Introduction to Implementing Ontologies in the Web Ontology Language (OWL)
the BioHealth Informatics group at the University of Manchester are
pleased to invite you to participate in their internationally renowned
OWL Ontology tutorials.
It is to be hosted at the University of Manchester on 02 and 03 December
2013.
Abstract
This two-day introductory ‘hands-on’ workshop aims to provide attendees
with both the theoretical foundations and practical experience to begin
building
OWL ontologies using the latest version of the Protégé-OWL tools
(Protege4.3). It is based on Manchester's well-known "Pizza tutorial" (see
http://owl.cs.manchester.ac.uk/tutorials/protegeowltutorial/).
This tutorial will cover the main conceptual parts of the Web Ontology
Language (OWL) through the hands-on building of an ontology focusing on
pizzas and
their ingredients. A series of practical exercises take attendees
through the process of conceptualizing the toppings found on a pizza;
the entry of this
classification into the Protégé environment; the description of many
types of pizza. All this is set in the context of using automatic
reasoning to check
the consistency of the growing ontology and to use the reasoner to make
queries about pizzas.
Since 2003 this tutorial, in various forms, has been given over 30 times
and been attended by hundreds of budding ontologists.
Aims
The aims of this tutorial are to:
- understand the use of ontologies
- understand statements written in OWL;
- understand the role of automatic reasoning in ontology building;
- build an ontology and use a reasoner to draw inferences based on that
ontology;
- gain experience in the Protégé 4 ontology building environment;
- gain insight into how OWL can play a role in semantic metadata.
Speakers
ProfessorRobert Stevens, is a professor of computer science at the
University of Manchester. His main areas of research interests include:
(1) the development and use of ontologies to describe biology and to make
knowledge about molecular biology computationally useful; (2) communal
building of ontologies -- enabling domain experts to use the power of
formal, expressive
languages, such as the Web Ontology Language (OWL); and (3) semantic
description of content through ontologies in e-Science research.
Dr. Georgina Moulton is an Education and Development Fellow with over 7
years experience delivering education and development programmes in the
bio-and
health informatics sectors and focuses on the comprehension and use of
ontologies. During her time at the University of Manchester, she has
developed
a portfolio of courses and set up the first Masters in BioHealth
Informatics. Her most recent work involves developing a NW public health
development
programme centred around an e-Lab.
Number of Places and Cost
In total there are 15 places. The cost of the course is £250 per day.
Registration and Further Information
To register, please email Kieran O'Malley
(kieran.omal...@manchester.ac.uk) prior to November 25 2013. Payment
options will be returned to you following
reservation. For further information please visit the website at:
http://owl.cs.manchester.ac.uk/
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Professor Robert Stevens
Bio-health Informatics Group
School of Computer Science
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
United Kingdom
M13 9PL
robert.stev...@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6251
Blog: http://robertdavidstevens.wordpress.com
Web: http://staff.cs.manchester.ac.uk/~stevensr/
