Knorex News

Knorex Joins iDA's ELITe+ Meet-The-Mentor Session

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Knorex has been invited to participate in the Infocomm Development Authority (iDA)'s organized annual event on "ELITe+ Meet-The-Mentor Session" where we will be interacting with an estimated 120 top students from the local universities: NUS, NTU and SMU to identify mentorship and internship opportunities.

The Enhanced Learning in Information Technology Plus (ELITe+) is a talent development programme that aims to develop "industry-ready" infocomm graduates. The event details are as follows:

24 February 2012, Friday
Meeting Rooms 1 & 2, Mapletree Business City
2pm to 5pm

See you there !

Knorex Participates in NUS Career Fair 2012

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800

Knorex is participating in the annual NUS Career Fair to meet up with graduating students and interested students to share with you what we do at Knorex.

Chat with us at :

Careers@Startups (Booths 224,226,255-258)
Level 2, NUS Multipurpose Hall (SRC)
10am to 5pm, 2 Feb 2012

See you there !

For more information on the event, check out the career fair website

Knorex Co-Sponsors the InCoB's ISCB-Asia Joint Bioinformatics Conference

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0800

The InCoB/ISCB-Asia Joint Conference 2011 is jointly hosted by the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) and International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) as a platform to bring together experts and budding bioinformaticians to discuss and exchange ideas and thoughts on the development of bioinformatics in the Asia Pacific region. In addition, the conference is also organized in collaboration with the International Immunomics Society (IIMMS) and the Malaysian Society of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (MaSBiC).

The International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) which began in 2002, has since grown to become one of the largest bioinformatics conferences in the Asia-Pacific region.

Knorex is proud to be a corporate sponsor for the conference.

For more information on how you can register for the event, visit the website

Knorex Presenting at the Media Exploits 2011 (ME2011)

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Knorex has been invited to showcase our products and solutions at the Media Exploits 2011 (ME1011), an industry seminar and networking event on Tuesday, 1 November 2011. The event will take place at Breakthrough Theatrette, Level 4, Matrix Building, Biopolis from 1pm to 5:30pm.

Knorex Featured as AWS Case Study

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Knorex has been featured as a case study for application hosting under the Amazon Web Service (AWS) Case Study. The case study provides some information on how Knorex has been abel to leverage on AWS to create a robust backend for hosting different types of applications that can cater to different requirements in computing resource, traffic patterns and costing. To learn more about how Knorex uses AWS, check out the details at AWS Case Study.

Keynote Speaker at the Semantic Applied Technologies on Biomedical Informatics (SATBI 2011)

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Dr. Chris Baker, Chief Science Officer of Knorex, has been invited as the keynote speaker to present his work on "Deployments of SADI Semantic Web Services in Genomics, Lipidomics, Toxicology and Healthcare" at the Semantic Applied Technologies on Biomedical Informatics (SATBI 2011). The international workshop will be held from 1 August 2011 to 3 August 2011 at Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Presenting at the Highlights Track of the 19^th Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2011)

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Dr. Chris Baker, Chief Science Officer of Knorex, will be presenting his team's work on "Mutation Impact Mining using SADI Semantic Web Services" at the Highlights Track of the 19^thISMB 2011. The international conference is the world's largest bioinformatics/computational biology conference, and it provides a multidisciplinary forum for disseminating the latest developments in bioinformatics/computational biology. The annual conference will be held from 17 to 19 July 2011 at Vienna, Austria.

Invited Judge for the Elsevier/Tetherless World Health and Life Sciences Hackathon

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Dr. Chris Baker, Chief Science Officer of Knorex, has been invited as one of the distinguished judges for the Elsevier/Tetherless World Health and Life Sciences Hackathon. The 24-hour Health and Life Sciences Semantic Web Hackathon will be held on 27 till 28 June 2011 on the campus of the Rensselaer Technology Park in Troy, NY.

In this competition, participants will develop apps using linked data made available by TWC and other sources, web APIs from Elsevier SciVerse, and visualization and other resources from around the Web.

Detailed information of the event can be found at the event website.

Knorex Supports ASEC to Promote Entrepreneurship Amongst the Youth

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Knorex will be participating and supporting the Asian Science Enterprise Challenge (ASEC) 2011 to encourage entrepreneurial activities among the youth. Youth ranging from 16 to 19 years old who is enrolled in a locally (Singapore) recognized school e.g Polytechnics, Junior Colleges, IB Course, International Schools, etc. The students shall form teams and compete using their creativity to come up with innovative design within 24 hours from the time a challenge is issued.

Previous event included participants hailing from Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Singapore participating in the challenge. The ASEC winners will have the opportunity to represent Singapore in the final Asian Challenge and also enter the prestigious Global Enterprise Challenge 2011.

The event shall be held on the 28^th and 29^th May 2011 at the Science Center Singapore.

UPDATES: Team Knorex (mentored by Knorex member) with their "Ez-Walk" invention won the local round and will be representing Singapore at the Global Enterprise Challenge (GEC) in June 2011. Ez-Walk is also the regional 1^st runner up. Ez-Walk is a light-weight, spring-loaded walking stick made within a low-budget. It aims to aid the elderly and disabled in their mobility particularly when they are sitting or standing up. Videos from other groups is viewable at YouTube.

UPDATES 2: Team Singapore won the IPN Innovation award the Global Enterprise Challenge

Open Source Projects @ Knorex

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0800

The Open Source Community has given the world countless number of fantastic software and in the process, changes our lives in many ways. We have been a happy beneficiary. We certainly would not have been able to carry out what we are doing here at Knorex without such contribution.

As a small step towards contributing back to the generous community, we have released our projects under open source. Head over to the project page to see how you can contribute too !

Knorex Exhibiting at Booth 26I, ad:tech 2011, Singapore

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0800

On 16^th and 17^th June, we will be exhibiting at Booth 26I at the ad:tech conference. The event is an interactive advertising and technology conference and exhibition where participants hail from different parts of the world to present and exchange the latest development in the online advertising and digital marketing arenas.

More information about ad:tech can be found at their website

Web Publishing of Scientific Data and Services Training Courses

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0800

A series of training courses will be conducted to train service providers in the use of modern semantic approaches to publishing informatics resources on the Web using the semantic web services paradigm. The first Web Publishing of Scientific Data and Services Training Course will be held in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on May 19-20th, 2011. Dr. Christopher Baker, Chief Science Officer of Knorex Pte Ltd and the Innovatia Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John is one of the presenters for this workshop.

Click here for more information

Presenter at the Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences (CSHALS), Cambridge/Boston, MA

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0800

Dr. Christopher Baker, Chief Science Officer of Knorex Pte Ltd and the Innovatia Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John will be presenting at the Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences (CSHALS), an official conference of the International Society of Computational Biology. The event will be held on the February 23-25th, 2011 at Cambridge/Boston, MA, USA.

In his presentation titled "Semantic Infrastructure for Automated Small Molecule Classification and Data Mining for Lipidomics", Dr. Christopher will be talking about a prototype framework which his team has developed for automating lipid classification and annotation.
http://www.iscb.org/cshals2011-program/cshals2011-presenters

Keynote Speaker at the SWAT4LS Workshop, Berlin, Germany

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0800

Dr. Christopher Baker, Chief Science Officer of Knorex Pte Ltd and the Innovatia Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John will be presenting as a keynote speaker at the Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences (SWAT4LS) Workshop. The event will be held on the December 10th, 2010 at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.
http://www.swat4ls.org/2010/progr.php#keynotes

Knorex Co-sponsor of the AWOSS 10.2 Workshop, New Brunswick, Canada

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0800

Knorex is proud to be a sponsor of the Atlantic Workshop on Semantics and Services (AWOSS) workshop which aims to bring researchers and practitioners in the Atlantic Provinces to exchange the latest advances in the state of the art and best practices of semantics and services.

Dr. Christopher Baker, the Chief Science Officer of Knorex Pte Ltd and the Innovatia Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John is organizing the event which is held on 10th November 2010 at the Moncton Club Ltd / Le Club Moncton Ltee, 115 Queen Street, Moncton, New Brunswick, E1C 1K6 Canada.

The workshop will provide an informal forum with focus on conceptual and technical challenges for semantics, services, and applying semantics to services. It will also provide guidance to adopters of these technologies, particularly in the research and business communities, and facilitate collaborations within the region.

More information the workshop can be found at : http://www.unbsj.ca/sase/csas/data/awoss2-2010/index.html

Dr. Christopher Baker to Present Invited Paper at the ESTC2010, Vienna, Austria

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0800

Dr. Christopher Baker, Chief Science Officer of Knorex will be presenting his invited paper's titled "Testing Times for the Contact Centre and Semantics" at the 4^th European Semantic Technologies Conference (ESTC) 2010 on 2-3 December in Vienna, Austria.

The event is Europe's most prominent and authoritative conference focusing on the growth of the ICT semantic technology markets, highlighted by showcased industry practices, advancements in the field of semantic technologies achieved in the past year, and successful marketing strategies in delivering semantic applications that generate new revenues.
http://www.estc2010.com/program-menu/invited-papers

Dr. Christopher Baker Featured in New Brunswick Business Journal

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0800

Dr. Christopher Baker, Chief Science Officer of Knorex was featured in the New Brunsick Business Journal.
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1235974

Demo Session at IEW2010

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0800

We have been invited to present our software at the 2^nd Innovation and Enterprise Week (IEW). The three-day event shall see a myriad of technology showcase, talks, workshops, industry roundtable sessions, networking activities and visits to companies and R&D facilities from different participants from the industry and R&D sector.

The details of the event is as follows:

Date: 28 – 30 September 2010
Venue: Auditorium, Theatrettes, Foyer and Meeting Rooms, (Levels 2, 3 and 4), Matrix Building, Biopolis/em>
Time: 9am to 4pm

Among the list of particpants will be A*STAR, SPRING, Frost & Sullivan, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and founding members from the Technology Transfer Network (TTN).

Details of the event can be found at:
http://www.iew2010.com

See you there !

Exhibition at CommunicAsia 2010

Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 +0800

We will be presenting our software and providing some demos at the coming CommunicAsia 2010 exhibition. Our booth is located right at the A*STAR booth, which is at Hall 3, 3D1-01 (next to IDA).

The details of the event is as follows:

Date: 15 – 18 June 2010
Venue: Singapore Expo, Halls 3 – 6
Opening Hours: 15 – 17 June, 10.30am – 6pm ; 18 June, 10.30am – 4pm

CommunicAsia is among the largest ICT platform in Asia where it brings in large and diverse number of participants from all over the region. Some of the latest technology innovation shall be highlighted and there will be ample product showcase ranging from the latest technologies in applications, solutions to hardware.

Details of the event can be found at:
http://www.communicasia.com/

See you there !

Funding For Semantics Infrastructure

Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0800
Dr. Chris Baker, Chief Science Officer of Knorex Pte Ltd and the Innovatia Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, and a team of Canadian researchers have received funding for a project that could revolutionize the way biomedical researchers share and access information. Details of the press release can be found at: http://www.unb.ca/news/view.cgi?id=1894

Semantic Technology Conference 2010

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0800
We will be heading to the 6^th Semantic Technology Conference (SemTech) which will be held at the Hilton Union Square in downtown San Francisco on June 21-25, 2010. It is the world’s largest educational conference for the community of executives, technologists, researchers, investors and customers who are involved with Semantic Technologies. There will be five days of presentations, panels, tutorials, announcements, new company/product launches, and conversations. It's a place for new learning, professional networking, and business development. http://semtech2010.semanticuniverse.com/

See you there!

Vacancies For Internship All Taken

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0800
All of our vacancies for internship for the vacation have been taken up. We thank all the students who have sent us their résumé.

Presentation At ESTC 2009, Vienna

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800
Mr. Ang Wee Tiong's and Dr. Kanagasabai Rajaraman's paper titled "KnowleSuite: Bringing deep search to end-users with Semantic Technologies " has been accepted for presentation at the European Semantic Technology Conference (ESTC), Vienna, Austria. Mr. Ang Wee Tiong will be presenting at this conference which will be held on 2nd and 3rd December 2009. The conference is Europe's most prominent and authoritative conference focusing on the growth of the ICT semantic technology markets and it gathers the world's leading thinkers, innovators, developers, engineers, and senior practitioners within organizations to discuss, share and learn their knowledge and practices in this area.

New Office Location

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0800
To allow us to better serve our customers, we are moving to a more centrally located office at 1003 Bukit Merah Central #05-31 Singapore 159836.