From stefano.borgo at cnr.it Mon Mar 4 16:48:58 2024 From: stefano.borgo at cnr.it (Stefano Borgo) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 16:48:58 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] CfP: Ontology for Heterogeneous Knowledge in Design and Planning (KoDeP2024) @ ICCSA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The 24th ?International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications? (ICCSA2024, https://iccsa.org/)will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam - July 1-4, 2024 in *hybrid format*. This year we organised a special workshop session on *Ontology for Heterogeneous Knowledge in Design and Planning (KoDeP2024)* to which we invite you and your collaborators to submit a contribution. Please feel free to disseminate this invitation to any person you think might be interested. Abstracts and short/long papers submission deadline is March 31 with formatting as in the Springer Series guidelines (https://iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors). The aim of the workshop is to explore the connections between applied ontology and the theory-in-action (Schon, 1983; Gergen, Zielke, 2006; Dick, et al. 2009) space of design (e.g. design theory) and planning (e.g. multi-agent planning, organizational theory) frameworks. The workshop focuses on the fields of architecture, design, engineering, management where applied ontology methodologies can help to develop a cognitive framework for the theory-in-action approach by disambiguating the terminology and allowing the principled organization of complex knowledge. Ontology, understood as the general theory of types of entities and relations making up a domain of inquiry, provides a solid foundation for modeling and using heterogeneous knowledge. In the last few years, a variety of research results have outlined that design ontology and space ontology (geography, environment, places and regions as life settlements, urban resilience achievements) are structurally and organizationally linked. In this vein, efforts to develop operational ontologies in these domains (e.g. individual and/or social, artificial and/or natural) should be compared and integrated to produce effective and multi-perspective theory-in-action frames. Our main purpose is to solicit works aiming to elicit and highlight the richness of possibilities that the ontological approach makes accessible in design and in planning processes. *Topics* Important relations arise between foundational and applied ontologies and the above cited knowledge domains. Among the other issues relevant to the ICCSA conference, the workshop pays attention to the following ones: -the relation between natural objects/artifacts in dealing with complex environmental systems; space and time interaction in dealing with the making/regeneration of a city or of a design object; -the relation among cognition, natural and/or formal language, and semantics in complex agent-based systems like environmental/urban systems; - ontology applied to knowledge management; ontology in design; -ontologies applied to specific sciences or professional domains; - use of applied ontologies in architecture, engineering, and for the general organization of actual space. The publication in the Springer LNCS series needs to be confirmed. Paper submission WORKSHOP PAPERS: Papers must be between 12 to 18 pages and formatted according to the LNCS rules. PROCEEDINGS We plan to publish the proceedings as a volume of the Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) edited by Springer (acceptance by Springer pending) which are indexed by Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in ISI Web of Science), and several other indexing services. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions, and citable DOI numbers. All reviewed papers will be checked against Plagiarism and Generative AI. Please feel free to reach us for any information or explanation We hope to meet you at the Workshop Best Regards *KODeP2024 Organization board* Maria Rosaria (Rossella) Stufano Melone, Politecnico di Bari, ISTC-CNR (Research associate) Domenico Camarda, Politecnico di Bari, ISTC-CNR (Research associate) Stefano Borgo, ISTC-CNR, LOA Trento -- Stefano Borgo CNR, ISTITUTO DI SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE DELLA COGNIZIONE (CNR-ISTC) LABORATORY FOR APPLIED ONTOLOGY (LOA) Tel. 0461314873 stefano.borgo at cnr.it Via alla Cascata, 56/C, 38123 ? Trento *www.cnr.it* Devolvi il 5?1000 al CNR CF 80054330586 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Formal ontology is the systematic study of the types of entities and relations comprising the domains of interest represented in modern information systems. The conference encourages the submission of high-quality, not previously published results on both theoretical issues and practical advancements. FOIS 2024 will have distinct tracks for foundational issues, ontology applications and methods, and domain ontologies. FOIS is the flagship conference of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA), a non-profit organization promoting interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in formal ontology. FOIS 2024 will be held both online and in Enschede, the Netherlands, by the Semantics, Cybersecurity & Services group of the University of Twente. **Submission types** FOIS 2024 seeks three types of full-length (14 pages) high-quality papers on a wide range of topics: * Foundational papers address content-related ontological issues, their formal representation, and their relevance to some aspect of information systems. * Application and Methods papers address novel systems, methods, and tools related to building, evaluating, or using ontologies, emphasizing the impact of ontology contents. * Domain ontology papers describe a novel ontology for a specific realm of interest, clarifying ontological choices against requirements and foundational theory, and showing ontology use. For more information on the submission instructions, please visit: https://urlsand.esvalabs.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.utwente.nl%2Fen%2Feemcs%2Ffois2024%2Fcalls%2F%23submission-instructions&e=ed7a584b&h=d655ee9e&f=y&p=y As usual, the FOIS proceedings will be published by IOS Press. **Topics of interest** Foundational Issues: * Kinds of entities: particulars/universals, continuants/occurrents, abstracta/concreta, dependent entities/independent entities, natural objects/artifacts, events/processes * Formal relations: parthood, identity, connection, dependence, constitution, causality, subsumption, instantiation * Vagueness and granularity * Space, time, and change Methodological issues: * Top-level vs. domain-specific ontologies * Role of reference ontologies * Ontology similarity, integration, alignment, matching and entity reconciliation * Ontology modularity, patterns, and contextuality * Ontology evaluation, quality, reuse, adaptation, and evolution * Ontology compliance with FAIR principles * Formal comparison among ontologies * Relationship between conceptual modeling and ontologies * Relationship with cognition, language, semantics, and context * Connections between knowledge graphs and ontologies * Methodological issues in the applications of ontologies * Social issues, such as trust or bias, with respect to ontologies Applications: * Technical applications of ontologies, such as: * Semantic Web * Other areas of AI (Machine Learning, Explainable AI, Rules) * Qualitative modeling * Systems applications of ontologies, such as: * Ontology-driven information systems design * Ontology-based data access * Knowledge managementInformation retrieval * Computational linguistics * Metadata management * Domain applications of ontologies, such as: * Ontologies for business modeling * Ontologies for particular scientific disciplines (biology, chemistry, geography, physics, geoscience, cognitive sciences, linguistics, etc.) * Ontologies for engineering: shape, form and function, artifacts, manufacturing, design, architecture, etc. * Ontologies for the humanities: arts, cultural studies, history, literature, philosophy, etc. * Ontologies for the social sciences: economics, law, political science, anthropology, archeology, etc. * Ontologies for Open Science and dataset sharing Domain-specific ontologies: * Ontology of physical reality (matter, space, time, motion, etc.) * Ontology of biological reality (organisms, genes, proteins, cells, etc.) * Ontology of mental reality and agency (beliefs, intentions, emotions, perceptions, cognition, etc.) * Ontology of artifacts, functions, capacities and roles * Ontology of social reality (institutions, organizations, norms, social relationships, artistic expressions, etc.) **Organisation** General Chairs Giancarlo Guizzardi; University of Twente; The Netherlands Program Committee Chairs Cassia Trojahn, IRIT Universit? Toulouse 2, France Daniele Porello, University of Genova, Italy Local Organisation Chair Tiago Prince Sales, University of Twente, The Netherlands JOWO Chairs Claudenir M. Fonseca, University of Twente, The Netherlands Guendalina Righetti, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Online Chairs Sergio de Cesare, University of Westminster, UK FAIR Chairs Luiz Olavo Bonino, University of Twente, The Netherlands Journal-first Chairs Emilio Sanfilippo, ISTC-CNR Laboratory for Applied Ontology, Italy Adrien Barton, IRIT & CNRS, France Ontology Showcase Chairs Laura Daniele, TNO, The Netherlands Jo?o Paulo A. Almeida, Federal University of Esp?rito Santo, Brazil Demonstration Chairs Pawel Garbacz, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Robert Pergl, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Project Exhibition Chair Enrico Franconi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Paul Johannesson, Stockholm University, Sweden Industry Chairs Jan Voskuil, Taxonic, The Netherlands Mara Abel, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Tutorial Chairs Chiara Ghidini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy Veruska Zamborlini, Federal University of Esp?rito Santo, Brazil Early Career Symposium Chairs Zubeida Dawood, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Pedro Paulo F. Barcelos, University of Twente, The Netherlands Publicity Chairs Mattia Fumagalli, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Greta Adamo, Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain Proceedings Chairs Pedro Paulo F. 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URL: From aristoteleadamo at gmail.com Tue Mar 12 11:42:32 2024 From: aristoteleadamo at gmail.com (Greta Adamo) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:42:32 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] [FOIS2024][CfP] *2nd Deadline extension* FOIS 2024 deadline extension main track Message-ID: (apologies for cross-posting) ============================ 14th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2024) 15-19 July 2024 (Enschede, Netherlands) - 08-09 July 2024 (online) Website: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/ Paper submission deadline: 26 February 4 March18 March 2024 (AoE) ============================ Definition & scope The FOIS conference is a meeting point for all researchers interested in formal ontology. Formal ontology is the systematic study of the types of entities and relations comprising the domains of interest represented in modern information systems. The conference encourages the submission of high-quality, not previously published results on both theoretical issues and practical advancements. FOIS 2024 will have distinct tracks for foundational issues, ontology applications and methods, and domain ontologies. FOIS is the flagship conference of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA) , a non-profit organization promoting interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in formal ontology. FOIS 2024 will be held both online and in Enschede, the Netherlands, by the Semantics, Cybersecurity & Services group of the University of Twente. Important dates Paper submission deadline: 26 February 4 March18 March 2024 (AoE) Notifications: 15 April 10 May 2024 Virtual conference: 8-9 July 2024 Onsite conference: 15-19 July 2024 Camera-ready papers: 30 July 2024 Submission types FOIS 2024 seeks three types of full-length (14 pages) high-quality papers on a wide range of topics: - Foundational papers address content-related ontological issues, their formal representation, and their relevance to some aspect of information systems. - Application and Methods papers address novel systems, methods, and tools related to building, evaluating, or using ontologies, emphasizing the impact of ontology contents. - Domain ontology papers describe a novel ontology for a specific realm of interest, clarifying ontological choices against requirements and foundational theory, and showing ontology use. For more information on the submission instructions, please visit: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/calls/#submission-instructions As usual, the FOIS proceedings will be published by IOS Press. Topics of interest: Foundational Issues - Kinds of entities: particulars/universals, continuants/occurrents, abstracta/concreta, dependent entities/independent entities, natural objects/artifacts, events/processes - Formal relations: parthood, identity, connection, dependence, constitution, causality, subsumption, instantiation - Vagueness and granularity - Space, time, and change Methodological issues - Top-level vs. domain-specific ontologies - Role of reference ontologies - Ontology similarity, integration, alignment, matching and entity reconciliation - Ontology modularity, patterns, and contextuality - Ontology evaluation, quality, reuse, adaptation, and evolution - Ontology compliance with FAIR principles - Formal comparison among ontologies - Relationship between conceptual modeling and ontologies - Relationship with cognition, language, semantics, and context - Connections between knowledge graphs and ontologies - Methodological issues in the applications of ontologies - Social issues, such as trust or bias, with respect to ontologies Applications - Technical applications of ontologies, such as: - Semantic Web - Other areas of AI (Machine Learning, Explainable AI, Rules) - Qualitative modeling - Systems applications of ontologies, such as: - Ontology-driven information systems design - Ontology-based data access - Knowledge managementInformation retrieval - Computational linguistics - Metadata management - Domain applications of ontologies, such as: - Ontologies for business modeling - Ontologies for particular scientific disciplines (biology, chemistry, geography, physics, geoscience, cognitive sciences, linguistics, etc.) - Ontologies for engineering: shape, form and function, artifacts, manufacturing, design, architecture, etc. - Ontologies for the humanities: arts, cultural studies, history, literature, philosophy, etc. - Ontologies for the social sciences: economics, law, political science, anthropology, archeology, etc. - Ontologies for Open Science and dataset sharing Domain-specific ontologies - Ontology of physical reality (matter, space, time, motion, etc.) - Ontology of biological reality (organisms, genes, proteins, cells, etc.) - Ontology of mental reality and agency (beliefs, intentions, emotions, perceptions, cognition, etc.) - Ontology of artifacts, functions, capacities and roles - Ontology of social reality (institutions, organizations, norms, social relationships, artistic expressions, etc.) Organisation General Chairs Giancarlo Guizzardi; University of Twente; The Netherlands Program Committee Chairs Cassia Trojahn, IRIT Universit? Toulouse 2, France Daniele Porello, University of Genova, Italy Local Organisation Chair Tiago Prince Sales, University of Twente, The Netherlands JOWO Chairs Claudenir M. Fonseca, University of Twente, The Netherlands Guendalina Righetti, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Online Chairs Sergio de Cesare, University of Westminster, UK FAIR Chairs Luiz Olavo Bonino, University of Twente, The Netherlands Journal-first Chairs Emilio Sanfilippo, ISTC-CNR Laboratory for Applied Ontology, Italy Adrien Barton, IRIT & CNRS, France Ontology Showcase Chairs Laura Daniele, TNO, The Netherlands Jo?o Paulo A. Almeida, Federal University of Esp?rito Santo, Brazil Demonstration Chairs Pawel Garbacz, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Robert Pergl, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Project Exhibition Chair Enrico Franconi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Paul Johannesson, Stockholm University, Sweden Industry Chairs Jan Voskuil, Taxonic, The Netherlands Mara Abel, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Tutorial Chairs Chiara Ghidini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy Veruska Zamborlini, Federal University of Esp?rito Santo, Brazil Early Career Symposium Chairs Zubeida Dawood, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Pedro Paulo F. Barcelos, University of Twente, The Netherlands Publicity Chairs Mattia Fumagalli, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Greta Adamo, Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain Proceedings Chairs Pedro Paulo F. 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As a consequence, it highlighted the demand for ethical and reliable AI that aligns AI tools to moral and cultural human values - especially when hybridizing knowledge structures and semantic data with generative. The first edition of WISDOMS, the Workshop on Integrating the Semantics of Data, Ontologies, Moral and cultural values and their Societal impact, aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and experts to explore the convergence of ethics, moral and cultural values, and socio-behavioral norms with hybrid knowledge structures, knowledge graphs and generative AI. The workshop welcomes papers and abstracts for presentations that tackle the challenges of representing values in ontologies, adapting and evaluating ontologies for value-centric domains, and utilizing cutting-edge technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs) within the realm of Semantic Web to address the unique hurdles of working with complex ethical data. More information on the website! Welcomed paper types: - Full Papers (10-12 pages excluding references) - Short Papers (5-8 pages excluding references) - Position Papers (1-4 pages excluding references, not included in the proceedings) - Extended Abstract of recently published papers (1-4 pages excluding references, not included in the proceedings) Topics of interest include: - Ethical dilemmas and theoretical foundations in value knowledge representation - Development and methodology for value-centric vocabulary, schema, and ontology - Formalization of ethical frameworks (e.g., Deontic, Utilitaristic, Social Contract, etc.) for moral reasoning - Foundational ontologies (e.g., DOLCE, BFO, UFO, etc.) for modeling ethics and values - Harmonization of moral and cultural value theories with ontological structures - Formal approaches for values and ethics as embodied cognition structures - Policy formalization with ontologies and knowledge graphs for ethical AI - Values in time: Temporal knowledge graphs for value alignment - Neuro-symbolic and hybrid semantic web tools for moral reasoning - Cross-cultural values and norms representation - Value-sensitive autonomous agents - FAIR principles for knowledge graph construction and data curation - Automated and semi-automated construction of knowledge graphs for values and norms - Commonsense knowledge and value recognition semantic technologies - Automatic extraction of moral and cultural values from multimodal resources - Innovative workflows and tools for ethical knowledge extraction - Value-driven system design and explainability - Standards, measures, and best practices for ontologies within ethical AI -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Common application areas include conceptual modeling, database design, knowledge engineering and management, software engineering, organizational modeling, artificial intelligence, robotics, computational linguistics, the life sciences, bioinformatics, and scientific research in general, geographic information science, information retrieval, library and information science, as well as the Semantic Web. FOIS is the flagship conference of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA) , a non-profit organization promoting interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in formal ontology. FOIS 2024 will be held both online and in Enschede, the Netherlands, by the Semantics, Cybersecurity & Services group of the University of Twente. The conference includes the following calls: - Main Track: deadline has passed - Workshops - Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO): deadline has passed - Tutorials: deadline has passed - Early Career Symposium - Journal-first - Ontology showcase - Demonstrations - Research and Industrial Project Exhibition ============================ Call for Early Career Symposium Submission deadline: 15 March 2024 29 March 2024 Webpage: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/calls/early-career-symposium/ ============================ The Early Career Symposium offers a platform for students and early career researchers to present their work and gain insights from experienced researchers. This symposium enables participants to discuss their research directions, ideas, methods, and (possibly) results. It also provides an opportunity for guidance on various aspects of the participants? professional and academic life, and facilitates networking within the formal ontology and information systems? research community. The symposium covers the same topics of interest as the main conference and is primarily directed at Ph.D. students. However, it is also open to M.Sc. and Eng.D. students, as well as recent Ph.D. graduates. Format The ECS will be held on-site during the FOIS conference and will include: - Mentoring Lunch: ECS participants will be paired with senior researchers who will offer feedback on their work and provide academic or professional advice. - Fast-Talk Session: Participants will have the opportunity to advertise their work in a 5-minute speech to the conference?s main track general audience. - Poster Session: A traditional format where participants can display and discuss their research in more detail. The ECS offers a unique opportunity for the next generation of FOIS researchers to network and advance their careers. Additionally, we plan to organize an optional, informal dinner for ECS participants and students during the conference. Details regarding participation will be provided during the registration process. Important dates - Submission deadline: 15 March 2024 29 March 2024 - Notification of acceptance: 15 April 2024 ============================ Call for Journal-first Paper submission: 17 April 2024 Webpage: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/calls/journal-first/ ============================ The FOIS 2024 journal-first track provides a forum to discuss recent published research on topics related to formal ontology for broader dissemination within the FOIS community. The track invites submissions of extended abstracts of papers that have appeared or have been accepted for publication in journals, but have not been previously presented at FOIS or any other applied ontology-focused conference, including ICBO, ISWC, ESWC, K-CAP, and all JOWO workshops. Copyright permitting, accepted abstracts to the track (or shortened versions) will be published in the conference proceedings for FOIS satellite events within the IAOA series at CEUR-WS . In addition, they will be presented during the conference (either on-site or online). Accepted papers to the track will be linked to the conference website. At least one author of each accepted abstract is required to register for the conference to present the work (on-site or online). Expected contributions For the journal-first track, we solicit submissions that meet the following criteria: - - They relate to the topics of the FOIS conference (see FOIS 2024's call for papers ). - - They are not extensions of an earlier conference or workshop paper. - - They must have been published in a journal in 2021 or later. - - They are research articles, but not review articles or commentaries. - Submissions that are in press can be submitted as long as the final camera-ready version is available. Important dates - Paper submission: 17 April 2024 - Author notification: 15 May 2024 ============================ Call for Ontology Showcase Paper submission: 17 April 2024 Webpage: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/calls/showcase/ ============================ The Ontology Showcase at FOIS gives authors the opportunity to increase the impact of their work, get early feedback from the community on ongoing work, and promote the sharing and the reuse of curated high-quality ontologies. Differentiation from the Main Track The ontology showcase is a practical track aimed at stimulating the community to share their ontologies, make them more visible, and get (early) feedback, even if their development is still an ongoing or early work that does not provide a mature scientific contribution suitable to be submitted (yet) to the main track. Important dates Paper submission: 17 April 2024 Notification of acceptance: 15 May 2024 Author registration: 03 June 2024 Online conference: 08-09 July 2024 Onsite conference (Enschede): 15-19 ============================ Call for Demonstrations Submissions due: 17 April 2024 Website: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/calls/demos/#definition-and-scope ============================ The demonstration track complements FOIS 2024 full-length paper main tracks by offering an interactive platform for authors to present and discuss their work. We invite demonstrations of tools and methods developed using ontologies, as well as those to create, maintain, integrate, publish, evaluate, and implement ontologies. We also invite demonstrations of novel ontology (anti)patterns and of challenges arising in the ontology engineering life cycle. The goal is to raise the visibility and foster understanding of the dynamic, integrative, and use-oriented aspects of applied ontology, its tools, and its uses. We encourage the demonstrations of software tools, patterns, methods, and languages reported in papers accepted for the main tracks. For example, a novel ontology engineering method proposed in a full-length paper in the Application and Methods track can be complemented by demonstrating the method. Important dates Submissions due: 17 April 2024 Notifications of acceptance: 15 May 2024 Onsite Conference: 15-19 July 2024 Online conference: 08-09 July 2024 Camera-ready versions due: 30 July 2024 ============================ Call for Research and Industrial Project Exhibition Paper submission: 29 April 2024 Website: https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/calls/project-exhibitions/ ============================ FOIS 2024's Research and Industrial Project Exhibition invites researchers and practitioners to present their perspectives, ongoing, or recently finished projects (e.g., H2020, ERC, national grants) involving in some form the area of Formal Ontology in Information Systems. The primary goal is to provide a platform for disseminating interim project results and receiving feedback on evolving research proposals. This event fosters collaboration by facilitating connections between potential research partners, nurturing existing relationships, and encouraging discourse on innovative research ideas. Participants gain insights into ongoing research developments and opportunities to network with potential collaborators. We also welcome submissions from other tracks of FOIS 2024 to present their broader project context within the Project Exhibitions track, offering an opportunity to showcase how these submissions fit into the context of larger projects. Projects should: - address important challenges in Formal Ontology or utilise Formal Ontology methods; - be either research or innovation projects; - be currently ongoing, scheduled to begin, or in the planning phase; - aim, within a specified timeframe and led by a team or consortium, to tackle a challenge set by an organisation or funding entity. Important dates Paper submission: 29 April 2024 Author notification: 15 May 2024 Author registration: 03 June 2024 Conference (Enschede, Netherlands): 15-19 July 2024 Camera-ready papers: 30 July 2024 FOIS 2024 Organization General Chair Giancarlo Guizzardi; University of Twente; The Netherlands Program Committee Chairs Cassia Trojahn, IRIT Universit? Toulouse 2, France Daniele Porello, University of Genova, Italy Local Organisation Chair Tiago Prince Sales, University of Twente, The Netherlands JOWO Chairs Claudenir M. Fonseca, University of Twente, The Netherlands Guendalina Righetti, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Online Chairs Sergio de Cesare, University of Westminster, UK FAIR Chairs Luiz Olavo Bonino, University of Twente, The Netherlands Journal-first Chairs Emilio Sanfilippo, ISTC-CNR Laboratory for Applied Ontology, Italy Adrien Barton, IRIT & CNRS, France Ontology Showcase Chairs Laura Daniele, TNO, The Netherlands Jo?o Paulo A. Almeida, Federal University of Esp?rito Santo, Brazil Demonstration Chairs Pawel Garbacz, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Robert Pergl, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Project Exhibition Chair Enrico Franconi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Paul Johannesson, Stockholm University, Sweden Industry Chairs Jan Voskuil, Taxonic, The Netherlands Mara Abel, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Tutorial Chairs Chiara Ghidini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy Veruska Zamborlini, Federal University of Esp?rito Santo, Brazil Early Career Symposium Chairs Zubeida Dawood, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa Pedro Paulo F. Barcelos, University of Twente, The Netherlands Publicity Chairs Mattia Fumagalli, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Greta Adamo, Basque Centre for Climate Change, Spain Proceedings Chairs Pedro Paulo F. 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URL: From aristoteleadamo at gmail.com Wed Mar 27 14:24:13 2024 From: aristoteleadamo at gmail.com (Greta Adamo) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:24:13 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] [CfP] 2nd CfP - FOUST VIII @ JOWO 2024, July 15-19, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Message-ID: (apologies for potential cross-posting) ============================ FOUST VIII 8th Edition of the Foundational Ontology Workshop part of the 10th Joint Ontology Workshops (JOWO 2024), held at the 14th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS), July 15-19, 2024 University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands Website: https://foust.inf.unibz.it Contact: foustworkshop at gmail.com Submission deadline: April 17, 2024 ============================ About the workshop: Foundational Ontologies are attempts to systematise very high-level categories of thought or reality. In practical terms, they aim to understand and formalise the meaning of very general terms, such as object, event, property, time, quality, relation, and process. Once formalised, these terms provide the top-level categories that are in principle common to many (if not all) domains of application. Consequently, Foundational Ontologies are widely acknowledged as crucial tools for tackling system and software interoperability issues. Despite this recognition, there is less consensus on the specific entities a foundational ontology should cover, its organisational structure, its scope, and even its role in relation to more specialised domain ontologies. This lack of consensus often reflects deep-rooted debates stemming from different philosophical perspectives on reality, mind, and language. Traditionally FOUST concentrates on a series of topics in foundational ontology. This encompasses discussing philosophical foundations, presenting new research on specific foundational ontologies, discussing existing foundational ontologies, comparing them, and examining their relevance to the broader ontological enterprise. In some editions, FOUST adds a special topic to attract attention to some research questions. Along with this tradition, this year's focus revolves around the role of constructional approaches in applied ontology. The concept of constructional ontology, introduced by Kit Fine in his influential paper ?The Study of Ontology? (1991), involves assuming a set of ontological givens or basic elements and a set of constructors that can be iteratively applied to generate new elements in the ontology. This idea is related to the iterative conception of sets (G?del 1964, Boolos 1971), a powerful paradigm in the philosophy of mathematics designed to prevent paradoxes (e.g. the ?Russell set?). Besides the usual topics, this edition of FOUST aims to explore how similar ideas can be implemented in applied ontology. What does it mean to have a constructional ontology, in practice? Are there recurring patterns that can be considered as ontological givens? Do reusable patterns of constructions exist? What are the conceivable means of construction, and, crucially, what are the practical advantages of adopting such an approach in applied ontology? In fostering and starting a discussion of these themes, FOUST VIII welcomes presentations of ongoing research and perspectives that encourage interdisciplinary dialogue among the diverse sub-fields of applied ontology. Papers centered around the traditional workshop topics are also highly encouraged. Topics of interest This include (but are not limited to): - Constructional approaches in applied ontology. - Methodological aspects in applied ontology. - Changes to existing foundational ontologies/extensions by new modules. - Novel research on any specific category or topic that is usually covered by foundational ontology: - functions, - roles, - time, - mereology, - ontological dependence, - constitution, - properties and intensional entities, - collectives and social entities. - Theoretical results about specific foundational ontologies (e.g., consistency proofs, modularizations) - Application results of foundational ontologies in AI, the Semantic Web, Linguistics, and more. - Conceptual and formal comparisons and alignments of foundational ontologies. - Relationship and alignment of foundational ontologies and domain ontologies. - Philosophical foundations for applied ontology. Important Dates: Submission deadline: April 17, 2024 Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2024 Camera-ready deadline: June 30, 2024 Workshop dates: 15-19, 2024 Submissions: We welcome three types of submissions. Abstract for presentation only: 2-3 pages (not included as a paper in the proceedings); Short papers: 5-9 pages; Full research papers: max. 10-14 pages. Submissions must be sent via Easychair as a single PDF file and should be formatted in CEUR 1-column format. Template:https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html; https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-workshop-proceedings-ceur-ws-dot-org/wqyfdgftmcfw . Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fois2024. (Please select the track JOWO Workshop - FOUST VIII) Organisation: Greta Adamo, BC3 ? Basque Centre for Climate Change Guendalina Righetti, University of Oslo Steering committee: Stefano Borgo ? Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy Oliver Kutz ? Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Frank Loebe ? University of Leipzig, Germany Fabian Neuhaus ? Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: