Juan Sequeda

Principal Scientist & Head of AI Lab at data.world; co-host of Catalog & Cocktails, the honest, no-bs, non-salesy data podcast. Scientist. Interests: Knowledge Graphs, AI, LLMs, Data Integration & Data Catalogs

Juan Sequeda is a Principal Scientist at data.world, having co-founded Capsenta, which was acquired by data.world. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Austin. Juan's expertise lies in knowledge graph development for enterprise data and metadata management. He has garnered numerous accolades, including the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and awards for his research work. Juan is actively involved in various academic and industry conferences, serving on editorial and advisory boards, and chairing conferences. His research interests revolve around data integration methodologies, semantic data virtualization, and graph data modeling, contributing to W3C standards and holding patents. Juan focuses on bridging academia and industry through his roles in standardization bodies and working groups. Additionally, he is a published author and co-hosts a data podcast.