Mark Musen

{{Short description|Researcher, Stanford University}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Mark Musen

| fields = Biomedical informatics

| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Brown University|Alpert Medical School|Stanford University}}

| known_for = Protégé

}}

Mark Alan Musen is a Professor of Biomedical Informatics and of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University, and Division Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research. [https://bmir.stanford.edu/people/leadership.html “BMIR Leadership”], Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research. Retrieved 2023-05-05. Musen's research focuses on open science, data stewardship, intelligent systems, and biomedical decision support.{{Cite web|title=Mark Musen|url=https://hai.stanford.edu/people/mark-musen|access-date=2022-02-05|website=Stanford HAI|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Mark Musen's Profile {{!}} Stanford Profiles|url=https://profiles.stanford.edu/mark-musen|access-date=2022-02-05|website=profiles.stanford.edu|language=en}} Since the late 1980s, Musen has led the development of Protégé, which is currently the most "widely used domain-independent, freely available, platform-independent technology for developing and managing terminologies, ontologies, and knowledge bases" in a range of application domains.{{Cite journal|last1=Gennari|first1=John H.|last2=Musen|first2=Mark A.|last3=Fergerson|first3=Ray W.|last4=Grosso|first4=William E.|last5=Crubézy|first5=Monica|last6=Eriksson|first6=Henrik|last7=Noy|first7=Natalya F.|last8=Tu|first8=Samson W.|date=2003-01-01|title=The evolution of Protégé: an environment for knowledge-based systems development|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/S1071-5819(02)00127-1|journal=International Journal of Human-Computer Studies|volume=58|issue=1|pages=89–123|doi=10.1016/S1071-5819(02)00127-1|issn=1071-5819|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Rubin|first1=Daniel L.|last2=Noy|first2=Natalya F.|last3=Musen|first3=Mark A.|date=August 9, 2007|title=Protégé: A Tool for Managing and Using Terminology in Radiology Applications|journal=Journal of Digital Imaging|volume=20|issue=Suppl 1|pages=34–46|doi=10.1007/s10278-007-9065-0|issn=0897-1889|pmc=2039856|pmid=17687607}}

Musen is the founding co-editor in chief of the journal Applied Ontology.