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*ANNOUNCEMENT* (01)
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Nicola Guarino, from the
Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) in Trento, Italy will be
presenting to the community on Thursday, February 2, 2006. His
talk is entitled: "Making basic ontological choices: the DOLCE
experience" (02)
[DOLCE, the acronym for Descriptive Ontology for Linguistic and
Cognitive Engineering, is an initiative lead by Dr. Guarino and
is one of the leading Upper Ontologies available.] (03)
*Conference call-in details*: (04)
Date: Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006
Start Time: 10:30am PST / 1:30pm EST / 18:30 UTC (World Time:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=2&day=2&year=2006&hour=10&min=30&sec=0&p1=224)
Session Duration: 1.5 ~ 2 Hours
Dial-in Number: +1-641-696-6600 (Iowa, USA)
Participant Access Code: "686564#"
VNC shared-screen support available (05)
*Making basic ontological choices: the DOLCE experience*
by Nicola Guarino (06)
*Abstract*: (07)
This talk will be organized in three parts: (08)
i) a short introduction on the role of axiomatic, foundational
ontologies; (09)
ii) a discussion on the basic ontological choices available,
and on the need to establish systematic links and comparisons
among them; and (010)
iii) a presentation of the basic DOLCE choices in the light of
the above discussion. (011)
*About the Speakers:* (012)
*Nicola Guarino* (1954) is a senior research scientist at the
Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the Italian
National Research Council (ISTC-CNR), where he leads the
Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) in Trento. He graduated in
Electrical Engineering at the University of Padova in 1978, with
a thesis on biomedical engineering. In 1979–1984 he was in charge
of the data acquisition and monitoring system of a large nuclear
fusion experiment in Padova. He then moved to the area of
knowledge representation, joining the CNR Institute of Systems
Theory and Biomedical Engineering (LADSEB-CNR) to work initially
on medical expert systems. He moved to ISTC-CNR in 2003. He has
been working on the foundations of knowledge representation and
conceptual modeling for more than twenty years, playing a leading
role in developing a strongly interdisciplinary approach that
combines together Computer Science, Philosophy, and Linguistics,
and relies on Logic as a unifying paradigm. (JM3) (013)
He is editor-in-chief (with Dr. Mark Musen) of the Journal of
Applied Ontology, associate editor of the International Journal
of Human-Computer Studies and the Journal of Data Semantics, and
general chair of the FOIS (Formal Ontology in Information
Systems) conference series. (014)
*Refer to details on the session wiki page at:*
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2006_02_02 (015)
This will be a virtual session over an augmented conference call.
The session is expected to start with a 45 min. ~ 1 Hour
presentation followed by an extended discussion between the
participants and the speaker. The entire session will be recorded
and made available as open content under the prevailing Ontolog
IPR policy (see:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32). (016)
I look forward to having you at this open session. Please pass
the announcement along to those who might be interested to join
us too. All are welcomed. *RSVP* by by emailing me at
<peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline. (017)
Regards. =ppy (018)
Peter P. Yim
Co-convener, Ontolog
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