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FOMI 2008 - 3rd Workshop on Formal Ontologies Meet Industry
5-6 June, 2008, Torino, Italy
CALL FOR PAPERS
Conference web site: http://www.fomi2008.di.unito.it
Proceedings published by IOS Press, http://www.iospress.nl/
This event is jointly organized by:
- Laboratory for Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento
- University of Torino
- University of Verona
CONFERENCE AIMS
FOMI is an international forum where academic researchers and
industrial practitioners meet to analyze and discuss issues
related to methods, theories, tools and applications based on
formal ontologies.
There is today wide agreement that knowledge modeling and the
semantic dimension of information plays an increasingly central
role in networked economy: semantic-based applications are
relevant in distributed systems such as networked organizations,
organizational networks, and in distributed knowledge management.
These knowledge models in industry aim to provide a framework for
information and knowledge sharing, reliable information exchange,
meaning negotiation and coordination between distinct
organizations or among members of the same organization.
New tools and applications have been and are being developed in
diverse application fields, ranging from business to medicine,
from engineering to finance, from law to electronics. All these
systems have exploited the theoretical results and the practical
experience of previous work. In all cases, it has been shown that
formal ontologies play a central role in describing in a common
and understandable way the logical and practical features of the
application domain.
The success of the methodologies associated with knowledge
modeling and ontologies led to increased need of a comparison
between different approaches and results, with the aim of
evaluating the interdependencies between theories and methods of
formal ontology and the activities, processes, and needs of
enterprise organizations.
The FOMI 08 Workshop aims to advance in this direction by bringing
together researchers and practitioners interested in ontology
application, paying particular attention to the topics listed
below.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
*problems in ontology application:*
- practical issues in using ontologies in the enterprise
- real cases of successful/unsuccessful use of ontology in
business
- from legacy systems to the new ontology-driven systems
*ontology and business:*
- ontology and ontological methodologies in business;
- adaptation of ontologies for companies and organizations;
- ontology effectiveness and evaluation in business
*ontology and enterprise:*
- ontology-driven enterprise modeling;
- ontology development and change within organizations;
- ontology-driven representation of products, services,
functionalities,
design, processes;
*ontology and enterprise knowledge:*
- ontologies for the know-how;
- ontologies for corporate knowledge;
*ontology in practice:*
- ontologies for electronic catalogs, e-commerce, e-government;
- ontologies for marketing;
- ontologies for finance;
- ontologies for engineering;
- ontologies for medical sciences;
*ontology and linguistics:*
- ontology-driven linguistic representation in organization
knowledge;
- linguistic problems in standards and in codification processes;
- ontologies and multilingualism in business and organizations
PROGRAMME
The Scientific Programme will include invited talks, oral
presentations, poster and demo presentations, and panels.
Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and selected on the basis
of technical quality, relevance of the described experiences
(depending on the type of submission), and clarity of the
presentation for the workshop. In particular, we insist that
papers should be written for a wide audience. Accepted papers will
be presented at the workshop, and published as proceedings.
PROCEEDINGS
Accepted papers will appear in the Workshop Proceedings, published
by IOS Press and distributed to participants. Following the past
edition, a selection of the best papers accepted at the workshop
will be considered for publication in the international journal
"Applied Ontology".
SUBMISSIONS AND DATES
* Format
- The maximal paper length is 10 pages, excluding title page and
bibliography.
- Papers must be submitted in PDF format
- Instructions and tools about the submissions can be found at
the "IOS Press author templates" page,
http://www.iospress.nl/authco/instruction_crc.html.
* Deadlines:
- Paper Submission: January 7, 2008
- Acceptance Notification: March 3, 2008
- Camera Ready: March 31, 2008
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
- Bill Andersen, Ontology Works, USA
- Guido Boella, University of Torino, Italy
- Stefano Borgo, (co-chair), Laboratory for Applied Ontology, CNR,
Trento, Italy
- Peter Clark, Knowledge Systems, Boeing Maths and Computing
Technology, USA
- Matteo Cristani, University of Verona, Italy
- Roberta Cuel, University of Trento, Italy
- Roberta Ferrario, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, CNR, Trento,
Italy
- Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto, Canada
- Nicola Guarino, Laboratory for Applied Ontology, CNR, Trento,
Italy
- Gilles Kassel, Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, France
- Paulo Leitao, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e de Gestao,
Polytechnic Institute of Braganca, Portugal
- Leonardo Lesmo (co-chair), University of Torino, Italy
- Riichiro Mizoguchi, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial
Research, Osaka University
- Jorge Posada, VICOMTech, Donostia / San Sebastian, Spain
- Chris Partridge, 42 Objects Limited, BORO Centre Limited, Brunel
University, UK
- York Sure, Institut AIFB, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany
- Valentina Tamma, University of Liverpool, UK
- Matthew West, Shell International Petroleum Company Limited, UK
- Radboud G.F. Winkels, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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