Service Coordinator
Dr. Elena Simperl, University of Innsbruck, AT

The STI International educational service is establishing a training and certification program under the name Semsphere. Semsphere will target IT professionals and those seeking globally recognizable expertise and credentials in the field of semantic technologies. The program is endorsed and developed by the leading experts of the semantic technology community; it will then evaluated and maintained by certified trainers and IT professionals in order to ensure state-of-the-art topics areincluded, and course materials meet high-quality, professional standards. The program will include three fundamental certifications in semantic technologies, extended with specialized curriculums and tailored education courses covering in-depth topics such as tools, languages, techniques, and application domains. We plan to offer on-site education courses, as well as podcasts lectures, interactive webinars, online support materials, and examinations in order to reach a broad,worldwide audience.

STI International provides educational activities in the field of semantics and semantic technologies for academia and industry - this includes:

• Generation of high-quality training materials for specific target communities
• Development and maintenance of training repositories and expert databases
• Organization of different types of training and educational events
• Provision of different types of training
• Set-up of joint doctoral or exchange/internship programs between research institutions and between researchers and industry and operational support for their implementation

For more informaiton, please refer to the STI International Education subdomain.