• Data Quality Barriers for Transparency in Public Procurement 

      Soylu, Ahmet; Corcho, Oscar; Elvesæter, Brian; Badenes-Olmedo, Carlos; Yedro Martínez, Francisco; Kovavic, Matej; Posinkovic, Matej; Medvescek, Mitja; Makgill, Ian; Taggart, Chris; Simperl, Elena; Lech, Till Christopher; Roman, Dumitru (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Governments need to be accountable and transparent for their public spending decisions in order to prevent losses through fraud and corruption as well as to build healthy and sustainable economies. Open data act as a major ...
    • Digital samhandling og datadeling i bygge-, anleggs- og eiendomsnæringen 

      Labonnote, Nathalie; Bryhni, Anders; Lech, Till Christopher (SINTEF rapport;2021:00373, Research report, 2021)
      Bygge-, anleggs- og eiendomsnæringen (BAE-næringen) er overmoden for et digitalt skifte. BAE er en av Norges store fastlandsnæringer, men produktivitetsutviklingen har vært lav1 og digitaliseringen går sakte2. BAE-næringen ...
    • Interacting with subterranean infrastructure linked data using augmented reality 

      Sukhobok, Dina; Nikolov, Nikolay; Lech, Till Christopher; Moberg, Arnt-Henning; Frantsvåg, Roar; Bergaas, Helene Risti; Roman, Dumitru (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Subterranean infrastructure damages caused by excavation works of all kinds are costly and potentially dangerous for workers. Such damages are often caused by poor subterranean data or inappropriate use of the existing ...
    • An overview of the TBFY knowledge graph for public procurement 

      Soylu, Ahmet; Elvesæter, Brian; Turk, Philip; Roman, Dumitru; Corcho, Oscar; Simperl, Elena; Makgill, Ian; Taggart, Chris; Grobelnik, Marko; Lech, Till Christopher (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      A growing amount of public procurement data is being made available in the EU for the purpose of improving the effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, and accountability of government spending. However, there is a large ...
    • ProDataMarket: A data marketplace for monetizing linked data 

      Roman, Dumitru; Paniagua, Javier; Tarasova, Tatiana; Georgiev, Georgi; Sukhobok, Dina; Nikolov, Nikolay; Lech, Till Christopher (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Linked data has emerged as an interesting technology for Publishing structured data on the Web but also as a powerful mechanism for integrating disparate data sources. Various tools and approaches have been developed in ...
    • Sharing economy services as human-machine networks: Implications for policy making 

      Følstad, Asbjørn; Skjuve, Marita; Haugstveit, Ida Maria; Lech, Till Christopher (Chapter, 2018)
      The emerging sharing economy has important policy implications. To strengthen the basis for policy making, we present an interview study involving sharing economy service owners, policy maker representatives, and research ...
    • TheyBuyForYou platform and knowledge graph: Expanding horizons in public procurement with open linked data 

      Soylu, Ahmet; Corcho, Oscar; Elvesæter, Brian; Badenes-Olmedo, Carlos; Blount, Tom; Yedro Martínez, Francisco; Kovavic, Matej; Posinkovic, Matej; Makgill, Ian; Taggart, Chris; Simperl, Elena; Lech, Till Christopher; Roman, Dumitru (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Public procurement is a large market affecting almost every organisation and individual; therefore, governments need to ensure its efficiency, transparency, and accountability, while creating healthy, competitive, and ...
    • Towards a Knowledge Graph Based Platform for Public Procurement 

      Simperl, Elena; Corcho, Oscar; Grobelnik, Marko; Roman, Dumitru; Soylu, Ahmet; Ruíz, María Jesús Fernández; Gatti, Stefano; Taggart, Chris; Klima, Urška Skok; Uliana, Annie Ferrari; Makgill, Ian; Lech, Till Christopher (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Procurement affects virtually all sectors and organizations particularly in times of slow economic recovery and enhanced transparency. Public spending alone will soon exceed EUR 2 trillion per annum in the EU. Therefore, ...
    • Towards Integrating Public Procurement Data into a Semantic Knowledge Graph 

      Soylu, Ahmet; Corcho, Oscar; Simperl, Elena; Roman, Dumitru; Francisco, Yedro Martínez; Taggart, Chris; Makgill, Ian; Elvesæter, Brian; Symonds, Ben; McNally, Helen; Konstantinidis, George; Zhao, Yuchen; Lech, Till Christopher (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Public procurement accounts for a substantial part of the public investment and global economy. Therefore, improving effectiveness, efficiency, transparency and accountability of government procurement is of broad interest. ...