[iaoa-education] IAOA Education Committee n.07 - Wed 2016.03.02: Minutes

[Frank Loebe]

Hi,

please find below a weakly edited version of the session transcript of
the Education Committee meeting n.07, held on Wed, Mar 02, 2016.

Best regards,
Frank


= 7th Meeting of the IAOA Techn. Committee on Education - Mar 02, 2016 =

== Call Details (summary) ==

* Date:        Wed 2016.03.02
* Start Time:  07:00 PST / 10:00 EST / 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET
                12:00 BRT / 17:00 SAST  (cf. [A] for local times)
             !! uncommon time shift in Brazil !!

* Duration:    ~1.5 Hours

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-- edited public session transcript as of Mar 02, 2016 --


[15:59] MariaKeet: = 7th Meeting of the IAOA Techn. Committee on 
Education - Mar 02, 2016 =

== Agenda ==

   0. Adoption of agenda

! 1. ISAO 2016 [1]
      a. call preparation ('save the date', course scheme only)
      b. continue discussion on facilitators/course setup
      c. anything else related to the program?

   2. Ontology Competition 2016
      a. schedule wrt potential part at ISAO

   3. Education Committee Wiki [2]
      a. setup of term-specific wiki pages                       [AH]
      b. feedback on [ontolog-forum] message on courses          [AH]

   4. AOB

   5. Next meeting
?    a. general shift?
      b. confirm or revise Apr 06, 2016


[1] ISAO 2016 - official website
     http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it/

[2] Education Committee Wiki
     http://iaoaedu.cs.uct.ac.za/


[16:03] FrankLoebe: < session starts >

[16:04] FrankLoebe: .
== 1. ISAO 2016 [1] ==
      a. call preparation ('save the date', course scheme only)
      b. continue discussion on facilitators/course setup
      c. anything else related to the program?

[16:04] MariaKeet: [[ link to planning document removed ]]

[16:05] FrankLoebe: ^ contains current planning information

[16:05] FrankLoebe: MK: 4 invitations were sent out

[16:06] FrankLoebe: Achille Varzi and Anthony Galton accepted

[16:06] FrankLoebe: MK: another invitation regarding geo-ontologies, one 
for DLs

[16:08] FrankLoebe: MK: reminders planned for in 1.5 weeks [[after sending]]

[16:09] FrankLoebe: MK: i.e., this Fr, Mar 4

[16:09] FrankLoebe: MK: [[...]] consider presenting, too

[16:16] ZenaWood: http://sssw.org/2015/invited-speakers-tutors/

[16:17] MariaKeet: http://sssw.org/2016/

[16:21] FrankLoebe: [[ < discussion of further candidates of ISAO 
facilitators and potential topics > ]]

[16:44] FrankLoebe: < discussion on the focus of ISAO between 
established course topics and modern/recent topics >

[16:46] FrankLoebe: all: novel topics in Applied Ontology?

[16:47] FrankLoebe: FL: M.Gruningers work on ontology hierarchies 
(rather formal, maybe too heavy for ISAO?

[16:47] FrankLoebe: AH: Ontology Evaluation

[16:53] MariaKeet: or e.g. a panel on ontology evaluation and quality, 
of no single speaker

[16:53] FrankLoebe: ZW: should we ask people in their courses to reserve 
a section on latest trends?

[16:53] MariaKeet: (may be too chaotic?)

[16:55] MariaKeet: or an 'activity' session on it, with first small 
groups defining what they see what is/to do with/ensuring ontology 
evaluationa dn quality, then centrally?

[16:57] FrankLoebe:  [[ < agreed procedure of next invitations > ]]

[17:11] FrankLoebe: [action] [MK, ZW] make sure invitations get sent out

[17:14] FrankLoebe: [action] [ZW, MK] draft the call and re-check with 
Oliver

[17:15] FrankLoebe: .
==   2. Ontology Competition 2016 ==
      a. schedule wrt potential part at ISAO

[17:16] Amanda: I'm sorry, but I have another meeting that I need to go 
to now.

[17:16] FrankLoebe: MK: idea is to provide an ontology with modeling 
errors in it and debug that

[17:16] MariaKeet: computerscience.owl

[17:17] FrankLoebe: MK: cf. also in my lecture notes

[17:18] FrankLoebe: MK: furthermore, modeling exercises similar to what 
OMG has (manyland with multiple marriages)

[17:23] FrankLoebe: ZW: regarding markings/evaluation of produced 
ontologies, we need a scalable solution/approach

[17:24] FrankLoebe: [action] [MK] write up ideas on the competition 
(@ISAO), by May 2016

[17:27] FrankLoebe: < item 3. EduC wiki postponed, next time: 1st agenda 
item >

[17:33] FrankLoebe: .
== 5. Next meeting ==
?    a. general shift?
      b. confirm or revise Apr 06, 2016

[17:34] FrankLoebe: [action] [ZW] setup Doodle poll for Tue, Wed, Fr 
starting at 14:00/15:00 UTC on the first of the month

[17:34] FrankLoebe: ^ ask for responses in a week

[17:35] FrankLoebe: Apr 6 is on hold until then

[17:39] FrankLoebe: < session ends >

[17:40] FrankLoebe: .
== participants ==
  AH  Amanda Hicks
  MK  Maria Keet
  FL  Frank Loebe
  ZW  Zena Wood

[17:40] FrankLoebe: < transcript ends >