[agents] 2nd Call for Papers: FOMI 2011 - Formal Ontologies Meet Industry

[Virginia Dignum - TBM]

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APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS

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FOMI 2011 - 5TH Workshop on Formal Ontologies Meet Industry

 

http://www.fomi2011.nl/ 

 

July 7-8, 2011 - Delft, Netherlands

 

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

 

 

CONFERENCE AIMS

 

FOMI is an international forum where academic researchers and industrial practitioners meet to analyze and discuss application issues related to methods, theories, tools and applications based on formal ontologies. There is today wide agreement that knowledge modeling and the semantic dimension of information plays an increasingly central role in networked economy: semantic-based applications aim to provide a framework for information and knowledge sharing, reliable information exchange, meaning negotiation and coordination between distinct organizations or among members of the same organization.

Theoretical research that is driven by the issues that have been raised by recent work in the more applied domains, but often, actual implementation brings up unexpected problems and issues. On the other hand, there is an increasing need for solid theoretical foundations of practical applications of ontologies, based on philosophy, linguistics, artificial intelligence and logic. 

 

The FOMI 2011 Workshop aims to collect useful experiences and lessons learned by the presentation of (1) experienced problems in ontology application, (2) new insights on known problematic issues, (3) new results and observations in ontology implementation, (4) lessons learned on the best way to apply ontological methodologies to real situations.

FOMI 2011 will facilitate open discussion and experience sharing. Very similar problems arise in disparate ontology applications and an open discussion helps to highlight commonalities and to spread ideas for possible solutions. For this reason, FOMI welcomes researchers and practitioners that embrace this perspective without restrictions on the domain they deal with: business, medicine, engineering, finance, law, biology, geography, electronics, etc.

 

KEY NOTES

 

Riichiro Mizoguchi, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Japan

 

CONFERENCE TOPICS (not exhaustive)

 

*problems in ontology application:*

- practical issues in using ontologies in enterprises

- real cases of successful/unsuccessful use of ontology in business

- from legacy systems to the new ontology-driven systems

- ontology integration and alignment

 

*ontology and knowledge management:*

- ontology and ontological methodologies in knowledge management;

- adaptation of ontologies for companies and organizations;

- ontology development and change within organizations;

- ontology effectiveness and evaluation

- ontology-driven representation of products, services, functionalities, design, processes;

- ontologies for the know-how;

- ontologies for corporate knowledge;

 

*ontology in practice:*

- ontologies for electronic catalogs, e-commerce, e-government;

- ontologies for marketing;

- ontologies for finance;

- ontologies for engineering;

- ontologies for medical sciences;

 

*ontology the Web:*

-  Semantic Web

- Web services

- Grid computing

- Computational lexica; Terminology

 

 

SUBMISSIONS AND DATES

 

Submitted papers will be reviewed by at least two member of the Program Committee and selected on the basis of technical quality, relevance of the described experiences, and clarity of the presentation. In particular, we insist that papers should (1) be written for a wide audience and (2) focus on the problematic, successful, etc. ontological aspects. Following the previous FOMI editions, we are considering publishing the proceedings of the workshop in the FAIA series (IOS Press) or as a special issue of "Applied Ontology".

 

* Length approximately 10 to 12 pages

Format and other information are available through the conference website.

 

* Deadlines:

 

- Paper Submission: March 5, 2011

- Acceptance Notification: April 9, 2011

- Camera Ready: May 14, 2011

 

WORKSHOP CHAIRS

 

Virginia Dignum, Information and Communication Technology, Delft University of Technology

Pieter Vermaas, Philosophy, Delft University of Technology

 

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

 

John Bateman, Appliable English Linguistics, University of Bremen, Germany 

Stefano Borgo, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy 

Mathias Brochhausen, Institute Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, Saarbrücken, Germany 

Luigi Ceccaroni, Technical University of Barcelona, Spain 

Koen H. van Dam, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands 

Roberta Ferrario, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy 

Pawel Garbacz, Philosophy Department, John Paul II Catholic University, Lublin, Poland 

Pierre Grenon, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK 

Nicola Guarino, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy 

Heinrich Herre, Research Group Ontologies in Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany 

Rinke Hoekstra, Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands 

Wout Hofman, TNO, the Netherlands 

Laura Hollink, Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands 

Yoshinobu Kitamura, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Japan 

David Koepsell, Philosophy Department, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands 

Peter Kroes, Philosophy Department, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands 

Paola Monachesi, Utrecht University, the Netherlands 

Enrico Motta, Open University, UK 

Matthias Nickles, Technical University Munchen, Germany 

Sean O'Riain, DERI, Ireland 

Florian Probst, SAP Research Darmstadt, Germany 

Ulrich Reimer, University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen, Switzerland 

Marco Schorlemmer, IIIA, Spain 

Yao-hua Tan, ICT, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands 

Hans Weigand, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands 

 

 

SUPPORT

 

Supported by the Delft Philosophy Department, the Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence (BNVKI) and the Netherlands research school for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS).

 

A workshop organised for the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)

 

 

For any question, contact fomi2011 at tudelft.nl