Hi!
I'm Ruben Taelman, a Web postdoctoral researcher at IDLab,
with a focus on decentralization, Linked Data publishing, and querying.
My goal is to make data accessible for everyone by providing
intelligent infrastructure and algorithms for data publication and retrieval.
To support my research, I develop various open source JavaScript libraries such as streaming RDF parsers and the Comunica engine to query Linked Data on the Web.
As this website itself contains Linked Data, you can query it live with Comunica.
Have a look at my publications or projects
and contact me if any of those topics interest you.
Latest blog posts
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The cost of modularity in SPARQL
How much do modularity and decentralization conflict with centralized speed?
The JavaScript-based Comunica SPARQL query engine is designed for querying over decentralized environments, e.g. through federation and link traversal. In addition, it makes use of a modular architecture to achieve high flexibility for developers. To determine the impact of these design decisions, and to be able to put the base level performance of Comunica in perspective, I compared its performance to state-of-the-art centralized SPARQL engines in terms of querying over centralized Knowledge Graphs. Results show that Comunica can closely match the performance of state-of-the-art SPARQL query engines, despite having vastly different optimization criteria.
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Querying a Decentralized Web
The road towards effective query execution of Decentralized Knowledge Graphs.
Most of today’s applications are built based around the assumption that data is centralized. However, with recent decentralization efforts such as Solid quickly gaining popularity, we may be evolving towards a future where data is massively decentralized. In order to enable applications over decentralized data, there is a need for new querying techniques that can effectively execute over it. This post discusses the impact of decentralization on query execution, and the problems that need to be solved before we can use it effectively in a decentralized Web.
Highlighted publications
- Conference Link Traversal Query Processing over Decentralized Environments with Structural AssumptionsMore
In Proceedings of the 22nd International Semantic Web Conference - Conference Comunica: a Modular SPARQL Query Engine for the WebMore
In Proceedings of the 17th International Semantic Web Conference - Journal Triple Storage for Random-Access Versioned Querying of RDF ArchivesMore
In Journal of Web Semantics
Latest publications
- Poster Optimizing Traversal Queries of Sensor Data Using a Rule-Based Reachability ApproachMore
In Proceedings of the 23rd International Semantic Web Conference: Posters and Demos - Journal Towards Applications on the Decentralized Web using Hypermedia-driven Query EnginesMore
In ACM SIGWEB Newsletter - Workshop The R3 Metric: Measuring Performance of Link Prioritization during Traversal-based Query ProcessingMore
In Proceedings of the 16th Alberto Mendelzon International Workshop on Foundations of Data Management - Workshop Opportunities for Shape-based Optimization of Link Traversal QueriesMore
In Proceedings of the 16th Alberto Mendelzon International Workshop on Foundations of Data Management - Conference Decentralized Search over Personal Online Datastores: Architecture and Performance EvaluationMore
In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Web Engineering