The International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)
and The Ontology and Conceptual Modeling Research Group (NEMO/UFES)
are proud to announce the (01)
Second IAOA Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis
September 15-19, 2014 -- Vitória, Brazil
http://iaoa.org/isc2014 (02)
Description
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Four world-class experts in different disciplines (Philosophy,
Knowledge Representation, Logics, Conceptual Modeling and Ontology
Engineering) will meet for a week with students, researchers and
practitioners and present courses in complementary aspects of Applied
Ontology. The summer school will be a full immersion experience in
ontology, and these experts will engage in open discussions with each
other as well as interact with the participants. (04)
The school will take place in Vitória, a beautiful city in the
southeast of Brazil just a 50-min flight from Rio de Janeiro. (05)
LIMITED Registration and Grants
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Registrations will be open soon, on a first-come first-served basis.
We would like to highlight that the event will have a LIMITED NUMBER
OF PARTICIPANTS to ensure the quality of the interactions and the
immersion experience. (07)
Check the registration page for further information, and to register
in order to be notified as soon as registrations are open:
http://goo.gl/rw6Kq5 (08)
A limited number of grants will be provided by IAOA to cover the
registration fee on behalf of students. Applications for student
grants should be sent exclusively by e-mail to vitorsouza@xxxxxxxxxxx
by 3rd June 2014 (hard deadline) with subject "ISC 2014 - Application
for Student Grant". Applications consist of (1) a 200-word statement
of interest in the topic, describing how it relates to your areas of
interest and study (in English); (2) a resumé or curriculum vitae; (3)
proof of student status (undergraduate or graduate). The organization
will select and notify applicants by 10th June 2014. [In exceptional
cases these grants will contribute to cover travel expenses and
accommodation.] (09)
Program
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The following courses are confirmed: (011)
* APPLIED ONTOLOGY AND CONCEPTUAL MODELING: Nicola Guarino (Laboratory
for Applied Ontology, Italy)
* ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING IN ORGANIZATIONS: Michael Uschold (Semantic
Arts, Inc., USA)
* FORMAL ONTOLOGY: Kit Fine (New York University, USA)
* LOGICS AND KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION: Renata Wasserman (IME, USP, Brazil) (012)
In addition to the courses, a number of shorter invited talks are
expected, including: (013)
* AN INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED ONTOLOGY: Giancarlo Guizzardi (Federal
University of Espírito Santo, Brazil) (014)
Short Bios of the Speakers
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NICOLA GUARINO is Research Director at the Institute for Cognitive
Sciences and Technologies of the Italian National Research Council
(ISTC-CNR), where he leads the Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA),
a section of the Institute located in Trento. Since 1991 he has been
playing a leading role in the ontology field, developing a strongly
interdisciplinary approach that combines together Computer Science,
Philosophy, and Linguistics, and relies on logic as a unifying
paradigm. Results of his lab include the OntoClean methodology and the
DOLCE foundational ontology. Current research interests include
ontology-driven conceptual modelling, socio-technical systems, and
service science. He is founder and editor-in-chief (with Mark Musen
from Stanford University) of the international journal Applied
Ontology, and is the founder and was first president of the
International Association for Ontology and its Applications, IAOA. He
is editorial board member of the International Journal of Semantic Web
and Information Systems, the Journal of Data Semantics, and editor of
the IOS Press book series Frontiers in AI and Applications. He has
been recently nominated ECCAI fellow. (016)
MICHAEL USCHOLD, is an internationally-recognized expert with 25 years
experience in developing and transitioning semantic technology from
academia to industry. Michael pioneered the field of ontology
engineering, co-authoring the first paper and giving the first
tutorial on the topic in 1995. This leveraged the work he did in
creating the influential "Enterprise Ontology." He spent 11 years at
Boeing defining, leading and participating in numerous projects
applying semantic technology to enterprise challenges. Michael is a
regular invited speaker and panelist at national and international
events, and has given numerous tutorials and training classes. He
received his PhD in Artificial Intelligence from The University of
Edinburgh in 1991. (017)
KIT FINE is University Professor and Silver Professor of Philosophy
and Mathematics at New York University and Distinguished Research
Professor at University of Birmingham. He specialises in metaphysics,
logic, and philosophy of language. He is a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences and a corresponding fellow of the British
Academy. Professor Fine has served as an editor or as a member of the
editorial board for Journal of Symbolic Logic, Synthese, Notre Dame
Journal of Formal Logic, Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics,
Reports on Logic, and Philosophers' Imprint. (018)
RENATA WASSERMAN is Associate Professor at the Computer Science
Department of the University of São Paulo, (PhD, Institute of Logic,
Language and Computation of the University of Amsterdam, 2000).
Working on Knowledge Representation and Belief Revision, specially on
non-classical logics, got involved with ontologies from the
description logics side. Current interests include merging of
ontologies and ontology evolution. (019)
GIANCARLO GUIZZARDI is Associate Professor and research lead in the
Ontology and Conceptual Modeling Research Group (NEMO), Federal
University of Espirito Santo, in Brazil, a visiting professor at the
University of Trento, Italy, and and associate researcher at the
Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA), at the ISTC-CNR, Italy. He has
been working since 1997 in the development of Domain and Foundational
Ontologies and their application in computer science and, primarily,
in the area of Conceptual Modeling. He is a former member of the
Executive Council and currently a member of the Advisory Board of the
International Association for Ontologies and its Applications (IAOA).
He is also an editorial board member of the following journals:
Applied Ontology, Semantic Web, Requirements Engineering and
International Journal of Information Systems Modeling and Design. His
experience in the aforementioned areas has also been acquired in a
number of industrial projects in domains such as Off-Shore Software
Development, Petroleum and Gas, Digital Journalism, E-Government,
Telecommunications and Complex Media Management. (020)
Organization
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Ontology & Conceptual Modeling Research Group (NEMO)
Computer Science Department, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
http://nemo.inf.ufes.br (022)
Organization Committee
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João Paulo A. Almeida (chair), Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Giancarlo Guizzardi (chair), Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Maria das Graças da Silva Teixeira, Federal University of Espírito Santo,
Brazil
Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Renata Silva Souza Guizzardi, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Ricardo de Almeida Falbo, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Vítor E. Silva Souza, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil (024)
Steering Committee
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Stefano Borgo, Laboratory of Applied Ontology (LOA), Institute for
Cognitive Science and Technology, Italy
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Laure Vieu, CNRS/Université Paul Sabatier, France
John Bateman, University of Bremen, Germany
Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada
Frank Loebe, University of Leipzig, Germany
Leo Obrst, MITRE Corporation, USA
Fabian Neuhaus, NIST Institute, USA
Oliver Kutz, University of Bremen, Germany (026)
Visit the web site of the school for more information: (027)
http://iaoa.org/isc2014 (028)
The school is open to students, researchers and practitioners. (029)
Feel free to distribute the announcement. (030)
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