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Knowledge Engineering @ CUI is a research laboratory of the Information science institute which is part of the Center for Computing at the University of Geneva. We are conducting research on knowledge engineering: knowledge representation, knowledge-based information systems, and interfaces to access knowledge.

Research actions

Contextualization in ontologies and knowledge graphs. In large knowledge graphs, such as Wikidata, the statements are generally accompanied with contextual information that specify their temporal or spatial validity, or express their cause, provenance, certainty, etc. This type of information must be taken into account when performing queries or inferences on these graphs. more ...

  • SUBSURFACE: Representing subsurface objects and compliance/completion rules in city models
  • Adaptive interfaces for behaviour change applications
  • The visualisation of scientific knowledge
  • The semantic publishing of Ferdinand de Saussure's manuscripts