Re: Welcome and Introductions

Hi, Paola -

This image captures the idea of a knowledge representation as a shared 
artifact of a community supported by IT. I couldn't work out how to post 
it to the website, so it's attached.

Paola Di Maio wrote:
> Thanks again for joining - few more interesting people  in the last 
> couple of weeks,  - we'd like to hear from everyone! Pls dont be shy 
> and intro yourself via this thread - This CG plans to become a WG 
> within six months or so and we need everybody's juice for us to be 
> able to do so !
>
> Below a quick summary of what we are discussing and where you input is 
> appreciated:
> Feel free to add to the plan, pages should be editable.
>
> 1. some homework - please start collecting (in your notepads) a few 
> terms and key resources to add to our 'knowledge base' (KB), these 
> will be entered in our forms (see 2) and used as the basis for 
> discussions, activities and the formation of our vocabulary/ies  and 
> concept maps - After we finalize the forms/spreadsheets pls use the 
> links on the CG home page to populate the sheets
>
> 2. the KB/forms:  at the moment, on the home page, our KB proposed 
> structure consists of  two forms /spreadsheets to gather member 
> inputs. There is discussion to have a third form to gather non 
> technical terminology - possibly policy, governance, ethics. legal
> I envisage these three resources (or more) will result being 'facets' 
> of our AI KR model somewhere along the lines. Does anybody have any 
> suggestions or comments, are these forms ok , can we start populating 
> them? (I apologise for wrecking initial entries, I had to split the 
> first form, unlink the test spreadsheets after some tweaks were made 
> and some entries were lost, please be patient)
>
> 3. As cognitive support for this work I have created a rather 
> primitive diagram, a proper collaborative mind map follows - thoughts? 
> suggestions? preferences? (something simple free and offering adequate 
> functionality) 
> https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1iFRf72Y6oqziarvM-QZsqjVmNxKxtrjjRx5dY5JX60Y/edit?usp=sharing
> You'll find this linked on the homepage together with a list of TOPICS 
> that will serve as
> guide for our work - please take a look at the topics, I have gathered 
> them from new research and I am quite excited to find so many 
> interesting words and concepts that nee to be defined and represented 
> in some way
>
> 4. I hope we can gather online for some kind of group call in 
> September or so, to start evaluating
> what resources have been gathered  in the summer -  but anyone 
> wishing  to  do a call before or anything else, feel free to do so, 
> please invite everyone via this list
>
> 5.  feel free to enter your thoughts about this CG in the survey 
> (linked on the home page) or jot them down for later discussion
>
>
> anything else?
>
> cheers
>
> PDM
>
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>     Based on other work, and anticipating future developments
>     (Milton mentioned subgroups) I have created a page subgroups, and
>     opened two additional pages as containers for future subgroups
>     where some work may be needed (AI Ethics KR and Professional schemas).
>     Feel free to edit, add, enter etc
>     https://www.w3.org/community/aikr/subgroups/
>     <https://www.w3.org/community/aikr/subgroups/>
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> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 1:47 AM, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program 
> <metadataportals@yahoo.com <mailto:metadataportals@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     My name is Milton Ponson. I am a mathematician who is interested
>     in knowledge representation in general and the science of knowledge.
>
>     I have acquired multiple perspectives on knowledge and knowledge
>     representation through my interests in genetics, quantum physics
>     and the hard core theories behind string theory, quantum physics,
>     relativity theory, grand unified theories and how we model
>     knowledge and arrive at theories using formal mathematics.
>
>     I have also bee active for the last twenty plus years in
>     everything related to sustainable development, and thus also
>     ethical issues like technology assessment and science assessment.
>
>     And finally to get a non-western perspective have had a look at
>     Buddhist logic and the formal thought systems of Madhyamaka
>     Buddhist tradition in particular which describes verbally how we
>     perceive our inner world and external world and the role therein
>     of our often misleading sensory systems.
>
>     Buddhism also teaches us some practical points of what makes us
>     human and what constitutes the single most important external
>     traits, being empathy and compassion.
>
>     Humans are genetically hardwired as carbon based biological
>     entities to do things in certain ways.
>
>     The Blue Brain project (bluebrain.epfl.ch
>     <http://bluebrain.epfl.ch>) aims to digitally reconstruct and
>     simulate the brain.
>
>     It is my starting point to draw an overview map of all interlinked
>     disciplines which all have in common knowledge, cognition and
>     several other concepts associated with reasoning, decision-making
>     and acting and/or reacting upon (sensory) input, environmental
>     paramaters and data.
>
>     Hope to share this with you soon for further discussion and twaeking
>     Milton Ponson
>     GSM: +297 747 8280
>     PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
>     Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
>     Project Paradigm: Bringing the ICT tools for sustainable
>     development to all stakeholders worldwide through collaborative
>     research on applied mathematics, advanced modeling, software and
>     standards development
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>     On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:26 PM, carl mattocks
>     <carlmattocks@gmail.com <mailto:carlmattocks@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
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>     Greetings:
>
>
>     I am Carl Mattocks, for 30 + years I have taken a pragmatic
>     approach in developing AI & KR capabilities. Thus I easily
>     accepted Paola's suggestion to name the group AIKR.
>     I suggested the ChatBot centric areas because I believe to have
>     any chance of proven success, AIKR must be applied as in, have a
>     national language / discipline specific context / domains /
>     dimensions / vectors etc.
>
>     I support the idea that  (1) the vocabulary should include KR
>     terms as well as AI terms; (2) knowledge is best stewarded as a
>     property of a community-of-practice; (3) AIKR should be published
>     in a compendium (4) which is likely to have some kind of
>     blockchain &  AIKR miners.
>
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>     As reference material I start with links to UIMA work .. so we can
>     take advantage of the NLP oriented capabilities.
>
>     cheers
>
>     Carl Mattocks
>     http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlmattocks
>     <http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlmattocks>carlmattocks@gmail.com
>     <mailto:carlmattocks@gmail.com>
>     *
>     *
>     Reference:
>     A number of NLP research institutes  based their software
>     development efforts on UIMA specifications to adhere to emerging
>     standards.
>     http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2008/workshops/W16_Proceedings.pdf
>     <http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2008/workshops/W16_Proceedings.pdf>
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>     UIMA, the Unstructured Information Management Architecture, is an
>     open-platform middle-ware for dealing with unstructured
>     information (text, speech, audio, video data), originally launched
>     by IBM.
>     Apache Software Foundation has a project for developing UIMA-based
>     software
>     https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-2.6.0/tutorials_and_users_guides.html
>     <https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-2.6.0/tutorials_and_users_guides.html>.
>
>      Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
>     Standards (OASIS) hosted a Technical
>     Committee to standardize the UIMA
>     specification.https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/27025/UIMA_Specification_Draft_v1.doc
>     <https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/27025/UIMA_Specification_Draft_v1.doc>
>      A number of NLP research institutes  based their software
>     development efforts on UIMA specifications to adhere to emerging
>     standards.
>     http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2008/workshops/W16_Proceedings.pdf
>     <http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2008/workshops/W16_Proceedings.pdf>
>
>
>     It was a pleasure to clarify
>
>     On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 5:45 AM, Chris Harding <chris@lacibus.net
>     <mailto:chris@lacibus.net>> wrote:
>
>         It was the "Knowledge Representation" aspect that attracted me
>         to join the group.
>
>         AI appears to be about creating computer systems that are like
>         people. AIKR is partly about the internal design of such
>         computer systems, but it is also about about communication
>         between them and about communication between them and people.
>         The communication aspect is to my mind more important than
>         internal design.
>
>         My ideas on this are not based on research, but are derived
>         from many years of experience of participating in and managing
>         groups of people developing standards - at least some of which
>         incorporate knowledge. They are not fully formed, or well
>         expressed, and I hope that through this group I will be able
>         to connect them with academic and commercial research and
>         contribute to a group conensus.
>
>         The list of proposed outcomes at
>         https://www.w3.org/community/a ikr/
>         <https://www.w3.org/community/aikr/> looks good, and I suggest
>         starting with the list of resources and the natural language
>         vocabulary. I propose that the vocabulary should include KR
>         terms as well as AI terms. (This may have been intended, but
>         is not explicit.)
>
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>         Paola Di Maio wrote:
>>         Thank you everyone who introduced themselves, and others
>>         please do so in your own time.
>>
>>         What motivated the formation of this group initially is a
>>         need to keep up with the extremely fast moving pace of AI
>>         progress - even when writing a simple research paper or
>>         teaching a basic class like 'Introduction to Machine
>>         Learning' these days it is necessary to keep an eye out for
>>         new approaches and contexts. There is a lot happening. Things
>>         are changing by the minute.
>>         I don't understand the words people use anymore. Everyday I
>>         need to start a new learning curve. What were once  fairly
>>         clear cut fields of study seem to have shifted (or is it my
>>         consciosness expanding?) There seems to be new concepts
>>         coming up all the time.  Cognitive ability is linked to
>>         knowledge representation, both for humans and machines, and I
>>         thought maybe we can try to grab some of this rapidly
>>         developing AI knowledge by creating some KR tabs to help us
>>         figure things out. Even KR is moving but at a less fast pace.
>>
>>         So I started digesting words and concepts and hope that the
>>         cognitive load is going to become more bearable. Then
>>         realised there is much to be done in this space, and since
>>         the web is now part of us in more than one way, our
>>         interface, our constantly updated database, W3C is open to
>>         new ideas, why not make a CG.
>>
>>         I am so glad to have so many clever and experienced people on
>>         the list.  Its easy to turn sun open informal efforts into a
>>         rave party, get distracted  with interesting discussions,
>>         since we all have our own agendas and interesting backgrounds
>>         and a lot to tell.
>>
>>         Our challenge is to keep the focus, so I beg everyone please
>>         lets put down explicitly (write in our web pages) some stuff
>>         we want doing (goals, deliverables whatever) and let's stick
>>         to it diligently and systematically.
>>
>>         Please share with the group - on separate threads perhaps -
>>         what you think we should try to achieve, and how?
>>         What motivates you to join this group? What would like to
>>         contribute, and what can the group do for you?
>>
>>         I  started a few pages with initial thoughts, they should
>>         editable
>>         https://www.w3.org/community/a ikr/welcome/
>>         <https://www.w3.org/community/aikr/welcome/>
>>
>>         On a housekeeping note, we may benefit from a co-chair if
>>         anyone would like to volunteer
>>         (no particular commitment required)  I hope this group will
>>         become a WG as soon as we have enough juice, and produce a
>>         lot of nice deliverables, and after achieving some of the
>>         goals I have initially set (maye publish one or two reports,
>>         or a journal special issue or something) then I ll be ready
>>         to pass on the torch to the next chair.
>>
>>         Since it's the summer, I suggest we may relax and ponder on
>>         the tasks already set out and contribute some thinking and
>>         some items (start submitting resources, edit the TO DO  list
>>         a bit,  etc) and postpone our first virtual meeting until
>>         September.  but if someone/anyone is inclined to call out a
>>         virtual meeting before the end of the summer please feel free
>>         to do so.
>>
>>         I am not big with online meetings, prefer to exchange via
>>         emails, but if virtual meetings become productive I ll make
>>         the effort.
>>
>>         Personally I am now busy reading  new research - tons and
>>         tons of stuff - and simply
>>         understanding what it all means. I ll try to pin down a few
>>         concept/terms definition and submit them to our resource
>>         depository and will ping the list when I need some input on
>>         what I am doing
>>         For now these pages are still drafts, but when everyone has
>>         had the opportunity to review
>>         them, we can make the firm and start actioning them, set
>>         dates etc
>>
>>         Please do the same!
>>
>>         Look forward to learn more about what everybody is doing and
>>         how can this community
>>         help! Questions?
>>
>>         Thanks again for joining
>>
>>         PDM
>>
>>
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>>         Dr Paola Di Maio
>>         Center For Technology Ethics
>>         ISTCS.org
>>         *A bit about me <https://about.me/paoladimaio>*
>>
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>>         On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 5:04 PM, Alberto Nogales Moyano
>>         <alberto.nogales@ceiec.es <mailto:alberto.nogales@ceiec.es>>
>>         wrote:
>>
>>             Dear all
>>             thanks for creating this group.
>>             My name is Alberto Nogales, I am a computer scientist and
>>             have a PhD from University of Alcalá (Spain) related with
>>             Social Network Analysis of the Web of Linked Data in
>>             order to improve data retrieval strategies. During the
>>             last years I have also worked in Technical University in
>>             Vienna, Technical University in Tallinn and University of
>>             Málaga. Actually, I work as a researcher and lecturer in
>>             Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (also in Spain). The
>>             head of my lab has a huge background in neural networks,
>>             so we have started to apply Deep Learning models to some
>>             issues like automatic classification of Linked Data
>>             sources or data retrieval strategies by applying learning
>>             to rank. More information about my lab here:
>>             http://www.ceiec.es/en/
>>
>>
>>             Alberto Nogales Moyano
>>             PostDoctoral researcher and Lecturer
>>             CEIEC (Francisco de Vitoria University)
>>             https://www.researchgate.net/p rofile/Alberto_Nogales
>>             <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alberto_Nogales>
>>             alberto.nogales@ceiec.es <mailto:alberto.nogales@ceiec.es>
>>
>>
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>>>             On 06 Jul 2018, at 12:34, Paola Di Maio
>>>             <paola.dimaio@gmail.com <mailto:paola.dimaio@gmail.com>>
>>>             wrote:
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>>>             seminal article
>>>             <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1207/s15516709cog0101_2>
>>
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>         Regards
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>         Chris
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>         Chief Executive, Lacibus <https://lacibus.net/> Ltd
>         chris@lacibus.net <mailto:chris@lacibus.net>
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Chris
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