Alastair Burt

Alastair Burt is a researcher in the Language Technology Lab at the DFKI.

• Integrating semantic web technoglogy into existing web infrastructure.
• Combining utilitarian and symbolic approaches to reasoning about action.
• Developing models of innovation and the sharing of knowledge.

Recent Projects

• Coordinator of the EU PyPy project: Adding semantic web technology to a reimplementation of the Python programmin language.
• FLOSSPOLS: Developing computer models of software licensing regimes that support innovation.
• Coordinator of the EU IST take-up project ASWAD: Agent Supported Workflow in Public Administrations.