Mary,
I have added it to the list. Let’s see if anyone can come up with some compelling case studies from which to build a business case.
- Steve
Steven R. Ray, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Fellow
Carnegie Mellon University
NASA Research Park
Building 23 (MS 23-11)
P.O. Box 1
Moffett Field, CA 94305-0001
Email: steve.r.ray@xxxxxxxxxx
Phone: (650) 587-3780
Cell: (202) 316-6481
From: ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Parmelee, Mary C.
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:18 AM
To: steve.r.ray@xxxxxxxxxx; Ontology Summit 2010 discussion
Subject: Re: [ontology-summit] Invitation to a brainstorming call for the 2011 Ontology Summit
Steve,
Unless you consider it part of one of the existing categories listed below, then I suggest cybersecurity as an area that is ripe for applied ontologies. See my attached Ontology Architecture for Cybersecurity paper.
Regards,
Mary Parmelee
Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer
MITRE Corporation
www.mitre.org
E-Mail: mparmelee@xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: 919-841-4719
From: ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Ray
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 11:59 AM
To: 'Ontology Summit'
Subject: [ontology-summit] Invitation to a brainstorming call for the 2011 Ontology Summit
Colleagues,
The time has come for us to finalize our plans for the 2011 Ontology Summit. The organizing committee has identified a base theme for the summit, and we would now like to invite you to participate in a conference call on December 16th to brainstorm on refining and finalizing this theme. Developing details (including dial-in information) are available on the session page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2010_12_16
Overall theme: Making the case for Ontology
This summit will collect and curate a small number of perspectives and case studies for which we will strive to assemble ROI information (monetary and otherwise) as well as statements of the problem and solution approach, in support of providing solid material to draw upon when making the business case for both the application as well as the R&D investment in Ontology.
Subthemes – Groups of participants making the case in the following domains:
• Healthcare informatics and Biomedical
• Cyberphysical systems
• Cloud (massively parallel) computing
• Traditional engineering applications (civil, mechanical, aerospace…)
• Software engineering, knowledge engineering
• Enterprise and system architecture
• Government applications
• <please suggest any more you feel have some good examples>
While the original premise was for making the case in a return-on-investment basis, the suggestion has been made that this question could also be framed in terms of making the case:
• For research investment
• For using an ontological approach compared to other technical approaches (i.e. on its technical, rather than business, merits)
• To the general public, to increase awareness and understanding
• From a business perspective (the original suggestion)
Possible metrics include:
• Value in terms of productivity, value added, and other benefits
• Financial ROI
• Technical quality
• Risk
Thanks in advance for your interest and involvement. I think we have a promising topic.
- On behalf of the Ontology Summit Organizing Committee
Steven R. Ray, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Fellow
Carnegie Mellon University
NASA Research Park
Building 23 (MS 23-11)
P.O. Box 1
Moffett Field, CA 94305-0001
Email: steve.r.ray@xxxxxxxxxx
Phone: (650) 587-3780
Cell: (202) 316-6481