Conf: FOIS 2006 - Nov. 9-11, Baltimore, MD, USA (Early Registration ends: OCT. 18)
Thierry Hamon
thierry.hamon at LIPN.UNIV-PARIS13.FR
Tue Oct 10 08:53:59 UTC 2006
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 22:42:27 -0400
From: "Obrst, Leo J." <lobrst at mitre.org>
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*** EARLY REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 18. This is also the cutoff
date for the special conference rate at the Inn at the Colonnade
conference hotel. So hurry to register and reserve your room, to
obtain best rates. ***
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FINAL Call for Participation
FOIS-2006 <http://www.formalontology.org/fois-2006/fois-2006.htm/>
International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems
November 9-11, 2006
Baltimore, Maryland (USA)
Early registration is through October 18, 2006.
Late registration will begin October 19, 2006.
The conference hotel is: Inn at The Colonnade.
http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=BWICUDT The
Inn at the Colonnade is right off the John Hopkins University campus,
about a 5-10 min walk from the conference location, the new Charles
Commons facility.
To register for FOIS 2006, please enter the appropriate information at
the registration website
https://www.seattletech.com/registration/index.php?%20confno=584&stguniv=119&PAYMENTS=TRUE
.
November 8, 2006: Co-located Workshop: Biomedical Ontology in Action
http://www.imbi.uni-freiburg.de/medinf/kr-med-2006/ (separate
registration required).
________________________________
Conference Description
Since ancient times, ontology, the analysis and categorisation of what
exists, has been fundamental to philosophical enquiry. But, until
recently, ontology has been seen as an abstract, purely theoretical
discipline, far removed from the practical applications of science.
However, with the increasing use of sophisticated computerised
information systems, solving problems of an ontological nature is now
key to the effective use of technologies supporting a wide range of
human activities. The ship of Theseus and the tail of Tibbles the cat
are no longer merely amusing puzzles. We employ databases and software
applications to deal with everything from ships and ship building to
anatomy and amputations. When we design a computer to take stock of a
ship yard or check that all goes well at the veterinary hospital, we
need to ensure that our system operates in a consistent and reliable
way even when manipulating information that involves subtle issues of
semantics and identity. So, whereas ontologists may once have shied
away from practical problems, now the practicalities of achieving
cohesion in an information-based society demand that attention must be
paid to ontology.
Researchers in such areas as artificial intelligence, formal and
computational linguistics, biomedical informatics, conceptual
modeling, knowledge engineering and information retrieval have come to
realise that a solid foundation for their research calls for serious
work in ontology, understood as a general theory of the types of
entities and relations that make up their respective domains of
inquiry. In all these areas, attention is now being focused on the
content of information rather than on just the formats and languages
used to represent information. The clearest example of this
development is provided by the many initiatives growing up around the
project of the Semantic Web. And, as the need for integrating research
in these different fields arises, so does the realisation that strong
principles for building well-founded ontologies might provide
significant advantages over ad hoc, case-based solutions. The tools of
formal ontology address precisely these needs, but a real effort is
required in order to apply such philosophical tools to the domain of
information systems. Reciprocally, research in the information
sciences raises specific ontological questions which call for further
philosophical investigations.
The purpose of FOIS is to provide a forum for genuine
interdisciplinary exchange in the spirit of a unified effort towards
solving the problems of ontology, with an eye to both theoretical
issues and concrete applications.
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Organizing Committee
Program Chairs
Brandon Bennett (University of Leeds, UK) brandon at comp.leeds.ac.uk
Christiane Fellbaum (Princeton University, USA and Berlin Brandenburg
Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany)
fellbaum at clarity.princeton.edu
Conference Chair
Nicola Guarino (ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) guarino at loa-cnr.it
Local Chair
Bill Andersen (Ontology Works, USA) andersen at ontologyworks.com
Publicity Chair
Leo Obrst (The MITRE Corporation, USA) lobrst at mitre.org
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Important Dates
Early registration is through October 18, 2006.
Late registration will begin October 19, 2006.
FOIS-06 Conference: November 9-11, 2006
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Programme Committee
* Bill Andersen (Ontology Works, USA)
* Nicholas Asher (Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at
Austin, USA)
* Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles (Research Institute for Computer Science,
CNRS, Toulouse, France)
* John Bateman (Department of Applied English Linguistics, University
of Bremen, Germany)
* Brandon Bennett (School of Computing, University of Leeds, UK)
* Stefano Borgo (Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Italy)
* Joost Breuker (Leibniz Center for Law, University of Amsterdam, The
Netherlands)
* Roberto Casati (Jean Nicod Institute, CNRS, Paris, France)
* Werner Ceusters (New York State Center of Excellence in
Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, SUNY at Buffalo)
* Tony Cohn (School of Computing, University of Leeds, UK)
* Matteo Cristani (University of Verona, Italy)
* Ernest Davis (Department of Computer Science, New York University,
USA)
* Martin Dörr (Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, Heraklion,
Greece)
* Carola Eschenbach (Department for Informatics, University of
Hamburg, Germany)
* Jérôme Euzenat (INRIA Rhône-Alpes)
* Christiane Fellbaum (Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton
University, USA and Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and
Humanities, Berlin, Germany)
* Antony Galton (School of Engineering and Computer Science,
University of Exeter, UK)
* Aldo Gangemi (Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Roma,
Italy)
* Pierdaniele Giaretta (Department of Philosophy, University of
Verona, Italy)
* Michael Gruninger (University of Toronto, Canada)
* Nicola Guarino (Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento,
Italy)
* Udo Hahn (Jena University, Germany)
* Jerry Hobbs (University of Southern California, USA)
* Eduard Hovy (University of Southern California, USA)
* Ingvar Johansson (Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical
Information Science, University of Saarbrücken, Germany)
* Werner Kuhn (IFGI, Muenster)
* Fritz Lehmann (USA)
* Alessandro Lenci (University of Pisa, Italy)
* Leonardo Lesmo (Department of Computer Science, University of
Torino, Italy)
* Bernardo Magnini (Centre for Scientific and Technological Research,
ITC, Trento, Italy)
* David Mark (Department of Geography, State University of New York,
Buffalo, USA)
* William McCarthy (Michigan State University)
* Chris Menzel (Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA)
* Simon Milton (Department of Information Systems, University of
Melbourne, Australia)
* Philippe Muller (Research Institute for Computer Science, University
of Toulouse III, France)
* John Mylopoulos (Department of Computer Science, University of
Toronto, Canada)
* Leo Obrst (The MITRE Corporation, USA)
* Barbara Partee (University of Massachusetts, USA)
* Massimo Poesio (Department of Computer Science, University of Essex,
UK)
* Ian Pratt-Hartmann (Department of Computer Science, University of
Manchester, UK)
* James Pustejovsky (Department of Computer Science, Brandeis
University, USA)
* David Randell (Imperial College London, UK)
* Robert Rynasiewicz (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
* Barry Smith (National Center for Ontological Research and Department
of Philosophy, University at Buffalo, USA; Institute for Formal
Ontology and Medical Information Science, Saarbrücken, Germany)
* John Sowa (Vivomind Intelligence Inc., USA)
* Veda Storey (Department of Computer Information Systems, Georgia
State University, USA)
* Richmond Thomason (University of Michigan, USA)
* Mike Uschold (The Boeing Company, USA)
* Achille Varzi (Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, USA)
* Laure Vieu (Research Institute for Computer Science, CNRS, Toulouse,
France)
* Chris Welty (IBM Watson Research Center, USA)
________________________________
Co-located Workshop: Biomedical Ontology in Action
http://www.imbi.uni-freiburg.de/medinf/kr-med-2006/ .
November 8, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Workshop organized by the National Center for Ontology Research (NCOR)
and the Working Group on Formal (Bio-)Medical Knowledge Representation
of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).
Co-located with FOIS 2006.
Please note that this workshop requires separate registration and
separate payment of the Workshop fees at the above site.
________________________________
Registration
Academic:
Early: $250
Late: $300
Onsite: $350
Corporate / Government:
Early $300
Late: $400
Onsite: $450
Student:
Early: $50
Late: $75
Onsite: $100
Early registration is through October 18, 2006.
Late registration will begin October 19, 2006.
To register for FOIS 2006, please enter the appropriate information at
the registration website
https://www.seattletech.com/registration/index.php?%20confno=584&stguniv=119&PAYMENTS=TRUE
.
________________________________
Accommodation
Hotel: Inn at The Colonnade:
http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=BWICUDT.
This is the conference hotel. The Inn at the Colonnade is right off
the John Hopkins University campus, about a 5-10 min walk from the
conference location, the new Charles Commons facility. Special
conference hotel rate is $129. Mention that you are part of the FOIS
conference.
________________________________
Conference Location
The conference will take place at the very new Charles Commons
facility of Johns Hopkins University. Charles Commons
featuresconference space, a central dining facility, and a major
campus bookstore.
Charles Commons is located at 33rd Street between Charles and St. Paul
Streets, Baltimore, Maryland. The address is: Charles Commons, John
Hopkins University, 3301 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21218
Some links for John Hopkins University http://www.jhu.edu/ :
John Hopkins University Main (Homewood) Campus Map.
http://www.jhu.edu/~tour/map.html
John Hopkins University Map (pdf).
http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_in
formation/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/pdf/campus_map_0206.pdf
Visitor Information for Johns Hopkins University.
http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_in
formation/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/pdf/campus_map_0206.pdf
Driving directions to John Hopkins University, and additional maps.
http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_in
formation/how_to_get_here/homewood_campus/index.cfm
Johns Hopkins University, Wikipedia entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University
________________________________
Sponsors
Ontology Works, Inc. http://www.ontologyworks.com/ is a leading source
of ontology construction software, ontology-based database software,
and ontology-based information integration software.
________________________________
Baltimore
The following are some useful links for information about the city of
Baltimore, Maryland.
The Official Home Page of the City of Baltimore, Maryland
http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/ .
Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association
http://www.baltimore.org/
Wikipedia - Baltimore, Maryland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland .
________________________________
Programme
Provisional FOIS-06 schedule
http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/brandon/FOIS-06/schedule.html .
________________________________
Accepted Papers
List of accepted papers
http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/brandon/FOIS-06/accepted/accepted.html .
________________________________
_____________________________________________
Dr. Leo Obrst The MITRE Corporation, Information Semantics
lobrst at mitre.org Center for Innovative Computing & Informatics
Voice: 703-983-6770 7515 Colshire Drive, M/S H305
Fax: 703-983-1379 McLean, VA 22102-7508, USA
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