Publications by Thomas Russ

Journal Papers
Conference Papers
Technical Reports, Theses, and Manuals
Workshop Reports
Posters

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Journal Papers Top

"Knowledge Engineering Tools for Reasoning with Scientific Observations and Interpretations; a Neural Connectivity Use Case", Thomas A. Russ, Cartic Ramakrishnan, Eduard H. Hovy, Mihail Bota and Gully A.P.C. Burn ,BMC Bioinformatics (to appear), 2011.
"Simplifying Construction of Complex Workflows for Non-Expert Users of the Southern California Earthquake Center Community Modeling Environment", Philip Maechling, Hans Chalupsky, Maureen Dougherty, Ewa Deelman, Yolanda Gil, Sridhar Gullapalli, Vipin Gupta, Carl, Jihie Kim, Gaurang Mehta, Brian Mendenhall, Thomas Russ, Gurmeet Singh, Marc Spraragen, Garrick Staples and Karan Vahi, ACM SIGMOD Record Special issue on Scientific Workflows, Vol. 34 No. 3, pp. 24-30, 2005.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF (7pp).
"Electric Elves: Agent Technology for Supporting Human Organizations", Hans Chalupsky, Yolanda Gil, Craig A. Knoblock, Kristina Lerman, Jean Oh, David V. Pynadath, Thomas A. Russ and Milind Tambe. In AI Magazine 23:2, pp. 11-24, Summer 2002.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF or PostScript (10pp).
"Building and (Re)Using an Ontology of Air Campaign Planning", Andre Valente, Thomas Russ, Robert MacGregor and William Swartout. In IEEE Intelligent Systems 14:1, pp. 27-36, Jan-Feb, 1999.
Abstract. Reprints are available from IEEE.
"Use of Data Abstraction Methods to Simplify Monitoring", Thomas A. Russ. In Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 7, pp. 497-514, 1995.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF via Science Direct. (22pp.)
"Using Hindsight in Medical Decision Making", Thomas A. Russ. In Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 32:1, pp. 81-90, May 1990.
Also published in Proceedings of the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, pp. 38-44, 1989.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF (18pp).

Conference Papers Top

"Automatically Constructing Semantic Web Services from Online Sources", José-Luis Ambite, Sirish Darbha, Aman Goel, Craig A. Knoblock, Kristina Lerman, Rahul Parundekar and Thomas Russ. In Proceedings of the 8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2009), pp.17-32, 2009.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF (16pp).
"Case-based Reasoning for Procedure Learning by Instruction", Jim Blythe and Thomas Russ. In IUI '08: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, pp.301-304, 2008.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF (4pp).
"A Common Ground for Virtual Humans: Using an Ontology in a Natural Language Oriented Virtual Human Architecture", Arno Hartholt, Thomas Russ, David Traum, Eduard Hovy and Susan Robinson. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'08), pp. 3197-3204, 2008.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF (8pp).
"DataFinder: Using Ontologies and Reasoning to Enhance Metadata Search", Thomas A. Russ and Hans Chalupsky. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract IN43A-0326, 2005.
Abstract only. See also the poster.
"Evaluating Expert-authored Rules for Military Reasoning", Mike Pool, Kenneth S. Murray, Julie Fitzgerald, Mala Mehrotra, Robert Schrag, Jim Blythe, Jihie Kim, Hans Chalupsky, Pierluigi Miraglia, Thomas Russ and Dave Schneider. In John H. Gennari, Bruce W. Porter and Yolanda Gil (eds), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-CAP 2003), Sanibel Island, FL, USA, pp. 96-104, October 23-25, 2003.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF (8pp.).
"Electric Elves: Applying Agent Technology to Support Human Organizations", Hans Chalupsky, Yolanda Gil, Craig A. Knoblock, Kristina Lerman, Jean Oh, David V. Pynadath, Thomas A. Russ and Milind Tambe. In Proceedings of the Thirteenth Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference, pp. 51-58, 2001.
Abstract. See also the AI Magazine paper.
"WhyNot: Debugging Failed Queries in Large Knowledge Bases", Hans Chalupsky and Thomas A. Russ. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence , pp. 870-877, 2002.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF (8pp).
"VEIL: Combining Semantic Knowledge with Image Understanding"
Thomas A. Russ, Robert M. MacGregor, Behnam Salemi, Keith Price and Ram Nevatia. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, 1996.
Also published in RADIUS: Image Understanding for Imagery Intelligence.
Morgan Kaufman. ISBN 1-55860-450-2. pp. 409-418.
Abstract. Table of Contents. The full paper is also available in compressed PostScript or PDF. (8pp)
"Coordinating Advice and Actual Treatment", Thomas A. Russ. In Martin D. Fox, Mary Anne F. Epstein, et al., editors, Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE Seventeenth Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, pp. 261-262, April 1991.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF (3pp).

Technical Reports, Theses, and Manuals Top

A Survey of Geospatial Resources, Representation and Reasoning, Jerry Hobbs, Jim Blythe, Hans Chalupsky and Thomas Russ, 2006.
Executive Summary. The full report is available in PDF. (104pp, 4.8MB)
Rule Induction for Knowledge Acquisition in RKF
, Thomas Russ, August 2, 2003. Abstract. The full report is available in PDF. (25pp, 260kB)
VEIL: : Research in Knowledge Representation for Computer Vision — Final Report
Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, 1996.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF. (68pp, 2.9MB)
Reasoning with Time Dependent Data, Thomas Anton Russ. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Computer Science technical report MIT/LCS/TR-545, August 1991. This technical report is the same as Dr. Russ' PhD thesis.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript and PDF, formatted for two-sided reproduction (161pp).
Temporal Control Structure Reference Manual, Thomas A. Russ. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Computer Science technical manual MIT/LCS/TM-331, June 1987.
This manual is available in PostScript and PDF (62pp).
Ventricular Arrhythmia Management: A Knowledge-based Approach, Thomas Anton Russ. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Science thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, May 1983.
Design of Drug Administration Protocols for Cancer Therapy, Thomas Anton Russ. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, May 1980.
Ein Herrenvolk aus Untertanen: Heinrich Manns Analyse der Wilhelminischen Gesellschaft, Thomas Anton Russ. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science thesis, Department of Humanities, May 1980, in German.

Workshop Reports Top

"Discovering and Learning Semantic Models of Online Sources for Information Integration", José-Luis Ambite, Bora Gazen, Craig A. Knoblock, Kristina Lerman and Thomas Russ. In Proceedings of the IJCAI Workshop on Information Integration on the Web, 2009.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF (6pp).
"Exploiting Data Semantics to Discover, Extract, and Model Web Sources", José-Luis Ambite, Craig A. Knoblock, Kristina Lerman, Anon Plangprasopchok, Thomas Russ, Cenk Gazen, Steven Minton and Mark Carman. In IEEE International Conference on Data Mining Workshops, pp. 771-779, 2008.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PDF (8pp).
"Electric Elves: Immersing an Agent Organization in a Human Organization", David V. Pynadath, Milind Tambe, Yigal Arens, Hans Chalupsky, Yolanda Gil, Craig Knoblock, Haeyoung Lee, Kristina Lerman, Jean Oh, Surya Ramachandran, Paul S. Rosenbloom and Thomas Russ. In Socially Intelligent Agents: The Human in the Loop. Papers from the AAAI Fall Symposium, AAAI Technical Report FS-00-04, pp. 150-154, November 3-5, 2000. North Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Abstract.
"Practical Experiences in Trading Off Ontology Usability and Reusability", Thomas Russ, Andre Valente, Robert MacGregor and William Swartout. In Proceedings of the Twelfth Banff Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-based Systems Workshop , October 16-21, 1999. Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Abstract. This paper is available in PDF and PostScript (20pp).
"Toward Distributed Use of Large-Scale Ontologies", Bill Swartout, Ramesh Patil, Kevin Knight and Tom Russ. In Proceedings of the Tenth Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-based Systems Workshop , November 9-14, 1996. Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Abstract.
This paper is the reference to Ontosaurus.
"Knowledge Representation for Computer Vision: The VEIL Project"
Keith Price, Thomas Russ and Robert MacGregor. ARPA Image Understanding Workshop, 1994.
Abstract. The full paper is available in compressed PostScript or PDF. (9pp)
"Use of Abstraction to Simplify Monitoring", Thomas A. Russ. In Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Interpreting Clinical Data. Papers from the AAAI Spring Symposium., AAAI Technical Report SS-94-01, pp. 134-138, March 1994.
Abstract. The full paper is available in PostScript or PDF (5pp).
An expanded version appeared in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (see above)

Posters Top

"Biomedical Knowledge Engineering Tools Based on Experimental Design: A Case Study Based on Neuranatomical Tract-tracing Experiments", Gully A.P.C. Burns and Thomas A. Russ Presented at the K-CAP 2009, The Fifth International Conference on Knowledge Capture, pp. 173-174, 2009.
The poster is available in full size PDF and a 2-page description in PDF is available as well.
"Using Knowledge Engineering Approaches to Reason about Neuroanatomical Experiments", Gully A.P.C. Burns and Thomas A. Russ Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Program No. 289.1. 2009 Neuroscience Meeting Planner. Chicago, IL: Society for Neuroscience, 2009.
The poster is available in full size PDF.
"DataFinder: Semantically Informed Search in Metadata Repositories", Thomas Russ and Hans Chalupsky. Presented at the Southern California Earthquake Center annual meeting, 2006.
The poster is available in full size PDF and letter size PDF.
"DataFinder: Using Ontologies and Reasoning to Enhance Metadata Search", Thomas Russ and Hans Chalupsky. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting 2005.
The poster is available in Full Size PDF and tabloid (11x17") size PDF.
"DataFinder: Semantically Informed Search in Metadata Repositories", Thomas Russ and Hans Chalupsky. Presented at the Southern California Earthquake Center annual meeting, 2005. (Yes, it's the same title as the updated 2006 poster)
The poster is available in full size PDF and letter size PDF.
"Design of an Ontology-based Metadata Translator", Thomas Russ and Hans Chalupsky. Presented at the Southern California Earthquake Center annual meeting, 2004.
The poster is available in full size PDF.
"Semantic Reasoning Support for SCEC", Thomas Russ and Hans Chalupsky. Presented at the Southern California Earthquake Center annual meeting, 2004.
The poster is available in full size PDF.
"Ontology-based Reasoning via Web Services", Thomas Russ and Hans Chalupsky. Presented at the Southern California Earthquake Center annual meeting, 2003.
The poster is available in letter size PDF.
"VEIL: Combining Semantic Knowledge with Image Understanding", University of Southern California. Presented at the (D)ARPA Software Technology and Intelligent Systems Symposium (STISS), Chantilly, Virginia, August 29-31, 1995.
The poster is available in full size PDF and letter size PDF.

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