killer apps from other ordinary applications. This chapter examines those features in the context of the semantic web, in the hope that a better...

Features for Killer Apps from a Semantic Web Perspective (2008)

O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel

There are certain features that that distinguish killer apps from other ordinary applications. This chapter examines those features in the context of the semantic web, in the hope that a better...

Building a Pragmatic Semantic Web (2008)

Alani, Harith, Hall, Wendy, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Chandler, Peter, Szomszor, Martin

One of the great benefits that Semantic Web (SW) technology offers is facilitating large scale integration and sharing of distributed data sources. Transferring this technology from the lab...

Trust on the Web: Some Web Science Research Challenges (2008)

Kieron O'Hara, Wendy Hall

Web Science is the interdisciplinary study of the World Wide Web as a first-order object in order to understand its relationship with the wider societies in which it is embedded, and in order to...

The Technology of Collective Memory and the Normativity of Truth (2008)

O'Hara, Kieron

The last two decades have seen extraordinary growth in the development of small, democratised, fragmented efforts to establish collective memories for various groups and cultures, aided by new...

Confiança en el web: alguns reptes en la recerca de la ciència del web (2008)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy

La ciència del web és l�estudi interdisciplinari del World Wide Web com a objecte de primer ordre per a entendre�n la relació amb les societats més grans en què és integrat i per a...

Cameron's 'Mandate': Democracy, Legitimacy and Conservative Leadership (2007)

Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron

In December 2005, the British Conservative Party elected a new leader, David Cameron. As Cameron's leadership comes increasingly under the spotlight, he may be required to justify unpopular decisions...

After Blair: David Cameron and the Conservative Tradition (2007)

O'Hara, Kieron

Ideological analysis of David Cameron in the context of conservative philosophy.

After Blair: David Cameron and the Conservative Tradition (2007)

O'Hara, Kieron

Ideological analysis of David Cameron in the context of conservative philosophy.

After Blair: David Cameron and the Conservative Tradition (2007)

O'Hara, Kieron

Ideological analysis of David Cameron in the context of conservative philosophy.

Brought to Book, Interview with Kieron O'Hara, author of After Blair, by Iain Dale, on www.18doughtystreet.com (2007)

O'Hara, Kieron

Interview with Iain Dale on Brought to Book programme, about new book After Blair, on David Cameron.

The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)

Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron

This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...

Cameron's 'Mandate': Democracy, Legitimacy and Conservative Leadership (2007)

Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron

In December 2005, the British Conservative Party elected a new leader for the fourth time since its landslide defeat in 1997. Most Conservatives appear to accept that the Party has to change if it is...

The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)

Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron

This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...

Brought to Book, Interview with Kieron O'Hara, author of After Blair, by Iain Dale, on www.18doughtystreet.com (2007)

O'Hara, Kieron

Interview with Iain Dale on Brought to Book programme, about new book After Blair, on David Cameron.

Brought to Book, Interview with Kieron O'Hara, author of After Blair, by Iain Dale, on www.18doughtystreet.com (2007)

O'Hara, Kieron

Interview with Iain Dale on Brought to Book programme, about new book After Blair, on David Cameron.

The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)

Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron

This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...

Cameron's 'Mandate': Democracy, Legitimacy and Conservative Leadership (2007)

Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron

In December 2005, the British Conservative Party elected a new leader for the fourth time since its landslide defeat in 1997. Most Conservatives appear to accept that the Party has to change if it is...

The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)

Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron

This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...

The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)

Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron

This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...

Cameron's 'Mandate': Democracy, Legitimacy and Conservative Leadership (2007)

Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron

In December 2005, the British Conservative Party elected a new leader for the fourth time since its landslide defeat in 1997. Most Conservatives appear to accept that the Party has to change if it is...

The Three 'Mantras': 'Modernization' and the Conservative Party 1945-2005 (2007)

Denham, Andrew, O'Hara, Kieron

This article examines British Conservatism and ‘modernization’, principally between 1945 and 2005. It argues that Conservative ‘modernization’ in opposition has typically embraced three key...

The Prospects for David Cameron's Conservatives (2007)

O'Hara, Kieron

David Cameron, leader of the British Conservative Party, has tried to bring the Conservative Party to a more centrist position, improving its image while also producing a conservative post-Thatcher...

The Prospects for David Cameron's Conservatives (2007)

O'Hara, Kieron

David Cameron, leader of the British Conservative Party, has tried to bring the Conservative Party to a more centrist position, improving its image while also producing a conservative post-Thatcher...

Unlocking the Potential of Public Sector Information with Semantic Web Technology (2007)

Alani, Harith, Dupplaw, David, Sheridan, John, O'Hara, Kieron, Darlington, John, Shadbolt, Nigel, ...

Governments often hold very rich data and whilst much of this information is published and available for re-use by others, it is often trapped by poor data structures, locked up in legacy data...

Unlocking the Potential of Public Sector Information with Semantic Web Technology (2007)

Alani, Harith, Dupplaw, David, Sheridan, John, O'Hara, Kieron, Darlington, John, Shadbolt, Nigel, ...

Governments often hold very rich data and whilst much of this information is published and available for re-use by others, it is often trapped by poor data structures, locked up in legacy data...

Let the People Speak … But Make the Politicians Decide (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron

There have been a number of recent calls for referendums, for two reasons. First, some argue that ratification of the reshaped EU constitution can only be done on the back of a referendum. Second,...

Let the People Speak … But Make the Politicians Decide (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron

There have been a number of recent calls for referendums, for two reasons. First, some argue that ratification of the reshaped EU constitution can only be done on the back of a referendum. Second,...

A Framework for Web Science (2006)

Berners-Lee, Tim, Hall, Wendy, Hendler, James, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel. R., Weitzner, Daniel J.

This text sets out a series of approaches to the analysis and synthesis of the World Wide Web, and other web-like information structures. A comprehensive set of research questions is outlined,...

Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil

This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...

Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil

This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...

Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil

This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...

There Must Be No Right Turn for David Cameron (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron

The big political question about the Conservative Party, which will exercise us until the next election, is whether David Cameron can resist the pull to the right. In the face of recalcitrant polls,...

More Power to the People Has Its Perils (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron

There have been a number of recent calls for referendums, for two reasons. First, some argue that ratification of the reshaped EU constitution can only be done on the back of a referendum. Second,...

There Must Be No Right Turn for David Cameron (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron

The big political question about the Conservative Party, which will exercise us until the next election, is whether David Cameron can resist the pull to the right. In the face of recalcitrant polls,...

More Power to the People Has Its Perils (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron

There have been a number of recent calls for referendums, for two reasons. First, some argue that ratification of the reshaped EU constitution can only be done on the back of a referendum. Second,...

Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil

This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...

Image annotation with Photocopain (2006)

Tuffield, Mischa, Harris, Stephen, Dupplaw, David P., Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, Gibbins, Nicholas, ...

Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...

Interpretations of Ontologies for Breast Cancer (2006)

Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron

There are increasing efforts directed at providing formal frameworks to consolidate the widening net of terms and relations used in medical practice. While there are many reasons for this, the need...

Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil

This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...

Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel

In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...

Democracy, Ideology and Process Re-Engineering: Realising the Benefits of e-Government in Singapore (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David

The re-engineering of governmental processes is a necessary condition for the realisation of the benefits of e-government. Several obstacles to such re-engineering exist. These include: (1)...

Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel

In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...

Photocopain - Annotating Memories For Life (2006)

Tuffield, Mischa M, Dupplaw, David P, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel R, Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, ...

Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...

A Framework for Web Science (2006)

Berners-Lee, Tim, Hall, Wendy, Hendler, James A., O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Weitzner, Daniel J.

This text sets out a series of approaches to the analysis and synthesis of the World Wide Web, and other web-like information structures. A comprehensive set of research questions is outlined,...

Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J., Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil

This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...

Image annotation with Photocopain (2006)

Tuffield, Mischa, Harris, Stephen, Dupplaw, David P., Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, Gibbins, Nicholas, ...

Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...

Interpretations of Ontologies for Breast Cancer (2006)

Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron

There are increasing efforts directed at providing formal frameworks to consolidate the widening net of terms and relations used in medical practice. While there are many reasons for this, the need...

Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel

In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...

Democracy, Ideology and Process Re-Engineering: Realising the Benefits of e-Government in Singapore (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David

The re-engineering of governmental processes is a necessary condition for the realisation of the benefits of e-government. Several obstacles to such re-engineering exist. These include: (1)...

Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel

In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...

Image annotation with Photocopain (2006)

Tuffield, Mischa M., Harris, Stephen, Duplaw, David P., Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewester, Christopher, Gibbins, Nicholas, ...

Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...

Photocopain - Annotating Memories For Life (2006)

Tuffield, Mischa M, Dupplaw, David P, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel R, Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, ...

Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...

A Framework for Web Science (2006)

Berners-Lee, Tim, Hall, Wendy, Hendler, James A., O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Weitzner, Daniel J.

This text sets out a series of approaches to the analysis and synthesis of the World Wide Web, and other web-like information structures. A comprehensive set of research questions is outlined,...

Image annotation with Photocopain (2006)

Tuffield, Mischa, Harris, Stephen, Dupplaw, David P., Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, Gibbins, Nicholas, ...

Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...

Interpretations of Ontologies for Breast Cancer (2006)

Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron

There are increasing efforts directed at providing formal frameworks to consolidate the widening net of terms and relations used in medical practice. While there are many reasons for this, the need...

Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel

In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...

Democracy, Ideology and Process Re-Engineering: Realising the Benefits of e-Government in Singapore (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Stevens, David

The re-engineering of governmental processes is a necessary condition for the realisation of the benefits of e-government. Several obstacles to such re-engineering exist. These include: (1)...

Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2006)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel

In this chapter we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, reasoning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...

Photocopain - Annotating Memories For Life (2006)

Tuffield, Mischa M, Dupplaw, David P, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel R, Chakravarthy, Ajay, Brewster, Christopher, ...

Photo annotation is a resource-intensive task, yet is increasingly essential as image archives and personal photo collections grow in size. There is an inherent conflict in the process of describing...

A Framework for Web Science (2006)

Berners-Lee, Tim, Hall, Wendy, Hendler, James A., O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel, Weitzner, Daniel J.

This text sets out a series of approaches to the analysis and synthesis of the World Wide Web, and other web-like information structures. A comprehensive set of research questions is outlined,...

Common Features of Killer Apps: A Comparison with Prot´eg´e (2005)

Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps creating new...

Towards a Killer App for the Semantic Web (2005)

Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps to create new...

Common Features of Killer Apps: A Comparison with Prot´eg´e (2005)

Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps creating new...

Towards a Killer App for the Semantic Web (2005)

Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps to create new...

Common Features of Killer Apps: A Comparison with Prot´eg´e (2005)

Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps creating new...

Towards a Killer App for the Semantic Web (2005)

Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

Killer apps are highly transformative technologies that create new markets and widespread patterns of behaviour. IT generally, and the Web in particular, has benefited from killer apps to create new...

Politics and Trust (2005)

O'Hara, Kieron

I’ve been asked to speak briefly today about trust in public and political life, and the extent to which there has been a genuine decline in public trust over the last few years. To cut a long...

Politics and Trust (2005)

O'Hara, Kieron

I’ve been asked to speak briefly today about trust in public and political life, and the extent to which there has been a genuine decline in public trust over the last few years. To cut a long...

Trust Strategies for the Semantic Web (2004)

O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel

Everyone agrees on the importance of enabling trust on the SemanticWeb to ensure more efficient agent interaction. Current research on trust seems to focus on developing computational models,...

Trust Strategies for the Semantic Web (2004)

O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel

Everyone agrees on the importance of enabling trust on the SemanticWeb to ensure more efficient agent interaction. Current research on trust seems to focus on developing computational models,...

Trust Strategies for the Semantic Web (2004)

O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel

Everyone agrees on the importance of enabling trust on the SemanticWeb to ensure more efficient agent interaction. Current research on trust seems to focus on developing computational models,...

Trust Strategies for the Semantic Web (2004)

O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Shadbolt, Nigel

Enabling trust on the Semantic Web to ensure more efficient agent interaction is an important research topic. Current research on trust seems to focus on developing computational models, semantic...

Knowledge Representation with Ontologies: The Present and Future (2004)

O'Hara, Dr. Kieron, Brewster, Mr. Christopher

Ontologies—specifications of what exists, or what we can say about the world—have been around at least since Aristotle. At various times, philosophers have wondered whether the present King of...

The Use of Ontologies for Knowledge Acquisition (2004)

Shadbolt, Nigel, O'Hara, Kieron, Cottam, Hugh

Ontologies are explicit conceptualisations of subject domains, and this chapter examines the use and value of ontologies for knowledge acquistion. It takes three approaches to the exploitation of...

The Use of Ontologies for Knowledge Acquisition (2004)

Shadbolt, Nigel, O'Hara, Kieron, Cottam, Hugh

Ontologies are explicit conceptualisations of subject domains, and this chapter examines the use and value of ontologies for knowledge acquistion. It takes three approaches to the exploitation of...

The Use of Ontologies for Knowledge Acquisition (2004)

Shadbolt, Nigel, O'Hara, Kieron, Cottam, Hugh

Ontologies are explicit conceptualisations of subject domains, and this chapter examines the use and value of ontologies for knowledge acquistion. It takes three approaches to the exploitation of...

Socrates, Trust and the Internet (2004)

O'Hara, Kieron

Socrates, one of the world’s greatest philosophers, never wrote anything, and confined all his philosophy to spoken debate. The important issues for Socrates were trust and control: he felt the...

Identifying Communities of Practice through Ontology Network Analysis (2003)

Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

Communities of practice—groups of individuals interested in a particular job, procedure, or work domain—informally swap insights on work-related tasks, often through quick chats by the water...

Identifying Communities of Practice through Ontology Network Analysis (2003)

Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

Communities of practice—groups of individuals interested in a particular job, procedure, or work domain—informally swap insights on work-related tasks, often through quick chats by the water...

Identifying Communities of Practice through Ontology Network Analysis (2003)

Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

Communities of practice—groups of individuals interested in a particular job, procedure, or work domain—informally swap insights on work-related tasks, often through quick chats by the water...

Identifying Communities of Practice through Ontology Network Analysis (2003)

Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

Communities of practice—groups of individuals interested in a particular job, procedure, or work domain—informally swap insights on work-related tasks, often through quick chats by the water...

Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2003)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel

In this paper, we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, rea-soning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...

Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2003)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel

In this paper, we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, rea-soning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...

Memory, Reasoning and Learning (2003)

O'Hara, Kieron, Hall, Wendy, Van Rijsbergen, Keith, Shadbolt, Nigel

In this paper, we project probable research directions in computer science, with respect to memory, rea-soning and learning. We discuss potential synergies with cognitive neuroscience and related...

ONTOCOPI: Methods and Tools for Identifying Communities of Practice (2002)

Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

The paper describes ONTOCOPI, a tool for identifying communities of practice (COPs) by analysing ontologies of the relevant working domain. COP identification is currently a resource-heavy process...

Identifying Communities of Practice: Analysing Ontologies as Networks to Support Community Recognition (2002)

O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Shadbolt, Nigel

Communities of practice are seen as increasingly important for creating, sharing and applying organisational knowledge. Yet their informal nature makes them difficult to identify and manage. In this...

ONTOCOPI: Methods and Tools for Identifying Communities of Practice (2002)

Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

The paper describes ONTOCOPI, a tool for identifying communities of practice (COPs) by analysing ontologies of the relevant working domain. COP identification is currently a resource-heavy process...

Identifying Communities of Practice: Analysing Ontologies as Networks to Support Community Recognition (2002)

O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Shadbolt, Nigel

Communities of practice are seen as increasingly important for creating, sharing and applying organisational knowledge. Yet their informal nature makes them difficult to identify and manage. In this...

ONTOCOPI: Methods and Tools for Identifying Communities of Practice (2002)

Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

The paper describes ONTOCOPI, a tool for identifying communities of practice (COPs) by analysing ontologies of the relevant working domain. COP identification is currently a resource-heavy process...

Identifying Communities of Practice: Analysing Ontologies as Networks to Support Community Recognition (2002)

O'Hara, Kieron, Alani, Harith, Shadbolt, Nigel

Communities of practice are seen as increasingly important for creating, sharing and applying organisational knowledge. Yet their informal nature makes them difficult to identify and manage. In this...

Initiating Organizational Memories using Ontology-based Network Analysis as a Bootstrapping Tool (2002)

Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

An important problem for many kinds of knowledge systems is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in such systems, and the right information is also a...

Managing Reference: Ensuring Referential Integrity of Ontologies for the Semantic Web (2002)

Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, Gibbins, Nicholas, Glaser, Hugh, Harris, Steve, Kalfoglou, Yannis, ...

The diversity and distributed nature of the resources available in the semantic web poses significant challenges when these are used to help automatically build an ontology. One persistent and...

Initiating Organizational Memories using Ontology-based Network Analysis as a Bootstrapping Tool (2002)

Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

An important problem for many kinds of knowledge systems is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in such systems, and the right information is also a...

Initiating Organizational Memories Using Ontology Network Analysis (2002)

Kalfoglou, Yannis, Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

One of the important problems in organizational memories is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in an organizational memory, and the right information is...

Managing Reference: Ensuring Referential Integrity of Ontologies for the Semantic Web (2002)

Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, Gibbins, Nicholas, Glaser, Hugh, Harris, Steve, Kalfoglou, Yannis, ...

The diversity and distributed nature of the resources available in the semantic web poses significant challenges when these are used to help automatically build an ontology. One persistent and...

Initiating Organizational Memories using Ontology-based Network Analysis as a Bootstrapping Tool (2002)

Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

An important problem for many kinds of knowledge systems is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in such systems, and the right information is also a...

Initiating Organizational Memories Using Ontology Network Analysis (2002)

Kalfoglou, Yannis, Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

One of the important problems in organizational memories is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in an organizational memory, and the right information is...

Managing Reference: Ensuring Referential Integrity of Ontologies for the Semantic Web (2002)

Alani, Harith, Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, Gibbins, Nicholas, Glaser, Hugh, Harris, Steve, Kalfoglou, Yannis, ...

The diversity and distributed nature of the resources available in the semantic web poses significant challenges when these are used to help automatically build an ontology. One persistent and...

Initiating Organizational Memories using Ontology-based Network Analysis as a Bootstrapping Tool (2002)

Alani, Harith, Kalfoglou, Yannis, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

An important problem for many kinds of knowledge systems is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in such systems, and the right information is also a...

Initiating Organizational Memories Using Ontology Network Analysis (2002)

Kalfoglou, Yannis, Alani, Harith, O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

One of the important problems in organizational memories is their initial set-up. It is difficult to choose the right information to include in an organizational memory, and the right information is...

Issues for an Ontology for Knowledge Valuation (2001)

O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

This paper examines the application of inference-supporting ontologies to the issue of knowledge valuation. Knowledge, like customer goodwill or a brand, is an intangible asset for a firm; that is, a...

Issues for an Ontology for Knowledge Valuation (2001)

O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

This paper examines the application of inference-supporting ontologies to the issue of knowledge valuation. Knowledge, like customer goodwill or a brand, is an intangible asset for a firm; that is, a...

Issues for an Ontology for Knowledge Valuation (2001)

O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

This paper examines the application of inference-supporting ontologies to the issue of knowledge valuation. Knowledge, like customer goodwill or a brand, is an intangible asset for a firm; that is, a...

Carry On Cabby, Gender and the Local Industrial Power Nexus (1997)

O'Hara, Kieron

This paper argues that the perceived homogeneity of the mass of 'Carry On' films is, to some extent at least, an illusion (fostered, no doubt deliberately, by the fact that they all have the same...

Carry On Cabby, Gender and the Local Industrial Power Nexus (1997)

O'Hara, Kieron

This paper argues that the perceived homogeneity of the mass of 'Carry On' films is, to some extent at least, an illusion (fostered, no doubt deliberately, by the fact that they all have the same...

Avoiding Omnidoxasticity in Logics of Belief: A Reply to MacPherson (1995)

O'Hara, Kieron, Reichgelt, Han, Shadbolt, Nigel

In recent work MacPherson argues that the standard method of modeling belief logically, as a necessity operator in a modal logic, is doomed to fail. The problem with normal modal logics as logics of...

Avoiding Omnidoxasticity in Logics of Belief: A Reply to MacPherson (1995)

O'Hara, Kieron, Reichgelt, Han, Shadbolt, Nigel

In recent work MacPherson argues that the standard method of modeling belief logically, as a necessity operator in a modal logic, is doomed to fail. The problem with normal modal logics as logics of...

Avoiding Omnidoxasticity in Logics of Belief: A Reply to MacPherson (1995)

O'Hara, Kieron, Reichgelt, Han, Shadbolt, Nigel

In recent work MacPherson argues that the standard method of modeling belief logically, as a necessity operator in a modal logic, is doomed to fail. The problem with normal modal logics as logics of...

Mind as Machine: Can Computational Processes Be Regarded As Explanatory of Mental Processes? (1994)

O'Hara, Kieron

The aim of the thesis is to evaluate recent work in artificial intelligence (AI). It is argued that such evaluation can be philosophically interesting, and examples are given of areas of the...

Sceptical Overkill: On Two Recent Arguments Against Scepticism (1993)

O'Hara, Kieron

This paper is a discussion of a recent attempt by Crispin Wright to force at least some varieties of external world scepticism to succumb to a "head-on, rational response", contrary to well-known...

AI Models as a Variety of Psychological Explanation (1993)

O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

The paper attempts to establish a basis upon which it could plausibly be said that knowledge level models typically used in the development of AT systems such as expert systems could have...

Sceptical Overkill: On Two Recent Arguments Against Scepticism (1993)

O'Hara, Kieron

This paper is a discussion of a recent attempt by Crispin Wright to force at least some varieties of external world scepticism to succumb to a "head-on, rational response", contrary to well-known...

AI Models as a Variety of Psychological Explanation (1993)

O'Hara, Kieron, Shadbolt, Nigel

The paper attempts to establish a basis upon which it could plausibly be said that knowledge level models typically used in the development of AT systems such as expert systems could have...

VITAL Knowledge Representation Language Specification (1991)

Enrico Motta, Arthur Stutt, Kieron O'Hara, Juha Kuusela, Hannu Toivonen, Han Reichgelt, ...

: In this document the knowledge representation component of the VITAL workbench is specified. Authors: Enrico Motta, Arthur Stutt, Kieron O'Hara, Juha Kuusela, Hannu Toivonen, Han Reichgelt,...

OBJ as a theorem prover / (1980)

O'Hara, Kieron.

Supervisor : Prof Joseph Goguen.

Memories for life: a review of the science and technology

O'Hara, Kieron, Morris, Richard, Shadbolt, Nigel, Hitch, Graham J, Hall, Wendy, Beagrie, Neil

This paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed...