[Students-l] Fwd. 2nd IAOA Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis, September 15-19, 2014, Vitoria, Brazil

[Michel Menou]

> The International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)
> and The Ontology and Conceptual Modeling Research Group (NEMO/UFES)
> are proud to announce the
>
> Second IAOA Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis
> September 15-19, 2014 -- Vitória, Brazil
> http://iaoa.org/isc2014
>
> Description
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>
> Four world-class experts in different disciplines (Philosophy, Knowledge
> Representation, Logics, Conceptual Modeling and Ontology Engineering) will
> meet for a week with students, researchers and practitioners and present
> courses in complementary aspects of Applied Ontology. The summer school
> will be a full immersion experience in ontology, and these experts will
> engage in open discussions with each other as well as interact with the
> participants.
>
> The school will take place in Vitória, a beautiful city in the southeast
> of Brazil just a 50-min flight from Rio de Janeiro.
> http://iaoa.org/isc2014/pmwiki.php/Main/Venue
>
> LIMITED Registration and Grants
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>
> Registrations will be open soon, on a first-come first-served basis. We
> would like to highlight that the event will have a LIMITED NUMBER OF
> PARTICIPANTS to ensure the quality of the interactions and the immersion
> experience.
>
> Check the registration page for further information, and to register in
> order to be notified as soon as registrations are open:
> http://goo.gl/rw6Kq5
>
> A limited number of grants will be provided by IAOA to cover the
> registration fee on behalf of students. Applications for student grants
> should be sent exclusively by e-mail to vitorsouza at inf.ufes.br by 3rd June
> 2014 (hard deadline) with subject "ISC 2014 - Application for Student
> Grant". Applications consist of (1) a 200-word statement of interest in
> the topic, describing how it relates to your areas of interest and study
> (in English); (2) a resumé or curriculum vitae; (3) proof of student
> status (undergraduate or graduate). The organization will select and
> notify applicants by 10th June 2014. [In exceptional cases these grants
> will contribute to cover travel expenses and accommodation.]
>
> Program
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>
> The following courses are confirmed:
>
> * APPLIED ONTOLOGY AND CONCEPTUAL MODELING: Nicola Guarino (Laboratory for
> Applied Ontology, Italy)
> * ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING IN ORGANIZATIONS: Michael Uschold (Semantic Arts,
> Inc., USA)
> * FORMAL ONTOLOGY: Kit Fine (New York University, USA)
> * LOGICS AND KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION: Renata Wasserman (IME, USP, Brazil)
>
> In addition to the courses, a number of shorter invited talks are
> expected, including:
>
> * AN INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED ONTOLOGY: Giancarlo Guizzardi (Federal
> University of Espírito Santo, Brazil)
>
> Short Bios of the Speakers
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>
> NICOLA GUARINO is Research Director at the Institute for Cognitive
> Sciences and Technologies of the Italian National Research Council
> (ISTC-CNR), where he leads the Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA), a
> section of the Institute located in Trento. Since 1991 he has been
> playing a leading role in the ontology field, developing a strongly
> interdisciplinary approach that combines together Computer Science,
> Philosophy, and Linguistics, and relies on logic as a unifying paradigm.
> Results of his lab include the OntoClean methodology and the DOLCE
> foundational ontology. Current research interests include ontology-driven
> conceptual modelling, socio-technical systems, and service science. He is
> founder and editor-in-chief (with Mark Musen from Stanford University) of
> the international journal Applied Ontology, and is the founder and was
> first president of the International Association for Ontology and its
> Applications, IAOA. He is editorial board member of the International
> Journal of Semantic Web and Information Systems, the Journal of Data
> Semantics, and editor of the IOS Press book series Frontiers in AI and
> Applications. He has been recently nominated ECCAI fellow.
>
> MICHAEL USCHOLD, is an internationally-recognized expert with 25 years
> experience in developing and transitioning semantic technology from
> academia to industry. Michael pioneered the field of ontology engineering,
> co-authoring the first paper and giving the first tutorial on the topic in
> 1995. This leveraged the work he did in creating the influential
> ³Enterprise Ontology.² He spent 11 years at Boeing defining, leading and
> participating in numerous projects applying semantic technology to
> enterprise challenges. Michael is a regular invited speaker and panelist
> at national and international events, and has given numerous tutorials and
> training classes. He received his PhD in Artificial Intelligence from The
> University of Edinburgh in 1991.
>
> KIT FINE is University Professor and Silver Professor of Philosophy and
> Mathematics at New York University and Distinguished Research Professor at
> University of Birmingham. He specialises in metaphysics, logic, and
> philosophy of language. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
> Sciences and a corresponding fellow of the British Academy. Professor Fine
> has served as an editor or as a member of the editorial board for Journal
> of Symbolic Logic, Synthese, Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, Journal
> of Applied Non-Classical Logics, Reports on Logic, and Philosophers'
> Imprint.
>
> RENATA WASSERMAN is Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department
> of the University of São Paulo, (PhD, Institute of Logic, Language and
> Computation of the University of Amsterdam, 2000). Working on Knowledge
> Representation and Belief Revision, specially on non-classical logics, got
> involved with ontologies from the description logics side. Current
> interests include merging of ontologies and ontology evolution.
>
> GIANCARLO GUIZZARDI is Associate Professor and research lead in the
> Ontology and Conceptual Modeling Research Group (NEMO), Federal University
> of Espirito Santo, in Brazil, a visiting professor at the University of
> Trento, Italy, and and associate researcher at the Laboratory for Applied
> Ontology (LOA), at the ISTC-CNR, Italy. He has been working since 1997 in
> the development of Domain and Foundational Ontologies and their
> application in computer science and, primarily, in the area of Conceptual
> Modeling. He is a former member of the Executive Council and currently a
> member of the Advisory Board of the International Association for
> Ontologies and its Applications (IAOA). He is also an editorial board
> member of the following journals: Applied Ontology, Semantic Web,
> Requirements Engineering and International Journal of Information Systems
> Modeling and Design. His experience in the aforementioned areas has also
> been acquired in a number of industrial projects in domains such as
> Off-Shore Software Development, Petroleum and Gas, Digital Journalism,
> E-Government, Telecommunications and Complex Media Management.
>
> Organization
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>
> Ontology & Conceptual Modeling Research Group (NEMO)
> Computer Science Department, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
> http://nemo.inf.ufes.br
>
> Organization Committee
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>
> João Paulo A. Almeida (chair), Federal University of Espírito Santo,
> Brazil
> Giancarlo Guizzardi (chair), Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
> Maria das Graças da Silva Teixeira, Federal University of Espírito Santo,
> Brazil
> Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
> Renata Silva Souza Guizzardi, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
> Ricardo de Almeida Falbo, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
> Vítor E. Silva Souza, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
>
> Visit the web site of the school for more information:
>
> http://iaoa.org/isc2014
>
> The school is open to students, researchers and practitioners.
>
> Feel free to distribute the announcement.
>
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