From vieu at irit.fr Wed Feb 8 17:31:46 2023 From: vieu at irit.fr (Laure Vieu) Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 17:31:46 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] 6th ESAO Webinar, Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 -- Call for Participation Message-ID: <4c534dfc-cd28-b0d8-697a-22041e7bb239@irit.fr> Dear all, The Educational Series on Applied Ontology (ESAO) [1] is open for everyone and welcomes students, researchers and practitioners alike. The sixth of its regular webinar sessions will be held on*Tuesday, 14th, 2023 at 10:00 EST / 15:00 UTC / 16:00 CET / 17:00 SAST* via a Zoom meeting (full connection details at the end of this message): https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/94831243675?pwd=NXpaalpLalQ5UTd3emNUR2VTNGpRZz09 No registration needed; please find full connection details at the end of this message. Program ------- * 10:00-10:30 EST / 15:00-15:30 UTC / 16:00-16:30 CET / 17:00-17:30 SAST Title: Using Abduction to Explain Missing Entailments in OWL Ontologies Patrick Koopmann, TU Dresden Abstract: With increasing complexity, understanding and debugging ontologies becomes a challenging task without the appropriate tool support. In particular, inferences performed by a reasoner may not always be straight-forward, meaning they may produce entailments that we did not expect, or fail to produce entailments that we did expect. While there are different techniques to explain entailments, this talk focusses on the problem of explaining why something does not follow from the ontology. In particular, we explain how abduction may be used towards solving this issue, and discuss challenges and solutions for performing abduction in practice. Series Description ------------------ The IAOA [2] has created ESAO, a new 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) [3] (whose next edition will be held in 2023). 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 [2] and among those primarily (in alphabetical order): * Lucía Gómez Álvarez * Frank Loebe * Sandra Lovrenčić * 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] IAOA website http://iaoa.org/ [3] ISAO History page https://iaoa.org/index.php/isao-history/ Connection Details ------------------ Topic: ESAO 6th Session Time: Feb 14, 2023 04:00 PM Paris Join Zoom Meeting https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/94831243675?pwd=NXpaalpLalQ5UTd3emNUR2VTNGpRZz09 Meeting ID: 948 3124 3675 Passcode: 710393 Join by SIP 94831243675 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: 948 3124 3675 Passcode: 710393 Join by Skype for Business https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/skype/94831243675 From maria.m.hedblom at gmail.com Mon Feb 27 16:15:38 2023 From: maria.m.hedblom at gmail.com (Maria Hedblom) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:15:38 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] =?utf-8?q?2nd_CfP=3A_SAIS=E2=80=9923_-_The_35th_S?= =?utf-8?q?wedish_AI_Society=E2=80=99s_annual_workshop=2C_12-13th_o?= =?utf-8?q?f_June=2C_Karlskrona=2C_Sweden?= Message-ID: *(apologies for possible cross-posting)* 2nd CfP: SAIS’23 - The 35th Swedish AI Society’s annual workshop, 12-13th of June, Karlskrona, Sweden We invite you to submit papers to SAIS 2023, The Swedish AI Society’s annual workshop 2023. It will be hosted in Karlskrona, Sweden, on June 12-13, 2023. The event is hosted by BTH - Blekinge Institute of Technology, and is planned to be an on-campus event in Karlskrona, Sweden. SAIS was formed in 1982 and the annual workshop has seen a growing number of participants joining from all over Sweden, the Nordic countries and internationally. During the workshop, the scientific program consisting of paper presentations and keynote speakers is intermixed with networking opportunities with both academics and industry partners as part of the event's social program. This year's conference dinner will take place at the Naval Museum in Karlskrona. At writing point, we have two confirmed keynote speakers: - Prof. Diego Calvanese, one of the world-leading experts in knowledge representation and semantic technologies from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (IT) and Umeå University (SE) where he acts as a Wallenberg Guest Professor. - Dr Judith Bütepage, a machine learning expert and robotics enthusiast with experience in both the academic and industry sector currently working as a research lead at SEED at Electronic Arts (SE). For submitting to SAIS'23, we invite four types of contributions from all areas of AI research, from Sweden and the rest of the world: - 6-10 pages full paper describing original contributions. General descriptions of current ongoing projects are also acceptable. This category will be published in the proceedings of SAIS 2023 unless the authors choose to opt-out of this. - 2 pages extended abstracts of papers published by or submitted to other AI venues, e.g. AI journals and AI conferences, within the last 12 months. These will not be included in the proceedings, but can still be presented. - 2 pages extended abstract describing the industrial application of AI, demonstrating use cases that can leverage machine learning and AI techniques in a real-world setting. The first author should be from the industry. - 2 pages extended abstract describing ongoing Ph.D. projects (the first author has to be a Ph.D. student). The problem statement and research question/s have to be clearly introduced and motivated. The program committee will review all the papers and extended abstracts. The accepted contributions will be presented either as oral presentations, practical demonstrations or poster sessions. All papers will be carefully reviewed by the program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the electronic workshop proceedings (more details will be communicated). Copyright stays with the authors and authors of previously unpublished papers accepted to the SAIS workshop are encouraged to submit these to other workshops or conferences. All submissions should be in PDF and must be written in English using the Latex template available here All papers and abstracts should be submitted through EasyChair, see workshop webpage for the URL. Please find more information about the workshop at: https://www.bth.se/forskning/forskningsomraden/datavetenskap/sais-23/ Important dates: Submission deadline: 2023-03-31 Notifications of acceptance: 2023-04-23 Camera ready (tentative): 2023-05-14 Conference: 2023-06-12 – 13 Organizing Committee Martin Boldt, BTH, martin.boldt at bth.se Anton Borg, BTH, anton.borg at bth.se Veselka Boeva, BTH, veselka.boeva at bth.se Håkan Grahn, BTH, hakan.grahn at bth.se Maria Hedblom, Jönköping University, maria.m.hedblom at gmail.com Lukas Thode, BTH, lukas.thode at bth.se Steering Chair Fredrik Heintz, LiU, fredrik.heintz at liu.se -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From frank.loebe at informatik.uni-leipzig.de Mon Feb 27 19:01:42 2023 From: frank.loebe at informatik.uni-leipzig.de (Frank Loebe) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:01:42 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] ISAO 2023 - Save the dates -> July 10-14 (Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology held in Sherbrooke, Canada) Message-ID: <82f42a82-9df6-7c6b-7d9d-d7c1c2602f19@informatik.uni-leipzig.de> Ready for a fiesta in ontology education? If YES, please save the dates! Early expressions of interest are welcome and considered non-binding. = Announcement of ISAO 2023 [1] = The Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO) is the premier educational forum for acquiring and deepening knowledge in ontology - its foundations, applications, and interconnections with related areas. July 10-14, 2023 University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada (in person only, _no_ online participation) [1] https://fois2023.griis.ca/isao-2023/ Target audience - PhD students - PostDocs and researchers - Ontology practitioners from business, industry and society Leading experts in applied ontology (AO), formal ontology, modeling, semantics and neighboring fields teach various basic courses as well as engage in interactive formats for deepening the knowledge of all participants, providing a full immersion experience in AO for all levels of expertise. As yet, facilitators include M. Gruninger, N. Guarino, G. Guizzardi, R. Hoehndorf, M. Keet, O. Kutz and B. Smith (more info below). == Important Dates & Schedule == (coarse structure, as of February 2023) - Registration not before late March 2023 - Event on July 10-14 (Mon-Fri) - ca. 3 days (July 10-12/13) of courses (rather introductory) - ca. 2 days (July 13-14) of interactive formats (introductory to advanced) We aim at keeping fees to a minimum (TBD, cf. below) and offering 5-day and 2-day registrations. Cheap accommodation options ease expenses preferentially for student participants. Grants, if any, depend on external funding. Early expressions of interest, though perceived as non-binding, support us in budgeting lower fees. With any issues regarding ISAO 2023, please contact us at [2] iaoa.isao2023 at gmail.com Please feel invited to read more details below, to spread the word in your network, and to join us in July! Best regards, Frank Loebe and Daniele Porello = Details as of February 2023 = == Content of Courses == (shall include, as of Feb 2023) - AO overview - ontological analysis and principles - top-level ontologies - confirmed: tutorial on BFO (by Barry Smith) - bio-ontologies - representation of and logics for ontologies - ontology engineering, managements and methods - relations to - conceptual modeling - cognitive science - machine learning & artificial intelligence - semantic web & knowledge graphs - terminology == Facilitators == *Michael Gruninger* (Semantic Technologies Lab, University of Toronto, Canada) *Nicola Guarino* (Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA), ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) *Giancarlo Guizzardi* (Semantics, Cybersecurity and Services, University of Twente, The Netherlands) *Robert Hoehndorf* (Bio-Ontology Research Group, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi-Arabia) *Maria Keet* (Knowledge Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa) *Oliver Kutz* (Cognitive and Conceptual Modeling Research Group, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy) *Barry Smith* (National Center for Ontological Research, Buffalo, New York, USA) + few pending inquiries == Fees, Expenses & Grants (tentative info) == - ISAO fees remain TBD (soon), aiming low, near former amounts - former editions' fees at ISAO history pages [3] ranged for - students: from 150 EUR / 160 USD / 210 CAD (early) to 300 EUR / 320 USD / 420 CAD (late) - regular: from 250 EUR / 265 USD / 350 CAD (early) to 500 EUR / 530 USD / 700 CAD (late) - budget accommodation available in university student housing (single or double rooms) below 35 EUR/40 USD/50 CAD per night per person - depending on outstanding 3rd party funding decisions, grants may materialize for - waiving or reducing ISAO fees - covering budget accommodation - partial coverage of travel expenses (if at all, in very few cases) == Location Details == University of Sherbrooke 2500, boulevard de l'Université Sherbrooke, Québec Canada J1K 2R1 == Associated Events == Co-located with and - preceding FOIS 2023 [4], the International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems held from July 17-20 in person and September 18-20 online - sharing selected sessions with EINS 2023 [5] the first Interdisciplinary Summer School in Digital Health (École d'été interdisciplinaire en numérique de la santé; primarily in French) Complementing ESAO [6], the Educational Series of Applied Ontology, a continuous series of virtual educational sessions. == Organization == The ISAO series is run by the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA) [7] and is held jointly with FOIS every two years, typically in the week just before. ISAO 2023 is the 5th instance, after 2012/14/16/18 and 5 years of an undesired gap, and hosted by the University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Thanks to local organization support in 2023 by - Jean-François Ethier - Christina Khnaisser - Anne-Marie Cloutier - Angèle Gosselin - Sarah Bilodeau - Maryse Couture - Karine Gagnon - Jeanne Morin General Chairs - Frank Loebe (University of Leipzig, Germany) - Daniele Porello (University of Genoa, Italy) == Contact == [2] iaoa.isao2023 at gmail.com == References == [1] ISAO 2023 website https://fois2023.griis.ca/isao-2023/ [2] ISAO 2023 contact to chairs by email iaoa.isao2023 at gmail.com [3] ISAO history pages https://iaoa.org/index.php/isao-history/ [4] FOIS 2023 website https://fois2023.griis.ca/ [5] EINS 2023 website https://eins.griis.ca/ [6] ESAO series website https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:ESAO [7] IAOA website https://iaoa.org/ From Guendalina.Righetti at student.unibz.it Tue Feb 28 19:24:37 2023 From: Guendalina.Righetti at student.unibz.it (Righetti Guendalina (Student ENG 18)) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:24:37 +0000 Subject: [iaoa-general] =?utf-8?q?Call_for_submissions_-_EarlyCareerSympo?= =?utf-8?q?sium=40FOIS2023=2C_July_17-20=2C_Sherbrooke=2C_Qu=C3=A9bec=2C_C?= =?utf-8?q?anada?= Message-ID: EarlyCareerSymposium @ FOIS2023 - Call for Submissions Part of the 13th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems held July 17-20 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Important Dates: Submission Deadline: March 15th Notification: April 15th Website: ​​https://fois2023.griis.ca/early-career-symposium/ The purpose of the Early Career Symposium is to provide students and early career researchers with a stage to present their work and receive feedback from more experienced researchers. Early career researchers will be able to discuss their research directions, ideas, goals, methods, and (possibly) results. The Early Career Symposium aims to provide students with helpful guidance on different aspects of their research from established researchers and other attendees. Finally, the Early Career Symposium seeks to facilitate students networking within the FOIS research community. The topics of interest of the ECS are the same as the main conference. The symposium is primarily designed for PhD students, but it is open as well for recently graduated PhDs. Format: The ECS will be held as an on-site event during the FOIS conference. It will consist of: 1) a mentoring lunch, in which ECS participants will be assigned senior researchers to provide feedback on participants’ work; 2) a fast-talks session, where participants will have the opportunity to advertise their work in a 5 minutes speech in front of the general audience of the conference; 3) a traditional poster session. With the ECS, the next generation of researchers at FOIS gets an opportunity to network and build up their careers. To this aim, we also plan to have an informal ECS/students dinner during the conference — you will be asked to choose whether to participate in the registration process. Submissions: Submission deadline: March 15th Notification of acceptance: April 15th To join the ECS, candidates should write a summary (up to 3 pages excluding references) of their research project and upload it together with their short CV. You can find the template here: latex, doc, docx, odt, pdf. The template is meant to be used as a general reference to organize the description of the submitted research project in different sections with specific contents. Make sure that the final version of your submission is in a single PDF file. Submissions will be reviewed by selected members of the FOIS Program Committee. Final submission is via EasyChair (see submission instructions): https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=fois2023. After signing in, please select ‘make a new submission’ and then the ‘Early Career Symposium’ track. Organisation: Antoine Zimmermann, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France Guendalina Righetti, Free University Bozen-Bolzano, Italy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: