Problems in Ontology

PHI 531 Seminar 3 Credit Hours

Problems in Ontology

Faculty: Barry Smith

Mondays, 4-6pm, Fall 2012, Park 141, UB North Campus

First session: August 29, 2012

This seminar will discuss a variety of problems 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. Ontologies to be considered will include:

• Basic Formal Ontology
• Information Artifact Ontology
• The Gene Ontology and the OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies) Foundry
• Universal Core Semantic Layer
• The Environment Ontology

Students are strongly encouraged to register also for the tutorial:

PHI 398 LEC SMI Lecture Spec Topics: Intro to Ontology

which will provide a one-credit hour tutorial on the Protégé 2000 ontology editing software, the initial meeting of which will take place on August 11-12, 2012.

Introductory readings are provided here