This study with the devloping of an ontology to represent performance measurements, and knowledge based search tool to semantically interpret the performance measurement studies in the health care domain. In this research, Dr. Beyan employed the Protégé ontology editor and knowledge-base framework. She applied Web Ontology Language (OWL) and Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL) for formalization of the ontology and knowledge representation. She implemented Description Logics languages for reasoning and used Jess rule engine in her research.

Dr. Oya Deniz Beyan received her PhD degree in Medical Informatics from METU in 2010. She is assistant professor at Department of Computer Engineering, and she currently has been teaching knowledge engineering and programming courses. Her publications include journal and conference articles.