The Knowledge Management Institute (KMI) undertakes interdisciplinary research on knowledge management in a broad spectrum of domains, integrating technological and application-oriented perspectives. Leveraging its expertise, KMI aims to make a substantial contribution to teaching within the "Software Development and Economy" Study Program of Graz University of Technology.
The technology-oriented research stream focuses on acquiring, managing and applying semantic metadata, relying on technologies such as MPEG-7, RDF and OWL. From an applied perspective, KMI investigates the use of social software in the context of Web 2.0 to build, structure and transfer knowledge within and across organizations.
KMI closely cooperates with the Know-Center, Austria's COMET Competence Center for Knowledge Management, and therefore retains close connections with Austrian corporate partners.