Dr. Rosario Uceda-Sosa is a leading researcher in semantic information models in IBM T.J. Watson Research Lab and has worked in ontologies for various domains such as smart cities, financial services, healthcare, conversational systems, and tourism, among others. Her work focuses on the usability of ontologies as the next generation of data source schemas. Her industrial experience includes working as a consultant in software design and usability, modeling and web technologies for companies like Ford, Chrysler, GM and Kellogg. In 2008, Dr. Uceda-Sosa led the Global Technology Outlook, a worldwide IBM strategy process that helps drive IBM's 6-billion-dollar investment in R&D. She has delivered keynote speeches at AAAI-2014 Semantic Cities and was the Industry Day Chair for IJCAI-16 and has participated in program committees for conferences like AAAI, IJCAI and ACM Multimedia. She has authored 28 US and global patents and was named senior member of the ACM. She holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, a MS in Mathematics, and a MS in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan.