Stefano and Claudio, (01)
I agree with Leo's comments. Regarding the issue that Fabian highlighted, on
the ratio of lectures to practical work, I still think that more hands-on
experience would be good, but on the other hand this would mean that less
material can be covered at the theoretical level. Perhaps this needs to be
settled in negotiation with whoever eventually agrees to give the lectures -
again as suggested by Leo. The list of topics looks good. (02)
Best wishes (03)
Antony (04)
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(proposal) (05)
Stefano and Masolo, (06)
Thanks once again for the proposal. Apologies for my delay in responding. It
looks very good to me. I concur with Fabian that the proposed speakers are no
doubt experts. As possible backup for the Ontology in semantics and cognitive
linguistic slot, I might suggest James Pustejovsky or even Hans Kamp. (07)
To underscore Fabian's and Antony's original suggestion, one might ask the
speakers to consider some problem the students might work on in a hands-on,
working session to apply the lessons the students have learned in the lecture. (08)
I do think the announcement should go out very soon, so please finalize your
description, as modified, if you decide you agree, on any comments you receive. (09)
Thanks!
Leo (010)
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Subject: Re: [iaoa-education] IAOA summer school: courses and lecturers
(proposal) (011)
Dear all, (012)
I'm sorry but I must insist for some reaction (thank you Fabian for your
comments) (013)
If we do not hear from you by the end of this week, Claudio and I will assume
that you are overwhelmed with happiness for the proposal and thus we will start
contacting people for the school.
Your only chance to stop this causal chain is to start a (possibly
constructive) discussion...
:) (014)
Cheers
-Stefano and Claudio (015)
On 1/7/12, Stefano Borgo <stefano.borgo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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)
>
> (016)
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