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APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE COPIES ==== Call for Papers FOIS-2004 International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems http://fois2004.di.unito.it/ November 4-6, 2004, Torino (Italy) == Just as ontology developed over the centuries as part of philosophy, so in recent years ontology has become intertwined with the development of the information sciences. Researchers in such areas as artificial intelligence, formal and computational linguistics, biomedical informatics, conceptual modeling, knowledge engineering and information retrieval have come to realize 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 has started to focus on the content of information rather than on just the formats and languages in terms of which information is represented. 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 realization 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 science 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 ontological analysis effort. Although the primary focus of the conference is on theoretical issues, methodological proposals as well as papers dealing with concrete applications from a well-founded theoretical perspective are welcome. == Invited Speakers Peter Gärdenfors, Lund University Cognitive Science, Sweden Amie Thomasson, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, USA == Deadlines and Further Information Abstracts due May 3, 2004 Final submissions May 7, 2004 Acceptance Notification: June 25, 2004 Submission of camera-ready paper: July 30, 2004 Proceedings will be published by IOS Press and available at the conference. Submission is a two-step procedure: first abstracts, then full papers. Submitted papers must not exceed 5000 words (including bibliography). Abstracts should be less than 300 words. Electronic submission via the website is strongly preferred; if unavailable, submission via email or postal mail is possible. For details see: http://fois2004.di.unito.it/ == Conference Chair Nicola Guarino (ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) nicola.guarino@loa-cnr.it == Program Chairs Achille Varzi (Columbia University, New York, USA) achille.varzi@columbia.edu Laure Vieu (IRIT-CNRS, Toulouse, France) laure.vieu@irit.fr == Local Chairs Maurizio Ferraris (University of Torino, Italy) ferraris@cisi.unito.it Leonardo Lesmo (University of Torino, Italy) lesmo@di.unito.it == Publicity Chair Jos Lehmann (ISTC-CNR, Rome, Italy) joslehmann@www.ip.rm.cnr.it == Topics We seek high-quality papers on a wide range of topics. While authors may focus on fairly narrow and specific issues, all papers should emphasize the relevance of the work described to formal ontology and to information systems. Papers that completely ignore one or the other of these aspects will be considered as lying outside the scope of the meeting. Topic areas of particular interest to the conference are: Foundational Issues . Kinds of entity: particulars vs. universals, continuants vs. occurrents, abstracta vs. concreta, dependent vs.independent, natural vs. artificial . Formal relations: parthood, identity, connection, dependence, constitution, subsumption, instantiation . Vagueness and granularity . Identity and change . Formal comparison among ontologies . Ontology of physical reality (matter, space, time, motion, ...) . Ontology of biological reality (genes, proteins, cells, organisms, ...) . Ontology of mental reality and agency (beliefs, intentions and other mental attitudes; emotions, ...) . Ontology of social reality (institutions, organizations, norms, social relationships, artistic expressions, ...) . Ontology of the information society (information, communication, meaning negotiation, ...) . Ontology and Natural Language Semantics, Ontology and Cognition Methodologies and Applications . Top-level vs. application ontologies . Ontology integration and alignment; role of reference ontologies . Ontology-driven information systems design . Requirements engineering . Knowledge engineering . Knowledge management and organization . Knowledge representation; Qualitative modeling . Computational lexica; Terminology . Information retrieval; Question-answering . Semantic web; Web services; Grid computing . Domain-specific ontologies, especially for: Linguistics, Geography, Law, Library science, Biomedical science, Ebusiness, Enterprise integration, ... == Programme Committee Bill Andersen, OntologyWorks, USA Nicholas Asher, Dept of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, USA Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles, Research Institute for Computer Science, CNRS, Toulouse, France John Bateman, Dept of Applied English Linguistics, University of Bremen, Germany Brandon Bennett, Division of Artificial Intelligence, University of Leeds, UK Andrea Bottani, Dept of Philosophy, University of Bergamo, Italy Joost Breuker, Dept of Computer Science & Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Roberto Casati, Jean Nicod Institute, CNRS, Paris, France Werner Ceusters, Language & Computing, Belgium Tony Cohn, Division of Artificial Intelligence, University of Leeds, UK Robert Colomb, School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia Ernest Davis, Dept of Computer Science, New York University, USA Martin Dörr, Institute of Computer Science, FORTH, Heraklion, Greece Carola Eschenbach, Dept for Informatics, University of Hamburg, Germany Jérôme Euzenat, INRIA Rhône-Alpes, Grenoble, France Christiane Fellbaum, Cognitive Science Laboratory, Princeton University, USA & Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany Maurizio Ferraris, Dept of Philosophy, University of Torino, Italy Antony Galton, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Exeter, UK Aldo Gangemi, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR, Rome, Italy Peter Gärdenfors, Lund University Cognitive Science, Sweden Pierdaniele Giaretta, Dept of Philosophy, University of Padova, Italy Michael Gruninger, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland College Park, USA & National Institute for Standards and Technology, USA Nicola Guarino, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, CNR, Trento, Italy Patrick J. Hayes, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, University of West Florida, USA Heinrich Herre, Institute of Informatics, University of Leipzig , Germany Jacques Jayez, ENS-Humanities, Lyon, France Ingvar Johansson, Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, University of Leipzig, Germany Hannu Kangassalo, Dept of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland Fritz Lehmann, USA Leonardo Lesmo, Dept of Computer Science, University of Torino, Italy Bernardo Magnini, Centre for Scientific and Technological Research, ITC, Trento, Italy David Mark, Dept of Geography, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA William E. McCarthy, Department of Accounting, Michigan State University, USA Robert Meersman, Dept of Computer Science, Free University of Brussels, Belgium Chris Menzel, Dept of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA Friederike Moltmann, Dept of Philosophy, Stirling University, UK Philippe Muller, Research Institute for Computer Science, University of Toulouse III, France John Mylopoulos, Dept of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada Leo Obrst, MITRE, USA Massimo Poesio, Dept of Computer Science, University of Essex, UK Ian Pratt-Hartmann, Dept of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK James Pustejovsky, Dept of Computer Science, Brandeis University, USA Steffen Schulze-Kremer, German Resource Center for Genome Research, Berlin, Germany Peter Simons, School of Philosophy, University of Leeds, UK Barry Smith, Dept of Philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA & Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, University of Leipzig, Germany John Sowa, USA Veda Storey, Dept of Computer Information Systems, Georgia State University, USA Mike Uschold, The Boeing Company, USA Achille Varzi, Dept of Philosophy, Columbia University, USA Laure Vieu, Research Institute for Computer Science, CNRS, Toulouse, France Yair Wand, Management Information Systems Division, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Chris Welty, IBM Watson Research Center, USA Roel Wieringa, Computer Science Department, University of Twente, The Netherlands ====
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