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| [[Enhanced Object-Based Production Conference REVISED]]
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| ==Event Date and Venue == | | == Venue Information == |
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| June 22-23, 2023
| | '''SAIC Rosslyn, 1911 Fort Myer Dr, Arlington, VA''' |
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| SAIC Rosslyn
| | :Arlington Conference Room (capacity: 40 people) |
| | :Iwo Jima Room, for speaker prep, breaks, breakout session (capacity 8-10) |
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| == Conference Goal ==
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| This conference aims (1) to identify the lessons learned from the Referent Tracking methodology, (2) to explore how these lessons might be translated to the domains of the defense and intelligence communities, (3) to identify potential benefits relating to semantic technology, and (4) to explore how these benefits can enhance OBP.
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| == Organizer and Contact== | | == Timing/Set-up == |
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| Carter Benson
| | Room will open at 7am the day of the conference for set-up/tech check.. |
| :carterbe@buffalo.edu
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| == Schedule of Topics and Speakers == | | == Primary Contacts == |
| | : Dr. Barry Smith |
| | : email: phismith@buffalo.edu |
| | : Carter Benson |
| | : email: carterbe@buffalo.edu |
| | == Provisional Program == |
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| Please Note: The final schedule and list of speakers will be finalized soon and posted here.
| | === June 22 === |
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| | '''10:00-10:10 Introduction and Welcome''' |
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| Confirmed Speakers:
| | '''10:15-11:00 Introduction to Basic Formal Ontology (BFO)''' |
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| | : Speaker: Barry Smith |
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| Barry Smith, Director, National Center for Ontological Research (NCOR)
| | '''11:15-12:00 Introduction to Referent Tracking (RT)''' |
| | : Speaker: Werner Ceusters |
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| Forrest B. Hare, SAIC Fellow, Solutions Architect, Cyberspace Operation, SAIC
| | '''12:00-1:00 Break for Lunch''' |
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| Werner Ceusters, Division Chief, Biomedical Ontology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
| | '''1:00-1:45 Introduction to Object Based Production (OBP)''' |
| | : Speaker: Geoff X. Davis and Guest |
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| William Hogan, Professor, Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida
| | '''2:00-2:45 Panel: RT and OBP: Common Themes''' |
| | : Themes: provenance, error tracking, time, confidence/likelihood |
| | :Panelists: David Limbaugh (remotely), John Beverley, TBD |
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| David Limbaugh, Ontologist, CUBRC
| | '''3:00-3:45 Introduction to Defense Ontologies & OBP Applications''' |
| | : Speaker: Forrest Hare |
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| Timothy Lebo, Cyber Operations Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory
| | '''4:00-5:15 Keynote: Title/Topic TBD''' |
| | : Speaker: Bill Hogan |
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| Geoff X. Davis, Business Growth and Development Manager, Celestar
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| | === June 23 === |
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| == Conference Description ==
| | '''9:00-9:45 Demo of Stases''' |
| | : Speaker forthcoming |
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| This conference aims (1) to identify the lessons learned from the [http://www.referent-tracking.com/RTU/reftrackparadigm.html Referent Tracking] methodology, (2) to explore how these lessons might be translated to the domains of the defense and intelligence communities, (3) to identify potential benefits relating to semantic technology, and (4) to explore how these benefits can enhance OBP.
| | '''10:00-10:45 Other approaches''' |
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| | '''11:00-11:45 Warrant in Medicine''' |
| | : Speaker: David Limbaugh |
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| '''The Problem:''' Ever increasing quantities of disaggregated data pose a problem for intelligence analysis. The problem is magnified when much of the data is sparse, obscure, or ever-changing. A key contributor to this problem is the inconsistency of data management policies. Mutually incompatible data management solutions have been and continue to be adopted not only by organizations but also by different departments within organizations. Data, as a result, is difficult to aggregate, and difficult to discover and to interpret, sometimes even difficult to interpret by those who created the data in the first place. This problem of too-much data inconsistently handled has an analogue in medicine in the realm of patient data. Electronic Health Records, for example, are collections of data about patients which grow and change in ways which make it difficult to track the medical state of a patient as it changes over time, for example as patients move between hospitals. | | '''11:45-12:45 Break for Lunch''' |
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| '''The Research:''' Intelligence data is useful only if it is available to decision makers when they need it. The subject of this conference is an Intelligence Community (IC) inter-organizational data architecture that has the potential to rapidly handle the enormous amounts of data collected continuously by the IC. The data architecture –– called ‘Enhanced Object-Based Production’ (E-OBP) –– is based on the Referent Tracking (RT) approach developed and tested in the medical domain over some 15 years [http://www.referent-tracking.com/RTU/papers.html]. E-OBP takes the object-oriented approach of Object-Based Production (OBP) but expands ‘object’ to any salient portion of reality. This allows traditional OBP to be transformed into an expressive, flexible, and scalable, data architecture. | | '''1:00-1:45 Topic TBD''' |
| | : Speaker: Tim Lebo |
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| The governing principle of E-OBP is to structure data that objectively mirrors reality in a way that allows tracking. Reality is made of unique entities with shared features and relationships indexed to locations and times. E-OBP uses 1) unique identifiers to refer to unique entities, 2) terms from a controlled vocabulary to represent features, relationships, times, and places, and 3) time-indexed, first-order logic expressible, assertions to represent when an entity has some feature or some relationship to other entities.
| | '''2:00-3:45 TBD''' |
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| E-OBP applies not only to data about first-order reality – tanks, people, missions, economic transactions, and so on – but also to data about these data, which it tracks using the same information infrastructure. It tracks when data become available, who made it available, the methods by which it was obtained, and whether it should be trusted [https://buffalo.box.com/s/jryzqr7nh85eu41k0skz1jk8xex9fne8]. It also records when data is discovered to be inaccurate, in a way that allows for more sophisticated error tracking. All of these data are brought together by the system to form a gigantic evolving graph, which forms a comprehensive and continuously adjusted picture of reality structured to allow zooming on identified threats, sensitive areas, government actions, and so forth.
| | ==== 4-5:15 Keynote: Title/Topic TBD ==== |
| | Speaker: Ryan Riccucci |
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| == Participants == | | == Registration == |
| | There is no registration fee for this event. If you would like to participate, please contact Carter Benson at the email above for further details. |
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| | == Security == |
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| | Due to SAIC protocols, no non-US citizens can participate in the conference in person or virtually. |
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| | == Tech == |
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| | A projector and laptop will be provided. Conference attendance will be available for confirmed participants. |
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| | == Refreshments == |
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| | Refreshments and a food will be provided. |
Venue Information
SAIC Rosslyn, 1911 Fort Myer Dr, Arlington, VA
- Arlington Conference Room (capacity: 40 people)
- Iwo Jima Room, for speaker prep, breaks, breakout session (capacity 8-10)
Timing/Set-up
Room will open at 7am the day of the conference for set-up/tech check..
Primary Contacts
- Dr. Barry Smith
- email: phismith@buffalo.edu
- Carter Benson
- email: carterbe@buffalo.edu
Provisional Program
June 22
10:00-10:10 Introduction and Welcome
10:15-11:00 Introduction to Basic Formal Ontology (BFO)
- Speaker: Barry Smith
11:15-12:00 Introduction to Referent Tracking (RT)
- Speaker: Werner Ceusters
12:00-1:00 Break for Lunch
1:00-1:45 Introduction to Object Based Production (OBP)
- Speaker: Geoff X. Davis and Guest
2:00-2:45 Panel: RT and OBP: Common Themes
- Themes: provenance, error tracking, time, confidence/likelihood
- Panelists: David Limbaugh (remotely), John Beverley, TBD
3:00-3:45 Introduction to Defense Ontologies & OBP Applications
- Speaker: Forrest Hare
4:00-5:15 Keynote: Title/Topic TBD
- Speaker: Bill Hogan
June 23
9:00-9:45 Demo of Stases
- Speaker forthcoming
10:00-10:45 Other approaches
- TBD
11:00-11:45 Warrant in Medicine
- Speaker: David Limbaugh
11:45-12:45 Break for Lunch
1:00-1:45 Topic TBD
- Speaker: Tim Lebo
2:00-3:45 TBD
4-5:15 Keynote: Title/Topic TBD
Speaker: Ryan Riccucci
Registration
There is no registration fee for this event. If you would like to participate, please contact Carter Benson at the email above for further details.
Security
Due to SAIC protocols, no non-US citizens can participate in the conference in person or virtually.
Tech
A projector and laptop will be provided. Conference attendance will be available for confirmed participants.
Refreshments
Refreshments and a food will be provided.
