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'''Venue:''' Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
== Workshop Announcement ==


'''Date:'''
[http://www.cubrc.org CUBRC, Inc.] and the [http://www.ncor.us National Center for Ontological Research] (NCOR, [http://www.buffalo.edu University at Buffalo]) will host a one-day workshop entitled '''Ontologies for Information Integration (OI2): ''Focus on security, intelligence, and emergency response'''''. OI2 aims to foster awareness of and collaboration between ontology-sharing efforts across all facets of the US government. The workshop will feature individual presentations ontological development and exchange. This workshop supports the Distributed Development of a Shared Semantic Resource (DDSSR) initiative.
:Thursday, April 19, 2012
:Friday, April 20, 2012


'''Draft Schedule'''
== Venue ==
April 19
'''9:00 What is ontology and what is it useful for?'''
:Failures and successes of ontology technology
:Semantic enhancement as a strategy for integration of military intelligence data


'''10:30 Break'''
* '''Date:''' Thursday, April 18, 2013
* '''Time:''' 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST
* '''Location:''' Zebro Conference Room at the NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (BLS), 701 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14263


10:45: Military intelligence: an overview of the domain from a data integration perspective
== DDSSR Project Description ==
:Types of data
:Types of entity to which these data relate
:Joint Intelligence Doctrine
:The domain of military intelligence ontology


12:15 Lunch
The goal of the Distributed Development of a Shared Semantic Resource (DDSSR) pilot project is to validate a method of extending the horizontal integration of intelligence data within the framework of the US Army’s Distributed Common Ground System Standard Cloud (DSC) initiative to new providers and users of this data. The guiding strategy will be to build a set of ontologies, not for a specific group’s needs or used to annotate a specific type of data only, but rather to represent the domains of reality with which all of the different groups are concerned and which all of these different sorts of data describe. Based on its success in other domains, we are confident that this methodology will advance the needed horizontal integration of data.


13:00 A strategy to ensure consistency of data across multiple domains
Ontology for the Intelligence Community is a workshop that aims to address issues arising in the development work of participant groups, and ensure coordination of successive stages of the work. Attendees will be presented with a methodology for multi-community ontology development, and provided with support by personnel trained in the use of the methodology. The DDSSR pilot project members aim to impart the knowledge and understanding of a set of well-managed, cost-effective, non-redundant, and high-quality ontologies that address the data integration and analysis needs of the intelligence community.
A repeatable process for creating ontologies
The Semantic Enhancement approach


14:30 Ontology for the intelligence analysts (B. Mandrick)
== Keynote Addresses ==
Ontology and military doctrine
A repeatable process for creating ontologies


Annotations of data headings vs. Annotations of data column content
* "Why Ontologies? A Perspective from Military Intelligence" -'''Leo Obrst''', Principal AI Scientist, ''MITRE Corporation''
* "Horizontal Integration of Civil Information" -'''Gerard Christman''', Program Manager, ''Office of the Secretary of Defense''


1. One big chunk of the agenda for the training event, I think, should
== Workshop Objectives ==
be devoted to ontology building, by analogy with our work with Bill in
Buffalo on creating the FacialFeature ontology.
We could choose 2 or 3 similar topics, and work with the people in the
room on building ontologies for each. In this way, they learn what is
involved, and we all end up with more ontology content to work with in
the future.


2. There seemed to be an interest in the topic of ontology
* Address issues arising in the development work of participant groups.
coordination, which we got to at the end of the last training event. I
* Ensure coordination of successive stages of the work.
think we should push this further by working out exactly what ontology
* Present a methodology for multi-community ontology development.
content we need to build, and how a division of labor would work.
* Provide support from personnel trained in the use of this methodology.
* Impart knowledge and understanding of a set of well-managed, cost-effective, non-redundant and high-quality ontologies that address the data integration and analysis needs of the intelligence community.


3. The idea of ontology views (ontodog, idiosyncratic terms ...) and
== Who Should Attend? ==
of the relation between ontology and data should be pushed further --
(a) to educate the participants, (b) to get clearer about what we need
to do to address their needs. I am still working on a text for the SE
- Methodology document on these matters.


4. BFO, showing especially how BFO can help with item 2.
* Persons active in the process of improving the interoperability of U.S. Government information
* Project partners and representatives of parties and agencies who are unable to participate the DDSSR pilot project but who are interested in becoming trained in the SE development methodology
* Ontologists
* Data Analysts
* Members of the Intelligence Community
* Members of the Military Community
* Information Architects
* Information Technology Practitioners


5. Relations to NIEM, JC3IEDM, (global graph?)
== Registration ==
6. MIOF
 
7. Ontologies of data (-types) vs. ontologies of real world content
This workshop is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, please write to: [mailto:jillian.pugliese@cubrc.org jillian.pugliese@cubrc.org].
survey of video ontologies
 
== Miscellany ==
 
* Beverages will be available throughout the day.
* Lunch will be provided. Those with dietary restrictions (e.g., vegetarian, gluten-free,etc.) should include that information at registration.
* Paid parking is available nearby. Please do not use the BLS parking ramp.
* Sorry, no travel or per diem expenses will be paid to attend.
 
== Inquiries ==
 
Please direct all suggestions, comments, or inquiries to [mailto:jillian.pugliese@cubrc.org jillian.pugliese@cubrc.org].
 
== DDSSR Pilot Project Members ==
 
* '''Daniel D. Cruver''', Software Engineer, ''CUBRC''
* '''Tatiana (Tanya) Malyuta, Ph.D.''', SME Data Architect, ''Data Tactics Corporation''
* '''LTC William S. Mandrick, Ph.D.''', Senior Ontologist, ''Data Tactics Corporation''
* '''Jillian K. Pugliese''', Computational Linguist, ''CUBRC''
* '''Ronald J. Rudnicki''', Senior Research Scientist, ''CUBRC''
* '''Barry Smith, Ph.D.''', Director, ''National Center for Ontological Research''

Latest revision as of 15:33, 5 February 2013

Workshop Announcement

CUBRC, Inc. and the National Center for Ontological Research (NCOR, University at Buffalo) will host a one-day workshop entitled Ontologies for Information Integration (OI2): Focus on security, intelligence, and emergency response. OI2 aims to foster awareness of and collaboration between ontology-sharing efforts across all facets of the US government. The workshop will feature individual presentations ontological development and exchange. This workshop supports the Distributed Development of a Shared Semantic Resource (DDSSR) initiative.

Venue

  • Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013
  • Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST
  • Location: Zebro Conference Room at the NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (BLS), 701 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, NY 14263

DDSSR Project Description

The goal of the Distributed Development of a Shared Semantic Resource (DDSSR) pilot project is to validate a method of extending the horizontal integration of intelligence data within the framework of the US Army’s Distributed Common Ground System Standard Cloud (DSC) initiative to new providers and users of this data. The guiding strategy will be to build a set of ontologies, not for a specific group’s needs or used to annotate a specific type of data only, but rather to represent the domains of reality with which all of the different groups are concerned and which all of these different sorts of data describe. Based on its success in other domains, we are confident that this methodology will advance the needed horizontal integration of data.

Ontology for the Intelligence Community is a workshop that aims to address issues arising in the development work of participant groups, and ensure coordination of successive stages of the work. Attendees will be presented with a methodology for multi-community ontology development, and provided with support by personnel trained in the use of the methodology. The DDSSR pilot project members aim to impart the knowledge and understanding of a set of well-managed, cost-effective, non-redundant, and high-quality ontologies that address the data integration and analysis needs of the intelligence community.

Keynote Addresses

  • "Why Ontologies? A Perspective from Military Intelligence" -Leo Obrst, Principal AI Scientist, MITRE Corporation
  • "Horizontal Integration of Civil Information" -Gerard Christman, Program Manager, Office of the Secretary of Defense

Workshop Objectives

  • Address issues arising in the development work of participant groups.
  • Ensure coordination of successive stages of the work.
  • Present a methodology for multi-community ontology development.
  • Provide support from personnel trained in the use of this methodology.
  • Impart knowledge and understanding of a set of well-managed, cost-effective, non-redundant and high-quality ontologies that address the data integration and analysis needs of the intelligence community.

Who Should Attend?

  • Persons active in the process of improving the interoperability of U.S. Government information
  • Project partners and representatives of parties and agencies who are unable to participate the DDSSR pilot project but who are interested in becoming trained in the SE development methodology
  • Ontologists
  • Data Analysts
  • Members of the Intelligence Community
  • Members of the Military Community
  • Information Architects
  • Information Technology Practitioners

Registration

This workshop is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, please write to: jillian.pugliese@cubrc.org.

Miscellany

  • Beverages will be available throughout the day.
  • Lunch will be provided. Those with dietary restrictions (e.g., vegetarian, gluten-free,etc.) should include that information at registration.
  • Paid parking is available nearby. Please do not use the BLS parking ramp.
  • Sorry, no travel or per diem expenses will be paid to attend.

Inquiries

Please direct all suggestions, comments, or inquiries to jillian.pugliese@cubrc.org.

DDSSR Pilot Project Members

  • Daniel D. Cruver, Software Engineer, CUBRC
  • Tatiana (Tanya) Malyuta, Ph.D., SME Data Architect, Data Tactics Corporation
  • LTC William S. Mandrick, Ph.D., Senior Ontologist, Data Tactics Corporation
  • Jillian K. Pugliese, Computational Linguist, CUBRC
  • Ronald J. Rudnicki, Senior Research Scientist, CUBRC
  • Barry Smith, Ph.D., Director, National Center for Ontological Research
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