Bob Kasenchak

Bob Kasenchak
Information Architect
Factor

Bob is an information architect at Factor. As a taxonomist and ontologist with an interest in knowledge graphs and Linked Data, he has worked for over a decade building and implementing taxonomy projects for publishing, enterprise, technology, and e-commerce clients. He brings experience with information modeling and semantic software to client-focused metadata and vocabulary projects.

Bob holds an MM in Theoretical Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music and a BA in Liberal Arts from St. John's College, Santa Fe; he put in 5 years towards a PhD in Music Theory at the University of Texas before abandoning academia for the information industry.

A frequent writer and presenter on semantic topics in conferences and journals, Bob's current research interests include ontologies, knowledge graphs, and text classification. Still active teaching and playing music, Bob has been a member of the local ensemble Gamelan Encantada for the past several years. He lives in Albuquerque with his wife and two cats.

Bite-sized Taxonomy Boot Camp London March 2021

Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2019

Tuesday 15 October 2019

2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Validating a taxonomy with stakeholders

Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2018

Tuesday 16 October 2018

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Why words matter in taxonomy development
11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Cutting-edge applications for taxonomies

Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2017

Tuesday, 17 October 2017

2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Building up taxonomies to maximise their effectiveness
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Machine learning and NLP

Taxonomy Boot Camp London 2016

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Strategy and governance
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Tools and platforms for semantics
12:35 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. Taxonomies for information retrieval

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