>>>>> "GA" == Galton, Antony <A.P.Galton@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: (01)
I agree to all points.
Rob. (02)
GA> Yes, I am happy for us to proceed in this way. Antony (03)
GA> ________________________________________ From:
GA> iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
GA> [iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Werner
GA> Kuhn [kuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 29 December 2011 04:27 To:
GA> IAOA Education Committee Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] 2012 IAOA
GA> Summer School in Trento: first considerations (04)
GA> Same here. Thanks a lot to Stefano and Claudio! Werner (05)
GA> -- Werner Kuhn Institute for Geoinformatics University of
GA> Muenster Weselerstr. 253 D-48151 Muenster kuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
GA> http://ifgi.uni-muenster.de/~kuhn Vespucci Summer Institutes:
GA> http://www.vespucci.org Linked Open Data University of Muenster:
GA> http://lodum.de (06)
GA> On 29.12.2011, at 05:22, Fabian Neuhaus <fneuhaus@xxxxxxxx> wrote: (07)
>>
>> I agree with all four points. Fabian
>>
>>
>> On Dec 28, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Obrst, Leo J. wrote:
>>
>>> Additional considerations:
>>>
>>> For future Summer Schools, let us think about actually having a
>>> Call for Proposals for Hosting the IAOA Summer School. We might
>>> lean on the mechanisms FOIS has evolved, to do this.
>>>
>>> Typically, at least in my experience, there is a General Chair,
>>> who assists in the overall organization, etc. However, this is
>>> open for discussion.
>>>
>>> But let's consider what our options are for the future. This is
>>> a topic for both the EC and the Education Committee.
>>>
>>> For now, however, let us assist Stefano and Claudio as much as
>>> we can.
>>>
>>> Thanks! Leo
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From:
>>> iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of
>>> Obrst, Leo J. Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 5:36 PM To:
>>> Stefano Borgo; IAOA Education Committee Cc: Claudio Masolo;
>>> Nicola Guarino Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] 2012 IAOA Summer
>>> School in Trento: first considerations
>>>
>>> Stefano,
>>>
>>> I agree to this. Thanks to you and Claudio for taking this on.
>>>
>>> Let's hear from the Education Committee chairs.
>>>
>>> Best regards and Happy New Year, Leo
>>>
>>> _____________________________________________ Dr. Leo Obrst The
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Stefano Borgo
>>> [mailto:stefano.borgo@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 28,
>>> 2011 5:21 PM To: IAOA Education Committee; Obrst, Leo J. Cc:
>>> Claudio Masolo; Nicola Guarino Subject: Re: [iaoa-education]
>>> 2012 IAOA Summer School in Trento: first considerations
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Claudio and I discussed a bit the overall situation. We
>>> concluded that things do not look good at all. Several
>>> decisions need to be taken quickly and we do not have experience
>>> about this kind of events.
>>>
>>> Said that, we are available to take charge of the organization,
>>> by this we include both logistics and content (since the
>>> Ed. Committee is asking for volunteers on both these aspects).
>>> More precisely, we are willing to work out a first (rough)
>>> proposal about the local organization, the budget and the school
>>> format with suggestions about courses/lecturers (at least to
>>> some extent). The Ed. Committee should then meet to discuss the
>>> proposal and suggest adjustments/alternatives. Discussing
>>> everything together from scratch would be ideal but we are
>>> afraid it would take too much time...
>>>
>>> If the Ed. Committee agrees on the two of us taking up these
>>> roles and on this way to proceed, then Claudio and I will start
>>> working on it.
>>>
>>> Cheers -Stefano and Claudio
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 Dec 2011, at 04:48, Obrst, Leo J. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Fabian and Antony. You've made your circumstances
>>>> clear, and we understand your desire but lack of time to help
>>>> organize the Summer School.
>>>>
>>>> To quickly resolve this issues, I think we should try to have a
>>>> joint conversation in email, and possibly a telecon soon with
>>>> Stefano and Claudio Masolo, the Trento local arrangements
>>>> folks, and the Education Committee (Fabian, Antony, Werner,
>>>> Robert, Michael, me) and any interested other EC members to
>>>> hash out what is required to organize and support the IAOA
>>>> Summer School 2012, and who can do it. We truly do need to
>>>> publicize the Summer School very soon, if we are going to have
>>>> one in 2012.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps Stefano and Claudio are willing to take on the entire
>>>> organization of the Summer School, i.e., act as both
>>>> "conference"/ general chairs and local arrangement chairs, much
>>>> as Werner did this past year (with Vespucci organizational
>>>> support). Stefano and Claudio, what are your thoughts about
>>>> this?
>>>>
>>>> I can pledge my auxiliary support to assist as much as
>>>> possible, but as the others, I have very limited time to devote
>>>> to this. In addition, I cannot be physically present at the
>>>> Summer School, unfortunately. And really, the general chairs of
>>>> the Summer School should be physically present.
>>>>
>>>> All, please let us know your thoughts about these issues.
>>>>
>>>> Also, if we cannot resolve these issues in email, please
>>>> suggest possible candidate days/times for a joint telecon
>>>> (probably via Skype) soon, next week if possible, at which we
>>>> might resolve these issues.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks much, Leo
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From:
>>>> iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of
>>>> Fabian Neuhaus Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 2:34 PM To:
>>>> IAOA Education Committee Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] 2012
>>>> IAOA Summer School in Trento: first considerations
>>>>
>>>> All, I think it boils down to the question that I asked at the
>>>> end of my last email:
>>>>> Unfortunately, neither Antony nor I will have the necessary
>>>>> time to take on the leadership.So the question is whether
>>>>> either of you would be willing to do so, or know somebody who
>>>>> would be interested.
>>>>
>>>> I did not quite get the reaction to my last email that I was
>>>> hoping for. So let me again encourage all of you: Please
>>>> consider volunteering. If you can't, contact people who you
>>>> think might want to volunteer. If we don't find somebody, I
>>>> don't think we should go forward.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes (and happy Hanukkah) Fabian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Galton, Antony wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Leo,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the main priority is to determine who is going to take
>>>>> the overall lead on this. As Fabian reiterated in his last
>>>>> email, neither he nor I are going to be in a position to take
>>>>> this on. I can't speak for Fabian, but I have a very busy
>>>>> teaching term next term and also have a substantial load as
>>>>> Director of Education for Maths and Computer Science at
>>>>> Exeter, on top of which there are several papers I want to
>>>>> write - including two which I am already committed to, with
>>>>> firm deadlines ... I don't think I would be in a position to
>>>>> take the lead on the Summer School, even with plenty of
>>>>> support from the local organisers etc. I would be happy to
>>>>> have some involvement with the process, it's just that I need
>>>>> to be able to bow out when the pressure of all this other work
>>>>> dictates.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>>
>>>>> Antony
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message----- From:
>>>>> iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> [mailto:iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Obrst, Leo J. Sent: 18 December 2011 23:51 To: IAOA Education
>>>>> Committee; Stefano Borgo Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] 2012
>>>>> IAOA Summer School in Trento: first considerations
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Fabian, Antony, and Stefano.
>>>>>
>>>>> The following are some thoughts, suggestions only.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suggest at least some of our next steps are, in priority
>>>>> order:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Frame an announcement, which will describe roughly what the
>>>>> Summer School will be about, i.e., the broad outlines of
>>>>> topics, tentative structure (as you have), proposed
>>>>> registration opening and closing dates, requirements for
>>>>> registering (i.e., not administrative, but geared toward which
>>>>> audiences, prerequisites if any, etc.), potential for students
>>>>> and other scholars to receive grants (if IAOA can provide
>>>>> this: Laure?), and differentiating points (i.e., to
>>>>> distinguish the IAOA Summer School in Applied Onotology from
>>>>> say, the ontology engineering/ Semantic Web summer school, and
>>>>> others (ESSLLI or NASSLI 2012), etc. These are just
>>>>> suggestions; do what you think is good.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are considering a theme, would be good to briefly
>>>>> suggest that now.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) Designate one or more folks who will be publicity people to
>>>>> get this and subsequent announcements out. Which distribution
>>>>> lists should these go to? Might be one of you or others.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3) Direct the local arrangements folks in Trento as to what
>>>>> facilities, schedule, accommodations, etc., you think you will
>>>>> need. This is a dialog. My guess is that the Trento folks
>>>>> (Stefano, Nicola, others) will already know the answers to
>>>>> most questions, and will make suggestions. Draw on the entire
>>>>> IAOA EC experience to help you.
>>>>>
>>>>> 4) Plan a rough schedule: when should announcements go out
>>>>> (initial, 2nd, 3rd Call for Partipation/registration; when
>>>>> applications should be received [What info?] and whether grant
>>>>> or travel support is needed, etc. What is the deadline for
>>>>> applications?
>>>>>
>>>>> 5) Identify tutorial teachers, how do you want them to frame
>>>>> the content, and so ask them to provide? If there is a theme,
>>>>> suggest informally how the theme could be addressed, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> 6) Get commitments from the tutorial teachers. Will they
>>>>> teach? Can they provide their material by a particular date,
>>>>> in a particular format (for printing, electronic forms, etc.)?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure I've missed others. These are just
>>>>> suggestions. However, another suggestion is that a first Call
>>>>> For Participation is made very soon, i.e., this month or very
>>>>> early Jan, 2012.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Leo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message----- From:
>>>>> iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> [mailto:iaoa-education-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Fabian Neuhaus Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:09 AM To:
>>>>> IAOA Education Committee; Stefano Borgo Subject: Re:
>>>>> [iaoa-education] 2012 IAOA Summer School in Trento: first
>>>>> considerations
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Stefano, thank you very much for helping out with the local
>>>>> organization of the summer school. This is great! From my
>>>>> perspective July 16-20 is fine. Unfortunately, I personally
>>>>> might not be able to leave the US because of immigration
>>>>> issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> All, Antony and I have exchanged ideas over the weekend. One
>>>>> of the things we need to do asap is to nail down the content
>>>>> of the summer school. Antony and I came up with an outline of
>>>>> a schedule. Following the results of the Ontology Summit on
>>>>> Education, we assumed that even a summer school for novices
>>>>> should involve a lot of hands on experience. So, we (roughly)
>>>>> split each day into a morning session where new content is
>>>>> presented and an afternoon session where the knowledge is
>>>>> applied. Since one result of the Summit was that many people
>>>>> feel they lack the formal logic background to understand the
>>>>> semantics of KR languages, so we dedicated two session on the
>>>>> introduction KR languages. We further suggest that the
>>>>> students spend days 3-4 mainly in teams with the task of
>>>>> developing some small ontology on some topic to determined by
>>>>> the teachers.
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>> Outline: July 16th: Morning: (a) What is an ontology? (b)
>>>>> introduction to KR language(s) I (e.g., FOL) Afternoon:
>>>>> students practice the use of the KR language(s) by formalizing
>>>>> toy examples July 17th: Morning: Lecture: (a) KR languages II
>>>>> (e.g., OWL) (b) How to go about building an ontology?
>>>>> Afternoon: exercises that involve the building of toy
>>>>> ontologies July 18th: Morning: Background information and
>>>>> general directions that the students need to create their
>>>>> ontology. If more than one KB language was introduced, then
>>>>> students need to decide which language they want to use.
>>>>> Afternoon: Students develop their own ontology (in groups).
>>>>> July 19th: Morning: Group discussion: problems encountered
>>>>> during development / lessons learned / teachers might need to
>>>>> provide extra information Afternoon: Students continue to
>>>>> develop their own ontology July 20th: Morning: Students
>>>>> present their results. Conclusions. Afternoon: Travel.
>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think? Note that Antony and I did not try to go
>>>>> into details, because we think that the people who are
>>>>> actually going to make the summer school happen will have to
>>>>> change it anyhow to meet their needs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which brings me to the other point. As you all know, Werner
>>>>> did a great job at organizing the summer school this
>>>>> year. (Thank you again, Werner!) Since organizing such an
>>>>> event is a lot of work, he understandably does not want to be
>>>>> actively involved this year. Unfortunately, neither Antony
>>>>> nor I will have the necessary time to take on the
>>>>> leadership. So the question is whether either of you would be
>>>>> willing to do so, or know somebody who would be interested.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Fabian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 7, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Stefano Borgo wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>> in Trento we have gathered information about the organization of
>>>>> the
>>>>> IAOA summer school with a target of about 50 students.
>>>>> We did not find particular problems and identified the period July
>>>>> 16-20 as most suitable.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Here are some options to reach Graz by train traveling on Fri
>>>>> 20 / Sat
>>>>> 21
>>>>>>
>>>>> Trento-Graz (about 10 hrs)
>>>>> Fr, 20.07.12 dep 18:00 Sa, 21.07.12 arr 07:00 Sa, 21.07.12 dep
>>>>> 08:05
>>>>> Sa, 21.07.12 arr 18:33 Sa, 21.07.12 dep 11:52 Sa, 21.07.12 arr
>>>>> 21:45
>>>>> Sa, 21.07.12 dep 12:00 Sa, 21.07.12 arr 22:23
>>>>>>
>>>>> Pls, let us know if the period is ok and if we should proceed
>>>>> with the
>>>>> organization.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> -Stefano
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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