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* I graduated from Edmonds High School in Edmonds, WA in 1976. I had the honor of delivering the opening prayer for the graduation ceremony. \n* I have a Bachelors of Arts Degree (Cum Laude) from Occidental College in Southern California, where i attended there from 1976-1980. My degree program was an Independent Pattern of Study in Anthropology and Linguistics. Two quarters of my coursework was taken with the [[Summer Institute of Linguistics | http://www.sil.org/]] at the University of Washington (summer program). I also took some New Testament Greek at Fuller Seminary. \n* I hold a Masters Degree in Linguistics from UCLA, where i studied from 1983-1987. I had the privilege here of studying with some of the leading figures in American Linguistics, including [[Peter Ladefoged | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladefoged]], [[Bruce Hayes | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Hayes]], [[Patricia Keating | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Keating]] (the three of whom supervised my MastersThesis in Phonetics), [[Stephen R. Anderson | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Anderson]], Eric Wehrli, and Ed Keenan. At UCLA my primary interests were phonetics, phonology, and computational linguistics. While there, i contributed to I also studied Turkish for 3 quarters.

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This is just a grab-bag:\n* I'm having a lot of fun learning Python, a programming language that brings back many of the programming benefits i lost when Lisp got frozen by the AI Winter. It's got an clean syntax and object interface, and an interpreter loop. \n

You might think the combination of the two names "Sean" and "Boisen" would be uniquely identifying: i used to think that too, and the vast majority of the [[GoogleMass | http://www.semanticbible.com/blogos/2003/05/27.html]] for [["sean boisen"| http://www.google.com/search?&q=%22sean+boisen%22]] belongs to me. But in fact, there //is// one other, [[somebody in Denmark | http://www.boisenbolig.dk/]]. I don't read Danish but i think he's a real estate broker.

You can't leave a comment on a TiddlyWiki, so if you have feedback, please email me: (my first name) at seanboisen dot com.

This is a selective list of publications in the academic domain. Those with hyperlinks are available in full-text on the web as of Jan 2007, some with restrictions: others are citations from other literature. I also have a selective list of [[Presentations]] that are available on the Web.\n* Weischedel, R., Boisen, S., Bikel, D., Bobrow, R., Crystal, M., Ferguson, W., and Wechsler, A. 1996. [[Progress in information extraction | http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1119050&dl=GUIDE,#]]. In Proceedings of A Workshop on Held At Vienna, Virginia: May 6-8, 1996 (Vienna, Virginia, May 06 - 08, 1996). Annual Meeting of the ACL. Association for Computational Linguistics, Morristown, NJ, 127-138.\n* Boisen, S. 1987. [[Definite clause grammars | http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=25577.25579&coll=GUIDE&dl=ACM#]]. AI Expert 2, 6 (Jun. 1987), 46-56. [Text available to subscribers to the ACM Digital Library]\n* Boisen, S.C., 1986. Nasality and nasal air flow in English. Unpublished MastersThesis, UCLA.\n----\nThis list was generated from Google Scholar by this query:\nhttp://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22sean+boisen%22+author:s-boisen

Well, actually, nothing. But here are a few other interesting tidbits.\n* I claim to have invented the [[curry burger|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_burger]]. I can't actually substantiate that claim, but it //is// a matter of record that i created [[the Wikipedia article on it|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_burger]]. \n* I have a few [[Publications]].

By definition, this will never be done, but here are some thoughts about other things to add:\n* other blog aggregation mechanism (to WebProfiles)\n* other publications\n* Conferences i've attended\n*LibraryThing pointer\n* for that matter, go through my online accounts\n* notes about recency (or lack) of this material\n* pages about family members\nSite layout\n* get a banner gradient with my picture

http://www.seanboisen.com/

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At UCLA, my masters thesis was entitled "Nasality and Nasal Air Flow in English". My thesis supervisors were Peter Ladefoged, Bruce Hayes, and Patricia Keating. As part of the process of collecting data, i adapted an airflow measurement device so it could be used nasally, and developed a technique for digitizing the output (by tracing lengthy papers readouts on a digitizing pad, and capturing the resulting stream of serial data on a PC). [[Here's the WorldCat record | http://worldcat.org/oclc/26953403]].\n\nI gave a talk on my thesis research at the 1986 meeting of the Acoustical Society of America: you can [[buy a copy | http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JASMAN0000800000S100S108000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes]] if you're desperate to read it):\n<<<\nThis paper presents results from a general study of nasal airflow for a speaker of English. Nasal flow was recorded for approximately 1000 tokens in a carrier phrase, along with the audio output. The results support a hierarchical arrangement of vowels according to manifestation of nasal flow (in nasal environments) which parallels their oral impedance. This is consistent with acoustical studies of the effects of nasal coupling, as well as some perceptual studies, but differs in crucial ways from previous articulatory work. Other contextual segmental effects are observed, including a striking attenuation of the flow curve in final voiceless clusters. A revised definition of nasality, based on aerodynamic criteria, is advanced. Based on this definition, the circumstances under which nasality "spreads" was investigated, along with the flow characteristics of different segments. \n<<<\n\nThough my thesis was accepted and i was awarded a Masters Degree, the linguistic importance of the results were considered substandard, and consequently i was not invited to continue on into the ~PhD program. In hindsight, this was a very good thing: for one, it opened the door for me to pursue computational linguistics, which became one of the most significant of my ProfessionalInterests.

I'm currently a Senior Information Architect with Logos Bible Software in Bellingham, Washington. \n\nI left MyWorkAtBBN (19 years with BBN Technologies) to come to Logos because i really wanted to apply my ProfessionalInterests in language processing to develop new ways for people to read, understand, and apply the Bible. This was the vision that caused me to establish SemanticBible.\n\nAt present, i'm working on:\n* the Bible Knowledgebase, a Semantic Web of information from the Biblical text that extends my previous work on NewTestamentNames. \n* a controlled vocabulary for terms from the field of Biblical studies\n

[[SemanticBible|http://semanticbible.com/]] is ...\n<<<\nan emerging exploration of new applications of markup and computational linguistic technology to the study of Scripture, with an emphasis on practical tools that encourage understanding and personal transformation.\n<<<\nThe main resources at SemanticBible are:\n* the [[New Testament HyperConcordance|http://semanticbible.com/hyperconc/hyperconc-overview.html]]\n* the [[CompositeGospelIndex|http://semanticbible.com/cgi/cgi-overview.html]]\n* [[NewTestamentNames|http://semanticbible.com/ntn/ntn-overview.html]]\n\nI also have some [[Presentations]] there.\n\nSemanticBible led directly to MyWorkAtLogos, a wonderful example of how to find a perfect job:\n* first start by doing it (for free)\n* then get found by those with the means to enable it as a full-time vocation.

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* @@color(red):[New]@@ Semantic Technology Talk (2007-05-24)\nI gave a talk on "Deploying Semantic Technologies for Digital Publishing: A Case Study from Logos Bible Software" at the [[Semantic Technology Conference | http://www.semantic-conference.com/]]. Details and slides are [[here | http://semanticbible.com/other/presentations/2007-semtech/main.html]] at SemanticBible.\n* Logos-bound (2007-01)\nAs of January, i've changed employers, and now work for [[Logos Bible Software | http://www.logos.com]] in Bellingham, WA. See MyWorkAtLogos for more.\n\n\n

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Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, widely credited with creating the predecessor to today's WorldWideWeb, suggests that [[everyone should have a personal URI | http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/node/71]].\n\nHere's mine:\nhttp://seanboisen.com/Sean/#SB\n\nNote this is //not// the same as my SiteUrl, and since i'm not a locatable web resource, it doesn't refer to a web page (despite looking like it does). You can find MyURI in my Friend-of-a-Friend (FOAF) file at http://sean.boisen/foaf.rdf (that //is// a locatable web resource!).\n\nNo wonder the Semantic Web isn't taken off the way folks think it should. \n\nI also have two public XRIs ([[eXtensible Resource Identifiers | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XRI]]) just in case they catch on:\n* personal: {{{@id*sboisen}}}\n* my blog: {{{@blog*blogos}}}

I'm Sean Boisen, and this is the [[nexus | http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nexus]] of my web-accessible identity, collecting together fundamental information, along with pointers elsewhere, for various dimensions of who i think i am. It's also something of a LifePortfolio. If you want to point a hyperlink at a web description of me, this website (at http://seanboisen.com/) is as good a place as any (MyURI is a little different). \n\nTo get started, just click on any highlighted word, like this one: WebProfiles. \n\nAs in life, at this site everything's connected ... but among other things, you'll find information here about MyFaith and MyFamily, as well as MyWork (including my ProfessionalInterests), MyCurrentInterests and MyPersonalHistory. \n\nIf the details here don't make sense, maybe you're looking for one of the OtherSeanBoisens? (or maybe they just don't make sense)\n

I was very fortunate to spend 19 years in the Human Language Technology department at [[BBN Technologies | http://bbn.com]], one of America's premier research and development organizations. \n* I started as a Scientist in 1988, contributing to systems for computing natural language semantics on a Symbolics Lisp Machine. I also worked on Parlance, BBN's abortive foray into natural language question answering\n* I became a Senior Scientist in 1994 and helped develop BBN's first system for information extraction. \n* In 2000, i moved to Maryland and became a Director, leading a small group \n

[img[self portrait|images/sbselfportrait.jpg]] It's all about me.

* My main blog is called [[Blogos|http://www.semanticbible.com/blogos]], which is part of SemanticBible. It has nothing to do with inflatable objects (blogos dot com used to advertise these), and i had the name before [[that multilingual blog|http://www.multilingualblog.com/]] and various other newbloggers. As part of MyWorkAtLogos, i occasionally contribute posts to [[our corporate blog|http://blog.logos.com]]. \n* I use two social bookmarking sites:\n** [[My Citeulike bookmarks|http://www.citeulike.org/user/sboisen]] track things of professional/research interest (mostly papers and presentations of a technical nature)\n** [[my tags at del.icio.us|http://del.icio.us/sboisen]] cover most everything else that i share publicly\n* Technorati says [[this is everything in the known universe about Sean Boisen|http://technorati.com/people/technorati/sboisen/]], though i have my doubts.\n* [[WorldCat|http://worldcat.org/]] is a cataloging system for library resources. [[Their list of my publications|http://worldcat.org/oclc/26953403]] currently only includes my MastersThesis (good luck finding a copy, unless you happen to live near UCLA: but if you actually read it, please add a review!). Who knows, more could show up later, and if they do, that's where you'll find them. \n* You can find me at\n** [[Facebook| http://www.facebook.com/]] (search on my name)\n** [[LibraryThing| http://www.librarything.com/profile/sboisen]], though i haven't put any energy into uploading my library (someday maybe)\n** [[LinkedIn| http://www.linkedin.com/in/seanboisen]] (my public profile)\n* [[My page at ontoworld.org|http://ontoworld.org/wiki/Sean_Boisen]] reflects my interests in the Semantic Web.\n* You can't be cool without a MySpace page these days. I'm not cool, but [[they let me have one anyway|http://www.myspace.com/theophilusmonk]]. No music, video, graphics, dancing hamsters, etc.: i really don't use it, except for keeping up with the few cool people i know (like our kids). \n

MyWorkAtLogos describes my current position with Logos Research Systems, which followed a 19 year career with BBN Technologies (see MyWorkAtBBN). \n\nMy ProfessionalInterests gives a broader view of the topics that interest me. \n\nMyBio is a brief prose description of my current work and interests.

Sean Boisen is Senior Information Architect at Logos Research Systems/Logos Bible Software, the leading publisher of high-end, award-winning, multilingual software for Bible study. At Logos, Sean is leading the development of semantic knowledgebases for reference, visualization, navigation, and digital library integration, as well as other activities in text and natural language processing. Before joining Logos in 2007, Sean was a senior scientist and director in Human Language Technology at BBN Technologies, a high-tech research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his 19 years with BBN, Sean worked in NLP, information extraction, text categorization and retrieval, and speech to text transcription, primarily serving the federal R&D market. His other professional interests include Semantic Web technologies, information visualization, digital resources for Biblical studies, and distance education. Sean holds a MA in computational linguistics from UCLA.

There's a list of presentations on SemanticBible

The traditional approach to representing MyWork would be to create a (static) resume or CV, which would then need to be tailored for different audiences and continually revised to keep up with continued changes and development. Instead, this site functions as a combination of my ProfessionalInterests as well as other dimensions of who i am, like MyFaith and MyFamily. I hope that it will be more maintainable in this one form, and that others will be free to decide for themselves which aspects of me to explore.

My primary interests include:\n* computational linguistics, especially <>\n* information retrieval\n* visualization for information access\n* semantic annotation of Biblical resources\n* Semantic Web applications\nThe bulk of my professional career so far has been as a scientist, computational linguist, and manager with [[BBN Technologies | http://www.bbn.com]], where i worked from 1987 to 2006. My activities there are described further in MyWorkAtBBN. \n

I'm a Christian -- that is, i'm a follower of Jesus Christ, who lived a perfect life and then died to perfect people, by providing them with a way to heal their relationship with God. \nWhile i didn't grow up in a church-going family, some friends in junior high introduced me to a Christian youth group, where i learned about Jesus and His claims on my life. My decision to follow him has been the integration point for my deepest values, and has steered many significant life decisions. Most recently, MyWorkAtLogos is a direct result of wanting to more closely align my ProfessionalInterests with one of my KeyValues, helping others know God's Word better, in order to know Him better.

My wife [[Donna | http://donnaboisen.com]] has her own blog, as of 12/2007 under (re-)construction. I hope she'll post more often, because she's an excellent writer, in additional to being an accomplished musician, speaker, dramatist, and numerous other talents.\nWe have grown five children: [[Crystal]], [[Claire]], [[Andrew]], [[Michael]], and [[Leah]]. We also have a dachshund named Curry. \nMy mother DorothyBoisen lives with us, and my father ElliottGBoisen lives nearby in Seattle. My famous older brother MylesBoisen lives in California. \nI'm also working on a BoisenFamilyGenealogy, though it's still incomplete (i guess genealogies always are!).

My mother Dorothy lives with us. She enjoys talking with others, as evidenced by [[this story | http://zip.timberlakepublishing.com/article.asp?article=1186&paper=1&cat=200]] about the Howard Council Office On Aging, with which she was actively involved when we lived in Maryland.

You can see the history of changes by displaying the Timeline tab on the right.