The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Department of Computer Science


PhD Qualifying examination


"A survey on Expertise Location"


By Mr. Jie MEI


There are a number of reasons for organizations and individuals to know
who knows what for various purposes such as seeking help, team formation
or project launching. One of the most interesting challenges in the
Knowledge Management research community is to enable expertise management.
This survey summarizes, categorizes, and compares existing research
efforts on expertise location, which is a basic and key part of expertise
management. The paper begins with a discussion of important issues related
to expertise location. Similarities among expertise location approaches
are highlighted, by categorizing them into three main methods:
social/referral network, corporate memory and ontology-based approaches.
For each method, the different constituent techniques are described with
specific examples from the literature. Finally, some possible directions
for future research are also proposed.



Date:                   Monday, 18 December 2000

Time:                   10:00 a.m to 12:00 noon
        
Venue:                  Room 1504
                        Lifts 25-26

Chairman:               Dr. Ding Cunsheng

Committee Members:      Prof. Fred Lochovsky (supervisor)
                   	Prof. Dik Lun Lee
			Dr. Lu Hongjun
			Dr. Lin Fangzhen
			



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