{{Short description|Research institute in Vienna, Austria}} {{Infobox company | name = STI International | logo = [[Image:STI2-logo.png|center|85px|corporate logo]] | type = [[Non-profit organization]], Global Network | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = {{start date|2007}} | founder = | defunct = | location_city = [[Vienna]] | location_country = [[Austria]] | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = [[Dieter Fensel]], [[John Domingue]] | industry = [[Research]], [[Academic conference|Conferences]], [[Education]] | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = http://www.sti2.org | footnotes = }} '''Semantic Technology Institute (STI) International''' is an association of global experts in semantics and services, located in [[Austria]].<ref>[http://www.telekom-presse.at/Semantic_Web_als_Technologie_der_Zukunft.id.8899.htm Semantic Web als Technologie der Zukunft] (Telekom Presse, in German, 2.4.2009)</ref> It has members mostly from Europe, but also from [[South Korea]], [[Malaysia]], and [[Singapore]].
STI International is governed by an executive board, and has a board of representatives of all members, plus several ''STI Fellows'': Michael Brodie, [[Guus Schreiber]], [[Jim Hendler]], Mark Greaves, and [[Rudi Studer]].
STI International is the organizer of several annual international conferences in [[semantic technologies]] and the future of the internet: the Extended (previously called European) Semantic Web Conference ([https://eswc-conferences.org/ ESWC]) along with the ESWC Summer School on semantic technologies, and the Future Internet Symposium ([http://www.fis2011.org/ FIS]). The institute also initiates and organizes smaller events and symposia in Austria and worldwide.
The association owns a spin-off company, STI International Consulting und Research GmbH, which pursues the interests of the members in research (under the name [http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20141204183259/http://research.sti2.org/ STI Research]) and in education/training (under the name [http://www.semsphere.com Semsphere]).
== Members ==
Voting partners:<ref>[http://www.sti2.org/organisation/partners Partners | STI International] (November 2011)</ref>
* [[Free University of Amsterdam]] * [[Free University of Bozen-Bolzano]] * [[Freie Universität Berlin]] * [[FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik]] * [[German National Library of Economics]] * [[Jožef Stefan Institute]] * [https://know-center.tugraz.at/en/ Know Center] * [[MIMOS Berhad]] * [[Ontotext]] * [http://www.saltlux.com/en/main.html Saltlux Inc.] * [[The Open University]] * [[TXT e-solutions]] * [[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]], AIFB * [[University of Aberdeen]] * [[University of Innsbruck]] * [[University of Málaga]] * [[University of Sheffield]] * [[Vienna University of Technology]] * [[Wonkwang University]]
The network also has non-voting members that support its operations and have other benefits; the full list of members can be found at the institute's website.
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== External links == * [http://www.sti2.org/ Homepage of STI International]
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