Ontology Class 2009

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 to be held in Buffalo, NY on October 10-11, 2000. All sessions will consist of lectures by Barry Smith accompanied by highly interactive discussions. The course is designed to be of interest to both philosophers and those with a background in computer and information science. No prior knowledge of ontology is presupposed.

Program

Saturday, October 10

• 9.00am Continental Breakfast
• 9.30am Ontology as a Branch of Philosophy
• 11am Coffee
• 11.15am Ontology and Logic
• 12.45am Lunch
• 1.30pm Objects, 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
• 12.45am Lunch
• 1.30pm Towards an International Standard Upper Level Ontology
• 3.00pm Coffee
• 3.15pm The Universal Core: Ontology and the US Federal Government Data Integration Initiative

Logistics

The venue will be the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, NY. For directions and details of local hotels see Venue and Hotels.

A small registration fee will be charged to non-UB participants to cover cost of breakfasts, coffee and lunches. For details write to Barry Smith.

This course will serve as part of an upper-level undergraduate or introductory graduate course in the University at Buffalo (PHI 531). UB students can register by writing to Barry Smith.

Reading

For prelimary reading consult [1]

Video and audios material is available at [2]