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Number 02
Duration 1.5 hour
Date/Time December 15 2016 17:30 GMT
9:30 PST/12:30 EST
6:30pm CET
Convener KenBaclawski

OntologySummit Pre-Launch Planning Session II

Session Chair: Kenneth Baclawski (IAOA; Northeastern University)

Topic: Pre-Launch Planning Session II for OntologySummit2017

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Abstract

The OntologySummit is an annual series of events that involves the ontology community and communities related to each year's theme chosen for the summit. The Ontology Summit was started by Ontolog and NIST, and the program has been co-organized by Ontolog, NIST, NCOR, NCBO, IAOA, NCO_NITRD along with the co-sponsorship of other organizations that are supportive of the Summit goals and objectives.

Agenda

1. Ontology Summit 2017 Topic Suggestion #1: Foundational Ontologies 

  This is related to the first summit theme in 2006 (The Upper
  Ontology Summit) and so would be revisiting this topic.  However,
  much has happened since that first summit, so it might be worthwhile
  to have another one on the theme.

Suggestion #2: The discipline of Ontological Engineering - Best Practices 

  This was suggested in an earlier summit brainstorming session.  It
  has some similarity to the summit theme in 2010 "Creating the
  Ontologists of the Future".  Other summits included best practices
  within some of the tracks.

Suggestion #3: Domain Overlap and Vocabularies 

  This is a theme that would extend the recent series on Domain
  Vocabularies.  It would be concerned with techniques for building
  and extending domain vocabularies.

Suggestion #4: AI/Hybrid Learning and Ontologies 

  For example, hybrid systems that use machine learning systems to
  ingest data, combined with logic-based system that do the reasoning.

Suggestion #5: Domain Models and Vocabularies 

  Variation on Suggestion #3.  It would extend the recent series on
  Domain Vocabularies in a different direction.

Suggestion #6: Reasoning with Ontologies 

  This was suggested in an earlier summit brainstorming session.

Suggestion #7: Ontological Architectures 

  This might be merged with Suggestion #1 on foundational ontologies
  as well as with the suggestions related to domain vocabularies.  The
  various suggestions would then be tracks in the merged theme.

Suggestion #8: Using ontologies to evaluate standards 

  Another suggestion related to standards is the question "What can
  you do with an ontological representation of a standard that is
  impossible or inconvenient in other representations?"

Suggestion #9: Textbook for applied ontology 

  This was suggested in an earlier summit brainstorming session.

Suggestion #10: Retrospective on previous summits - where are we now? 

  This was suggested in an earlier summit brainstorming session.


2. Tracks

Suggestion: Examine the issue of the lack of agreement on terminology in the health disciplines and how it might be tackled. This is one of the serious concerns of the NIH BD2K (Big Data 2 Knowledge) program.

3. General

Suggestion: It might be useful for each session to be tagged with the expected level, such as Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, or possibly with some prerequisites.

4. AOB

5. Next Meeting

Proceedings

[12:29] ToddSchneider: 1. Ontology Summit 2017 Topic Suggestion #1: Foundational Ontologies

[12:29] ToddSchneider: Suggestion #2: The discipline of Ontological Engineering - Best Practices

[12:30] ToddSchneider: Suggestion #3: Domain Overlap and Vocabularies

[12:30] ToddSchneider: Suggestion #4: AI/Hybrid Learning and Ontologies

[12:30] ToddSchneider: Suggestion #5: Domain Models and Vocabularies

[12:30] ToddSchneider: Suggestion #6: Reasoning with Ontologies

[12:31] ToddSchneider: Suggestion #7: Ontological Architectures

[12:31] ToddSchneider: Suggestion #8: Using ontologies to evaluate standards

[12:31] ToddSchneider: Suggestion #9: Textbook for applied ontology

[12:31] ToddSchneider: Suggestion #10: Retrospective on previous summits - where are we now?

[12:31] KenBaclawski: Suggestion #1: Foundational Ontologies 

  This is related to the first summit theme in 2006 (The Upper
  Ontology Summit) and so would be revisiting this topic.  However,
  much has happened since that first summit, so it might be worthwhile
  to have another one on the theme.

Suggestion #2: The discipline of Ontological Engineering - Best Practices 

  This was suggested in an earlier summit brainstorming session.  It
  has some similarity to the summit theme in 2010 "Creating the
  Ontologists of the Future".  Other summits included best practices
  within some of the tracks.

Suggestion #3: Domain Overlap and Vocabularies 

  This is a theme that would extend the recent series on Domain
  Vocabularies.  It would be concerned with techniques for building
  and extending domain vocabularies.

Suggestion #4: AI/Hybrid Learning and Ontologies 

  For example, hybrid systems that use machine learning systems to
  ingest data, combined with logic-based system that do the reasoning.

Suggestion #5: Domain Models and Vocabularies 

  Variation on Suggestion #3.  It would extend the recent series on
  Domain Vocabularies in a different direction.

Suggestion #6: Reasoning with Ontologies 

  This was suggested in an earlier summit brainstorming session.

Suggestion #7: Ontological Architectures 

  This might be merged with Suggestion #1 on foundational ontologies
  as well as with the suggestions related to domain vocabularies.  The
  various suggestions would then be tracks in the merged theme.

Suggestion #8: Using ontologies to evaluate standards 

  Another suggestion related to standards is the question "What can
  you do with an ontological representation of a standard that is
  impossible or inconvenient in other representations?"

Suggestion #9: Textbook for applied ontology 

  This was suggested in an earlier summit brainstorming session.

Suggestion #10: Retrospective on previous summits - where are we now? 

  This was suggested in an earlier summit brainstorming session.

General Suggestion: It might be useful for each session to be tagged with the expected level, such as Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, or possibly with some prerequisites.

Track Suggestion: Examine the issue of the lack of agreement on terminology in the health disciplines and how it might be tackled. This is one of the serious concerns of the NIH BD2K (Big Data 2 Knowledge) program.

[12:32] KenBaclawski: http://ontologforum.org/index.php/ConnectionDetailsFCC

[12:36] gary berg-cross: Reasoning with Ontologies might be the topic and AI/Hybrid Learning and Ontologies is a track although it is more attention grabbing. Or combine them into the title.

[12:36] KenBaclawski: AI/Hybrid Learning and Reasoning with Ontologies

[12:37] ToddSchneider: AI/Hybrid Learning and Ontologies and reasoning

[12:37] KenBaclawski: AI/Hybrid Learning, Reasoning and Ontologies

[12:40] KenBaclawski: AI: Machine Learning, Reasoning and Ontologies

[12:42] Ram D. Sriram: Check this recent report on AI: https://www.nitrd.gov/PUBS/national_ai_rd_strategic_plan.pdf

[12:43] KenBaclawski: http://ontologforum.org/index.php/ConferenceCall_2016_12_15

[12:45] BrandonWhitehead: Ontologies for AI: from reasoning to hybrid learning

[12:45] KenBaclawski: AI, Machine Learning, Reasoning and Ontologies

[12:47] KenBaclawski: AI, Learning, Reasoning and Ontologies

[12:47] AlexShkotin: https://www.uwb.edu/learningtech/hybrid-and-online-learning/hybrid-learning/about-hybrid-learning/definition-hybrid-learning

[12:52] ToddSchneider: so , "AI, Learning, Reasoning and Ontologies" is the topic for the 2017 Ontology Summit.

[12:52] ToddSchneider: We can help from IAOA in getting speakers?

[12:55] MikeBennett: We can have a track on the use of foundational ontologies, per the work being explored in the IAOA Summer Institute (including the ISO initiative)

[12:55] ToddSchneider: Hasn't there been work done on extracting a domain 'ontology' from 'data'?

[12:57] TerryLongstreth: --->moving toward machine-based consciousness and self-awareness

[12:57] MikeBennett: Use of natural language processin to generate or extend ontologies. Also relates to foundational ontologies and how they help in that process

[13:00] gary berg-cross: Connectionist-symbolic integration: From unified to hybrid approaches R Sun, F Alexandre - 2013 - books.google.com Computational Architectures Integrating Neural and Symbolic Processes etc...

[13:07] KenBaclawski: Next meeting is 12/21 at 12:00pm.

[13:08] Donna Fritzsche: thanks!

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