We had, earlier today (Thursday 22-July-2010), one of our best
attended virtual events. Dr. Leo Obrst hosted the session with
Professor Ian Horrocks from the University of Oxford joining us as
invited speaker, who gave a talk entitled "Scalable Ontology-Based
Information Systems." (01)
On behalf of the Ontolog community, let's give Professor Horrocks a
huge "THANK YOU" for the work he has done, and for taking the time to
share that wonderful work and his insights with us. And, as always,
our thanks also go out to all who joined us at the event; especially
for their contributions to the real-time online chat and rich
discussion during the last segment of the session. (02)
Full proceedings - including agenda, abstract, slides, audio recording
and the transcript of the live chat session are all online now. They
can be accessed from the session page on the OntologWiki at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2010_07_22 (03)
This contribution by Professor Ian Horrocks is adding another key
piece in the Ontolog body of knowledge which we are collectively
building. Professor Horrocks and his colleagues' work will,
undoubtedly, influence how scalable ontology-based information systems
will get developed in the future. (04)
As announced previously, Professor Horrocks will be championing two
more session (on Thu 2010.07.29 & 2010.08.05, i.e. on the next two
coming Thursdays) on "OWL 2." Please mark your calendars, and register
for the event (see announcement below.) ... You don't want to miss
them! (05)
Best regards. =ppy (06)
Leo Obrst & Peter Yim (07)
P.S. Again, watch our [ontolog-invitation] list for further
announcements of Ontolog events that may be of interest, or browse the
listing under the "News & Announcements" section at our Ontolog
WikiHomePage (at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidW ) for our
upcoming community events. (08)
We also invite you to check out the archives of noteworthy past
Ontolog events. They are listed under:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidZ
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:47 AM
Subject: Ontolog Invited Speaker: Professor Ian Horrocks on "Scalable
Ontology-Based Information Systems" - Thu 2010.07.22
To: "[ontolog-invitation]" <ontolog-invitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (010)
Re: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2010_07_22 (011)
= REMINDER = (012)
* Date: Thursday, 22 July 2010 (013)
* Ontolog Invited Speaker: Professor Ian Horrocks (University of Oxford) (014)
* Topic: "Scalable Ontology-Based Information Systems" (015)
* Host: Dr. Leo Obrst (Ontolog; MITRE) (016)
The subject virtual event is happening tomorrow
- Thursday, 22-July-2010 starting at:
6:30pm BST / 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm EDT / 7:30pm CEST / 17:30 UTC
* World clock:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=7&day=22&year=2010&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224 (017)
See Dial-in & Session details at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2010_07_22 (018)
RSVP now ... if you haven't already. Talk to you tomorrow! (019)
Regards. =ppy (020)
p.s. *RSVP* by emailing Peter Yim at <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline with
your name, affiliation and session you are attending (or add yourself
directly to the session page if you are already a member of the
Ontolog member) so that we can prepare enough resources to support
everyone. [Please state clearly the date of the session you are
registering for in your rsvp message.]
-- (021)
---------- Forwarded message [updated] ----------
From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Subject: Invited talk by Professor Ian Horrocks, followed by two
sessions on "OWL 2" - Thursdays: July-22, July-29 & Aug-5, 2010
To: "[ontolog-invitation]" <ontolog-invitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (022)
We have the good fortune of having invited Professor Ian Horrocks
(University of Oxford, and co-chair of the W3C OWL 2 Working Group,
among other roles) to share his knowledge and insights with us in the
next three weeks. He will give his invited talk this week, and then
champion back-to-back sessions on "OWL 2" in the two weeks that
follow. I am, therefore, really excited to announce the following
events and am inviting you to come join us. (023)
******************* Hightlights ******************* (024)
* Thu 22 July 2010 - Ontolog Invited Speaker, Professor Ian Horrocks,
giving a talk on "Scalable Ontology-Based Information Systems" -
Host: Dr. Leo Obrst (Ontolog; MITRE) - see details on the session page
at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2010_07_22 ...
RSVP now! (025)
* Thu 29 July 2010 - Ontolog Forum Session: OWL 2 session-1 entitled
"OWL 2: The Next Generation" - with presentation by: Professor Ian
Horrocks followed by open discussion among the participants (026)
* Thu 5 August 2010 - Ontolog Panel Session: OWL 2 session-2 entitled
"OWL 2: Tools and Applications" - Chair: Professor Ian Horrocks -
Panelists: Mr. Matthew Horridge (Manchester), Dr. Andreas Harth
(Karlsruhe), Dr. Timothy Redmond & Dr. Tania Tudorache (Stanford), Dr.
Evren Sirin (Clark & Parsia), Dr. Zhe (Alan) Wu & Dr. Eric S. Chan
(Oracle) (027)
***************************************************** (028)
* "Scalable Ontology-Based Information Systems" - Thu 22 July 2010 -
Ontologies and ontology based systems are becoming increasingly
important in meeting the demand for more powerful and flexible
information systems. Requirements for such systems include the need to
deal with incomplete and semi-structured information, to integrate
information from heterogeneous sources, to employ richer and more
flexible schemas, and for query answers to reflect both knowledge and
data. Provision of such enhanced capabilities must, however, be in
addition to, and not instead of, the well-established features of
existing database systems, in particular their robust scalability.
Achieving this is, of course, extremely challenging. In his
22-Jul-2010 invited talk, Professor Ian Horrocks (University of
Oxford) will present some recent research efforts that tackle this
problem, including investigations of tractable fragments, new
algorithmic techniques, new optimisations and the exploitation of
relational database technology. ... See details (agenda, dial-in
information, etc.) on the session page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2010_07_22 ...
RSVP now! (029)
* "OWL 2: The Next Generation" - Thu 29 July 2010 - This is the first
of two back-to-back sessions devoted to the "newly" adopted OWL 2
standard. In this session, Professor Ian Horrocks (co-chair of the W3C
OWL 2 Working Group) will focus on telling us what this Web Ontology
Language (OWL) standard, adopted less than a year ago (27 Oct 2009 to
be exact), is all about. Professor Horrocks will start by providing
some background on OWL, then explains what is new in OWL 2. He will go
on to explain how each of the three OWL 2 Profiles (OWL 2 EL, OWL 2 QL
& OWL 2 RL) are defined, and what they are best suited for.
Participants are welcome to come find out or discuss other aspects of
OWL and OWL 2. We will have ample time for an open Q & A and general
discussion after Professor Horrock's presentation on the OWL 2
standard. ... Please refer to details on the session page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2010_07_29 (030)
* "OWL 2: Tools and Applications" - Thu 5 August 2010 - This is the
second of our two back-to-back sessions devoted to OWL 2. Our session
chiar, Professor Ian Horrocks has brought together an expert panel of
OWL 2 researchers and developers to show us some of the
state-of-the-art in OWL 2 tools and applications. Again, we will have
about ample time for open discussion after all the panel briefings.
The panelists and their presentations will include Mr. Matthew
Horridge (Manchester) on "The OWL 2 API," Dr. Andreas Harth
(Karlsruhe) on "The NeOn Toolkit," Dr. Timothy Redmond and Dr. Tania
Tudorache on "Protege 4," Dr. Evren Sirin on "Pellet," and, Dr. Zhe
(Alan) Wu and Dr. Eric S. Chan on "Applying Oracle Semantic
Technologies to Integrated Enterprise Collaboration." ... Please refer
to details on the session page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2010_08_05 (031)
These sessions will be delivered as augmented conference calls
(webinars). Like all Ontolog virtual events, they are open and free of
charge. Anyone who is interested, or (better still) who may have
something to contribute, is welcome. Please refer to event details on
the session page, to which the hyperlink is given above, where you
will find the session agenda, conference call dial-in, slides and
other pertinent information. Feel free to pass this invitation along
to colleagues who may also find these sessions to be of interest. (032)
*RSVP* by emailing Peter Yim at <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline with your
name, affiliation and session you are attending (or add yourself
directly to the session page if you are already a member of the Ontolog
member) so that we can prepare enough resources to support
everyone. [Please state clearly the date of the session you are
registering for in your rsvp message.] (033)
These sessions will be recorded and made available in a publicly
accessible archive. Therefore, before participating, please make sure
you are cognizant of our IPR policy (ref:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32). (034)
Regards. =ppy (035)
Peter Yim
Co-convener, ONTOLOG
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