16-20 July 2012
Trento, Italy
The International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)
organizes the
First Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis
July 16-20, 2012 -- Trento, Italy
http://iaoa.org/isc2012/index.php
Six experts in different disciplines (philosophy, cognitive linguistics,
knowledge representation and conceptual modeling) will meet for a week
with students and researchers to present common themes in applied ontology
and describe them from each discipline's viewpoint, to engage in open
discussions with each other, and to interact with the participants.
Registration
------------
Registration is now open
(the fee includes admission to all courses, coffee breaks, and lunches).
Early Registration (Mar 15 - Apr 16): Student 150 euro, Regular 250 euro
Late Registration (Apr 17 - Jul 06): Student 250 euro, Regular 350 euro
The registration is open only to IAOA members
(for IAOA membership fee see http://www.iaoa.org/membership/membership.html).
The number of participants is limited to 80. Participation is granted based
on the order of registration.
Grants
------
The IAOA funds some grants for students. The grant covers the registration fee.
In exceptional cases the IAOA will contribute to cover travel expenses and
accommodation.
Courses
-------
Christiane Fellbaum, Dept. of Computer Science, Princeton University,
Ontology, semantics, and cognitive linguistics
Chiara Ghidini and Luciano Serafini, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento,
Logical tools for ontological analysis
Nicola Guarino, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento,
Introduction to Applied Ontology
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Dept. of Computer Science, Federal University of Esprito Santo,
Ontology-driven conceptual modelling
Kevin Mulligan, Dept. of Philosophy, Universit de Genve,
Ontological analysis: the philosophical perspective
Visit the web site of the school for more information:
http://iaoa.org/isc2012/index.php
The school is open to students, researchers and practitioners.
Feel free to distribute the announcement.