Popularising stuff

• Dutch Radio 1 TROS Nieuwsshow, 2010
  In December 2010 I took part in a 30min conversation on Dutch Radio 1 TROS Nieuwsshow about the social implications of the DDOS attacks in support of WikiLeaks. Streaming audio here or download a local copy.
• DANS brochure, 2010
  An interview with me on how the web changes the way scientists deal with their data appeared in the booklet "Driven by Data" at the 10th anniversery of the Dutch DANS institute.
• NRC, 2010
  In September 2010 I contributed to a paper in the NRC newspaper at the occasion of the 60th birthday of Alan Turing's seminal paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence", investigating the modern relevance of the classic Turing Test. Answer: no longer very relevant.... See either a reprint of the original article, or a text-only version.
• Stad FM Radio, 2010
  In March 2010 I did an interview on the local Stads FM Radio for their Casual Friday show. It was a fairly hilarious conversation about AI and Semantic Web. Download here.
• Radio 1, 2009
  In the last week of 2009, Dutch Public Radio 1 looked back at the most important developments of the past decennium. I took part in a discussion on the impact of Web 2.0 in a broadcast on 23 December 2009.
  (Note: if anybody can find a recording of this, I'd be very pleased to hear about it (Radio 1, 23 Dec 2009, 9am-10am).
• "Dies Lecture", 2009
  I had the honour to give the official "Dies Lecture" in October 2009, on the occasion of the 129th birthday of the Vrije Universiteit: Web en Wetenschap: op weg naar science 2.0. It's in Dutch, English translation ("Web and Science: on the way to science 2.0") forthcoming. You can also watch the speech (streaming, Windows Media Player only), or download a low-res copy (41Mb).
• Radio 1, 2009
  The excellent (but now defunct) Radio Online programme at Radio 1 invited me to explain why we gave TBL his honorary doctorate. Streaming version here, or download a local copy.
• Dutch AI student magazine "Connectie", 2009
  The Dutch AI student magazine "Connectie" interviewed me for their colum "Who is your AI hero?". For those who know me, it shouldn't be hard to guess.
• Magazine of Dutch Marketing sector, 2009:
  Believe it or not, the leading professional magazine for the Dutch marketing industry came up with the idea for a feature interview on the Semantic Web
• Cordis website, 2008:
  In July 2008, the Cordis website of the EU funding agency carried an interview with me on the Semantic Web (or read a local copy).
• Science Daily, 2008+
  Also in July 2008, an article in the Science Daily, based on an interview with me. See also the local copy.
• Informatie Professional, 2008:
  In April 2008, the magazine "Informatie Professional" carried a very good write-up of our STITCH project, by Bennie Mols (one of NL's best science journalists). (see here for a better readable version for IE users only).
• Strotklep Student Magazine, 2008:
  In early 2008, I wrote a "self-interview" for the world-famous StrotKlep magazine of the VU Math and CS students (well, world-famous at our faculty, at least...
• Reformatorisch Dagblad, 2008
  In January 2008, the Reformatorisch Dagblad carried an interview with me on the Semantic Web. It contained an interesting pro/con-debate between me and Maarten de Rijke from the UvA (more or less: logic versus statistics). (or see here for a local copy).
• Financieel Dagblad, 2008:
  The Financieel Dagblad carried an article based on an interview with me on 7 January 2008.
• Radio Online (Radio 1) interview, 2008:
  The year 2008 started well, with a full hour interview for the New Year edition of the programme Radio On-line on Radio 1 (the main news and information radio station in NL) about Semantic Web and AI, jointly with Jaap van den Herik. Listen to a streaming version or a download (or download a local copy).
• Volkskrant, 2007:
  In December 2007, De Volksrant on-line published an interview with me about the Semantic Web, entitled "Het web moet slim en sociaal worden". See the Volkskrant website or a local copy.
  (apologies to my MultiMedian/e-Culture colleagues: I tried hard not to claim that the Vrije Universiteit made the e-Culture browser, and in earlier versions the makers were explicitly stated, but scientific acknowledgements are apparantly too subtle to get right in a newspaper. Apologies).
• Programmer Magazine:
  The Chinese Programmer Magazine published an interview with me.
• VU Alumni Magazine, 2007:
  Also in December 2007, the VU Alumni Magazine "Gewoon Bijzonder" carried an interview with Guus Schreiber and me on our Semantic Web work.
• C'T Magazine and ERCIM Magazine, 2007:
  In October 2007, C'T Magazine, the largest German popular computer weekly, carried a Q/A session with me on the perceived success or failure of the Semantic Web: German version (or the scanned original publication) and English version. This was translated and reprinted in the Chinese Programmer Magazine: Chinese version. This text was also used as the basis for an item in the January 2008 ERCIM Newsletter (see here for a local copy)
• Telematics Institute Magazine, 2007:
  In September 2007, KnowHow, the magazine of the Dutch Telematics Institute, carried a two page interview with me and Rogier Brussee on separating facts from fiction surrounding the Semantic Web (in Dutch).
  Local copy of the two page interview, and the entire magazine.
• Intermediar, 2007:
  A 2-page article in the Maart 2007 issue of the Dutch business-weekly Intermediair on the Semantic Web, with quotes from Guus Schreiber and me. Official copy and local copy.
• Vrij Nederland, 2007:
  A 10-page spread no less in February 2007 in Vrij Nederland (one of the main Dutch general weekly magazines) on the work in our Semantic Web research group at the VU (including flashy photo's ).
• Cordis Website, 2006:
  In October 2006, The IST website published a general audience text on the results of our Protocure project
• Software Release Magainze, 2004:
  An interview in 2004 in Software Release Magazine with some of key players at Aduna (Jos van der Meer, Jeen Broekstra, myself), on Semantic Web technology.
• IEEE Distributed Systems column, 2004:
  A column in IEEE Distributed Systems (March 2004) on "The Semantic Web: What, Why, How, and When".
• Belgian Computer Magazine, 2003:
  An interview with the Belgian Computer Magazine (October 2003, in Dutch) on "The Future of the Search Engine".
• Oryon Nieuwsbrief, 2003:
  cartoon) in the November 2003 Oryon newsletter.
• Networks Magazine, 2003:
  It also got republished in both Italian and English in the Italian Magazine Networks.
• Avvenire, 2004:
  The Networks interview in turn became the source for a full page spread on 18 Feb 2004 in the Italian national newspaper Avvenire. (It was quite a laugh, if you want a readable copy, or if you want to know what "il guru della svolta" means, let me know).
• Computable, 2004:
  the original Dutch version of our reply, or an English transcription.
• Software Release Magainze, 2004:
  An interview with various Aduna people (me included), entitled "Semantic Web pioneers in The Netherlands", published in the July 2004 issue of the Software Release Magazine (available in Dutch only).
• Text (& slides) of my inaugural speech (Feb 2003) are available on-line
  (sorry, only in Dutch for now).

Video material

	A dutch-language low-entry easy-to-follow introduction to the general idea of the "Web of Data"
	Intro on LarKC, the Large Knowledge Collider
	Watch a video interview with me (at the 2006 European Semantic Web Conference) on the current state of Semantic Web research.
	Where Does It Break? A video of my keynote talk at the 2006 European Semantic Web Conference) on research challenges generated by Semantic Web research.
	OWL tutorial A 1 hour video of an OWL tutorial I gave for the SEKT project.