Ontologist, Philosopher, Aspiring student, Actively Seeking study or work opportunities

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Contact: rrovetto[at]terpalum[dot]umd[dot]edu

Immediately Open to Opportunities

(Internationally)

• Any funded opportunity for my space ontology project
  • Desired for my PhD thesis
  • Open to sponsors, patrons, and donations
  • Needing mentors and supporters
• Seeking Employment opportunities (internationally)
• Seeking Educational opportunities
  • In a spaceflight topic
  • In Philosophy
  • In Interdisciplinary program

Education & Training

• M.A. Philosophy / Interdisciplinary Ontology program, State University of New York, Philosophy Dept. (2011)
• B.A. Philosophy, Univ. of Maryland. Minor, Business & Management w/Information Technology focus
• Coursework, Space Studies, AMU/APUS (2009,'11,'12)
• Other expertise and credetialing: Maritime operations, water rescue

Primary Interests & Specialties

• Philosophy (general)
• Ontology (formal, philosophical, applied ontology)
  • Generic/foundational ontology & ontologies
  • Methodological and ethical aspects of ontology engineering
• Symbolic logic
• Astronautics, Space Situational Awareness, Orbital Debris
• Maritime safety and rescue

Relevant Experience

• Ontologist work experience
• Contributed to two foundational ontologies
• 20 articles since 2011, all but two pursed in spare time

• Service to Discipline:
  • Education Technical Committee, International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)
  • Semantic Web Technical Committee, IAOA
  • Webmaster work for YAMATO ontology, and for RFM ontology
  • Misc. ontology group discussions
  • Ontology Summit contributions
  • Invited manuscript reviewer, Journal of Applied Ontology (2017)
  • Ontology subject-matter expert committee member of in ISO (2017)
  • Ontology subject-matter expert committee member in aerospace organization (2020-present)
  • Semantic Technology group member, ESIP