2nd CFP: FOIS-2006 - International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems

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2nd Call for Papers
FOIS-2006

International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information 
Systems
http://www.formalontology.org/
Electronic abstracts: May 1, 
2006Final submissions: May 5, 2006
Papers should be submitted 
electronically at: http://www.softconf.com/start/FOIS06/. 





Conference 
Description
Since ancient times, ontology, the 
analysis and categorisation of what exists, has been fundamental to 
philosophical enquiry. But, until recently, ontology has been seen as an 
abstract, purely theoretical discipline, far removed from the practical 
applications of science. However, with the increasing use of sophisticated 
computerised information systems, solving problems of an ontological nature is 
now key to the effective use of technologies supporting a wide range of human 
activities. The ship of Theseus and the tail of Tibbles the cat are no longer 
merely amusing puzzles. We employ databases and software applications to deal 
with everything from ships and ship building to anatomy and amputations. When we 
design a computer to take stock of a ship yard or check that all goes well at 
the veterinary hospital, we need to ensure that our system operates in a 
consistent and reliable way even when manipulating information that involves 
subtle issues of semantics and identity. So, whereas ontologists may once have 
shied away from practical problems, now the practicalities of achieving cohesion 
in an information-based society demand that attention must be paid to ontology. 

Researchers in such areas 
as artificial intelligence, formal and computational linguistics, biomedical 
informatics, conceptual modeling, knowledge engineering and information 
retrieval have come to realise that a solid foundation for their research calls 
for serious work in ontology, understood as a general theory of the types of 
entities and relations that make up their respective domains of inquiry. In all 
these areas, attention is now being focused on the content of information 
rather than on just the formats and languages used to represent information. The 
clearest example of this development is provided by the many initiatives growing 
up around the project of the Semantic Web. And, as the need for integrating 
research in these different fields arises, so does the realisation that strong 
principles for building well-founded ontologies might provide significant 
advantages over ad hoc, case-based solutions. The tools of formal ontology address precisely these 
needs, but a real effort is required in order to apply such philosophical tools 
to the domain of information systems. 
Reciprocally, research in the information sciences raises specific ontological 
questions which call for further philosophical investigations. 

The purpose of FOIS is to 
provide a forum for genuine interdisciplinary exchange in the spirit of a 
unified effort towards solving the problems of ontology, with an eye to both 
theoretical issues and concrete applications. 
Program 
ChairsBrandon Bennett (University of 
Leeds, UK) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Christiane Fellbaum (Princeton University, USA and Berlin Brandenburg 
Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Conference 
ChairNicola 
Guarino (ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Local 
ChairBill 
Andersen (Ontology Works, USA) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Publicity 
ChairLeo 
Obrst (The MITRE Corporation, USA) [EMAIL PROTECTED]



Topics
We seek high-quality 
papers on a wide range of topics. While authors may focus on fairly narrow and 
specific issues, all papers should emphasize the relevance of the work described 
to formal ontology and to information systems. Papers that completely ignore one 
or the other of these aspects will be considered as lying outside the scope of 
the meeting. Topic areas of particular interest to the conference are: 

Foundational 
Issues

  Kinds of entity: particulars vs. 
  universals, continuants vs. occurrents, abstracta vs. concreta, dependent vs. 
  independent, natural vs. artificial 
  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 mental reality 
  (mental attitudes, 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, ontology and epistemology, 
  semiotics
Methodologies and 
Applications

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



Deadlines and 
Further Information
Electronic abstracts: May 
1, 2006Final submissions: May 5, 2006Acceptance Notification: June 26, 
2006Submission of camera-ready paper: July 28, 2006Submitted papers 
must not exceed 5000 words (including bibliography). Abstracts should be less 
than 300 words. Papers should be submitted electronically at: http://www.softconf.com/start/FOIS06/. 
Additional information will be provided on the conference web page: http://www.formalontology.org/ 
.
Proceedings will be 
published and available at the conference.



Programme 
Committee

  Bill Andersen (Ontology Works, 
  USA) 
  Nicholas Asher (Department of 
  Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, USA) 
  Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles 
  (Research Institute for Computer Science, CNRS, Toulouse, France) 
  
  John Bateman (Department of 
  Applied English Linguistics, University of Bremen, Germany) 
  
  Brandon Bennett (School of 
  Computing, University of Leeds, UK) 
  Stefano Borgo (Laboratory for 
  Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Italy) 
  Joost Breuker (Leibniz Center 
  for Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 
  Roberto 
  Casati (Jean Nicod Institute, CNRS, Paris, France) 
  Werner Ceusters (European Centre 
  for Ontological Research, Saarbrücken) 
  Tony Cohn (School of Computing, 
  University of Leeds, UK) 
  Matteo Cristani (University of 
  Verona, Italy) 
  Ernest Davis (Department of 
  Computer Science, New York University, USA) 
  Martin Dörr (Institute of 
  Computer Science, FORTH, Heraklion, Greece) 
  Carola Eschenbach (Department 
  for Informatics, University of Hamburg, Germany) 
  Christiane Fellbaum (Cognitive 
  Science Laboratory, Princeton University, USA and Berlin Brandenburg Academy 
  of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin, Germany) 
  Antony Galton (School of 
  Engineering and Computer Science, University of Exeter, UK) 
  
  Aldo Gangemi (Laboratory for 
  Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Roma, Italy) 
  Pierdaniele Giaretta (Department 
  of Philosophy, University of Verona, Italy) 
  Michael Gruninger (University of 
  Toronto, Canada) 
  Nicola Guarino (Laboratory for 
  Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) 
  Udo Hahn (Jena University, 
  Germany) 
  Jerry Hobbs (University of 
  Southern California, USA) 
  Eduard Hovy (University of 
  Southern California, USA) 
  Ingvar Johansson (Institute for 
  Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, University of Saarbrücken, 
  Germany) 
  Werner Kuhn (IFGI, Muenster) 
  
  Fritz Lehmann (USA) 
  
  Alessandro Lenci (University of 
  Pisa, Italy) 
  Leonardo Lesmo (Department of 
  Computer Science, University of Torino, Italy) 
  David Mark (Department of 
  Geography, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA) 
  Claudio Masolo (Laboratory for 
  Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Trento, Italy) 
  Chris Menzel (Department of 
  Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA) 
  Simon Milton (Department of 
  Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia) 
  
  Philippe Muller (Research 
  Institute for Computer Science, University of Toulouse III, France) 
  
  John Mylopoulos (Department of 
  Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada) 
  Leo Obrst (The MITRE 
  Corporation, USA) 
  Barbara Partee (University of 
  Massachusetts, USA) 
  Massimo Poesio (Department of 
  Computer Science, University of Essex, UK) 
  Ian Pratt-Hartmann (Department 
  of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK) 
  James Pustejovsky (Department of 
  Computer Science, Brandeis University, USA) 
  David Randell (Imperial College 
  London, UK) 
  Robert Rynasiewicz (Johns 
  Hopkins University, USA)
  Barry Smith (National Center for 
  Ontological Research and Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo, USA; 
  Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, Saarbrücken, 
  Germany) 
  John Sowa (Vivomind Intelligence 
  Inc., USA) 
  Veda Storey (Department of 
  Computer Information Systems, Georgia State University, USA) 
  
  Richmond Thomason (University of 
  Michigan, USA) 
  Mike Uschold (The Boeing 
  Company, USA) 
  Achille Varzi (Department of 
  Philosophy, Columbia University, USA) 
  Laure Vieu (Research Institute 
  for Computer Science, CNRS, Toulouse, France) 
  Chris Welty (IBM Watson Research 
  Center, USA) 
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