Everything about Semantic layer

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Semantic layerA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Surface Defect Detection of Aeroengine Blades Based on Cross-Layer Semantic GuidanceInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Invitation to Computer ScienceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Cross-Layer Distillation with Semantic CalibrationCited 272 times
5. Go sideways: Simple Knowledge Organization SystemA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Semantic WebA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Cross-Layer Distillation with Semantic Calibration

  Defang Chen, Jian-Ping Mei, Yuan Zhang · 2021 · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · 272 citations

• Sentence Representation Method Based on Multi-Layer Semantic Network

  Wenfeng Zheng, Xiangjun Liu, Lirong Yin · 2021 · Applied Sciences · 136 citations

• Physical-Layer Adversarial Robustness for Deep Learning-Based Semantic Communications

  Guoshun Nan, Zhichun Li, Jinli Zhai · 2023 · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications · 92 citations

• An ontology-driven framework towards building enterprise semantic information layer

  Fuqi Song, Gregory Zacharewicz, David Chen · 2013 · Advanced Engineering Informatics · 58 citations

• Secure Semantic Communications: From Perspective of Physical Layer Security

  Yongkang Li, Zheng Shi, Han Hu · 2024 · IEEE Communications Letters · 40 citations

• An Enhanced Semantic Layer for Hybrid Recommender Systems

  Iván Cantador, Pablo Castells, Alejandro Bellogín · 2011 · International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems · 37 citations

• Linked Registries: Connecting Rare Diseases Patient Registries through a Semantic Web Layer

  Pedro Sernadela, Lorena González-Castro, Claudio Carta · 2017 · BioMed Research International · 36 citations

• Layer-Specific Knowledge Distillation for Class Incremental Semantic Segmentation

  Qilong Wang, Yiwen Wu, Liu Yang · 2024 · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing · 29 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Surface Defect Detection of Aeroengine Blades Based on Cross-Layer Semantic Guidance

  Kechen Song, Xiangkun Sun, Shuai Ma · 2023 · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement · 52 citations

• SemCKD: Semantic Calibration for Cross-Layer Knowledge Distillation

  Can Wang, Defang Chen, Jian-Ping Mei · 2022 · IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering · 26 citations

• A Multi-Layer Semantic Approach for Digital Forensics Automation for Online Social Networks

  Humaira Arshad, Saima Abdullah, Moatsum Alawida · 2022 · Sensors · 21 citations

• DRL-based intelligent resource allocation for physical layer semantic communication with IRS

  Bing Hu, Jiaqi Ma, Zhixin Sun · 2024 · Physical Communication · 17 citations

• Cross-Layer Security for Semantic Communications: Metrics and Optimization

  Lingyi Wang, Wei Wu, Fuhui Zhou · 2025 · IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology · 14 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Invitation to Computer ScienceG. Michael Schneider, Judith L. Gersting · 1995
• Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart. Imaging and Modelling ChallengesOscar Camara · 2012
• The Elements of Statistical LearningTrevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani · 2001
• 📕Layers in the Determiner PhraseRob Zamparelli · 2014
• Intelligent Information and Database SystemsAli Selamat · 2013
• Complex structuresLouis Goossens, Johan van der Auwera · 1996
• Concepts, techniques, and models of computer programmingPeter Van Roy, Seif Haridi · 2004
• Digital Libraries and ArchivesMaristella Agosti · 2011

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