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1 ReactiveCore, has a dramatic new Patridge’s natural curiosity on to or share his knowledge with and practical representation of a
solution for combining disparate data about the world informs his choice others. Fast forward a few decades set of information concepts within
models, rules and data into a cohesive in vocation and in his purpose. and, to him, the process of engi- a domain and the relationships be-
single ultra-scale Enterprise Ontology Today he engineers data-driven neering an ontology is more than tween those concepts. An ontology
rSuperNode—addressing the need for solutions and ontologies at Reac- science—it is a sensibility, that helps is used to reason about the proper-
critical enterprise data within one secure tiveCore , an advanced technology him understand what he is learning ties of a particular domain, and it
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platform in a constantly changing company with offices in New York more deeply in order to share it may be used to define the domain.
and expanding data landscape . Visit and Montreal. Before joining Reac- with others. “I love community and Patridge became interested in
https://reactivecore .com
tiveCore, Patridge worked as a sub- societal advancement. I also love creating ontologies shortly after he
ject matter expert, knowledge engi- intellectualism,” he said. “All three, began his pursuit of becoming a full
neer and ontologist in life sciences however, can only happen when in- stack data scientist. His interest in
clinical research. tellectualism isn’t cold — when it’s data science is entrenched in chem-
“I want to help make people inclusive and compassionate.” istry and the technology gap he per-
smarter about their decisions and ceives in the chemical landscape.
about the world,” Patridge said. ONTOLOGY He saw patterns in chemical struc-
Over the course of two weeks, There are two ways to define the tures that were similar to the hierar-
we had several conversations. What term ontology. First, ontology is the chical structures of ontologies.
intrigued me was Patridge’s abili- philosophical study of being and “Ontology is a nebulous term,”
ty to cultivate and apply multiple the concepts that directly relate to he said. “It’s sort of an umbrel-
disciplines so expertly and fluidly. being—becoming, existence, real- la term that doesn’t make a lot of
Connecting multiple disciplines ity—as well as the basic categories sense until you get into it. The key
into interdisciplinary pathways is of being and their relations. Sec- is context, critical questioning and
his “craft”, one he began honing at ond, contemporary ontology is an conversation, which is why you need
a very young age so he could pass information science. It is the formal domain experts to participate.”

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