# IDLab: Powerful Personal Data

## Short description

To demonstrate how ‘taking back control of your personal data’ can really empower everyone in their daily lives, and how the imec technologies are a lever to create awesome web app demo(s) on top of personal data stores. 

## Project

Project template: <https://cloud.openknowledge.be/s/4KrRMSEJFrTtezF>

*Your partner will give you a nice introduction as well on the first partner meeting!*

#### About the partner

**IDLab** is part of **imec**, the world-leading research and innovation hub in nano-electronics and digital technologies headquartered in Leuven. This innovation centre uses this knowledge to develop disruptive technologies and solutions in application areas such as health, smart cities and mobility, logistics and manufacturing, and energy.

IDLab "targets the most daunting challenges industry is facing to deliver digital transformation, connecting everything and extracting high value from data." ([source](https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/idlab/)). It is a joint research initiative between  [Ghent University](https://www.ugent.be/ea/idlab/en), the [University of Antwerp](https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/idlab/), and imec.

Related to this project IDLab develops or sponsors technologies like comunica, rml.io for linked data generation and processing. The project aims to put these technologies to use.&#x20;

### Resources

* Prerequisites
  * Understanding RDF; check [this W3C primer](https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf11-primer/).
* The project should use the following tooling:
  * <https://comunica.dev/> for querying personal data stores
  * <https://rml.io/> for converting existing data into Linked Data
  * <https://github.com/CommunitySolidServer/CommunitySolidServer> for hosting your personal data as a Solid Pod.
* Code languages
  * Technologies are free to choose, but [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) is recommended since most of the tooling is written in that language.

### GitHub

Example:

* Team: <https://github.com/orgs/osoc22/teams/project-idlab>
* Repository: <https://github.com/osoc22/project-idlab>

### **Discord Channel**

\#powerful-personal-data

## File storage

*For collaboration & storing files. Add the root folder to your drive:* [*https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FpOp93fS20dePW85qcCVvCTdlSP5WIr\_?usp=sharing*](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FpOp93fS20dePW85qcCVvCTdlSP5WIr_?usp=sharing)

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## Team

### Coaches

#### Lead

[Thor Galle](https://thorgalle.me)

#### Support

Demian Dekoninck

### Students

* Cat Catry
* Abel de Bruijn
* Matei Penca

### Specific councillors

* Dr. Ben De Meester

## Logo's

![IDLab Logo SVG](/files/u25XcFrlwP1z6KtnBd8v)


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