- From: daniele radicioni <radicion@di.unito.it>
- Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 17:29:56 +0100
- To: fomi2008@di.unito.it
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FOMI 2008 - 3rd Workshop on Formal Ontologies Meet Industry
5-6 June, 2008, Torino, Italy
CALL FOR PAPERS
Conference web site: http://www.fomi2008.di.unito.it
Proceedings published by IOS Press, http://www.iospress.nl/
This event is jointly organized by:
- Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento
- University of Torino
- University of Verona
CONFERENCE AIMS
FOMI is an international forum where academic researchers and
industrial
practitioners meet to analyze and discuss issues related to methods,
theories,
tools and applications based on formal ontologies.
There is today wide agreement that knowledge modeling and the
semantic
dimension of information plays an increasingly central role in
networked
economy: semantic-based applications are relevant in distributed
systems such
as networked organizations, organizational networks, and in
distributed
knowledge management. These knowledge models in industry aim to
provide a
framework for information and knowledge sharing, reliable
information
exchange, meaning negotiation and coordination between distinct
organizations
or among members of the same organization.
New tools and applications have been and are being developed
in diverse
application fields, ranging from business to medicine, from
engineering to
finance, from law to electronics. All these systems have
exploited the
theoretical results and the practical experience of previous
work. In all
cases, it has been shown that formal ontologies play a central
role in
describing in a common and understandable way the logical and
practical
features of the application domain.
The success of the methodologies associated with knowledge
modeling and
ontologies led to increased need of a comparison between different
approaches
and results, with the aim of evaluating the interdependencies between
theories
and methods of formal ontology and the activities, processes, and
needs of
enterprise organizations.
The FOMI 08 Workshop aims to advance in this direction by bringing
together
researchers and practitioners interested in ontology
application, paying
particular attention to the topics listed below.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
*problems in ontology application:*
- practical issues in using ontologies in the enterprise
- real cases of successful/unsuccessful use of ontology in business
- from legacy systems to the new ontology-driven systems
*ontology and business:*
- ontology and ontological methodologies in business;
- adaptation of ontologies for companies and organizations;
- ontology effectiveness and evaluation in business
*ontology and enterprise:*
- ontology-driven enterprise modeling;
- ontology development and change within organizations;
- ontology-driven representation of products, services,
functionalities,
design, processes;
*ontology and enterprise knowledge:*
- ontologies for the know-how;
- ontologies for corporate knowledge;
*ontology in practice:*
- ontologies for electronic catalogs, e-commerce, e-government;
- ontologies for marketing;
- ontologies for finance;
- ontologies for engineering;
- ontologies for medical sciences;
*ontology and linguistics:*
- ontology-driven linguistic representation in organization knowledge;
- linguistic problems in standards and in codification processes;
- ontologies and multilingualism in business and organizations
PROGRAMME
The Scientific Programme will include invited talks, oral
presentations,
poster and demo presentations, and panels. Submitted papers
will be
peer-reviewed and selected on the basis of technical quality,
relevance of the
described experiences (depending on the type of submission), and
clarity of
the presentation for the workshop. In particular, we insist that
papers should
be written for a wide audience. Accepted papers will be
presented at the
workshop, and published as proceedings.
PROCEEDINGS
Accepted papers will appear in the Workshop Proceedings,
published by IOS
Press and distributed to participants. Following the past
edition, a
selection of the best papers accepted at the workshop will be
considered for
publication in the international journal "Applied Ontology".
SUBMISSIONS AND DATES
* Format
- The maximal paper length is 10 pages, excluding title page and
bibliography.
- Papers must be submitted in PDF format
- Instructions and tools about the submissions can be found at the
"IOS Press
author templates" page, http://www.iospress.nl/authco/
instruction_crc.html.
* Deadlines:
- Paper Submission: January 7, 2008
- Acceptance Notification: March 3, 2008
- Camera Ready: March 31, 2008
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
- Bill Andersen, Ontology Works, USA
- Guido Boella, University of Torino, Italy
- Stefano Borgo, (co-chair), Laboratory for Applied Ontology, CNR,
Trento, Italy
- Peter Clark, Knowledge Systems, Boeing Maths and Computing
Technology, USA
- Matteo Cristani, University of Verona, Italy
- Roberta Cuel, University of Trento, Italy
- Roberta Ferrario, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, CNR, Trento, Italy
- Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada
- Nicola Guarino, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, CNR, Trento, Italy
- Gilles Kassel, Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, France
- Paulo Leitao, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e de Gestao,
Polytechnic Institute of Braganca, Portugal
- Leonardo Lesmo (co-chair), University of Torino, Italy
- Riichiro Mizoguchi, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial
Research,
Osaka University
- Jorge Posada, VICOMTech, Donostia / San Sebastian, Spain
- Chris Partridge, 42 Objects Limited, BORO Centre Limited, Brunel
University, UK
- York Sure, Institut AIFB, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany
- Valentina Tamma, University of Liverpool, UK
- Matthew West, Shell International Petroleum Company Limited, UK
- Radboud G.F. Winkels, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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