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 here.

A registration fee of $75 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]

Relevant video and audio material is available at [2]