From Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it Thu May 2 21:23:46 2019 From: Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it (Kutz Oliver) Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 19:23:46 +0000 Subject: [iaoa-general] Call for Abstracts & Papers - The Shape of Things - SHAPES@JOWO 2019 Message-ID: <0A3B9FB7-0A10-4FA9-8BB4-8126C6CE1DF2@unibz.it> ------------------------ SHAPES at JOWO 2019 Call for Papers The Shape of Things http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/workshops/SHAPES5/ Graz, Austria, September 23-25, 2019 The Joint Ontology WOrkshops (JOWO, https://www.iaoa.org/jowo/2019/) is a venue of workshops that, together, address a wide spectrum of topics related to ontology research, ranging from Cognitive Science to Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics. SCOPE Shape, form and structure are elusive notions and yet are at the core of several disciplines from the humanistic (like literature and the arts) to the scientific (chemistry, biology, physics) and within these from the formal (mathematics, logic) to the empirical (engineering, cognitive science). These notions rely on common-sense meanings, everyday perception and communication practices. Furthermore, formalisations of the semantics and reasoning about shape, form, and structure are typically ad hoc. The Shapes workshop series is an interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of all topics connected to shape (broadly understood). Perspectives from psycho-linguistics, ontology, computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics, aesthetics, design science, cognitive science and beyond are welcome to contribute and participate in the workshop. Special Focus 2019: architecture Every edition of Shapes adds a special theme to drive attention to particular uses and needs in interesting areas. This edition drives attention to shape, form and structure in architecture. Architecture is an intrinsically interdisciplinary domain that combines art, science and technology, and is rooted in the study of culture, landscape, territory and social practices. In addition to the regular SHAPES topics, we particularly encourage contributions that shed some light on the use of shape, form and structure in and across architectural works and architectural ways of thinking. SUBMISSION We solicit the submission of: a) extended abstracts of up to 4 pages (talk only); b) short papers 5-8 pages, long papers up to 14 pages (for inclusion in JOWO proceedings). c) pieces of art (music, video, sculpture, scale model...) together with an abstract, or short or long papers (for inclusion in proceedings) All text submissions must be in PDF format and must follow the IOS Press formatting guidelines, available at https://www.iospress.nl/service/authors/latex-and-word-tools-for-book-authors/ Accepted contributions will appear in the proceedings, which will be published in the IAOA subseries of CEUR. (For previous editions of the JOWO proceedings, see www.iaoa.org/jowo/ ). Submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jowo2019 (Select the "Shape of Things” track) IMPORTANT DATES - May 31, 2019 - Submission of contributions to workshops - July 1 , 2019 - Workshop paper acceptance notification - July 20, 2019 - Deadline for final camera ready - September 23-25, 2019 - SHAPES at JOWO WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Rossella Stufano Melone (Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy) Inge Hinterwaldner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Stefano Borgo (Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento) Oliver Kutz (KRDB, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Mara Abel, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Mihailo Antovic, University of Nis Mehul Bhatt, Örebro University Emilios Cambouropoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Chiara Di Francescomarino, Fondazione Bruno Kessler-IRST Christian Freksa, University of Bremen Antony Galton, University of Exeter Franca Giannini, IMATI CNR Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto Maria M. 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URL: From Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it Sat May 4 13:57:18 2019 From: Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it (Kutz Oliver) Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 11:57:18 +0000 Subject: [iaoa-general] Call for Papers - 3rd Workshop on Foundational Ontology - FOUST@JOWO 2019 Message-ID: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3rd Workshop on Foundational Ontology (FOUST III) http://foust.inf.unibz.it/ Co-located with the Joint Ontology Workshops, JOWO-2019, Graz, Austria https://www.iaoa.org/jowo/2019/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Important dates: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Submission deadline: 31st May 2019 Workshop date: 23-25 September 2019 @JOWO 2019 (exact date TBD) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Workshop Topics +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Foundational ontologies are attempts to systematise those categories of thought or reality which are common to all or almost all subject-matters. Commonly considered examples of such categories include 'object', 'quality', 'function', 'role', 'process', 'event', 'time', and 'place'. Amongst existing foundational ontologies, there is both a substantial measure of agreement and some dramatic disagreements. There is currently no uniform consensus concerning how a foundational ontology should be organised, how far its 'reach' should be (e.g., is the distinction between physical and non-physical entities sufficiently fundamental to be included here?), and even what role it should play in relation to more specialised domain ontologies. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers to present work on specific foundational ontologies as well as foundational ontologies in general and their relations to each other and to the wider ontological enterprise. Relevant topics include: - Changes to existing foundational ontologies / extension by new modules - Any specific category or topic usually covered by foundational ontology (e.g., functions, roles, time, mereology) - Theoretical results about specific foundational ontologies (e.g., consistency proof of significant parts of an existing foundational ontology) - Comparison and alignments of foundational ontologies - Relationship between foundational ontologies and domain ontologies - Applications of foundational ontologies in AI, Semantic Web, Linguistics, etc. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Submissions +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We encourage different types of contribution: Full research paper: Submitted papers must not exceed 10 pages (including the bibliography) and must include an abstract of no more than 300 words. Short paper: Submitted papers must not exceed 6 pages (including the bibliography) and must include an abstract of no more than 300 words. Papers should be submitted non-anonymously in PDF format following IOS Press formatting guidelines, which can be found at http://www.iospress.nl/service/authors/latex-and-word-tools-for-book-authors/ The Easychair submission page can be found at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jowo2019 (select the track “3rd Workshop on Foundational Ontology") All contributions to JOWO workshops will be published in a joint CEUR proceedings volume, compare http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2050/ for JOWO 2017 http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2205/ for JOWO 2018 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contact +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Workshop website: http://foust.inf.unibz.it/foust3/ E-mail: foustworkshop at gmail.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Venue +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The FOUST III workshop will be co-located with the Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO 2019) to be held in Graz, Austria, 23-25 September 2019. http://iaoa.org/jowo/2019/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Workshop organizers +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Antony Galton - University of Exeter Stefano Borgo - Laboratory of Applied Ontology, Trento, Italy Oliver Kutz - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Frank Loebe - University of Leipzig, Germany Fabian Neuhaus - Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany PC members Roberta Ferrario - Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies - CNR Aldo Gangemi - Università di Bologna & CNR-ISTC Nicola Guarino - ISTC-CNR Laure Vieu - Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse Riichiro Mizoguchi - Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Barry Smith - SUNY Buffalo Maureen Donnelly - University at Buffalo Pierre Grenon - University College London From adrien.barton at gmail.com Sat May 11 15:36:40 2019 From: adrien.barton at gmail.com (Adrien Barton) Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 15:36:40 +0200 Subject: [iaoa-general] CfP: 5th Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO 2019), Extended deadline Message-ID: (with apologies for cross-posting) JOWO 2019: The Joint Ontology WOrkshops ********************************************************************************* DEADLINE EXTENSION (some workshops may have earlier deadlines, as indicated on their webpage) • May 31, 2019: Abstract pre-registration on EasyChair (NEW) • June 15, 2019: EXTENDED submission deadline • August 15, 2019: camera-ready versions due for proceedings • September 23-25, 2019: JOWO 2019 in Graz ********************************************************************************* The Joint Ontology WOrkshops (JOWO 2019) will take place on September 23-25 in Graz, Austria. Previous JOWO editions were held in conjunction with FOIS 2018 in Cape Town (South Africa), in 2017 in Bolzano (Italy), in conjunction with FOIS 2016 in Annecy (France), and at IJCAI 2015 in Buenos Aires (Argentina). The JOWO workshops address a wide spectrum of topics related to ontology research, ranging from Cognitive Science to Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics. JOWO is especially suitable for interdisciplinary and innovative formats. JOWO 2019 website: https://www.iaoa.org/jowo/2019/ The following workshops are being organized: * 2nd International Workshop on Bad or Good Ontology (BOG). Chairs: Torsten Hahmann, Rafael Peñaloza, Stefan Schulz, Giancarlo Guizzardi, Oliver Kutz and Nicolas Troquard (http://bog.inf.unibz.it/) * Cognition And OntologieS (CAOS IV). Chairs: Oliver Kutz, Maria M. Hedblom, Guendalina Righetti, Danielle Porello and Claudio Masolo (http://caos.inf.unibz.it/) * Contextual Representations of Events and Objects in Language (CREOL). Chairs: Valerio Basile, Tommaso Caselli, Daniele P. Radicioni and Andrea Amelio Ravelli (https://creol2019.di.unito.it) * Workshop on Data meets Applied Ontologies in Open Science and Innovation (DAO-SI). Chairs: Alessandro Mosca, Roberto Confalonieri and Diego Calvanese (https://daosi.inf.unibz.it) * 10th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies meet Industry (FOMI). Chairs: Michael Gruninger and Walter Terkaj (http://stl.mie.utoronto.ca/fomi2019/home.html) * Workshop on Foundational Ontology (FOUST). Chairs: Antony Galton, Stefano Borgo, Oliver Kutz, Frank Loebe and Fabian Neuhaus (http://foust.inf.unibz.it/) * Ontologies and Data in Life Sciences 2019 (ODLS 2019). Chairs: Martin Boeker, Ludger Jansen, Frank Loebe and Stefan Schulz (https://wiki.imise.uni-leipzig.de/Gruppen/OBML/Workshops/2019-ODLS) * The Shape of Things (SHAPES 5.0). Chairs: Stefano Borgo, Inge Hinterwaldner, Oliver Kutz and Rossella Stufano Melone (http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/workshops/SHAPES5/) * Social, Legal and Economic Entities (SoLEE). Chairs: Ludger Jansen, Mathias Brochhausen, Nicola Guarino, Giancarlo Guizzardi and Daniele Porello (https://solee-2019.github.io/solee-2019/) * Second Workshop on INteraction-based Knowledge Sharing (WINKS-2). Chairs: Adrian Kemo, Jerome Euzenat, Dagmar Gromann, Ernesto Jimenez-Ruiz, Marco Schorlemmer and Valentina Tamma (http://www.iiia.csic.es/winks-2/) * 1st International Workshop on Ontologies for Digital Humanities and their Social Analysis (WODHSA). Chairs: Marianna Nicolosi Asmundo, Roberta Ferrario and Emilio M. Sanfilippo (http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/WODHSA/) * 4th International Workshop on Ontology Modularity, Contextuality, and Evolution (WOMoCoE 2019). Chairs: Stefano Borgo, Loris Bozzato, Till Mossakowski and Antoine Zimmermann (https://womocoe19.fbk.eu/) Papers should be submitted non-anonymously in PDF format following IOS Press formatting guidelines (downloadable here: https://www.iospress.nl/service/authors/latex-and-word-tools-for-book-authors/ ). Submissions can be uploaded via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jowo2019. After logging in, select the workshop track to which you wish to submit. As in earlier years, selected contributions to JOWO workshops with a minimum of 5 pages will be published in a joint CEUR proceedings volume. * JOWO 2018: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2205/ * JOWO 2017: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2050/ * JOWO 2016: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1660/ * JOWO 2015: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1517/ In addition, JOWO 2019 will host five tutorials: * Data-driven ontology engineering with Relational Concept Analysis (DOnEReCA). Organizers: Petko Valtchev, Mickael Wajnberg * Introduction to Foundational Ontologies (FOUNT). Organizers: Nicola Guarino, Giancarlo Guizzardi, Daniele Porello * Semantic similarity and machine learning with ontologies. Organizer: Robert Hoehndorf * SNOMED CT Tutorial. Organizer: Stefan Schulz * Top Level Ontologies (ISO/IEC 21838). Organizers: Barry Smith, Michael Gruninger For more detailed timelines, see the workshop pages. For further inquiries please contact the chairs of the specific workshops. JOWO chairs Adrien Barton, CNRS-IRIT, Toulouse, France (adrien.barton at gmail.com) Selja Seppälä, University College Cork, Ireland ( selja.seppala.unige at gmail.com) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gruninger at mie.utoronto.ca Mon May 13 03:40:30 2019 From: gruninger at mie.utoronto.ca (Michael Gruninger) Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 21:40:30 -0400 Subject: [iaoa-general] Call for Participation: IAOA Summer Institute on Places and Things Message-ID: <20190512214030.Horde.Ez1M9JsglcmOdXJT81Ak5A7@central.mie.utoronto.ca> IAOA Summer Institute on Places and Things July 22-25, 2019 Utrecht, Netherlands http://geographicknowledge.de/iaoa-summer-institute/ Programme: The need to support spatial reasoning arises in domains as diverse as geographic information systems and manufacturing, yet there has been little interaction between the industrial and academic communities in these domains. The IAOA Summer Institute will bring together researchers from these domains and explore topics in spatial representation and reasoning such as notions of dimensionality, boundaries, shape, and location. * What are the commonalities and differences among the research problems that motivate the various communities that use spatial reasoning? * Why is there not more ontology reuse and sharing among these communities? * What applications drive the design of ontologies for spatial reasoning? For example, location services are increasingly important for many companies. Knowledge-based design of electromechanical devices with moving parts remains a challenge in manufacturing. Facilitators Werner Kuhn (University of California, Santa Barbara) Simon Scheider (University of Utrecht) Michael Gruninger (University of Toronto) Participants from all sectors of geographical information systems, manufacturing, and ontology engineering are invited to interact from July 22-25, 2019 at the Universiteit Utrecht. As always, the Summer Institute will challenge the state of the art through lively discussions and hands-on problem solving rather than lengthy presentations. From Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it Wed May 15 15:07:14 2019 From: Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it (Kutz Oliver) Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 13:07:14 +0000 Subject: [iaoa-general] PhD positions at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Message-ID: <6604FD74-2C14-4394-8571-D80A91030865@unibz.it> Dear all, Please find below the call for PhD positions at Bolzano, including at the Conceptual and Cognitive Modelling Research Group. It would be great if you could distribute this further as appropriate. Best, Oliver ******************************************************************************** CALL FOR PhD POSITIONS (Deadline: 8th of July, 2019) Fully funded PhD positions at the Conceptual and Cognitive Modelling Research Group CORE KRDB Research Centre http://core.inf.unibz.it Faculty of Computer Science - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy ******************************************************************************** 15 four-year grants are offered by the Faculty of Computer Science of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy for its PhD programme. Each grant amounts to 68,000 euro (i.e., 17,000 euro per year); for research visits abroad the grant increases up to 50%. Substantial extra funding (including a personal budget of 2,500 euro per year) is available for participation to international conferences, schools, workshops, or research visits. The language of the PhD programme is English. The deadline for applications is the 8th of July, 2019. For more information, the call, and application requirements, please visit: www.unibz.it/en/faculties/computer-science/phd-computer-science/ www.unibz.it/en/applicants/international-applicants/phd-programmes/ Bolzano is located in one of the most fascinating European regions, the Dolomites. The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is a young university that has already established itself as an important research institution, both in Italy and abroad. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018, the university is ranked 9th amongst the world's best small universities, and its Faculty of Computer Science is ranked among the 150 best CS departments worldwide (in absolute terms) and it is the 21st best Computer Science department worldwide for scientific citations. The KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data of the Faculty of Computer Science is widely recognised as one of the internationally leading groups in Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Representation research, with a synergy between foundational and application-oriented research. Among the various available PhD topics described in the call, the CORE Research Group is looking specifically for PhD students interested in: - Cognitive Artificial Intelligence; - Knowledge Representation and Non-Classical Logic; - Semantic Technologies; - Conceptual and Cognitive Modelling; - Applied Ontology. To get in contact with the KRDB Research Centre and discuss about the opportunities of this call in the CORE group, please contact Giancarlo Guizzardi and Oliver Kutz at Giancarlo.Guizzardi at unibz.it Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it