Third IAOA Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

[Stefano Borgo]

ISAO 2016 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:



The International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)

and the KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data at Bozen-Bolzano

are proud to announce the



Third IAOA Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology

June 27 - July 1, 2016 -- Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it





Description
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World-class experts in different disciplines (Ontology Engineering,

Conceptual Modeling, Knowledge Representation, Logic and Philosophy)

will meet for a week with students, researchers and practitioners and

present courses in complementary aspects of Applied Ontology. The

summer school will be a full immersion experience in ontology, where

lecturers engage in open discussions with each other as well as interact

with the participants.



The school will take place in Bozen-Bolzano, the beautiful capital city

of South Tyrol, Italy, and is open to students, researchers and

practitioners.

http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it/?page_id=91



Previous summer schools were held in Vitória, Brazil

http://iaoa.org/isao2014/

and in Trento, Italy

http://iaoa.org/isao2012/





LIMITED Registration and Grants
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Registration to the summer school is on a first-come first-served

basis. We would like to highlight that the event will have a

LIMITED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS to ensure the quality of the

interactions and the immersion experience.



Check the registration page for further information and to register:

http://isao2016.inf.unibz.it/?page_id=56



A limited number of grants will be provided by IAOA to partially cover

participation costs on behalf of students. Applications for student

grants should be sent exclusively by e-mail to ISAO2016 at unibz.it by

18th APRIL 2016. Further details can be found on the registration page.



IAOA membership in general entitles to reduced registration fees.





Program
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The following lecturers are already confirmed:



* Alessandro Artale, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

  (Description Logics and Temporal Extensions)



* Gilberto Camara, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil

  (Geospatial Ontology)



* Antony Galton, University of Exeter, UK

  (Time and Processes)



* Achille C. Varzi, Columbia University, New York, USA

  (Mereology)



In addition to the courses, a number of shorter invited talks are expected.





Organization
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International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA)

http://iaoa.org/

Research Centre on Knowledge and Data (KRDB)

Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

http://www.inf.unibz.it/



Contact: ISAO2016 at unibz.it

Website: http://iaoa.org/isao2016/