As the SENSE project came to a close, we had the opportunity to wrap up our work with a dedicated workshop: SENTIS – Leveraging SEmaNtics for Transparency in Industrial Systems, co-located with SEMANTiCS 2025 in Vienna, Austria.
The workshop was not only a platform to present and summarize the results of the SENSE project, but also a lively forum to exchange ideas with researchers working on similar challenges. With a packed room and lively disussions, the event highlighted the growing interest in transparency for industrial systems and featured engaging talks from multiple perspectives. It demonstrated just how relevant and timely this topic has become.
At the workshop, Katrin Ehrenmüller presented her work from the SENSE use cases on combining causal discovery methods with expert knowledge to retrieve more complete causal graphs. Her talk sparked great interest and underlined the importance of hybrid approaches in understanding complex industrial systems.
Meanwhile, at the main SEMANTiCS conference, Tobias Schwarzinger presented his research paper SigSPARQL: Signals as a First-Class Citizen When Querying Knowledge Graphs. His contribution showcased how signal data can be directly integrated into semantic querying, bridging a key gap between real-world industrial data and knowledge graph technologies.
To conclude an inspiring week, we had even more reason to celebrate: Tobias’ paper was awarded the Best Student Paper Award at SEMANTiCS 2025 — a well-deserved recognition and a fitting highlight to mark the successful conclusion of the SENSE project.
Overall, the SENTIS workshop and the SEMANTiCS conference provided the perfect stage to close this chapter of SENSE, while opening new doors for future collaboration and research.