FYI. This is a template we can use to invite the PC members individually.
Thanks,
Leo
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Dear <title name>,
We invite you to join us as a member of the Program Committee for our proposed workshop for ISWC 2014: Big Data and Semantic Web Meet Applied Ontology.
Please let us know if you will be able to join us on the Program Committee. We look forward to your participation.
Thank you,
<names>
Proposed ISWC 2014 Workshop: BIG DATA AND SEMANTIC WEB MEET APPLIED ONTOLOGY
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Ever since the origin of the Semantic Web, ontologies have played key roles in its design and deployment. Yet over the years, the level of collaboration between the Semantic Web and Applied Ontology communities has been much less than
expected. Within Big Data applications, ontologies appear to have had little impact. Paraphrasing Kant: “concepts without data are empty, data without concepts are blind.”
This workshop is organized by
the Semantic Web Applied Ontology SIG of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA).
Continuing the theme of
Ontology Summit 2014, it aims at building bridges between the Semantic Web, Linked Data, Big Data, and Applied Ontology communities. On the one hand, the Semantic Web, Linked Data, and Big Data communities can bring a wide array of real problems (such as
performance and scalability challenges and the variety problem in Big Data) and technologies (such as automated reasoning tools) that are relevant to ontologies. On the other hand, the Applied Ontology community can bring a large body of common reusable content
(ontologies) and ontological analysis techniques. Identifying and overcoming ontology engineering bottlenecks is critical for all communities.
This workshop will pose and address the primary challenges in these areas of interaction among the different communities.
We will invite submission of abstracts discussing and/or demonstrating the development and application of ontologies for projects with semantic web or linked data approach, bringing together theories, methods and examples synthesizing new insights, and
disseminating knowledge across field boundaries.
MOTIVATION:
Often the communities of applied ontologies and the Semantic Web (including Linked Data) seem to think they have nothing in common, whereas some of us believe they share many common goals,
common technologies, and a common interest in well-engineered applied ontologies.
Many of those in the applied ontology community promote and use Semantic Web technologies and reasoning methods in everyday practice; similarly, many in the Semantic Web community advocate more rigorous and principled ontologies based on ontological
analysis. Both communities share the need for a common understanding and a formal representation of the domain at hand. The Semantic Web
and Linked Data communities also have challenges to do with large scale applications and linking of vast heterogeneous data, so the communities also have different foci.
The motivation of this workshop is to bring all perspectives to the table, thus creating a forum for the multiple communities to work collaboratively in tackling the Big Data problem.
TOPICS:
Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
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Tackling the semantic heterogeneity, complexity and variety problem in big data with ontologies and reasoning
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Ontology-driven open data integration
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Ontological analysis and other formal methodologies for the semantic web and linked data
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Developing common reusable semantic content
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Agile ontology deployment and evolution for the semantic web and linked data
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Overcoming ontology engineering bottlenecks
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Providing and enhancing community semantic resources (ontology registries and repositories, vocabulary-ontology mappings, data and ontology transformations, automated ontology acquisition
and maintenance, etc.)
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Making use of ontologies: tools, services, and techniques
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Lightweight, intensive, and hybrid reasoning using ontologies, vocabularies, and rules
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Collaborative development and usage requirements for
large-scale internet and intranet ontology applications
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Ways to use ontologies and linked data for participatory governance of large systems
WORKSHOP FORMAT:
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Paper presentation and position papers
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Invited talk: TBD
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Panel discussion (e.g., co-Champions of the Ontology Summit 2014 tracks)
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Demos (e.g., extensions of Ontology Summit 2014 hackathon projects, etc.)
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Summary of the Day and Recommendations
AUDIENCE:
The intended audience is developers and users of Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies, applied ontologists and vocabulary developers, developers and users of Big Data in
scientific and application domains, and governmental, commercial, and academic managers and analysts who seek to apply Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies utilizing ontologies to their specific domains, specific data sources, and their current or emerging
applications.
We estimate 30 on-site attendees at the workshop and 60 (total) if cost-free remote participation is supported as well.
CHAIR(S):
Workshop Chairs:
Mike Bennett,
Hypercube Ltd.
Stefano Borgo, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies
Mike Dean,
Raytheon-BBN
Program Committee Chairs:
Elie Abi-Lahoud, University College Cork – Ireland
Andrea R. Westerinen, Nine Points Solutions, LLC
_____________________________________________
Dr. Leo Obrst The MITRE Corporation,
Information Semantics
lobrst@xxxxxxxxx
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