ODLS 2016: Call for Participation (7th Workshop on Ontologies and Data in Life Sciences, Sep 29-30, Halle (Saale), Germany)

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                Call for Participation   >> ODLS 2016 <<

           ! REGISTRATION NOW OPEN - Register by Sep 18, 2016 !

  [1] https://wiki.imise.uni-leipzig.de/Gruppen/OBML/Workshops/2016-ODLS

  PREVIEW:
  * Keynotes by  ** Johannes Hübner  (Halle (Saale), Germany)
                 ** Robert Stevens   (Manchester, UK)
  * Accepted submissions: 7 papers + 6 abstracts
  * Contribution towards expenses: 30 / 25 / 20 EUR

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    7th Workshop on Ontologies and Data in Life Sciences (ODLS 2016)

               Sep 29-30, 2016      Halle (Saale), Germany


Scope and Goals of the Workshop
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Medicine, biology and life sciences produce hardly manageable and
comprehensible amounts of data, information, and knowledge. Their
computer-based retrieval, processing, integration, as well as their
conceptual foundation, interpretation and application presents ever new
challenges to existing methods of knowledge representation, data bases,
and data analysis. In the life sciences, enormous data sets are being
produced in connection with biological and medical experiments, aiming
to unravel biological interconnections for a better understanding in
order to offer patients the best possible therapies. Data management
and data processing in the life sciences ranges from the best possible
integration and usage of distributed, heterogeneous data to the best
possible obfuscation of medical data.

This integrated workshop covers the overall spectrum of biomedical
information management, from experimental data acquisition and
preprocessing, across analysis, structuring and interpretation of data,
up to developing structured representations of knowledge, in particular
in the form of ontologies, with their various applications. The aims of
this workshop are to exchange ideas, to discuss new results and
applications as well as to inspire cooperation. The workshop has an
interdisciplinary character. It fosters the collaboration between
ontologists, computer scientists, bio-informaticians, medical
information scientists, applied logicians, as well as the cooperation
with physicians, bio-chemists, and biometricians. Scientists,
professionals as well as students in academia and industry are welcome
to share knowledge and experience at ODLS.


Important Dates (Upcoming)
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Camera-ready manuscripts due:  September 15, 2016    (Thu)   <-- strict
Registration:                 *September 18, 2016*   (Sun)
ODLS Workshop:                 September 29-30, 2016 (Thu-Fri)


Keynote Speakers
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* Johannes Hübner, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg
   "Capacities, powers, abilities. Towards a taxonomy of organic
    dispositions"

* Robert Stevens, University of Manchester, UK
   "The Pragmatics and Formality of Authoring Ontologies"

Please see the website [1] for abstracts of the keynote talks.


Accepted Submissions
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PAPERS

* Deep Learning meets the Semantic Web: A feasibility study with the
   Cardiovascular Disease Ontology and PubMed citations
     Mercedes Arguello Casteleiro, George Demetriou, Warren Read,
     Maria Jesus Fernandez-Prieto, Diego Maseda-Fernandez,
     Goran Nenadic, Julie Klein, John Keane and Robert Stevens

* A document-centric approach for developing biological ontology
     Aisha Blfgeh, Jennifer Warrender, Catharien Hilkens and
     Phillip Lord

* Challenges and opportunities for system biology standards and tools
   in medical research
     Matthias König, Anika Oellrich, Dagmar Waltemath,
     Richard Jb Dobson, Tim Jp Hubbard and Olaf Wolkenhauer

* Querying standardized EHRs by a Search Ontology XML Extension (SOX)
     Stefan Kropf, Alexandr Uciteli, Kerstin Denecke and Heinrich Herre

* Towards standardized evidence descriptors for metabolite annotations
     Daniel Schober, Reza M. Salek and Steffen Neumann

* A Whiteheadian approach to data and knowledge
     Sebastian Siemoleit and Heinrich Herre

* Risk Identification Ontology (RIO): An ontology for specification and
   identification of perioperative risks
     Alexandr Uciteli, Juliane Neumann, Kais Tahar, Kutaiba Saleh,
     Stephan Stucke, Sebastian Faulbrück-Röhr, André Kaeding,
     Martin Specht, Tobias Schmidt, Thomas Neumuth, Andreas Besting,
     Frank Portheine and Heinrich Herre


EXTENDED ABSTRACTS

* A modelling pattern for multi-track dispositions for life-science
   ontologies
     Adrien Barton and Ludger Jansen

* Ontological interpretation of biomedical database annotations
     Filipe Santana Da Silva, Ludger Jansen, Fred Freitas and
     Stefan Schulz

* FAIRDOM approach for semantic interoperability of systems biology
   data and models
     Olga Krebs, Katy Wolstencroft, Natalie Stanford, Norman Morrison,
     Martin Golebiewski, Stuart Owen, Quyen Nguyen, Jacky Snoep,
     Wolfgang Mueller and Carole Goble

* MeTMapS – Medical Terminology Mapping System
     Shao Fen Liang, Talya Porat, Archana Tapuria, Brendan Delaney and
     Vasa Curcin

* Qualitative assessment of annotations using SNOMED CT
     Jose Antonio Miñarro-Giménez, Catalina Martínez Costa and
     Stefan Schulz

* Extracting process graphs from medical text data
     Andreas Niekler


Contribution towards Expenses and Registration
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Every participant is charged a contribution towards expenses, which
amounts to
* 30 EUR regular,
* 25 EUR for members of GI, GMDS or IAOA,
* 20 EUR for students.

It covers mainly catering during the breaks of both days, excluding
dinner. One lunch at the campus cafeteria might be included, depending
on the available budget.

For registration, please send an email to [2] odls2016@ipb-halle.de and
pay the contribution towards expenses by bank transfer. Details on the
registration message as well as regarding the bank transfer are
provided at the workshop website [1].


Accommodation and Travel Information
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The ODLS 2016 website [1] comprises sections on accommodation options,
partially with special rate, as well as it contains some hints on maps
and directions, transport and tourism.


Scientific Organization
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ODLS 2016 is associated with the group Ontologies in Biomedicine and
Life Sciences (OBML) [3] within the German Informatics Society (GI),
and it is a Supported Event of the International Association for
Ontology and its Applications (IAOA) [4].


Scientific Co-organizers:

* Martin Boeker,  University of Freiburg
* Heinrich Herre, University of Leipzig
* Ludger Jansen,  University of Rostock
* Frank Loebe,    University of Leipzig            <-- main contact [5]
* Daniel Schober, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry,
                   Halle (Saale)


Location and Local Organization
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The workshop is hosted by the

   Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB)  [6]
   in Halle (Saale), Germany.

Local Co-organizers:

* Daniel Schober,                            <-- main local contact [7]
                    AG Bioinformatics & Mass Spectrometry, IPB
* Steffen Neumann, AG Bioinformatics & Mass Spectrometry, IPB
* Stefan Brass,    Institute for Computer Science,
                    Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg



Sponsor
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The organizers acknowledge generous sponsorship by

   OntoChem IT Solutions [8], Halle (Saale), Germany.


Links
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[1] Workshop website

     https://wiki.imise.uni-leipzig.de/Gruppen/OBML/Workshops/2016-ODLS

     http://tinyurl.com/odls-2016

[2] Registration (and overall event) email address

     odls2016@ipb-halle.de

[3] OBML website

     https://wiki.imise.uni-leipzig.de/Gruppen/OBML

[4] IAOA website

     http://iaoa.org/

[5] Main contact: Frank Loebe

     https://wiki.imise.uni-leipzig.de/FrankLoebe

[6] Local organization website

     http://www.ipb-halle.de/en/

[7] Local main contact: Daniel Schober

     http://www.ipb-halle.de/en/employee/daniel-schober/

[8] OntoChem IT Solutions (Sponsor) website

     http://www.ontochem.de/

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