Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

The Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) was founded in 1971 through the integration of various Schools of Engineering and Architecture, many of which have been in existence for centuries. It is the leading Spanish public university in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, and Fashion Design. The university comprises 15 Schools, 1 Faculty, and 1 affiliated Center, distributed across several campuses in Madrid (Ciudad Universitaria, Montegancedo-Boadilla, Campus Sur-Vallecas, and Madrid City). In 2022, it solidified its position in the international QS university ranking by subject, placing among the top 60 universities worldwide in Engineering and Technology according to the QS World University Ranking 2022.

The Ontology Engineering Group (OEG-UPM) is based at the Computer Science School at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). It ranks eighth among the two hundred research groups from UPM and it is widely recognised in Europe in the areas of Ontology Engineering, Semantic Infrastructure, Linked Data, and Data Integration. Our main research areas are: Ontological Engineering, (Social) Semantic Web and Linked Data, Natural Language and Open Science.

Role in the Project

The OEG-UPM has extensive experience in projects related to Open Science, FAIR Data Management, and Research Objects. Leveraging this background, the OEG-UPM leads WP3 – the FDO-driven FAIRification Framework. It is responsible for developing the FDO FAIRification Framework and the FAIR Assessment Service. This service builds upon the previous work of FAIROs (https://w3id.org/FAIROS), a tool designed to assess the FAIRness of Research Objects. Additionally, OEG contributes to the development of the AI-supported information extraction service.