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'''Mondays, 4-6pm, Fall 2012, Jacobs 106, UB North Campus'''
'''Mondays, 4-6pm, Fall 2012, Jacobs 106, UB North Campus'''


All sessions will be accessible both for face-to-face participants and on-line via webex. Recordings will be available here:
All sessions will be accessible both for face-to-face participants and on-line via webex.  
http://prmmcontent.acsu.buffalo.edu/silverlight_web/courses/fall2012/phi531/


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September 24: '''Mental Functioning Ontology'''
[[Today]]September 24: '''Mental Functioning Ontology'''
*[https://ub.webex.com/ub/j.php?ED=142244687&UID=491437657&PW=NNDhjMzMwN2Qx&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D Webex]
*[https://ub.webex.com/ub/j.php?ED=142244687&UID=491437657&PW=NNDhjMzMwN2Qx&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D Webex]
:4:00pm [http://www.affective-sciences.org/user/346 Janna Hastings] (Swiss Center for Affective Sciences and European Bioinformatics Institute): '''Representing Mental Functioning''' [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/12/MFO-Hastings.pptx Slides]
:4:00pm [http://www.affective-sciences.org/user/346 Janna Hastings] (Swiss Center for Affective Sciences and European Bioinformatics Institute): '''Representing Mental Functioning''' [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/12/MFO-Hastings.pptx Slides]
:Mental functioning includes all the faculties of the mind, e.g., perception, planning, language, memory, emotion, and self-representation. The study of these processes cuts across disciplines such as psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and biomedicine. The Mental Functioning Ontology (MFO) is designed to provide a means for the common description of data in all of these disciplines, in order to support data aggregation and comparison. For background material see [http://kr-med.org/icbofois2012/mfo/ here] (slides) and [http://kr-med.org/icbofois2012/proceedings/ICBOFOIS2012Workshops/ICBO2012MFO/ICBO-2012-MFO-WS.pdf here] (papers).
:Mental functioning includes all the faculties of the mind, e.g., perception, planning, language, memory, emotion, and self-representation. The study of these processes cuts across disciplines such as psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and biomedicine. The Mental Functioning Ontology (MFO) is designed to provide a means for the common description of data in all of these disciplines, in order to support data aggregation and comparison. For background material see [http://kr-med.org/icbofois2012/mfo/ here] (slides) and [http://kr-med.org/icbofois2012/proceedings/ICBOFOIS2012Workshops/ICBO2012MFO/ICBO-2012-MFO-WS.pdf here] (papers).


:4:45pm Barry Smith: '''Mental Functioning and the Ontology of Language''' [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/12/Mind&LanguageSep2012.pptx Slides]
:4:45pm Barry Smith: '''Mental Functioning and the Ontology of Language''' [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/12/Mind&LanguageSep2012.pptx Slides]

Revision as of 12:55, 24 September 2012

PHI 531 Graduate Seminar: Problems in Ontology

Crosslisted with PHI 358 Problems in Ontology

Up to 4 Credit Hours

Principal faculty: Barry Smith

Mondays, 4-6pm, Fall 2012, Jacobs 106, UB North Campus

All sessions will be accessible both for face-to-face participants and on-line via webex.

Content

This class will consist of a mixture of:

  • presentations by ontologists from UB and elsewhere;
  • ontology development and planning sessions;
  • teaching on specific ontology topics (for examples see here);
  • video presentations (for example from here).

We will cover a variety of topics in theoretical and applied ontology, paying special attention to applications in the areas of biology and medicine on the one hand, and defense and security on the other.

Outcomes

By the end of the class students will be able to:

  • understand the nature, utility and scope of contemporary applied ontology
  • understand methods and rules for ontology development, evaluation, planning and organization
  • contribute to ontological development initiatives
  • engage in discussion of major issues in theoretical and applied ontology

Schedule

August 27: Introduction to Ontology

We will begin with a basic introduction to ontology by addressing questions such as: What is an ontology? What are the differences and interrelations between ontology (philosophy), ontology (science), and ontology (engineering)? How are ontologies used? We will also provide an introduction to Basic Formal Ontology (BFO), focusing on a discussion of the question: What is a musical score?

September 10: Presentation by Werner Ceusters (Bioinformatics/Psychiatry): Referent Tracking: Particulars in Focus

Referent Tracking (RT) is a methodology to create digital copies of the parts of the world we are interested in. It is based on Basic Formal Ontology, but focuses on particulars rather than universals. The goal is to create information systems in such a way that (1) the information they contain mimics the structure of the corresponding portions of reality and (2) they can make optimal use of ontologies and terminologies.


TodaySeptember 24: Mental Functioning Ontology

4:00pm Janna Hastings (Swiss Center for Affective Sciences and European Bioinformatics Institute): Representing Mental Functioning Slides
Mental functioning includes all the faculties of the mind, e.g., perception, planning, language, memory, emotion, and self-representation. The study of these processes cuts across disciplines such as psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and biomedicine. The Mental Functioning Ontology (MFO) is designed to provide a means for the common description of data in all of these disciplines, in order to support data aggregation and comparison. For background material see here (slides) and here (papers).


4:45pm Barry Smith: Mental Functioning and the Ontology of Language Slides
In this section we will address those kinds of mental functioning which involve overt or covert use of language. We will focus especially on the issue of the directedness of thought and language to extra-mental objects.
  • October 1: TBD
  • October 8: Special session on research collaborations in military, healthcare and other fields of information-driven science
Further details are available here.
  • October 15: TBD
  • October 22: Information on this session provided only to students registered for credit
  • October 29: Alexander Diehl (Neurology): From the Gene Ontology to the Neurological Disease Ontology
  • November 5: Albert Goldfain (Blue Highway): The Infectious Disease Ontology
  • November 12: Symposium on the Information Artifact Ontology with Ron Rudnicki (CUBRC) and Werner Ceusters
  • November 19: Symposium on the Information Artifact Ontology (Part 2)
  • November 26: TBD
  • December 3: TBD

Grading Requirements for this class will depend on the selected number of credit hours, but will include active class participation and completion of some written work or ontology project.

All students taking the class for credit should make an appointment with Dr Smith to discuss further details.

Literature

Introductory readings are provided here.

See also the Buffalo Ontology Site.

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