Title: Ontology based system to guide internship assignment process,
Abstract: Internship assignment is a complicated process for universities since it is
necessary to take into account a multiplicity of variables to establish a
compromise between companies' requirements and student competencies acquired
during the university training. These variables build up a complex relations
map that requires the formulation of an exhaustive and rigorous conceptual
scheme. In this research a domain ontological model is presented as support to
the student's decision making for opportunities of University studies level of
the University Lumiere Lyon 2 (ULL) education system. The ontology is designed
and created using methodological approach offering the possibility of improving
the progressive creation, capture and knowledge articulation. In this paper, we
draw a balance taking the demands of the companies across the capabilities of
the students. This will be done through the establishment of an ontological
model of an educational learners' profile and the internship postings which are
written in a free text and using uncontrolled vocabulary. Furthermore, we
outline the process of semantic matching which improves the quality of query
results.