Stefano and Claudio,
I think that the people you proposed below are all experts, it would
be hard to find people that fit better. Whether they would be willing
to participate, is of course another question. Bill Andersen offered
to be a lecturer, two other people who also offered to help are
Jennifer Williams and Mathias Brochhausen (MBrochhausen@xxxxxxxx). (01)
One general comment is that there seem to be two models that one could
follow for an IAOA summer school: either one can try to maximize the
time on presenting knowledge or one can try to teach some practical
skills to the ontologists. Your schedule goes the first route, the one
that Antony and I suggested had the second purpose. This is why we
suggested to split the time evenly between lectures and hands-on
exercises. (02)
If I put myself in the position of a student, I would prefer the
second approach. However, this is a personal preference, mainly
because I can absorb only a limited amount of knowledge from lectures
on any given day; afterward I tune out. (03)
Best
Fabian (04)
On Jan 6, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Stefano Borgo wrote: (05)
> Dear Education Committee,
>
> we are collecting information to estimate the figures and prepare
> the school budget.
> In the meanwhile, we have made some progress about the structure of
> the school.
>
> Pls, react quickly and, if you do not like something, suggest
> improvements o propose an alternative.
> In particular, we must be able to contact people quickly.
> Ideally, we should send out emails to the lecturers by mid of January.
>
> Our plan is to have an introduction day to help the students to
> understand the general domain, and then regular courses for the rest
> of the week. Below you can find courses and proposed lecturers.
>
> All this is indicative, so feel free to suggest change of topic/title.
> Most importantly, the quality of the lecturers is crucial. We would
> like the lecturers to interact with the students and with each
> other. They should follow the other courses, be open-minded and
> ready to pick up from their perspective issues risen during the week.
> The people proposed below are ok (we think) but you might know
> someone else that fits better.
> Also, we plan to individuate some example or topic and ask lecturers
> to work them out from their perspective/domain. This activity will
> serve as a way to integrate the different views and approaches.
> Of course, the attitude of the lecturers is important here so it
> would be great if, when suggesting someone, you have direct
> experience on how they teach and how the interact with the audience.
>
> No need to say that we need to keep expenses low. We plan to take
> advantage of local experts at least in the area of knowledge
> representation (see course "Formalizing ontological knowledge")
>
> Finally, in our mind students should have some knowledge of FOL as
> prerequisite.
>
> Cheers
> Stefano and Claudio
>
>
> Title of the school:
> IAOA Summer School on Ontological Analysis
>
> **DAY 1
> -- 0.5h Introduction to IAOA + Introduction to the IAOA summer school
> Lecturers:
> Nicola Guarino, Claudio and Stefano
>
> -- 3h, Review of FOL (as knowledge representation language suitable
> for ontology)
> Lecturers (two options):
> Luciano Serafini and Chiara Ghidini (Italy)
> Enrico Franconi (Italy)
>
> Lunch (1.5hr)
>
> -- 3h, Introduction to ontological analysis (what is an ontology,
> etc.)
> Lecturers (two options):
> Nicola Guarino (Italy)
> John Sowa (USA)
>
>
>
> **DAY 2 to 5
> -- 1.5h, Ontological analysis: philosophical perspective
> Lecturers (three options):
> Achille Varzi (USA)
> Thedore Sider (USA)
> Kevin Mulligan (Switzerland)
>
> Break (30 min)
>
> -- 1.5h, Ontology in semantics and cognitive linguistic
> Lecturers (two options):
> Barbara Partee (USA)
> Leonard Talmy (USA)
>
> Lunch (1.5hr)
>
> -- 1.5h, Formalizing ontological knowledge [basically, formal
> languages/techniques for ontology]
> Lecturers (two options):
> Luciano Serafini and Chiara Ghidini (Italy)
> Enrico Franconi (Italy)
>
> Break (30 min)
>
> -- 1.5h, Ontology application and database
> Lecturers (two options):
> Bill Andersen (USA)
> Chris Welty (USA)
>
>
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