Peter Crocker

Biography

Oxford Semantic Technologies integrating Data and Knowledge with our software RDFox. Experienced in data and semantic technologies, Product Manager in IoT with demonstrated experience across the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Product Management, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture and Development, Integration, and the Internet of Things. MSc in Software Engineering with distinction and MEng Engineering Science First class both from Oxford University.

Talks and Events

2022 Tutorial: A Beginner’s Guide to Reasoning: How to reason your way to better data

In this tutorial, attendees will learn what reasoning is, what it can to do transform data, and crucially, how to do that themselves. After a brief theoretical introduction to the subject, attendees will be expected to get hands on with a reasoning engine in order to learn how to setup a reasoning-ready datastore, and how to reason over it using Datalog rules. No prior experience is required as we will run through the process step-by-step, start to finish. 

Over the course of the tutorial attendees will learn: 

• How to import data into a knowledge graph 
• How to run a simple query 
• How to write a rule 
• How to apply and verify the rules they write 

Each topic will first be demonstrated to the students so they can copy an ideal example and see the intended results. Then they will be given the opportunity to apply their new learned skills without immediate direction, writing rules and queries by themselves. If at any point a participant requires some assistance, the lecturers will be on hand to help, whether that requires a minor hint, a refresh of the material, or gentle guidance. Anyone of any skill level should leave this class knowing what reasoning is and how to implement it, so individual support is flexible depending on the needs of the group.