Ontology Class 2009
Introduction to Ontology
The National Center for Ontological Research, National Center for Biomedical Ontology and the University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy are sponsoring a two-day ontology training event, led by Barry Smith, to be held in Buffalo, NY on October 10-11, 2000. No prior knowledge of ontology is presupposed. All sessions will be highly interactive and designed to be of interest to both philosophers and those with a background in computer and information science and in application domains such as data integration and
This course is designed to provide a basic introduction to ontology. It will provide an introductory survey of principles and methods, an overview of current developments and best practices in ontology.
Draft Program
Saturday, October 10
- 9.00am Continental Breakfast
- 9.30am Ontology as a Branch of Philosophy
- 11am Coffe
- 11.15am Formal Ontology and Formal Logic
- 12.45am Lunch
- 1.30pm Substances, Attributes and Universals
- 3.00pm Coffee
- 3.15pm Why I Am No Longer a Philosopher
Sunday, October 11
- 9.00am Continental Breakfast
- 9.30am Ontology as a Branch of Computer Science
- 10.30am Coffee
- 11.00am Ontology and the Semantic Web
1.30pm-5.30pm
- 7. Towards an International Standard Upper Level Ontology
- 8. The Universal Core: Ontology and Data Integration
The venue will be Center for Inquiry on Sweet Home Road. A small registration fee will be charged to non-UB participants to cover cost of breakfasts, coffee and lunches.
- Further details will be posted here.
Reading
- For prelimary reading consult [1]. + General Introduction to Ontology [2]
- To register interest in participating please send an email to ontology@buffalo.edu. + Video: How to Build an Ontology (with a Case Study on Clinical Trial Ontology) [3]
- For University at Buffal students
More Videos and Audios:
- This course will serve as an upper-level undergraduate or introductory graduate course in the University at Buffalo (PHI 531). UB students can register by writing to phismith@buffalo.edu.
