Dear Dr. Obrst, (01)
Further to the e-mail thread you started (on the subject of
"briefing on range of semantic models" dated 2005.11.11) and our
confirmation during the Ontolog conference call of Dec. 1, 2005,
I would like to thank you, on behalf of the community, for
accepting our invitation to speak at the Ontolog-Forum on
Thursday, January 12, 2006. The title of your talk, as we had
discussed, will be: "What is an ontology? - A Briefing on the
Range of Semantic Models", but do feel free to modify that as you
feel appropriate. I am writing here, to provide further details
and some administrivia on the event. (02)
This session will be a 1.5 to 2 hour virtual event, scheduled for
10:30am~12:30pm Pacific Time / 1:30~3:30pm Eastern Time /
18:30~20:30 UTC. The session will start with about 10~15 minutes
for self-introductions by participants and for getting everyone
settled in. I will then formally introduce you. Your virtual
presentation (of approximately 45~60 minutes) will then follow.
After which, there will be an open discussion for about 30~45
minutes. This will be over a phone conference, augmented by
online presentation material. (03)
The [ontolog] community engages in the learning, discourse and
development of domain ontologies, is trying to advance the
adoption and application of ontological engineering approaches
and semantic technologies (see our charter at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidB ), and
is facilitating their move into the mainstream standards. Your
sharing with us the experience and insight based on
ontology-related work of yours, and affording us the chance to
have an open dialog with you along those lines will be most
appreciated. (04)
I shall look forward to receiving the following from you, at your
earliest convenience (hopefully no later than Dec. 18, 2006): (05)
(a) the title of your talk [done: we now have "What is an
ontology? - A Briefing on the Range of Semantic Models", unless
you want to modify it], and (06)
(b) an abstract of your talk, anywhere from a few sentences to a
couple of paragraphs will do. [I know you had included an outline
in your 2005.11.11 message already, if you only want to add a
line of two over that outline, and use that, just let me know.] (07)
(c) a recent picture of yours (about 180x180 pixels, in png, jpg
or gif format),
[I can extract out of either
http://ncor.buffalo.edu/inaugural/Images/photos/photo46.jpg or
http://ncor.buffalo.edu/inaugural/Images/photos/photo47.jpg too,
just let me know.] (08)
(d) a short biographic sketch of yourself. In addition, if you
can provide (links to) slightly more extended bio/intro of you
and your work, that would be even better. It would be fine if you
just supply the URL's to the material (if something appropriate
is already available online.) Feel free to update your namesake
page on the Ontolog wiki too (at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LeoObrst -- your may need
to do a "Create Account" or "Login" for the user "LeoObrst"
before editing on the wiki (access is at the upper right of wiki
page)). (09)
Once I get the above, I will start building out the session wiki
page and announce the event, so that people could mark their
calendars and plan to attend. (010)
Closer to the time (say, by Jan. 8, 2006, although this is not a
hard deadline), please send me: (011)
(e) your presentation material* (in pdf, powerpoint, sxi, html,
png, jpg or some common electronic format) so that I can post it
online for access during the session. (Optionally, you may choose
to have that posted a week or so in advance of your talk, or
the morning of your session.) (012)
During the talk, you will be in control of a shared-screen server
(a VNC server) that will allow you to run your presentation
slides, a web browser or even other applications (if you do need
to run other applications, please provide me with more details
because we may need some prior coordination to make it happen).
The display screen from the VNC server will be shared by most of
the virtual attendees during the event. If you have trouble with
the VNC server access, I can always advance slides for you on
your prompt. (013)
(f) After I receive your presentation material, we will schedule
a phone session (or, in this case, probably a skype session) so
that I can walk you through the presentation controls and some of
the relevant nuances that our virtual speaker(s) need to be aware
of. We should do this while you are at the venue where you plan
to be presenting from (e.g. your office, your home, ... etc.
because each may present different connectivity issues we would
need to tackle). You are also invited to take a look at the hints
we have for sessions like this at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?VirtualSpeakerSessionTips (014)
For your reference, please feel free to check out the wiki pages
of similar recent presentations, like the ones given by Dr. Doug
Lenat of Cycorp (see:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_11_17),
or the one by Professor Barry Smith of NCOR (see:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_10_13).
They should provide some clue as to the format of our monthly
invited speaker events. However, do feel free to conduct your
presentation any way you feel like (let me know, though, if you
expect it to be quite different, so that I can work on providing
the support you need.) We will be creating a wiki page for your
session after we have received the above ((a) thru (d) input from
you), at which point, you are encouraged to post additional
relevant resources (papers, links, references, ... etc.) to
support your presentation. (015)
Additionally, we will be recording our presentation sessions and
make the archived audio file available online, along with the
presentation material. May I, on behalf of the Ontolog Forum,
request your permission to do so. Please refer to our IPR policy
at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32
that will be applicable. I will assume that is acceptable to you
unless I hear from you otherwise. (016)
Once again, thank you very much for agreeing to speak, and to
having a dialog with the Ontolog community. I shall look forward
to the event, and to to your continued contribution to Ontolog in
the future. Feel free to contact the undersigned if there is any
question. (017)
Sincerely,
=PPY (018)
Peter P. Yim
[ontolog-forum], co-convener
http://ontolog.cim3.net
Phone: (650) 578-9998 (019)
P.S. *Please note that: in preparing your powerpoint (or other
presentation material), try to avoid using any animation or
transitions, as they do not work very well over the real-time
shared-screen service which we employ to allow the audience to be
in sync with you on your slide presentation. =ppy (020)
P.P.S. I'll try to give you a call to go over the above details
with you tomorrow. If there is a particular time you would
prefer, please e-mail and let me know. =ppy
-- (021)
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