Beatrice Markhoff

Beatrice Markhoff is a Professor of Computer Science (CNU 27) at the University of Tours, affiliated with the Faculty of Science and Technology (Blois site) and the Computer Science Department. She is a member of the UMR CNRS 7324 - CITERES - Archaeology and Territories Laboratory (CITERES-LAT) and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Val de Loire (MSH VdL). Her research focuses on semantic interoperability, Web of data, knowledge representation, and knowledge extraction, with significant collaborations in cultural heritage disciplines.

• Doctorate in Computer Science, University of Franche-Comté (1995)
• HDR (Habilitation to Direct Research), François Rabelais University of Tours (2013)

Her research themes include semantic interoperability, knowledge engineering, and data mining, with applications in cultural heritage. She co-created the International Workshop on Semantic Web for Cultural Heritage and co-edited special issues for the Semantic Web Journal and JOCCH. She leads projects like ANR SESAMES (2018-2023), H2020 ARIADNEplus (2019-2022), and H2020 4CH (2021-2023).

Her academic contributions span XML data management, semantic web technologies, and functional programming. Key projects include carto4CH for cultural heritage mapping and OpenArchaeo for knowledge graph profiling. She has co-supervised PhD theses on topics like LOD querying and knowledge extraction from Wikidata.