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underlying the success and failure of ontology projects, including issues of ontology governance and dissemination.  
underlying the success and failure of ontology projects, including issues of ontology governance and dissemination.  


Course Structure: This will be a three credit hour on-line graduate seminar. It will be taught through the medium of a series of 2-hour long videos incorporating presentation of powerpoint slides and question-answer sessions. The final session will be structured around youtube videos created by the students in the class.
'''Course Structure:''' This will be a three credit hour on-line graduate seminar. It will be taught through the medium of a series of 2-hour long videos incorporating presentation of powerpoint slides and question-answer sessions. The final session will be structured around youtube videos created by the students in the class.


Schedule: The link to the course video for any given week will be provided at 9am on the corresponding Sunday (as listed below). Students are required to watch the video within 48 hours of this posting and to send a ~200 word summary of the content of this video to Dr Smith before the end of this period. In addition they should post to the class email forum any questions and comments relating to the video from the relevant week.
'''Schedule:''' The link to the course video for any given week will be provided at 9am on the corresponding Sunday (as listed below). Students are required to watch the video within 48 hours of this posting and to send a ~200 word summary of the content of this video to Dr Smith before the end of this period. In addition they should post to the class email forum any questions and comments relating to the video from the relevant week.


'''Text:''' Robert Arp, Barry Smith and Andrew Spear, [https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology], Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, August 2015  
'''Text:''' Robert Arp, Barry Smith and Andrew Spear, [https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology], Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, August 2015  


Further readings and examples of video lectures from previous courses are provided below
Examples of video lectures from previous courses are provided below.


'''Ontologies''' are an important tool in all areas where data is collected and described by different groups in different ways. Ontologies provide taxonomy-based computerized lexica used to describe diverse bodies of data. They thereby help to aggregate and compare data, to make data more easily discoverable, and to allow large bodies of data to be more effectively searched and analyzed. Ontologies also play an important role in the so-called Semantic Web, where the Web Ontology Language (OWL) forms a central building block in the stack of web technology standards created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
'''Ontologies''' are an important tool in all areas where data is collected and described by different groups in different ways. Ontologies provide taxonomy-based computerized lexica used to describe diverse bodies of data. They thereby help to aggregate and compare data, to make data more easily discoverable, and to allow large bodies of data to be more effectively searched and analyzed. Ontologies also play an important role in the so-called Semantic Web, where the Web Ontology Language (OWL) forms a central building block in the stack of web technology standards created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
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==April 29:==
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==May 6: Student presentations in video format==
==May 6: Student presentations in video format==
'''Guidance for Presentations and Reports '''


Monday, March 26, 2018 Classes Resume
:Examples of what to include
Friday, May 11, 2018 Last Day of Classes
::Statement of scope of the ontology
::The true path rule
::Identification of existing ontologies in the relevant domain
::Explanation of how your ontology differs from (or incorporates) these ontologies
::Screenshots of parts of the ontology with some examples of important terms and definitions
::Summaries of potential applications of the ontology
:Evaluation
:Completeness


== '''Provisional list of topics''' ==
== '''Provisional list of topics''' ==


:1. Introduction to Ontology and the Semantic Web
:1. Introduction to Ontology for Systems Engineering
:2. Big Data and How to Overcome the Problems it Causes
:2. Big Data and How to Overcome the Problems it Causes
:3. Ontology, AI and Robotics
:3. Ontology, AI and Robotics
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*[http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40436-014-0073-2 Ontology-based interoperability solutions for textile supply chain]
*[http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40436-014-0073-2 Ontology-based interoperability solutions for textile supply chain]
== '''Guidance for Presentations and Reports '''==
:Examples of what to include
::Statement of scope of the ontology
::The true path rule
::Identification of existing ontologies
::Explanation of how your ontology differs from (or incorporates) these
::Screenshots of parts of the ontology with some examples of important terms and definitions
::Summaries of potential applications of the ontology
:Evaluation
:Completeness


== '''Grading and Related Policies and Services''' ==
== '''Grading and Related Policies and Services''' ==

Revision as of 18:47, 22 January 2018

Title: PHI 598 / IE 500: Ontological Engineering (Online class), Spring 2018.

Registration:

Class#: 23854 (PHI)
Class#: 23450 (ENG)
Off-campus students: Registration details are provided under Part Time/Graduate here.

Instructor: Barry Smith

Office hours: By appointment via email at phismith@buffalo.edu

The Course

The aim of this 3-credit-hour course is to provide an introduction to the methods and uses of ontological engineering, focusing on applications in areas such as military intelligence, engineering, and document processing. It will provide an overview of how ontologies are created and used, together with practical experience in the development of ontologies and in the use of associated web technology standards. It will also address some of the human factors underlying the success and failure of ontology projects, including issues of ontology governance and dissemination.

Course Structure: This will be a three credit hour on-line graduate seminar. It will be taught through the medium of a series of 2-hour long videos incorporating presentation of powerpoint slides and question-answer sessions. The final session will be structured around youtube videos created by the students in the class.

Schedule: The link to the course video for any given week will be provided at 9am on the corresponding Sunday (as listed below). Students are required to watch the video within 48 hours of this posting and to send a ~200 word summary of the content of this video to Dr Smith before the end of this period. In addition they should post to the class email forum any questions and comments relating to the video from the relevant week.

Text: Robert Arp, Barry Smith and Andrew Spear, Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, August 2015

Examples of video lectures from previous courses are provided below.

Ontologies are an important tool in all areas where data is collected and described by different groups in different ways. Ontologies provide taxonomy-based computerized lexica used to describe diverse bodies of data. They thereby help to aggregate and compare data, to make data more easily discoverable, and to allow large bodies of data to be more effectively searched and analyzed. Ontologies also play an important role in the so-called Semantic Web, where the Web Ontology Language (OWL) forms a central building block in the stack of web technology standards created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Ontology in Buffalo: UB ontologists are involved in a variety of national and international projects in the military, healthcare, bioscience, engineering, transport and financial domains. There is an acknowledged shortage of persons with ontological engineering expertise in all these fields, and in related fields such as journalism, manufacturing and government administration. UB ontologists also work closely with CUBRC, a Buffalo research, development, testing and systems integration company specializing in the areas of Data Science and Information Fusion; Chemical, Biological and Medical Sciences; and Aeronautics.

Schedule

January 28: Introduction to Ontology for Systems Engineering 1

February 4: Introduction to Ontology for Systems Engineering 2

February 11:

February 18:

February 25:

March 4:

March 11:

March 18:

==March 25:== Spring Recess

April 1:

April 8:

April 15:

April 22:

April 29:

May 6: Student presentations in video format

Guidance for Presentations and Reports

Examples of what to include
Statement of scope of the ontology
The true path rule
Identification of existing ontologies in the relevant domain
Explanation of how your ontology differs from (or incorporates) these ontologies
Screenshots of parts of the ontology with some examples of important terms and definitions
Summaries of potential applications of the ontology
Evaluation
Completeness

Provisional list of topics

1. Introduction to Ontology for Systems Engineering
2. Big Data and How to Overcome the Problems it Causes
3. Ontology, AI and Robotics
4. Services, Commodities, Infrastructure
5. Product Life Cycle Ontology
6. Ontology and Information Engineering in the Healthcare Domain
7. The Science of Document Informatics
8. Finance Ontology
9. The Ontology of Plans
10. Ontology of Military Logistics
11. Ontology and Intelligence Analysis
12. Ontology and Data Fusion
13. Ontology of Terrorism
14. Presentations of Student Projects 1
15. Presentations of Student Projects 2

Sample videos

  • Ontology: A Brief Introduction
Slides
Video
  • Ontology: From Philosophy to Engineering
Slides
Video
  • Ontology as a Solution to the Problem of Data Integration
Slides
Video
  • Object Based Production (OBP): Use of Ontologies in Tracking Systems
Basics of Referent Tracking (RT)
Slides
Video
Referent Tracking and Video Surveillance
Slides
Video
Referent Tracking and Data Descriptions
Slides
Video
  • Military ontology
Slides1
Video1
Slides2
Video2
  • What is a document?
Slides
Video (to be edited)
  • Document Acts and the Ontology of Social Reality
Video
  • Ontology and the Semantic Web
Slides
Video

Background

Grading and Related Policies and Services

All students will be required to take an active part in class discussions throughout the semester. In addition they will be required to design and complete an ontology project, including written description, and brief presentation of the project in class. Students enrolled in the practical segment will be required to create a Protégé file to accompany their ontology project, and also to complete quizzes designed to gauge developing competence in the use of the Protégé Ontology Editor and SPARQL query language.

For 3 credit hour students, your grade will be determined in five equal portions deriving from:

1. class participation (1.5% per class attended),
2. results of two quizzes relating to the lab portion of the course
3. written description of ontology project (3000 words; deadline December 2),
4. Protégé ontology file (deadline November 25),
5. class presentation.

For 2 credit hour students, your grade is determined as follows:

1. class participation (1.5% per class attended),
2. written description of ontology project (4000 words; deadline December 2) (50%),
3. class presentation (30%).

For policy regarding incompletes see here

For academic integrity policy see here

For accessibility services see here

Preliminary Reading and Video Materials