CV - Delroy Cameron

Delroy Cameron
11 Naglee Ave, Apt 2
San Francisco, CA 94112
+1 (937) 768–1361 (cell)
delroy.cameron@gmail.com
http://delroycameron.com
Research Interests
My research has a dual focus on: 1) modeling, extracting, and leveraging high quality information from
unstructured text and 2) applying graph algorithms to information extracted from structured text, both to
facilitate knowledge discovery.
Education
Wright State University
Ph.D. in Computer Science
– Advisor: Prof. Amit P. Sheth
– Dissertation Title: A Context-Driven Subgraph Model for Literature-Based Discovery .
Dayton, OH
Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2014
University of Georgia
Master of Science in Computer Science
Athens, GA
Aug. 2005 – Dec. 2007
Savannah State University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Technology
Savannah, GA
Aug. 2001 – May 2005
Projects
1. Obvio: Semantic Web in Literature-Based Discovery (2010.6 - 2014.12)
I was the lead PhD student on the Obvio project, whose goal is to leverage assertions from biomedical
literature together with statements from structured background knowledge to facilitate knowledge
discovery. These representations enable reasoning and application of graph algorithms such as depth first
search and hierarchical agglomerative clustering, to automatically create subgraphs along multiple thematic
dimensions. Obvio facilitated the recovery of 8 out of 9 existing scientific discoveries using public literature.
Project Page: http://wiki.knoesis.org/index.php/Obvio
Video Demo: http://bit.ly/obviodemo
2. PREDOSE: PREscription Drug abuse Online-Surveillance and Epidemiology (2011.7 - 2014.12)
I was also the lead PhD student on the PREDOSE project, which is designed to model, extract and
analyze semantic information on prescription drug abuse from web forum discussions. This research utilizes
rule-based and pattern-based techniques to automatically extract diverse data elements from unstructured
text, such as entities, triples, sentiment expressions, frequency and dosage. The project has contributed
new knowledge on prescription drug abuse based on our analysis of informal web forum posts.
Project Page: http://wiki.knoesis.org/index.php/PREDOSE
Video Demo: http://bit.ly/predemo & http://bit.ly/kasdemo
3. Scooner: Semantic Browser (2009.1 - 2010.6)
I was previously a Web Developer and then lead PhD student (2010.1 - 2010.6) on the Scooner project,
which is a discovery support system for user-driven text exploration. Scooner performs various tasks,
including entity annotation, semantic trailblazing, fact aggregation and collaborative information sharing.
Project Page: http://wiki.knoesis.org/index.php/Scooner
Video Demo(s): http://bit.ly/scodemo
4. SEMEF: SEMantic Expert Finder (2006.6 - 2007.12)
I also developed SEMEF, which is a semantic web application that leverages structured background
knowledge, bibliographic citations and their associated keywords, to find experts, create expertise profiles
and expand collaboration networks. SEMEF was used to suggest unknown experts for membership on
program committees.
Research Internships
1. National Library of Medicine (NIH) – Bethesda, MD (Summer 2013)
Project: Leveraging Distributional Semantics for Unsupervised Domain Agnostic Literature-Based Discovery
Mentor(s): Olivier Bodenreider & Thomas C. Rindflesch
2. IBM Almaden Research Center – San Jose, CA (Summer 2012)
Project: Semantic Type Extraction from Unstructured Clinical Notes (video highlight .)
Mentor: Varun Bhagwan
3. National Library of Medicine (NIH) – Bethesda, MD (Summer 2010)
Project: A Framework for Knowledge Discovery
Mentor: Olivier Bodenreider
Research Grants and Proposals
1. NIH-R56 Grant – ($299,742. 12mths, 2014.9 – 2015.8), limited participation
- Title: NIDA National Early Warning System Network (iN 3 ): An Innovative Approach
- Awardees: Wright State University (Kno.e.sis, CITAR), University of Massachusetts – Amherst
- Project: PREDOSE
2. NIH-R21 Grant – ($401,500. 2yrs, 2011.7 – 2013.6), significant participation
- Title: A Study of Social Web Data on Buprenorphine Abuse Using Semantic Web Technology
- Awardees: Kno.e.sis, CITAR
- Project: PREDOSE
3. WSU-DCH Grant – ($35,000. 9mths, 2011.1 – 2011.9), significant participation
- Title: A Study of Social Web Data on Oxycontin Abuse Using Semantic Web Technology
- Awardees: Kno.e.sis, CITAR
- Project: PREDOSE
Publications
Journal Publications
1. D. Cameron, R. Kavuluru, T. C. Rindflesch, A. P. Sheth, K. Thirunarayan, O. Bodenreider.
Context-Driven Automatic Subgraph Creation for Literature-Based Discovery . (resubmitted to the Journal
of Biomedical Informatics)
2. R. Daniulaityte, R. Carlson, G. Brigham, D. Cameron, A. P. Sheth. “Sub is a weird drug:” A Web-based
study of lay attitudes about use of buprenorphine to self-treat opioid withdrawal symptoms . (submitted to
the American Journal on Addictions)
3. D. Cameron, A. P. Sheth, N. Jaykumar, G. Anand, K. Thirunarayan, G. A. Smith. A Hybrid Approach
to Finding Relevant Social Media Content for Complex Domain Specific Information Needs .. Journal of
Web Semantics. 29: 39-52 (2014)
4. D. Cameron, G. A. Smith, R. Daniulaityte, A. P. Sheth, D. Dave, L. Chen, G. Anand, R. Carlson, K.
Watkins, R. Falck. PREDOSE: A Semantic Web Platform for Drug Abuse Epidemiology using Social
Media ., Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 46(6): 985–997, 2013
5. D. Cameron, O. Bodenreider, H. Yalamanchili, T. Danh, S. Vallabhaneni, K. Thirunarayan, A. P. Sheth,
T. C. Rindflesch, A Graph-Based Recovery and Decomposition of Swanson’s Hypothesis using Semantic
Predications ., Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 46(2): 238–251, 2013
6. R. Daniulaityte, R. Carlson, R. Falck, D. Cameron, S. Perera, L. Chen, A. P. Sheth. “I Just Wanted to
Tell You That Loperamide WILL WORK”: A Web-Based Study of Extra-Medical Use of Loperamide .,
Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 130(1-3): 241–244, 2013
Conference Papers
7. D. Cameron, R. Kavuluru, O. Bodenreider, P. N. Mendes, A. P. Sheth, K. Thirunarayan, Semantic
Predications for Complex Information Needs in Biomedical Literature ., 5th International Conference on
Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2011, Atlanta GA, November 12-15, 2011, pp. 512–519 (acceptance
rate=19.4%)
8. D. Cameron, B. Aleman-Meza, S. L. Decker, I. B. Arpinar, A. P. Sheth, A Taxonomy-based Model for
Expertise Extrapolation ., International Conference on Semantic Computing, ICSC 2010, Pittsburgh PA,
September 22-24, 2010
9. D. Cameron, P. N. Mendes, A. P. Sheth, V. Chan, Semantics-Empowered Text Exploration for Knowledge
Discovery ., 48th ACM Southeast Conference, ACMSE 2010, Oxford Mississippi, April 15-17, 2010
10. D. Luper, D. Cameron, J. A. Miller, H. R. Arabnia, Spatial and Temporal Target Association through
Semantic Analysis and GPS Data Mining ., 5th International Conference on Information and Knowledge
Engineering, IKE 2007, Las Vegas Nevada, June 25-28, 2007
Workshop Papers
11. D. Cameron, V. Bhagwan, A. P. Sheth, Towards Comprehensive Longitudinal Healthcare Data Capture
., 1st International Workshop on the role of Semantic Web in Literature-Based Discovery SWLBD2012,
(co-located with the IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine BIBM 2012)
Philadelphia PA USA, October 4, 2012 pp. 241–247
12. D. Cameron, B. Aleman-Meza, I. B. Arpinar, Collecting Expertise of Researchers for Finding Relevant
Experts in a Peer-Review Setting ., 1st International ExpertFinder Workshop EFW 2007, (Co-located
with 7th Knowledge Web General Assembly) Berlin Germany, January 16, 2007
13. M. Lewis, D. Cameron, S. Xie, I. B. Arpinar, ES3N: A Semantic Approach to Data Management in
Sensor Networks ., Semantic Sensor Networks Workshop SSN 2006, (Co-located with 5th International
Semantic Web Conference ISWC 2006), Athens GA, November 5-9, 2006
Posters
14. R. Daniulaityte, R. Carlson, D. Cameron, G. A. Smith, A. P. Sheth. When Less is More: A Web-Based
Study of User Beliefs about Buprenorphine Dosing in Self-treatment of Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms .,
The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD 2014), San Juan Puerto Rico, June 14-19, 2014
15. R. Daniulaityte, R. Carlson, R. Falck, D. Cameron, S. Perera, L. Chen, A. P. Sheth, A Web-Based Study
of Self-Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms with Loperamide ., The College on Problems of Drug
Dependence (CPDD 2012), Palm Springs, CA USA, June 9-14, 2012
16. C. Thomas, W. Wang, P. Mehra, D. Cameron, P. N. Mendes, A. P. Sheth, What Goes Around Comes
Around – Improving Linked Open Data through On-Demand Model Creation ., Web Science Conference,
WebSci 2010, (Co-located with 19th International World Wide Web Conference - WWW 2010) Raleigh
NC, April 26-27, 2010
17. P. N. Mendes, P. Kapanipathi, D. Cameron, A. P. Sheth, Dynamic Associative Relationships on the
Linked Open Data Web ., Web Science Conference, WebSci10, (Co-located with 19th International World
Wide Web Conference - WWW 2010) Raleigh NC, April 26-27, 2010
Book Chapters
18. B. Aleman-Meza, S. L. Decker, D. Cameron, I. B. Arpinar (2009). Association Analytics for Network
Connectivity in a Bibliographic and Expertise Dataset ., In J. Cardoso, & M. Lytras (Eds.), Semantic Web
Engineering in the Knowledge Society (pp. 188–207)
Patents
◦ Delroy Cameron, Amit P. Sheth, Ramakanth Kavuluru. System, Method and Knowledge Representation
for Literature-Based Discovery through Context-Driven Automatic Subgraph Creation (pending by WSU )
◦ Varun Bhagwan, Delroy Cameron. A Framework for Creating Holistic Longitudinal Patient Records
(filed by IBM )
Professional Activities
Community Engagement
Program Co-Chair/Organizing Committee – 1st International Workshop on the role of Semantic Web in
Literature-Based Discovery (SWLBD2012) http://knoesis.org/swlbd2012/
Program Committee Member
SWAT4LS2013, ODBASE2013, SEMAPRO2013, SEMAPRO2012, WEB2012
External Reviewer
ISWC2014, ESWC2014, ISWC2013, MIXHS2012, ISWC2011, TSC2010, DAPD2010, IEEE Internet Computing
Magazine (2010), TSC2009
Skills
Programming Languages: Java, Perl, C++, Shell scripting, awk, sed, Scheme, C#
Web Programming: HTML, CSS, JSON, REST, Javascript, jQuery, ExtJS, JSP, JavaServlet, J2EE
Semantic Web & Web Services: SPARQL, OWL, RDF/XML, SOAP, Axis2, Jena
Web Technologies: Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server, Apache Lucene, Apache Solr
OS Platforms: Linux (Ubuntu/RedHat/Fedora), Mac OS
Database Systems: Virtuoso, Oracle, MySQL
Distributed Computing: Apache Hadoop, Map-Reduce, Pig Scripting
Text Analytics: AQL, SystemT, UIMA, IBM BigInsights
Version Control Systems: Subversion (SVN)
REFERENCES
Amit P. Sheth (Advisor)
Director, Kno.e.sis Center
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Wright State University
367 Joshi Research Center
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001
Email: amit[at]knoesis.org
Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan
Professor, Kno.e.sis Center
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Wright State University
395 Joshi Research Center
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001
Email: tkprasad[at]knoesis.org
Michael Raymer
Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Wright State University
390 Joshi Research Center
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001
Email: michael.raymer[at]wright.edu
Ramakanth Kavuluru
Assistant Professor
Division of Biomedical Informatics
University of Kentucky
230E Multidisciplinary Science Building
725 Rose St, Lexington, KY 40506-0633
Email: ramakanth.kavuluru[at]uky.edu
Thomas C. Rindflesch
Information Research Scientist
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894
Email: tcr[at]nlm.nih.gov
Daniel Gruhl
Research Staff Member
IBM Research
650 Harry Rd
San Jose, CA 95120
Email: dgruhl[at]us.ibm.com
Robert Carlson
Director & Professor
CITAR, Department of Community Health
Wright State University
110 Medical Sciences Bldg. Dayton, OH 45435
Email: robert.carlson[at]wright.edu
Varun Bhagwan
Principal Engineer
Yahoo! Labs
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
vbhagwan[at]gmail.com