An Introduction to Ontology Building

The University at Buffalo and the National Center for Ontological Research are hosting a one-day training event on ontology building on Saturday, October 23.

Schedule

8:30 Registration and Coffee

9:00 Barry Smith: An Introduction to Ontology Building: Examples from Medical Informatics, Defense, and Homeland Security

10:30 Coffee

10:45 Alan Ruttenberg: An Introduction to OWL, the Web Ontology Language

12:15 Lunch

1:00 Mathias Brochhausen: An Introduction to the Protege Ontology Editor

3:00 Coffee

3:15 Mathias Brochhausen: A Practical Exercise in Ontology Building

4:00 Mathias Brochhausen, Alan Ruttenberg, Barry Smith: Question and Answer Session

6:00 Dinner

The primary audience for this event consists of persons with an interest in ontology who wish to gain an initial familiarity with the languages and software tools employed in ontology construction, editing and use. All sessions will be highly interactive.

The early registration fee, due by October 15, is $120 per person. The late registration fee, due by October 20, is $150. On-site registration is $200. Scholarships are available to University at Buffalo participants who register before October 15. The registration fee includes lunch and refreshments during coffee breaks.

To initiate the registration process please send an email to ncor@buffalo.edu.

The venue is Natural Science Complex, Lecture Room 215 on the North Campus of the University at Buffalo. Information concerning local hotels is available here.

Mathias Brochhausen is Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science in Saarbruecken, Germany.

Alan Ruttenberg is Director of the Clinical and Translational Data Exchange at the University at Buffalo and a leader in the W3C OWL community.

Barry Smith is Director of the National Center for Ontological Research.