User:Amit Sheth

Amit Sheth is an educator, researcher, and entrepreneur. He is the LexisNexis Ohio Eminent Scholar, an endowed faculty position funded by LexisNexis and the Ohio Board of Regents at Wright State University. He directs Kno.e.sis - the Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-enabled Computing. Kno.e.sis is the focal point for statewide research in Web 3.0 and inter-disciplinary research involving collaborations between Computer Scientists and researchers in Health Care & Life Sciences, Cognitive Sciences, and other disciplines.

Currently, Prof. Sheth focuses on Web 3.0 including Semantic Web, and semantics empowered Social Web, Sensor Web/Web of Things, Mobile Computing and Cloud Computing. Equally important to him is working with brilliant collaborators in various domains and application areas - some recent examples include human parasites, cardiology, prescription drug abuse, drug development & discovery, environment sciences and water management, terrorism, political/social movements and disaster/emergency management.