Previous Invited Speakers
The researchers below were distinguished invited speakers at previous WEBIST conferences.
We are indebted to them for their contribution to heighten the conference level.
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2023
Gpt-4 Versus Bert: Which Foundation Model Is More Suitable for Integrating Data from the Web? 
Christian Bizer, University of Mannheim, Germany Recommendation Systems in Scholarly Publishing Yannis Manolopoulos, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus
2022
Word Association Thematic Analysis: Insight Discovery from the Social Web Mike Thelwall, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Causal Inference: Why We Should Care Wolfgang Nejdl, L3S and University of Hannover, Germany Knowledge-based Confidentiality-preserving Query Answering Riccardo Rosati, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy Diving Deep into the Murky Web of Social Media Diana Maynard, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
2021
Knowledge Graphs: Theory, Applications and Challenges Ian Horrocks, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Knowledge Graphs: Empower AI with Knowledge Dieter A. Fensel, University of Innsbruck, Austria From Ontology Engineering to Ontology Governance Models Oscar Corcho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
2020
Explanations on the Web: A Provenance-based Approach Luc Moreau, King's College London, United Kingdom Persistent Identification for Interoperable Data Management and Preservation Stefan Decker, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Hybrid Intelligence: AI Systems that Collaborate with People Instead of Replacing Them Frank van Harmelen, The Hybrid Intelligence Center & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019
Eyeing the Web Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Making News Credible Again Karl Aberer, EPFL, Switzerland Engineering Information Systems for Cloud, Edge and IoT Claus Pahl, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
2018
Coverage Testing and Reliability Improvement: A Marriage of Convenience? Antonia Bertolino, Italian National Research Council - CNR, Italy Microservices and Enterprise SOAs: Lost in Translation? Davide Rossi, University of Bologna, Italy Conceptual Modelling and Web Applications: How to Make it a Right Partnership? Oscar Pastor, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
2017
Learning Semantic-based Structures from Textual Sources Marco Gori, Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy Five Challenges to the Web Information Systems Field Christoph Rosenkranz, University of Cologne, Germany From Web Data to Information that Makes SenseGeert-Jan Houben, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Big Data - Evolution, Trends and Opportunities Roy Cecil, IBM Portugal, Portugal
2016
Native Cloud Applications - Why Virtual Machines, Images and Containers Miss the Point! Frank Leymann, University of Stuttgart, Germany Semantic Web Evolution - Tectonic Quake or Gentle Drift? Jérôme Euzenat, INRIA and Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France RTTMM: Role Based 3-Tier Mobility Model for Evaluation of Delay Tolerant Routing Protocols in Post Disaster Situation Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, United States Dropout Rates of Regular Courses and MOOCs Leon Rothkrantz, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
2015
Cloud Computing and Big Data Can Improve the Quality of Our Life Victor Chang, Aston Business School, Aston University, United Kingdom Change Alone is Unchanging - Continuous Context-aware Adaptation of Service-based Systems for Smart Cities and Communities Paolo Traverso, Center for Information Technology - IRST (FBK-ICT), Italy Selective Information Dissemination on the Real-time Web - A Database Perspective Bernd Amann, Sorbonne Université, France Predicting Pinterest - Organising the World's Images with Human-machine Collaboration Nishanth R. Sastry, King's College London, United Kingdom Vision-based Perception for Intelligent Vehicles Alberto Broggi, VisLab - Universita' di Parma, Italy Software- and Systems Architecture for Smart Vehicles Cornel Klein, Siemens AG, Germany
2014
Software is Eating the World, APIs are Eating Software Steven Willmott, Independent Researcher, Spain Typed Graphs and Linked Data - Modelling and Analyzing Social-semantic Web Data Fabien Gandon, INRIA, France Accelerating the Electric Mobility Market Through New Services and an Efficient Market Mode Andreas Pfeiffer, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Enterprise 2.0 - Research Challenges and Opportunities Zakaria Maamar, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar
2013
See the Wood for the Trees Harald Schöning, Independent Researcher, Germany
2012
RESEARCH ON THE WEB - The Rise of New Digital Scholarship David De Roure, University of Oxford, United Kingdom SEMANTIC WEB ENABLED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Jeff Z. Pan, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Cloud Standards Arlindo Dias, Independent Researcher, Portugal
2011
ENTERPRISE INTEROPERABILITY WITH THE INTERNET OF SERVICES Marten van Sinderen, University of Twente, Netherlands CHALLENGES FOR SOFTWARE AGENTS SUPPORTING DECISION-MAKERS IN TRADING FLOWERS WORLDWIDEEric van Heck, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands SEARCH WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM YOUR FRIENDS - Making Web Search more Collaborative Barry Smyth, Independent Researcher, Ireland CLOUD COMPUTING IN EDUCATION - The Intersection of Challenges and Opportunities Ivan Ivanov, SUNY Empire State University, United States SMART CLOUD ENGINEERING, NOMENCLATURE, AND ENABLEMENT Tony Shan, Independent Researcher, United States CLOUD SERVICE SUPPLY CHAIN Donald Ferguson, Computer Science Dept.,, United States
2010
COMMUNICATION REVOLUTIONS CHANGE CIVILIZATIONS - What to Expect from the Current One?Ziga Turk, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia / Reflection Group, Slovenia
2009
Fostering Quality and Efficiency of Information Exchange in Digital Government and Business ProcessesPeter A. Bruck, , Austria The Potential and Limitations of Semantics Applied to the Future Internet Dieter A. Fensel, University Innsbruck, Austria Learning Issues in Open-ended Group ProjectsMats Daniels, Uppsala University, Sweden The Future of Document Engineering and What it Means for the Web Ethan Munson, Independent Researcher, United States
2008
Building Quality into Web Information SystemsLeszek Maciaszek, Macquarie Univ., Australia and Wroclaw Univ. of Economics and Business, Poland S-Cube: Enabling the Next Generation of Software ServicesKlaus Pohl, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Serving Ontologies Across the Web - Challenges and ApproachesClaudia B. Medeiros, Independent Researcher, Brazil SOA in PracticeTony C. Shan, Independent Researcher, United States (Multi-)Agent Systems Technology and e-CommerceRainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2007
Representing and Validating Digital Business ProcessesErnesto Damiani, Information Security Research center,, United Arab Emirates Autonomic Computing Meets Complex Information Systems: Theory and PracticeAzzelarabe Taleb-bendiab, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom Towards Context-based Autonomic ServicesSchahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
2006
Annals and a Perspective of Architectural Styles and Architectural Patterns within the Context of Large Complex Web-based SystemsMark M. Davydov, Independent Researcher, United States Are learning repositories likely to become mainstream in education?Carmel McNaught, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Mobile- and virtual factors in existential learningPiet Kommers, University of Twente, Netherlands The Implications of Web 2.0 on Web Information SystemsBebo White, Stanford University, United States The growing importance of e-CommunitiesHermann Maurer, IICM, Graz University of Technology, Austria
2005
Enterprise information systems implementation research: assessment and future directionsHenri Barki, HEC Montréal, Canada Engineering Web Applications - Challenges and PerspectivesDaniel Schwabe, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Changing the way the enterprise works: Operational TransformationsThomas Greene, Independent Researcher, United States Model Driven Architecture: Next StepsRichard Soley, Object Management Group, Inc., United States Information Technology, Organizational Change Management, and Successful Interorganizational SystemsM. Lynne Markus, Bentley University, United States