Boris Motik

Boris Motik is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, Department of Computer Science. His research interests include data, knowledge, and action, with a focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning. He has developed several tools and reasoners, including HermiT and RDFox, and has contributed to projects such as KAON2. Motik has worked on ontology languages like OWL and explored their applications in data management and big data. He has also collaborated with industry partners on various projects, including ontology-based data stores and recommender systems. His work has been recognized with several awards, including the 2025 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Commercialisation.

Boris Motik is a Professor of Computer Science at Oxford University, specializing in Semantic Web, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation, and Automated Theorem Proving. His research focuses on advancing semantic technologies, particularly in the development of ontologies and reasoning systems for the Semantic Web. Motik has contributed significantly to the evolution of OWL (Web Ontology Language), including the design of OWL 2 and the creation of the HermiT reasoner, a highly-efficient OWL 2 reasoner. His work also explores the integration of ontologies with relational databases, natural language question answering, and scalable RDF stores such as RDFox. Motik's research emphasizes the intersection of logic, knowledge representation, and semantic technologies to enhance data interoperability and reasoning capabilities.