Steve Ray Publications

Semantic Technology and Ontology

• • "Semantic Development and Integration of Standards for Adoption and Interoperability," Computer, 50, #11, p. 26-36, 2017

• "An Ontology and Integration Framework for Smart Communities," Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering,  16, #1, 2016

  • “A Framework and Ontology for Mobile Sensor Platforms in Home Health Management,” MOBS 2013 – International Workshop on the Engineering of Mobile-Enabled Systems, part of ICSE 2013.

  • “Towards ontology evaluation across the life cycle – The Ontology Summit 2013,” Applied Ontology, 8, #3, 2013

  • “Ontology for Big Systems: The Ontology Summit 2012 Communiqué,” Applied Ontology, 7, #3, 2012

  • “The Evaluation of Ontologies,” Chapter 7 in "Semantic Web: Revolutionizing Knowledge Discovery in the Life Sciences", Springer, 2006

  • “The 2006 Upper Ontology Summit Communique,” Applied Ontology, 1, #2, 203-211, 2006

  • "Prospects and Possibilities for Ontology Evaluation: The View from NCOR," Internal EON Workshop - Evaluation of Ontologies for the Web, International World Wide Web Conference, (2006)

  • “Tackling the Semantic Interoperability of Modern Manufacturing Systems,” Proceedings of the Second Semantic Technologies for eGov Conference, McLean, VA, September 8-9, 2004, (2004)

  • "Interoperability Standards in the Semantic Web," Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 2:1, 65-69, 2002

  • "Using Process Requirements as the Basis for the Creation and Evaluation of Process Ontologies for Enterprise Modeling," ACM SIGGROUP Bulletin, 18, #2, August 1997.

SmartGrid Interoperability 

• • "Information Mediator for Demand Response in Electrical Grids and Buildings," Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2017), January 2017

  • “Self-integrating systems and standards,” Section 4.3.1 in IEEE Smart Grid Vision for Computing: 2030 and Beyond, pp.1,133, doi: 10.1109/IEEESTD.2013.6577594, April 30 2013

  • "Using SPARQL/OWL for Validation of Smart Grid Standards," Grid-Interop Forum 2012

  • Smart Manufacturing - Interoperability Lessons from Manufacturing's Turn, Intelligent Utility, 1, #2, March-April, 2009

Manufacturing Interoperability

• • "Towards a Method for Harmonizing Information Standards," Proceedings of the fifth annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2009), 2009.

  • “Manufacturing Interoperability,” Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Special Issue on E-Manufacturing and Web-Based Technology for Intelligent Manufacturing and Networked Enterprise Interoperability,17, #6, 681-688, 2006

  • "IPPS: An Integrated Process Planning System," Proceedings of the 22nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), 2004.

  • "Manufacturing Interoperability," Proceedings of the Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications (CE2003), (2003)

  • "Manufacturing Interoperability," Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Symposium, INCOSE 2003, (2003)

  • "Report of the NIST MEL Architecture Task Force," NIST Interagency Report, 2000.

  • "An Analysis of Requirements for Specifying Manufacturing Engineering and Business Processes," NIST Interagency Report 6364, 1998.

  • "Process Specification Language: An Analysis of Existing Representations," NIST Interagency Report 6160, 1998.

  • "Proceedings of the First Process Specification Language (PSL) Roundtable," NIST Interagency Report 6081, 1997.

  • "Development of a Message Model to Support Integrated Design and Manufacturing," Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering Applications & Practice, San Diego, CA, November, 1997.

  • "Requirements for Modeling Manufacturing Process: A New Perspective," Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, Sacramento, CA, September 1997.

  • "Using Process Requirements as the Basis for the Creation and Evaluation of Process Ontologies for Enterprise Modeling," SIGGROUP Bulletin, Vol. 18, No.2, August 1997.

  • "An Architecture of Component - Based CAPP Systems for Agile Manufacturing," Proceedings of the 1996 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Albuquerque, NM, February, 1996.

  • "Unified Process Specification Language: Requirements for Modeling Process," NIST Interagency Report 5910, September 1996.

  • Special Issue on Computer-Aided Process Planning, Journal of Systems Engineering, (Guest Editor), 5, #1, 1995.

  • "A Production Management Information Model for Discrete Manufacturing," Production Planning and Control, Vol. 6, No. 1, 65-79, 1995.

  • " A Reference Architecture for Control of Mechanical Systems," 1994 Tutorial and Workshop on Systems Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, 1994.

  • "Reference Architecture for Machine Control Systems Integration: Interim Report," NIST Interagency Report 5517, 1994.

  • "A State-of-the-Art Survey on Product Design and Process Planning Integration Mechanisms," NIST Interagency Report 5548, 1994.

  • "Hierarchical Control Architectures from Shop Level to End Effectors," Computer Control of Manufacturing Systems, Joshi & Smith (eds.), Chapman & Hall, 1994.

  • "IPPS: An Integrated Process Planning System," Proceedings of the NAMRC-XXII Conference, Northwestern University, May 1994.

  • "A National Testbed for Process Planning Research," NIST Interagency Report 5169, April 1993.

  • "Control Entity Interface Specification," NIST Interagency Report 5272, 1993.

  • "Proceedings of the 1993 Industrial Process Planning Workshop," (Editor), NIST Interagency Report 5284, 1993.

  • "Data Map Workshop for Manufacturing Data", NIST Interagency Report 5160, 1992.

  • "Using the ALPS Process Plan Model," Proceedings of the ASME Manufacturing International Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 1992.

  • "Manufacturing Systems Integration Initial Architecture Document," NIST Interagency Report 91-4682, September 1991.

  • "Manufacturing Systems Integration Control Entity Interface Document," NIST Interagency Report 4626, June 1991.

  • "ALPS - A Language for Process Specification," International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, special issue on Process Planning and Design for Manufacture, 4, #2, pp. 105, 1991.

  • "A Modular Process Planning System Architecture," 1989 IIE Integrated Systems Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 12-15, 1989.

  • "NBS AMRF Process Planning System - System Architecture", NIST Interagency Report 88- 3820, 1988.

  • "Feature-Based Process Planning in the AMRF," Computers in Engineering Conference, July 1988.

  • "Process Reasoning," Computers in Industry, 9, #4, 329, December 1987.

  • "Research Issues in Process Planning at the National Bureau of Standards," 19th CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems, University Park, Pennsylvania, June 1-2, 1987.

  • "A Knowledge Representation Scheme for Processes in an AutomatedManufacturing Environment," 1986 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Atlanta, Georgia, October 14-17, 1986.

Combustion Research - (A Prior Life)

• • "Optical Tomography in Combustion," in Advances in Remote Sensing Retrieval Methods, A. Deepak, H. Fleming and M. Chahine (eds.), A. Deepak publishing, 1985.

  • "Laser Tomography for Simultaneous Concentration and Temperature Measurement in Reacting Flows," in Advancements in Non-Intrusive Diagnostics for Combustion Research, T.W. McCay (ed.), Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Vol. 92, 1984.

  • "The Detailed Processes Involved in Flame Spread Over Solid Fuels," Combustion Science and Technology, special invitational issue on Flame Spread Studies, 32, 33, 1983.

  • "Laser Tomography for Simultaneous Concentration and Temperature Measurement in Reacting Flows," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics publication AIAA-83- 1553, 1983.

  • "Laser Tomography for Diagnostics in Reacting Flows," AIAA publication AIAA-82-0854, 1982.

  • "Flame Spread over Solid Fuels," NTIS publication PB82-206475, 1982.

  • "Laser Tomography for Temperature and Concentration Measurement in Reacting Flows," 1982 Fall Technical Meeting, Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Livermore, California, October 1982.

  • "A Study of the Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Horizontal Flame Propagation," Journal of Heat Transfer, 102, #2, 357, May 1980.

  • "Flame Spread in an Opposed Forced Flow: The Effect of Ambient Oxygen Concentration," XVIIIth International Symposium on Combustion, Waterloo, Canada, August 1980.

  • "The Combined Effects of Oxygen Concentration and Opposed Flow Velocities on Flame Spread over Thin Fuels," 1979 Fall Technical Meeting, Eastern Section of the Combustion Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1979.

  • "Downward Flame Spread in an Opposed Forced Flow," Combustion Science and Technology, 19, 19, 1978.

  • "An Experimental Study of the Pathways of Heat Transfer in Horizontal Flame Spread," 1978 Fall Technical Meeting, Eastern Section of the Combustion Institute, Miami Beach, Florida, November 1978.