My name is Ali Khalili (in Persian 'علی خلیلی'). I am a Semantic Web and HCI researcher and enthusiast. My main research interests lie in user interfaces and applications of the Semantic Web technologies. My PhD thesis focused on a semantics-based user interface model for content annotation, authoring and exploration. I devised the WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) UI model to deal with semantically-enriched content.
I have worked as a Web designer and developer for several years and have expertise in different Web technologies like PHP, JavaScript, NodeJS, etc. Application such as LD-R, RDFaCE, SlideWiki and conTEXT are some examples of my development work.
I am originally form Iran and have been abroad (Germany, Netherlands) since 2009 to continue my education. I am married and my wife (Bita) is a pharmacist and pharmaceutical technology researcher (For more info, checkout our Bitili.com website). We have a little princess called Rosarah (in Persian 'رُزآرا'). Besides my academic work, I enjoy reading novel and poetry books especially from Persian poets (e.g. Khayyam, Saadi, Hafez, Rumi). I also enjoy watching and playing soccer. Photography is my other hobby (check out some of my photos here).