From Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it Tue May 13 16:53:56 2025 From: Oliver.Kutz at unibz.it (Kutz Oliver) Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 14:53:56 +0000 Subject: [iaoa-general] PhD Position at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, in cooperation with Sony CSL, Barcelona. Message-ID: In partnership with Sony CSL Barcelona, we invite applications for a fully funded 3 year PhD Position, starting in November 2025, on the topic of ?Predicting the evolution of scientific knowledge: exploiting knowledge graphs and ontology embeddings? Application Deadline: Apply before June 11, 2025 A more detailed topic description is below. The PhD project is coordinated by Prof. Oliver Kutz and Prof. Diego Calvanese at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy), and by Dr. Tarek Besold at Sony CSL (Barcelona, Spain). The successful applicant is expected to spend two extended 6 months periods in the Sony Lab Barcelona, with main PhD studies pursued in Bolzano within the world-renowned KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge Based Artificial Intelligence. https://www.inf.unibz.it/krdb/ Full details about the PhD program in Computer Science at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and the application procedure are at the following link: https://www.unibz.it/en/faculties/engineering/phd-computer-science/ Topic Description: In partnership with Sony CSL, we invite applications for a PhD position in graph-based machine learning and semantic modeling. The PhD project is set up in collaboration with Sony's "AI for Scientific Discovery? team and will address AI/ML topics relating to the literature-based prediction of novel scientific insights, spanning from theoretical questions related to the use of knowledge graphs and ontology embeddings in ML models to the application of the resulting methods in high-impact real-world applications from the life sciences. Topics can connect to one or several of the following themes: ? Extracting and representing multi-modal information (concepts and their relationships, experimental quantitative data, figures/graphs...) from scientific publications ? Modeling scientific knowledge and its evolution over time in expressive knowledge graphs ? Integrating semantic information (e.g., through ontologies) in ML models ? Developing high-accuracy link prediction and edge classification models over temporal sequences of expressive knowledge graphs Required mandatory skills: The PhD topic resides at the intersection of machine learning, knowledge representation and reasoning, and semantic technologies. The candidate has undertaken machine learning and knowledge representation courses with proficiency. Ideally, the MSc thesis is in the field of graph neural networks, neurosymbolic integration, or knowledge-informed machine learning. Solid programming skills in Python and experience with PyTorch are required. Desirable (optional) skills: Previous experience with knowledge graphs and ontologies is a strong plus. Familiarity with the field of biomedical science as prospective application domain is a strong plus. Previous experience with software engineering is a plus. Ideally, the MSc thesis has led or will lead to a publication. 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A twenty page document titled ?Information Management: A proposal? started as an intriguing proposal for a one-year project, and ended being the birth certificate of the internet, signed by one Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Had he not shared his idea with his community at CERN, we would not have been able to send you this e-mail. In this light, what will we miss if you do not share your ideas? Take this chance, we welcome your work within the communities of Joint Ontologies Workshops (JOWO).' You may find landing grounds for your work in one of the following JOWO workshops: 1. Cognition and OntologiesS (CAOS9) 2. 14th International Workshop on Formal Ontologies Meet Industry (FOMI) 3. Fifth International Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage (SWODCH 2025) 4. The Ninth Image Schema Day (ISD9) 5. Integrated Food Ontology Workshop (IFOW 2025) 6. 9th Workshop on Foundational Ontology (FOUST IX) 7. 2nd Playing with Meanings workshop (PwM2) 8. Knowledge Management and process mining for Law (KM4LAW) 9. The 2nd International Workshop on Modeling for Cybersecurity (Shields 2) 10. Second Annual Workshop on Convergence of Large-Language Models and Ontologies (ONTOLLM 2025) 11. Explicit and Implicit Knowledge Extraction (EIKE) 12. Ontologies for Services and Social-good (OSS) 13. Workshop on Promoting Healthy Aging through the Semantic Enrichment of Social Science (PHASES 2025) 14. Perspectival Ontology Workshop on Entities that can be Realized (POWERs) 15. Planning and Ontology Workshop (PLATO) * JOWO is co-hosted with the 15th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS), held at Catania from September 8-12, 2025. Please take note of the following dates: JOWO Workshops * Workshop paper submission deadline: 25 May 2025 1 June 14 June 2025* * Workshop paper author notification: 14 July 2025 * Camera-ready submission: 1 September 2025 * Reference submission deadline; actual deadlines may still differ between workshops in the end. Therefore, make sure to consult the calls from the workshops themselves, as those are leading. For more information what each workshop is about, please visit https://www.dmi.unict.it/fois2025/?page_id=499 Registration for FOIS and JOWO is available soon. Make sure to keep an eye out. The current deadlines for registration are: * Early bird registration: July 25th, 2025 * On site registration: August 31st, 2025 For more information, please visit the registration page. We, the organization of FOIS and JOWO, look forward to receiving your submissions. 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