PhD researcher at the Université de Montpellier (defended 2026) focused on semantic data modeling and knowledge graphs over heterogeneous, incomplete data. I design and deploy OWL-based ontologies and build integration layers that expose relational and geospatial sources through a single canonical model, enabling reliable graph querying in production settings.

Haydar Batoul

PhD researcher at the Université de Montpellier (defended 2026) focused on semantic data modeling and knowledge graphs over heterogeneous, incomplete data. I design and deploy OWL-based ontologies and build integration layers that expose relational and geospatial sources through a single canonical model, enabling reliable graph querying in production settings.

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PhD researcher at the Université de Montpellier (defended 2026) focused on semantic data modeling and knowledge graphs over heterogeneous, incomplete data. I design and deploy OWL-based ontologies and build integration layers that expose relational and geospatial sources through a single canonical model, enabling reliable graph querying in production settings.

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French
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Work Experience

Visiting Researcher (MSCA secondments) at CNR-ISTI; University of Cape Town (CAIR); Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University; and other host institutions (as listed)
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025
Collaborated on formal ontology development, multilingual terminology extensions, and description logics and reasoning. Worked across four host institutions during MSCA secondments, contributing to research on representation and inconsistency handling in urban infrastructure data and on extending multilingual terminology resources mapped to ontologies.
Visiting Researcher at MSCA secondments (CNR-ISTI, University of Cape Town CAIR, and Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University)
January 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025
Collaborated on formal ontology development, description logics and reasoning, and extension of a multilingual terminology resource. Worked across multiple host institutions during MSCA secondments, contributing to research on handling inconsistencies and representing urban infrastructure data using formal semantic methods.
Doctoral Researcher at HydroSciences Montpellier (IRD / CNRS / Université de Montpellier)
December 1, 2022 - June 1, 2026
Worked on ANR CROQUIS and EU Horizon 2020 MSCA STARWARS projects. Designed and deployed SewerNet, an OWL ontology for the sewer-network domain using competency-question-driven ontology engineering. Built a canonical integration pipeline over heterogeneous municipal GIS and relational sources using PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Ontop (OBDA) declarative mappings, and a SPARQL/GeoSPARQL query layer. Materialised integrated RDF graphs into Neo4j for efficient Cypher querying and path analysis. Reconciled multilingual provider taxonomies (EN/FR/IT/AR) into a reference terminology mapped to the ontology. Developed graph-theoretic methods to reconstruct missing network topology (absent entities and relationships) and validated them on the Montpellier Métropole dataset. Performed data quality assessment/correction and reconciliation across providers and time periods; evaluated approaches including LLM-assisted generation/filtering of competency questions against expert-labelled reference sets.
Eco-hydraulics Intern at INRAE
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Contributed to modeling software and identified/corrected inconsistencies in model inputs and outputs as part of eco-hydraulics work.
Structural Engineer at Arch Office
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021
Performed structural design and produced technical drawings. Supported cost and quantity estimation for projects.

Education

Ph.D. in Water Sciences at Université de Montpellier
January 1, 2022 - June 15, 2026
M.Sc. in Environmental Fluid Mechanics at Université Grenoble Alpes
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
B.Eng. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Phoenicia University
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2020
Ph.D. in Water Sciences at Université de Montpellier
January 1, 2022 - June 15, 2026
M.Sc. in Environmental Fluid Mechanics at Université Grenoble Alpes
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
B.Eng. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Phoenicia University
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2020

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Government, Education, Professional Services, Energy & Utilities, Other