From frank.loebe at informatik.uni-leipzig.de Tue Dec 5 00:36:07 2023 From: frank.loebe at informatik.uni-leipzig.de (Frank Loebe) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 00:36:07 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] ESAO Webinar n.10 on Tue, Dec 19 -- Call for Participation Message-ID: == ESAO Webinar n.10, December 19, 2023 == Dear all, the Educational Series on Applied Ontology (ESAO) [1] is open for everyone and welcomes students, researchers and practitioners alike (no registration needed). The 10th ESAO webinar will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 15:00 CET (regional times: 09:00-10:30 EDT / 11:00-12:30 BRT / 14:00-15:30 UTC / 15:00-16:30 CET / 16:00-17:30 SAST [2]) via Zoom (full connection details at the end of this message) https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/95709820112?pwd=VXlYTi8zbzBDbjVkUW1Qa2dGMW4zUT09 Program & Speakers Info ----------------------- (two parts, each with presentation of 30 min + discussion) Mara Abel (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil) Title: Ontology Application in the Petroleum Industry Abstract: The petroleum production chain configures a complex sequence of activities that require specialized knowledge and large volume of information from diverse sources and types. Considering the high level of requested knowledge, several specialized providers assume part of the activities producing information and data that are integrated during process decision, production monitoring, and optimization. In this non-standardized scenario, semantic treatment becomes a key issue to allow interoperability between systems and enterprise information consumption. Ontology engineering came with the adequate tools for dealing with semantics in this environment nowadays, by orienting the development of domain ontologies and the embodiment of the ontology artifacts into information system applications. This talk will describe use cases of domain ontologies in the petroleum industry environment for information retrieval, expert system applications, digital twin for implementation and decision making applications, highlighting details of each project development. Bio: Mara Abel is geologist and doctor in Computer Science, studying knowledge engineering applied to the Petroleum Industry. She is a retired titular professor of UFRGS, in Brazil, where she has been dedicated to investigate and build ontologies for dealing with interoperability problems in the petroleum industry. She is co-founder of the knowledge-based software company ENDEEPER and she has conceived several successful industrial applications for reservoir characterization and production optimization in industrial cooperation projects. ------ Emilio Sanfilippo (National Research Council, Trento, Italy) Title: Ontologies in Digital Humanities: Some Research Challenges Abstract: Ontologies are extensively used in both research and applications within the realm of digital humanities, with one of the most notable examples being the CIDOC-CRM ontology and its extensions. Similarly to other domains of application, ontologies within the digital humanities serve diverse purposes, including the seamless organization of datasets across multiple organizations to enable their smooth sharing and integration. However, within this landscape, critical studies pertaining to the interpretive reception of artworks ? or any entity central to humanities research ? have remained at the margins of knowledge representation and data modeling efforts. Consequently, while numerous digital platforms offer ontology-based datasets, only a few explicitly address the interpretive dimension of scholarly inquiries. This absence is somewhat surprising considering the significance of interpretive phenomena in critical studies of fine art, literature, music, theater, and other disciplines. During this presentation, I will briefly explore the utilization of ontologies in the digital humanities, discussing the challenges researchers must confront, in my opinion, to comprehend the multifaceted nature of scholarly research in the humanities. These challenges encompass the development of methodologies and formal models to represent scholarly interpretations and debates. Bio: Emilio Sanfilippo is a permanent researcher at the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy, affiliated with the Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) within the Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC). His research encompasses foundational and applied topics concerning the utilization of ontologies in both industrial engineering and the digital humanities. Presently, he serves as the principal investigator of the MITE project - Make it Explicit: Documenting interpretations of literary fictions with conceptual formal models, funded by the Italian Ministry for University and Research (MUR). Series Description ------------------ The IAOA [3] has created ESAO [1], an educational effort directed towards topics of Applied Ontology, primarily established basics and foundations. The series is inspired by the Interdisciplinary Schools on Applied Ontology (ISAO) [4]. ESAO is complementary in format and its overall approach. The goal is to provide a combination of an archive of educational material (e.g., short video lectures) and a series of webinars for presenting and discussing that material. Organization ------------ Members of the Education Technical Committee of IAOA [5] and among those primarily (in alphabetical order): * Luc?a G?mez ?lvarez * Frank Loebe * Sandra Lovren?i? * Cassia Trojahn (Chair) * Laure Vieu Contact E-Mail: info at iaoa.org [1] Educational Series on Applied Ontology https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:ESAO [2] Session time locally and in further places https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20231219T1400 [3] IAOA website http://iaoa.org/ [4] ISAO History page https://iaoa.org/index.php/isao-history/ [5] Entry page of the IAOA Education Technical Committee https://iaoa.org/index.php/faq/education-committee/ Connection Details ------------------ Topic: ESAO 10th Time: Dec 19, 2023 03:00 PM Paris Join Zoom Meeting https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/95709820112?pwd=VXlYTi8zbzBDbjVkUW1Qa2dGMW4zUT09 Meeting ID: 957 0982 0112 Passcode: 770691 --- Join by SIP ? 95709820112 at zoomcrc.com --- Join by H.323 ? 162.255.37.11 (US West) ? 162.255.36.11 (US East) ? 221.122.88.195 (China) ? 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) ? 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) ? 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) ? 213.244.140.110 (Germany) ? 103.122.166.55 (Australia Sydney) ? 103.122.167.55 (Australia Melbourne) ? 209.9.211.110 (Hong Kong SAR) ? 149.137.40.110 (Singapore) ? 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) ? 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) ? 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) ? 207.226.132.110 (Japan Tokyo) ? 149.137.24.110 (Japan Osaka) Meeting ID: 957 0982 0112 Passcode: 770691 --- From koubarak at di.uoa.gr Sun Dec 10 12:47:10 2023 From: koubarak at di.uoa.gr (Manolis Koubarakis) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:47:10 +0200 Subject: [iaoa-general] ESSAI 2024 CALL FOR COURSE PROPOSALS Message-ID: <17598f4d6047b078bd0744f5ef82a9b2.squirrel@webmail02.uoa.gr> (Apologies for multiple postings) The 2nd European Summer School in Artificial Intelligence - ESSAI 2024 July 15-26, 2024 Athens, Greece https://essai2024.di.uoa.gr/ IMPORTANT DATES 07 Feb 2024: Course Title submission deadline (mandatory) 14 Feb 2024: Final submission 06 Mar 2024: Notification ABOUT ESSAI 2024 is the second edition of the annual summer school on AI held under the auspices of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI). ESSAI 2024 will provide an interdisciplinary setting in which courses are offered in all areas of Artificial Intelligence and also from wider scientific, historical, and philosophical perspectives. ESSAI is a central meeting place for students and young researchers in Artificial Intelligence to discuss current research and share knowledge. Courses will consist of five 90-minute sessions, offered daily (Monday-Friday) in a single week, to allow students to develop in-depth knowledge of a topic. The first edition of ESSAI was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia (https://essai.si/ ) between the 24th and 28th of July 2023 and was extremely successful, attracting over 500 participants. We look forward to a second edition of ESSAI that is at least as successful. TOPICS AND FORMAT ESSAI aims to cover all subdisciplines of AI and the interactions between them. Proposals for courses at ESSAI 2024 are invited in all areas of Artificial Intelligence, including but not limited to the following: * Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (MAS) * Causality and Causal Learning (CL) * Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of AI (ELS) * Foundation Models (FM) * Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR) * Learning Theory (LT) * Natural Language Processing (NLP) * Neuro-Symbolic Learning and Reasoning (NSLR) * Planning and Strategic Reasoning (PLAN) * Reinforcement Learning (RL) * Robotics (ROB) * Safe, Explainable and Trustworthy AI (SET) * Search and Optimization (SO) * Supervised and Unsupervised Learning (ML) * Vision (VIS) Each course will consist of five 90-minute lectures, offered daily (Monday-Friday) in a single week. While introductory courses will typically focus on one subarea of AI, introductory and advanced courses are encouraged to present a broader perspective on AI and should be of interest beyond one specific area. CATEGORIES Each proposal should fall under one of the following categories. INTRODUCTORY COURSES Introductory courses are intended to introduce a research field to students, young researchers, and other non-specialists, and to foster a sound understanding of its basic methods and techniques. Such courses should enable researchers from related disciplines to develop some comfort and competence in the topic considered. Introductory courses in a cross-disciplinary area may presuppose general knowledge of the related disciplines. ADVANCED COURSES Advanced courses are targeted primarily to graduate students who wish to acquire a level of comfort and understanding in the current research of a field. PROPOSAL GUIDELINES To be considered, course proposals should closely adhere to the following guidelines: * Courses must be presented by lecturers who submitted the proposal. For courses with more than two lecturers, the role of each lecturer should be clearly explained and justified in the proposal. * Course proposals should explicitly state the intended course category. Proposals for introductory courses should indicate the intended level, for example, as it relates to standard textbooks and monographs in the area. Proposals for advanced courses should specify the prerequisites in detail. Proposals must be submitted in PDF format via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=essai2024 and include all the following: 1. Personal information for each proposer: Name, affiliation, contact address, email, homepage (optional) 2. General proposal information: Title, category 3. Information about the course content: a. Abstract of up to 150 words b. Motivation and description (up to two pages) c. Tentative outline d. Expected level and prerequisites e. Appropriate references (e.g., textbooks, monographs, proceedings, surveys) f. Whether the course will appeal to students outside of the main discipline of the course 4. Information about the proposer(s): a. Short CVs of the proposer(s) b. Evidence that the proposer(s) are excellent lecturers with relevant teaching experience, in particular in delivering intensive courses in an interdisciplinary setting. To keep participation fees to a minimum, all the instructional and organizational work of ESSAI is performed on a completely voluntary basis. However, the registration fees of organizers and instructors will be waived. In addition, and where appropriate, ESSAI will seek to partially reimburse travel and accommodation expenses associated with delivering a course. If lecturers can cover their travel and accommodation expenses from other sources, this is greatly appreciated. SUBMISSION INFORMATION By February 7, 2024: Proposers must submit on EasyChair at least the name(s) of the lecturers(s), the ESSAI area and course level and a short abstract. By February 14, 2024: Submission must be completed by uploading a PDF with the actual proposal as detailed above. SUBMISSION PORTAL Please submit your proposals to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=essai2024 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chair: Brian Logan, Utrecht University Co-chair: Magdalena Ortiz, TU Wien Local Chair: Manolis Koubarakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ESSAI Steering Committee Chair (EurAI Board representative): Giuseppe De Giacomo, Oxford University From frank.loebe at informatik.uni-leipzig.de Mon Dec 18 23:49:47 2023 From: frank.loebe at informatik.uni-leipzig.de (Frank Loebe) Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 23:49:47 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] ESAO Webinar n.10 on Tue, Dec 19 -- Reminder Message-ID: A gentle reminder: == ESAO Webinar n.10, December 19, 2023 == Dear all, the Educational Series on Applied Ontology (ESAO) [1] is open for everyone and welcomes students, researchers and practitioners alike (no registration needed). The 10th ESAO webinar will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 15:00 CET (regional times: 09:00-10:30 EDT / 11:00-12:30 BRT / 14:00-15:30 UTC / 15:00-16:30 CET / 16:00-17:30 SAST [2]) via Zoom (full connection details at the end of this message) https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/95709820112?pwd=VXlYTi8zbzBDbjVkUW1Qa2dGMW4zUT09 Program & Speakers Info ----------------------- (two parts, each with presentation of 30 min + discussion) Mara Abel (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil) Title: Ontology Application in the Petroleum Industry Abstract: The petroleum production chain configures a complex sequence of activities that require specialized knowledge and large volume of information from diverse sources and types. Considering the high level of requested knowledge, several specialized providers assume part of the activities producing information and data that are integrated during process decision, production monitoring, and optimization. In this non-standardized scenario, semantic treatment becomes a key issue to allow interoperability between systems and enterprise information consumption. Ontology engineering came with the adequate tools for dealing with semantics in this environment nowadays, by orienting the development of domain ontologies and the embodiment of the ontology artifacts into information system applications. This talk will describe use cases of domain ontologies in the petroleum industry environment for information retrieval, expert system applications, digital twin for implementation and decision making applications, highlighting details of each project development. Bio: Mara Abel is geologist and doctor in Computer Science, studying knowledge engineering applied to the Petroleum Industry. She is a retired titular professor of UFRGS, in Brazil, where she has been dedicated to investigate and build ontologies for dealing with interoperability problems in the petroleum industry. She is co-founder of the knowledge-based software company ENDEEPER and she has conceived several successful industrial applications for reservoir characterization and production optimization in industrial cooperation projects. ------ Emilio Sanfilippo (National Research Council, Trento, Italy) Title: Ontologies in Digital Humanities: Some Research Challenges Abstract: Ontologies are extensively used in both research and applications within the realm of digital humanities, with one of the most notable examples being the CIDOC-CRM ontology and its extensions. Similarly to other domains of application, ontologies within the digital humanities serve diverse purposes, including the seamless organization of datasets across multiple organizations to enable their smooth sharing and integration. However, within this landscape, critical studies pertaining to the interpretive reception of artworks ? or any entity central to humanities research ? have remained at the margins of knowledge representation and data modeling efforts. Consequently, while numerous digital platforms offer ontology-based datasets, only a few explicitly address the interpretive dimension of scholarly inquiries. This absence is somewhat surprising considering the significance of interpretive phenomena in critical studies of fine art, literature, music, theater, and other disciplines. During this presentation, I will briefly explore the utilization of ontologies in the digital humanities, discussing the challenges researchers must confront, in my opinion, to comprehend the multifaceted nature of scholarly research in the humanities. These challenges encompass the development of methodologies and formal models to represent scholarly interpretations and debates. Bio: Emilio Sanfilippo is a permanent researcher at the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy, affiliated with the Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) within the Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC). His research encompasses foundational and applied topics concerning the utilization of ontologies in both industrial engineering and the digital humanities. Presently, he serves as the principal investigator of the MITE project - Make it Explicit: Documenting interpretations of literary fictions with conceptual formal models, funded by the Italian Ministry for University and Research (MUR). Series Description ------------------ The IAOA [3] has created ESAO [1], an educational effort directed towards topics of Applied Ontology, primarily established basics and foundations. The series is inspired by the Interdisciplinary Schools on Applied Ontology (ISAO) [4]. ESAO is complementary in format and its overall approach. The goal is to provide a combination of an archive of educational material (e.g., short video lectures) and a series of webinars for presenting and discussing that material. Organization ------------ Members of the Education Technical Committee of IAOA [5] and among those primarily (in alphabetical order): * Luc?a G?mez ?lvarez * Frank Loebe * Sandra Lovren?i? * Cassia Trojahn (Chair) * Laure Vieu Contact E-Mail: info at iaoa.org [1] Educational Series on Applied Ontology https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:ESAO [2] Session time locally and in further places https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20231219T1400 [3] IAOA website http://iaoa.org/ [4] ISAO History page https://iaoa.org/index.php/isao-history/ [5] Entry page of the IAOA Education Technical Committee https://iaoa.org/index.php/faq/education-committee/ Connection Details ------------------ Topic: ESAO 10th Time: Dec 19, 2023 03:00 PM Paris Join Zoom Meeting https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/95709820112?pwd=VXlYTi8zbzBDbjVkUW1Qa2dGMW4zUT09 Meeting ID: 957 0982 0112 Passcode: 770691 --- Join by SIP ? 95709820112 at zoomcrc.com --- Join by H.323 ? 162.255.37.11 (US West) ? 162.255.36.11 (US East) ? 221.122.88.195 (China) ? 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) ? 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) ? 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) ? 213.244.140.110 (Germany) ? 103.122.166.55 (Australia Sydney) ? 103.122.167.55 (Australia Melbourne) ? 209.9.211.110 (Hong Kong SAR) ? 149.137.40.110 (Singapore) ? 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) ? 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) ? 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) ? 207.226.132.110 (Japan Tokyo) ? 149.137.24.110 (Japan Osaka) Meeting ID: 957 0982 0112 Passcode: 770691 --- From Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it Sat Dec 23 17:57:00 2023 From: Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it (Kutz Oliver) Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 16:57:00 +0000 Subject: [iaoa-general] IAOA Fellowship - Call for Nominations by Jan 21, 2024 Message-ID: <7994C973-D8EC-4E53-8503-18BCEDD895AB@unibz.it> Dear ontology enthusiasts, the IAOA [1] has established an award of honorary fellowships [2] in order to recognise distinguished scholars in the field of applied ontology. IAOA Fellows will have contributed significantly and in a sustained manner to the field of applied ontology, for example by outstanding scientific achievements, which often goes hand-in-hand with their strong dedication and service to the community. Their selection is subject to an annual process based on nominations from the community. For 2024, we solicit nominations by January 21, 2024 (Sunday, UTC-12). Please send nominations to [3] info at iaoa.org. Complete details on the process are specified in the IAOA's Fellowship Procedure [4], an excerpt of which describing the nomination requirements is copied below. The 2024 selection committee consists of - Jo?o Paulo A. Almeida, Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES), Vitoria, Brazil - Nicola Guarino, Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA), Trento, Italy - Oliver Kutz, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy - Deborah McGuinness, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA - Laure Vieu, Toulouse Institute for Computer Science Research (IRIT), France We look forward to each nomination, with many thanks in advance for the effort! Season's greetings and best regards, Oliver Kutz President, IAOA --- < excerpt from [4] > To nominate a person, a nominator sends a message to the committee that summarizes the main contributions of the nominee to applied ontology and argues why the nominee should be selected. The nomination should be seconded by at least one supporter. Among the nominator and the supporter(s), at least one should be an IAOA member. Self nominations are not allowed. A nominee cannot be part of the selection committee. If that happens, the nominee will be given the option to reject the nomination or withdraw from the selection committee. --- [1] International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA) https://iaoa.org [2] IAOA Fellowship (web page) https://iaoa.org/index.php/organization/fellows/ [3] IAOA contact mail address, to be used for nominations info at iaoa.org [4] IAOA Fellowship Procedure https://iaoa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IAOA-Fellow-Procedure.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: