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FOMI 2008 - 3rd Workshop on Formal Ontologies Meet
Industry
June 5-6, 2008, Torino, Italy
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
This event is jointly organized by:
- Laboratory for Applied Ontology,
ISTC-CNR, Trento
- University of Torino
- University of Verona
CONFERENCE AIMS
FOMI is an international forum where academic
researchers and
industrial practitioners meet to analyze and discuss
issues related
to methods, theories, tools and applications based on
formal
ontologies.
There is today wide agreement that knowledge modeling
and the
semantic dimension of information plays an increasingly
central
role in networked economy: semantic-based applications
are relevant
in distributed systems such as networked organizations,
organizational
networks, and in distributed knowledge management.
These
knowledge models in industry aim to provide a framework
for
information and knowledge sharing, reliable information
exchange,
meaning negotiation and coordination between distinct
organizations or
among members of the same organization.
New tools and applications have been and are being
developed in diverse
application fields, ranging from business to medicine,
from engineering
to finance, from law to electronics. All these systems
have exploited
the theoretical results and the practical experience of
previous work.
In all cases, it has been shown that formal ontologies
play a
central role in describing in a common and
understandable way
the logical and practical features of the application
domain.
The success of the methodologies associated with
knowledge modeling
and ontologies led to increased need of a comparison
between different
approaches and results, with the aim of evaluating the
interdependencies
between theories and methods of formal ontology and the
activities,
processes, and needs of enterprise organizations.
The FOMI 08 Workshop aims to advance in this direction
by bringing
together researchers and practitioners interested in
ontology application,
paying particular attention to the topics listed
below.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
*problems in ontology application:*
- practical issues in using ontologies in the
enterprise
- real cases of successful/unsuccessful use of
ontology in business
- from legacy systems to the new ontology-driven
systems
*ontology and business:*
- ontology and ontological methodologies in
business;
- adaptation of ontologies for companies and
organizations;
- ontology effectiveness and evaluation in
business
*ontology and enterprise:*
- ontology-driven enterprise modeling;
- ontology development and change within
organizations;
- ontology-driven representation of products,
services, functionalities,
design, processes;
*ontology and enterprise knowledge:*
- ontologies for the know-how;
- ontologies for corporate knowledge;
*ontology in practice:*
- ontologies for electronic catalogs, e-commerce,
e-government;
- ontologies for marketing;
- ontologies for finance;
- ontologies for engineering;
- ontologies for medical sciences;
*ontology and linguistics:*
- ontology-driven linguistic representation in
organization knowledge;
- linguistic problems in standards and in
codification processes;
- ontologies and multilingualism in business and
organizations
PROGRAMME
The Scientific Programme will include invited talks,
oral presentations,
poster and demo presentations, and panels. Submitted
papers will be
peer-reviewed and selected on the basis of technical
quality,
relevance of the described experiences (depending on
the type of submission),
and clarity of the presentation for the workshop. In
particular, we insist
that papers should be written for a wide audience.
Accepted papers will
be presented at the workshop, and published as
proceedings.
Accepted papers will be electronically published on CD
and distributed
to participants. Following the past edition, a
selection of the best papers
accepted at the workshop will be considered for
publication in the
international journal "Applied Ontology"
SUBMISSIONS AND DATES
* Format
- The maximal paper length is 10 pages,
excluding title page and bibliography.
- Papers must be submitted in PDF format
- Detailed instructions can be found in the
conference site.
* Deadlines:
- Paper Submission: January 7, 2008
- Acceptance Notification: March 3, 2008
- Camera Ready: March 31, 2008
ORGANIZERS
- Stefano Borgo, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR,
Trento, Italy
- Leonardo Lesmo, University of Torino,
Italy
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
- Bill Andersen, Ontology
Works, USA
- Guido Boella,
University of Torino, Italy
- Peter Clark, Knowledge
Systems, Boeing Maths and Computing Technology, USA
- Matteo Cristani,
University of Verona, Italy
- Roberta Cuel,
University of Trento, Italy
- Roberta Ferrario,
Laboratory for Applied Ontology, CNR, Trento, Italy
- Michael Gruninger,
University of Toronto, Canada
- Nicola Guarino,
Laboratory for Applied Ontology, CNR, Trento, Italy
- Gilles Kassel,
Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, France
- Paulo Leitao, Escola
Superior de Tecnologia e de Gestao, Polytechnic Institute of Braganca,
Portugal
- Riichiro Mizoguchi, The Institute of Scientific
and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Japan
- Jorge Posada,
VICOMTech, Donostia / San Sebastian, Spain
- Chris Partridge, 42
Objects Limited, BORO Centre Limited, Brunel University,
UK
- York Sure, Institut
AIFB, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany
- Valentina Tamma,
University of Liverpool, UK
- Matthew West, Shell
International Petroleum Company Limited, UK
- Radboud G.F. Winkels,
Unviersity of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Regards
Matthew West
Reference Data Architecture and
Standards Manager
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited
Registered
in England and Wales
Registered number: 621148
Registered office: Shell
Centre, London SE1 7NA, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7934 4490 Mobile: +44
7796 336538
Email: matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.shell.com
http://www.matthew-west.org.uk/
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