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Call for Posters>> FOIS 2012<< of Young Scientists (! only !) Jul 24-27, Graz, Austria

-> DEADLINES: * Submission of Posters of Young Scientists: May 01, 2012 * Early Registration Deadline for FOIS 2012: Apr 15, 2012 * Travel Grant Application Deadline: Apr 08, 2012

[1] http://purl.org/icbofois2012

------------------------------------------------ TITLE AND CO-LOCATION ------------------------------------------------

Seventh International Conference on Formal Ontologies in Information Systems (FOIS 2012) July, 24-27, 2012 in Graz, Austria

held together with the

Third International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2012)

------------------------------------------------ DEFINITION AND SCOPE ------------------------------------------------

Researchers in diverse areas increasingly recognize the need for serious engagement with ontology, understood as a general theory of the types of entities and relations making up their respective domains of enquiry, in providing a solid foundation for their work. Among these areas there are

* conceptual modeling, * database design, * software engineering, * organizational modeling, * artificial intelligence, * computational linguistics, * the life sciences, * bioinformatics, * geographic information science, * knowledge engineering, * information retrieval, and * the semantic web.

The FOIS conference is designed to provide a meeting point for interdisciplinary research and communication for researchers from all interested disciplines. The conference series [2] began with the first meeting in Trento, Italy in June 1998 followed by meetings in 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. The seventh FOIS conference will be held in Graz, Austria July 24-27, 2012, in conjunction with the third International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO 2012).

For further general information on FOIS, the flagship conference of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA) [3], please consult the websites of FOIS 2012 [1] or the conference series website [2].

----------------------------------------------------------------- POSTER SESSION (! submissions by YOUNG SCIENTISTS only !) -----------------------------------------------------------------

The poster session at FOIS 2012 will give young scientists the opportunity to present their current work related to formal ontology in information systems and discuss their approach, results, problems and methods with the other participants of the conference.

As this poster session is particularly intended to provide an opportunity for young ontologists to disseminate, and obtain feedback on, their work, __submission is restricted__ to students who are working towards a postgraduate qualification (Master's or Ph.D.).

The selection of poster contributions will pay specific attention to their relevance to the topics of FOIS 2012.

------------------------------------------------ TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------------------------------------

Topic areas of interest include in particular:

Foundational Issues

* Kinds of entity: particulars/universals, continuants/occurrents, abstracta/concreta, dependent/independent entities, natural objects/artifacts * Formal relations: parthood, identity, connection, dependence, constitution, subsumption, instantiation * Vagueness and granularity * Identity and change * Formal comparison among ontologies * Ontology of physical reality (matter, space, time, motion, ...) * Ontology of biological reality (genes, proteins, cells, organisms, ...) * Ontology of artifacts, functions and roles * Ontology of mental reality and agency (beliefs, intentions, emotions, ...) * Ontology of social reality (institutions, organizations, norms, social relationships, artistic expressions, ...) * Ontology of the information society (information, communication, meaning negotiation, ...) * Ontology and Natural Language Semantics, Ontology and Cognition

Methodologies and Applications

* Top-level vs application ontologies * Ontology integration and alignment; role of reference ontologies * Ontology-driven information systems design * Ontological foundations for conceptual modeling * Ontology-based application systems * Requirements engineering * Knowledge engineering * Knowledge management and organization * Knowledge representation; Qualitative modeling * Computational lexicons; Terminology * Information retrieval; Question-answering * Semantic Web; Web services; Grid computing * Domain-specific ontologies, especially for: Biomedical science, E-business, Enterprise integration, Engineering, Geography, Law, Library science, Linguistics, ...

------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------

We encourage graduate students to submit posters to FOIS 2012.

Poster submission: May 01, 2012<-- Poster notification: Jun 01, 2012 Final poster submission: Jun 25, 2012 Electronic publication: Jul 10, 2012

Poster presenters must register for the conference, please see [4,5] for applicable rates.

Travel grant application: Apr 08, 2012<-- (! before May 01 !) Early registration: Apr 15, 2012<-- (! before May 01 !) Regular registration: Jun 30, 2012 Late registration: Jul 27, 2012

Conference dates: Jul 24-27, 2012

------------------------------------------------ AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSTERS ------------------------------------------------

Poster submission should consist of

1. an electronic copy of the poster itself (for printing at A2 size), preferably in PDF format, and 2. a cover letter giving the author's contact details and a statement of current status, including the year of expected graduation at the PhD or Master's level.

All poster submissions should have the subject line "FOIS poster" and should be mailed to

[6] fois2012@easychair.org

Accepted posters will be published electronically and made available via the conference web page [1].

------------------------------------------------ TRAVEL FUNDING ------------------------------------------------

A limited number of travel grants may become available. Interested applicants should contact Ludger Jansen [7] for further information until ->> Apr 08, 2012<<- .

Prospective applications are possible (e.g., prior to poster submission).

------------------------------------------------ CONFERENCE ORGANISATION ------------------------------------------------

Conference chair: Michael Gruninger (University of Toronto, Canada)

Program chairs: Maureen Donnelly (University at Buffalo, USA) Giancarlo Guizzardi (Fed. Univ. of Espírito Santo, Brazil)

Local organization: Stefan Schulz (Graz University, Austria)

For the FOIS programme committee, please see the FOIS 2012 website [1].

------------------------------------------------ KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ------------------------------------------------

Steven R. Ray (Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, California, USA) Laure Vieu (CNRS-IRIT, Toulouse, France) Edward N. Zalta (Stanford University, California, USA)

------------------------------------------------ RELATED OPPORTUNITIES ------------------------------------------------

Young scientists may also take into account the following.

1.) Early Carreer Symposium (ECS; joint part of ICBO and FOIS) [8]

Extended abstracts can be submitted by Apr 15, 2012 (also in parallel to a FOIS poster). Accepted abstracts are presented as short talks.

2.) First Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis [9],

Organized by IAOA [3] during Jul 16-20, 2012, in Trento, Italy, just the week before the FOIS conference in Graz, Austria.

------------------------------------------------ LINKS ------------------------------------------------

[1] http://purl.org/icbofois2012 == http://www.kr-med.org/icbofois2012 FOIS and ICBO 2012 website

[2] http://www.formalontology.org/ FOIS conference series

[3] http://www.iaoa.org International Association for Ontology and Its Applications

[4] http://www.kr-med.org/icbofois2012/registration.htm FOIS registration page

[5] http://www.kr-med.org/icbofois2012/graph/rates.png ICBO/FOIS registration rates overview

[6] mailto:fois2012@easychair.org Submission address for FOIS posters of young scientists

[7] http://www.iph.uni-rostock.de/Vita-Jansen.22.0.html Homepage of Ludger Jansen (with email address)

[8] http://www.kr-med.org/icbofois2012/doccons.htm Joint ICBO/FOIS Early Carreer Symposium

[9] http://iaoa.org/isc2012/index.php website of the First Interdisciplinary Summer School on Ontological Analysis -----------------------------------------------------------------

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