12.1328, Confs: Ontological Semantics Workshop, Spain

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Subject: 12.1328, Confs: Ontological Semantics Workshop, Spain

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Date:  Sat, 12 May 2001 14:14:19 +0200
From:  "Antonio Moreno Ortiz" <a.m.ortiz at terra.es>
Subject:  Ontological Semantics Workshop, Spain

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Date:  Sat, 12 May 2001 14:14:19 +0200
From:  "Antonio Moreno Ortiz" <a.m.ortiz at terra.es>
Subject:  Ontological Semantics Workshop, Spain

            1ST ONTOLOGICAL SEMANTICS WORKSHOP
                    Granada, Spain
                 May 31 - June 1 2001
             http://www.ontosem.org/os1

The term 'ontological semantics' refers to the theoretical
and methodological apparatus of describing and manipulating
meaning, as realized in natural language texts, that relies
on a language-independent ontology, ontology-related lexica
(and onomastica), a fact DB consisting of instances of
ontological concepts, as well as remembered text meaning
representations. The original development of this approach
is due to Sergei Nirenburg and his co-authors. The major
R&D projects associated with this approach (past and
present) include KBMT-89, Pangloss, Mikrokosmos and CREST.

There are several working groups, both in the US and in
Europe, that are actively using, or have the intention to
use ontological semantics and related resources in their
work. This workshop aims to bring together for the first
time such community, and tackle, fundamentally, the
following tasks:

* Offer a refresher course on the basics of ontological
  semantics, as well as catch up on the latest developments.
* Discuss theoretical, technical, and methodological issues
  related to its many aspects.
* Plan both further research and dissemination activities
  for this approach.

Topics
- ----
* Fundamentals of ontological semantics.
* The Mikrokosmos ontology: past, present, and future.
* Reusability of the Mikrokosmos ontology for NLP and NLP-
  related applications.
* Linguistic aspects: compatibility and integration with
  diverse descriptive frameworks.
* Engineering aspects: tools and methodologies for the
  depolyment and sharing OS-related resources.

Program
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DAY 1 (May 31)
10:00 - 11:30 : Sergei Nirenburg: Tutorial on Ontological
                Semantics I.
  --- coffee break ---
12:00 - 13:45 : Sergei Nirenburg: Tutorial on Ontological
                Semantics II.
  --- lunch break ---
16:00 - 17:45 : Jim. Cowie: Pre-Semantic Issues in Text
                Processing Applications: Ecology, Morphology,
                Syntax.
  --- tea break ---
18:00 - 18:45 : Antonio Moreno: The CRL KBAE Environment:
                Acquisition Issues.
18:45 - 19:30 : Interim discussion.

DAY 2 (June 1)
10:00 - 10:45 : Pamela Faber & Clara Lopez: The role of the
                MikroKosmos Ontology in the OncoTerm project
10:45 - 11:30 : Jorge Vivaldi & Judit Feliu: A Comparison
                between EuroWordNet and and Mikrokosmos for
                Terminology Applications.
  --- coffee break ---
12:00 - 12:45 : Antonio Vaquero: Towards Software Methodol-
                ogies to develop Information Systems based
                on Ontologies.
12:45 - 13:30 : Pedro González Ontology-based Knowledge
                Management in Educational Environments
  --- lunch break ---
16:00 - 19:00: Discussion

Participation
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We plan to have a fairly short list of interested
participants, as we have limited seating. If you are
interested in participating, or just attending,
please contact the organizers as soon as possible
(first come, first served).

Organizers
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Sergei Nirenburg
Computing Research Laboratory
Box 30001/3CRL
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003
USA
e-mail: sergei at crl.nmsu.edu

Antonio Moreno
Facultad Filosofia y Letras
Universidad de Malaga
Campus de Teatinos
29071 Malaga
Spain
e-mail: amo at uma.es

Clara López (local org.)
Facultad de Traducción e Interpretación
Universidad de Granada
Puentezuelas 55
18071 Granada
Spain
e-mail: clarailr at ugr.es

Please, visit the web site ( http://www.ontosem.org/os1 )
for further information.

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