Best Paper Award at IRCDL 2025 for the HEREDITARY team

by | Feb 21, 2025 | Events

On February 20, 2025, in Udine, Italy, the HEREDITARY project participated in the Conference on Information and Research science Connecting to Digital and Library science (IRCDL) 2025, presenting the paper titled “Extending Nanopublications with Knowledge Provenance for Multi-Source Scientific Assertions”. A fantastic work submitted by Fabio Giachelle, Stefano Marchesin, Laura Menotti, and Gianmaria Silvello from the University of Padua, that was honored with the Best Paper Award, standing out at this prestigious conference.

This builds on the success of HEREDITARY at IRCDL for the second consecutive year. In 2024, the team introduced “Publishing CoreKB Facts as Nanopublications”, a study on extracting gene expression-cancer associations from scientific literature and storing them in the CoreKB platform for machine-readable and shareable insights.

This year’s award-winning paper extends the nanopublication model by incorporating knowledge provenance. Unlike traditional models that track assertions from single sources, this approach enables multi-source scientific assertions. Applied to data from the CORE system, this method generated 197.511 extended nanopublications, improving the identification, representation, and citation of gene expression-cancer associations.

About IRCDL

The Conference on Information and Research science Connecting to Digital and Library science (IRCDL) is a key annual event for researchers working in digital libraries and related fields. It covers a wide range of topics, from digital content management to theoretical information models. The conference brings together experts from academia, government, industry, and other sectors, drawing on disciplines such as computer science, digital humanities, information science, archival studies, and cultural heritage. The 2025 edition (the 21st of the Conference) featured two tracks: one on Computer Science Foundations for Digital Libraries and another on Digital Humanities.

The recognition of the HEREDITARY research at IRCDL 2025 highlights our significant contributions to scientific knowledge and health data, driving forward the frontiers of personalized health solutions.