About

The Semantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck, formerly known as DERI Innsbruck, was founded by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dieter Fensel in 2002 and has developed into a challenging and dynamic research institute of approximately 60 people. STI Innsbruck collaborates with an international network of institutes in Asia, Europe and the USA, as well as with global industrial partners.

STI Innsbruck is actively involved in multiple national and EU funded projects, with these projects enabling us to meet society's demand for innovative technological developments and to contribute back scientifically to supporters, sponsors and society. STI Innsbruck has three overlapping streams, namely Research, Teaching, and Business Development, providing a well balanced infrastructure in order to successfully utilize and pass on scientific achievement.

STI Innsbruck is a founding member of STI International, a collaborative association of leading European and world wide initiatives, ensuring the success and sustainability of semantic technology development. STI Innsbruck utilizes this network, as well as contributing to it, in order to increase the impact of the research conducted within the institute.

For more details on Semantics, check this interview with Frank Van Harmelen: "Search and you will find".

For more details on ontologies and their relations with Semantic Web, check this presentation. It is probably the most sharp and easy introduction to Ontologies.

For more details on the achievements of STI Innsbruck since its foundation, check our yearly progress report.