December Reflections: A Year of Progress with STELAR
As we close out 2024, we are proud to reflect on a year filled with remarkable achievements for STELAR. From launching the first version of our toolkit to developing a go-to-market strategy for the Knowledge Lake Management System (KLMS), a platform empowering data-intensive organisations to harness their data’s full potential, we have accomplished many milestones this year, including media mentions, conducted interviews, podcast filmings, and many attended events and webinars.
STELAR KLMS Platform Tutorial Workshop
The STELAR project is entering its final year, marked by the hosting of the 1st STELAR KLMS platform tutorial workshop for all project partners. The session, led by Dimitrios Petrou, Nikolaos Bakatselos and Prof Vasilis Samoladas from Athena Research Center, provided an overview of the platform’s key features. These included data storage capabilities, user registration, role management, metadata handling, and workflow execution through the demonstration of the STELAR Tools integration.
Participants were also introduced to the STELAR Python Client, a tool that allows users to easily create, update, and manage datasets and resources, as well as execute workflows directly through code. The initial feedback was gathered from users and developers on the platform’s usability and performance, highlighting the current limitations and gaps that need to be addressed in future iterations.
Introducing STELAR’s Tech Briefs
The role of tech briefs is to simplify complex technologies, turning innovation into practical solutions for real-world challenges. The STELAR project is taking its first steps toward this goal, thanks to our partners Jens d’Hondt and Dr. Odysseas Papapetrou from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Together, they have co-authored a tech brief that explores advanced methods for detecting correlations in data.
STELAR and TITAN Joint Webinar
In a collaborative effort to advance data management in smart agriculture and food safety, STELAR co-organised a joint webinar with the EU project TITAN on October 23, 2024, titled ‘Semantic Strategies for Enhanced Agrifood Data Management.’
Dr Dimitris Skoutas, STELAR Project Coordinator, and Petros Skoufis from Athena Research Center, joined by George Marinos from Agroknow, shared their work on constructing a Knowledge Graph specifically for food safety incident reports as part of the STELAR Project, explaining the complexities of entity recognition in unstructured regulatory and incident data and showcasing how Knowledge Graphs can organise and contextualise this information.
The session offered valuable insights into tackling data complexity in food systems, with a focus on practical applications and collaborative strategies. Presentations from leading professionals highlighted the innovative potential of these approaches in driving progress.
A Fresh Listen: STELAR Podcast's New Episode
The Data Stories 360° podcast series continues to deliver valuable conversations, and episode five is no exception. Featuring Maria-Eleni Dimitrakopoulou, PhD in Public Health and Research Project Manager at Agroknow, this episode explores critical topics like food safety, food fraud, sustainability, and food traceability.
If you have not tuned in yet, this is your chance to catch up on a thought-provoking discussion that highlights the future of food systems.
STELAR’s Insights Featured on Wikifarmer
As part of our ongoing collaboration with Wikifarmer, a global platform dedicated to supporting farmers through education and fair market access, STELAR featured two articles exploring how innovation is transforming agriculture:
Catch Up on Our Recent Blog Posts
Over the past few months, we have shared a variety of blog posts, including educational content like the one on metadata, which explored how it plays a key role in ensuring effective data management and supporting informed decision-making.
We also marked important days such as United Nations Day, World Science Day for Peace and Development, and World Soil Day, highlighting critical issues and showcasing how our project is contributing to solutions.
Read our blogs to learn more!
Conclusion
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