Knowledge Graphs

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Knowledge Graphs

Course with SWS 2/2/0 (lecture/exercise/practical) in WS 2024

News

  • if you want to take the exam, please register with your examination office (presumably done through Selma)
  • the first lecture will take place on Tuesday, 2024-10-15, DS5 (14:50–16:20) in room BAR 0218
  • the second lecture will take place on Tuesday, 2024-10-22, DS5 (14:50–16:20) in room BAR 0218
  • the first exercise will take place on Tuesday, 2024-10-29 2024, DS5 (14:50–16:20) in room BAR 0218
  • please check this page regularly for updates of the schedule
  • additional materials (example data, solutions to programming exercises) are available on a GitHub repository

Contents

Knowledge graphs are becoming an important paradigm in industry and research, with applications including prominent examples such as Google's own Knowledge Graph, Wikipedia's knowledge base sister Wikidata, and numerous artificial intelligence projects from Alexa to Siri. Meanwhile, companies are exploring the use of their own enterprise knowledge graphs for improving internal knowledge management.

With so many facets, knowledge graphs are a cross-cutting topic in computer science that involves aspects of data management (graph databases, file formats), publication (exchange formats, data integration), knowledge organisation (constraints, ontologies), and advanced analytics (expressive query languages, graph data mining). On each of these levels, there is some interesting theory and some interesting technology to be learned. This course will cover a colourful mix of technologies and methods related to the use of graphs for data analysis, knowledge representation, and data management.

Registration

The course generally does not require a special registration and there is no limit for participants. However, students in programmes that use the Selma system (esp. students in CMS Master) will need to register there to obtain credits. Most of the materials will be freely available world-wide. Live sessions (especially tutorials) are restricted to students of TU Dresden.

Examination Dates and Mode

The registration and scheduling for exams depend on the module they are for. All students need to contact the KBS secretary to arrange time slots for their oral exams, or the secretary of another chair in the case of another main examiner. The preferred date for oral exams is 11th February 2025'. Although we cannot generally accommodate wishes for specific dates, students with justified time constraints during the examination period can still let us know as early as possible.

To obtain credits in module CMS-COR-KM, students have to take an exam that only involves this one course. This exam is either written or oral, depending on the number of registered students (as per the study regulations). We can announce the actual mode only at the end of the exam registration period.

Students who are taking Knowledge Graphs as part of any other module should contact the secretary of the main examiner to find a date.

Schedule and Location

All dates are published on this page (see Dates & Materials above).

  • Note that the faculty-wide room schedule is still not finalised and might be subject to further changes. Please check this page regularly for updates.
  • Lectures: Thursdays, DS5 (14:50 to 16:20) in GER 0038
  • Exercises: Tuesdays, DS5 (14:50 to 16:20) in BAR 0218
  • The first exercise sessions will be on Tuesday, 2024-10-29.

Subscribe to events of this course (icalendar)

Lecture 1. Introduction and Welcome DS5, October 15, 2024 in BAR 0218 File 1 File 2
Lecture 2. The Resource Description Framework RDF DS5, October 22, 2024 in BAR 0218 File 1 File 2
Exercise 0. Introduction to Python DS5, October 29, 2024 in BAR 0218 File
No session Reformation Day (public holiday) DS5, October 31, 2024 in GER 0038
Exercise 1. Getting to Know Graphs DS5, November 5, 2024 in BAR 0218 File
Lecture 2. The Resource Description Framework RDF (continued) DS5, November 7, 2024 in GER 0038
Exercise 2. Graphs and RDF DS5, November 12, 2024 in BAR 0218 File
Lecture 3. Modeling in RDF / SPARQL Basics DS5, November 14, 2024 in GER 0038 File 1 File 2
Lecture 4. Wikidata DS5, November 19, 2024 in BAR 0218 File 1 File 2
Exercise 3. SPARQL and Wikidata DS5, November 21, 2024 in GER 0038 File
Exercise 4. More SPARQL and Wikidata DS5, November 26, 2024 in BAR 0218 File
Lecture 5. Advances Features of SPARQL DS5, November 28, 2024 in GER 0038 File 1 File 2
Exercise 5. Yet More SPARQL and Wikidata DS5, December 3, 2024 in BAR 0218 File
Lecture 6. SPARQL Semantics DS5, December 5, 2024 in GER 0038 File 1 File 2
Exercise 6. Advanced SPARQL DS5, December 10, 2024 in BAR 0218 File
Lecture 7. Expressivity of SPARQL DS5, December 12, 2024 in GER 0038
Exercise 7. TBD DS5, December 17, 2024 in BAR 0218
Lecture 8. Limits of SPARQL / Datalog DS5, December 19, 2024 in GER 0038
Exercise 8. TBD DS5, January 7, 2025 in BAR 0218
Lecture 8. Limits of SPARQL / Datalog DS5, January 9, 2025 in GER 0038
Exercise 9. TBD DS5, January 14, 2025 in BAR 0218
Lecture 9. Rules for Querying Graphs DS5, January 16, 2025 in GER 0038
Exercise 10. TBD DS5, January 21, 2025 in BAR 0218
Lecture 10. Property Graph / Querying Property Graphs with Cypher (to be updated) DS5, January 23, 2025 in GER 0038
Exercise 11. TBD DS5, January 28, 2025 in BAR 0218
Lecture 12. Knowledge Graph Quality DS5, January 30, 2025 in GER 0038
Exercise 12. TBD DS5, February 4, 2025 in BAR 0218
Lecture 13. Centrality DS5, February 6, 2025 in GER 0038


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