[iaoa-education] IAOA Education Committee n.06 - Wed 2016.02.03: Minutes
Frank Loebe
frank.loebe at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
Wed Feb 3 23:11:59 CET 2016
Hi,
please find below a weakly edited version of the session transcript of
the Education Committee meeting n.06, held on Wed, Feb 03, 2016.
I'm sorry that I do not provide a better edited, summarizing and
readable version.
Best regards,
Frank
= 6th Meeting of the IAOA Techn. Committee on Education - Feb 03, 2016 =
== Call Details (summary) ==
* Date: Wed 2016.02.03
* Start Time: 07:00 PST / 10:00 EST / 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET
13:00 BRST / 17:00 SAST (cf. [A] for local times)
* Duration: ~1.5 Hours
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http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/iaoa_edu_20160203
-- edited public session transcript as of Feb 03, 2016 --
[15:53] MariaKeet: = 6th Meeting of the IAOA Techn. Committee on
Education - Feb 03, 2016 =
== Agenda ==
0. Adoption of agenda
! 1. ISAO 2016
a. latest actions
1: acronym and name fixed
2: dates fixed
3: website initially prepared & URL [1] fixed
b. organization schedule [MK]
c. call preparation
? d. continue discussion on facilitators/course setup
e. anything else related?
2. Ontology Competition 2016
a. schedule wrt potential part at ISAO
3. Education Committee Wiki [2]
a. email to Ontolog that asks for term definitions [SL]
b. setup of term-specific wiki pages [SL,AH]
4. Education Committee administration
a. members - relationship between:
* set of [iaoa-education] mailing list members
* wiki list on [3]
* any "official" list of members?
b. decision making in the Committee
5. AOB
6. Next meeting
[1] ISAO 2016 - official website
http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it/
[2] Education Committee Wiki
http://iaoaedu.cs.uct.ac.za/
[3] http://iaoaedu.cs.uct.ac.za/pmwiki.php?n=IAOAEdu.TCEduMatters
[16:07] FrankLoebe: < session starts, scribe: FL >
[16:07] FrankLoebe: .
== 0. Adoption of agenda ==
[16:08] FrankLoebe: OK: detailed discussion on local aspects and budget
needed
[16:08] FrankLoebe: ^ for ISAO
[16:09] FrankLoebe: .
== 1. ISAO 2016 ==
a. latest actions
1: acronym and name fixed
2: dates fixed
3: website initially prepared & URL [1] fixed
b. organization schedule [MK]
c. call preparation
? d. continue discussion on facilitators/course setup
e. anything else related?
[16:09] FrankLoebe: MK: ISAO = Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology
[16:09] MariaKeet: [[ URL to icloud document removed -> ask MK, OK or FL ]]
[16:10] FrankLoebe: MK: main item is inviting speakers
[16:12] FrankLoebe: OK: on the schedule: EURAC provides hosting for us
in Bolzano, too; on Mon-Tue, Thu-Fri; we have to change for Wednesday
[16:12] FrankLoebe: OK: Wed afternoon could be used for a social event,
be free of lectures
[16:13] FrankLoebe: MK: Can we use labs?
[16:13] FrankLoebe: OK: There may be an issue with exams, because rooms
need to booked very early in advance
[16:14] FrankLoebe: OK: session rooms are reserved now, until April
[16:14] FrankLoebe: OK: we need to get the call out soon (the sooner,
the better)
[16:14] FrankLoebe: OK: we need a program which gives at least some
information
[16:15] AndreaWesterinen: Another option is an open Q&A with some of the
speakers for a morning session, or maybe even a design session based on
some problem.
[16:16] FrankLoebe: MK: names of speakers discussed [[removed]]
[16:17] anonymous morphed into Amanda
[16:18] FrankLoebe: MK: + [[removed]]
[16:19] FrankLoebe: AW: Q&A proposal: not pre-planned Q&A, but an open
session with a moderator (I experienced this at conferences)
[16:21] FrankLoebe: MK: I've seen at other events that coming with an
own ontology was required (e.g. at DL summer school)
[16:24] FrankLoebe: AW: Q&A proposal was more related to what to do on
the Wednesday
[16:24] MariaKeet: names of the speakers (brainstorm list, no one asked
yet): [[removed]]
[16:25] FrankLoebe: OK: we would have different rooms on Wednesday, thus
it seems natural to have different program items
[16:25] MariaKeet: other events with prerequisites: LOD SS and GF SS
[16:28] FrankLoebe: OK: we need a good balance between lectures,
break-outs, coffee breaks, and social program, e.g., not to get the
program too dense
[16:28] FrankLoebe: OK: based on an EURAC proposal, I estimate that we
can keep fees rather low
[16:29] FrankLoebe: OK: FOIS keynote speakers are different now
(Mumford, Moltmann, Camara)
[16:30] FrankLoebe: MK: no one has been invited yet
[16:31] FrankLoebe: MK: we intended to have at least one female speaker
[16:32] FrankLoebe: OK: for some people offering a mini-course would be
much easier, e.g. [[removed]]
[16:33] Oliver Kutz: http://iaoa.org/fois2016/index.php?n=Main.Workshops
[16:33] FrankLoebe: FL: we should add a sheet on the course planning to
the schedule-containing cloud document
[16:35] FrankLoebe: OK: Onto.CoM is all about top-level ontologies this time
[16:36] FrankLoebe: OK: short tutorials on Common Logic, DOL will be at
FOIS workshops, those would make sense for ISAO, too (even if repetitive
for students attending both, ISAO and FOIS)
[16:37] FrankLoebe: OK: plus something on OWL
[16:38] FrankLoebe: MK: ok, this may be held by different people, but
should have a coherent stream of its topics
[16:39] FrankLoebe: MK: general lines of topics:
[16:39] FrankLoebe: logic stream
[16:39] FrankLoebe: philosophy, including foundational ontologies
[16:40] FrankLoebe: applied stream, including linkage with conceptual
modeling; hackathon; showcase application for onts. in an information system
[16:41] FrankLoebe: MK: there's a project in Digital Humanities of OBDA
in Bolzano
[16:42] FrankLoebe: ^ on food production in the Roman Empire
[16:42] FrankLoebe: ^ using Object Role Modeling, then OWL
[16:43] FrankLoebe: OK: there's work on Business Process Modeling, too
[16:44] FrankLoebe: MK: [[removed]]
[16:44] FrankLoebe: ^ topic would be DL
[16:46] FrankLoebe: MK: natural language may link to philosophy stream
[16:48] FrankLoebe: OK: Stephen Mumford is well-known for several
metaphysical topics, e.g. dispositions and causation
[16:48] FrankLoebe: AH: he recently visited Buffalo; [[...]]
[16:51] AndreaWesterinen: Sorry but I have to leave to go to another
meeting.
[16:52] FrankLoebe: FL: would we want a topic along the lines of Nicola
Guarino's work of ontological analysis, somewhere between philosophy and
(more formal) KR
[16:52] FrankLoebe: OK: we should ask Giancarlo and Sergio whether they
have people in mind related to Onto.CoM
[16:55] FrankLoebe: MK: what to do as next steps: write things up in a
structured fashion?
[16:56] FrankLoebe: FL: that's a good idea
[16:57] FrankLoebe: OK: I'll meet EURAC people on Feb 15 ... then I
need: when are we where?
[16:59] FrankLoebe: MK: a draft until Sat/Sun this week should be
doable, then a call could be sent on Wed, Feb 10
[17:00] FrankLoebe: [action] [FL] find earlier Summer School calls and
forward to MK
[17:00] FrankLoebe: [action] [MK] draft new call, based on the former
[17:01] FrankLoebe: == 2. Ontology Competition 2016 ==
a. schedule wrt potential part at ISAO
[17:01] FrankLoebe: < mainly needs to go to the next meeting >
[17:01] FrankLoebe: .
== 3. Education Committee Wiki [2] ==
a. email to Ontolog that asks for term definitions [SL]
b. setup of term-specific wiki pages [SL,AH]
[17:03] FrankLoebe: < on setup of term-specific wiki pages >
[17:03] FrankLoebe: FL: the existing page with multiple terms should be
split
[17:04] FrankLoebe: AH: I can work on this item, [action] shall send out
a message on progress next week
[17:04] FrankLoebe: MK: the structuring of those pages also needs to be
dealt with, this would also be in the hands of AH
[17:04] FrankLoebe: .
== 4. Education Committee administration ==
a. members - relationship between:
* set of [iaoa-education] mailing list members
* wiki list on [3]
* any "official" list of members?
b. decision making in the Committee
[17:07] FrankLoebe: FL: I'm not seeking any strict policy, quorum
regulation, etc. But I'd be interested in how to know who to ask/involve
in important decisions. The mailing list comprises several people more
than I'd see as actively participating, e.g., by joining the meetings
fairly regularly. Do we have/need an "official" member's list?
[17:09] FrankLoebe: MK: decisions can be made in meetings, important
ones should be announced in the agenda, such that people can join or
write messages earlier
[17:11] FrankLoebe: AH: meetings should be announced at least 1 week in
advance for that
[17:12] FrankLoebe: ^[agreement] on this approach
[17:15] FrankLoebe: FL: "active" members can be considered those who
(more or less) regularly join the meetings or expressly declare their
interest; wiki list on [3] can be updated with hindsight, from time to time
[17:19] FrankLoebe: .
== 6. Next meeting ==
[17:19] FrankLoebe: Mar 2, same time
[17:20] FrankLoebe: [action] MK: ask Sandra for her interest of shifting
the EduC meeting such that she (and we all) can participate
[17:29] FrankLoebe: < session ended ca. 10 min ago >
[17:30] FrankLoebe: .
== participants ==
AH Amanda Hicks
MK Maria Keet
OK Oliver Kutz
FL Frank Loebe
AW Andrea Westerinen
ZW Zena Wood
[17:30] FrankLoebe: < transcript ends >
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