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class=548452918-09062007>Call for Papers: </SPAN></FONT></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3>OIC 2007: ONTOLOGY FOR THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Towards Effective Exploitation and Integration of
Intelligence Resources<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hilton Hotel, Columbia, MD</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>November 28-30, 2007 </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><FONT size=+0>(<SPAN
class=548452918-09062007>November </SPAN>30th is CLASSIFIED: those with TS/SCI
clearances<SPAN class=548452918-09062007> </SPAN></FONT>only and will be in
Hanover, MD, near Columbia, MD).</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>The increasing volume, variety and velocity of
intelligence analysis requires new approaches that will enable greater
flexibility, precision, timeliness and automation of analysis to maximize
valuable human resources in responding to fast-evolving threats. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Ontology-based technology as applied in areas such
as bioinformatics has demonstrated the possibility of gains along all of these
dimensions. The time is ripe to extend these gains also to other
spheres.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>This conference will bring together experts on
ontology-based technology with particular experience in the problems facing the
intelligence community. It will feature invited talks from prominent ontologists
and intelligence community leaders, as well as submitted papers focusing
especially on the creation of public-domain ontology resources to support the
work of intelligence analysts.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Conference
Director:</B> Barry Smith (National Center for Ontological Research,
Buffalo)</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Scientific Committee<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Kathleen Stewart Hornsby (Maine) (Chair); Bill
Andersen (Ontology Works);</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=DE
style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Selmer
Bringsjord (Rensselaer); Werner Ceusters (Buffalo); Randall
Dipert<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>(Buffalo); Terry Janssen (Lockheed); Kathryn
Laskey (George Mason</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>University); Kevin Lynch (CIA); Leo Obrst (MITRE);
Chris Welty (IBM</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Research)</FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Submissions are invited of short papers in pdf
format (up to 1500 words) designed to serve as the basis for 20-minute oral
presentations at the conference. Accepted papers will be published (at speaker
discretion) in the proceedings, in both an online version and prospectively a
printed version. The authors of selected papers will be invited to submit longer
versions for publication in volume 1 of a new series on Ontology for the
Intelligence Community. </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Papers may address a wide variety of issues
addressing the ontology needs of the intelligence community. We are especially
interested in papers devoted to the task of creating an interoperable suite of
public-domain ontologies relevant to intelligence analysis, covering areas such
as:</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>emergency
response</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>urban settings</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>geospatial / cartographic</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>ethnicity</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>social networks</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>images and imaging</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>transportation</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>moving object tracking</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>religion and politics</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>biology and health</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>The ontologies should be combinable at will in
such a way as to support the integration of data describing different domains.
We encourage submissions that describe scenarios where multiple ontologies are
linked to support higher-order analysis and reasoning over complex data.
Questions to be addressed might include: which domains should be included in
such a suite of ontologies? how can we ensure that ontologies interoperate in
useful ways? how can we address the specific problems arising in virtue of the
partiality and uncertainty of intelligence data? how can we use domain
ontologies to organize, display and share intelligence analysis hypotheses while
also maintaining a clean distinction between types and instances in knowledge
representation artifacts?</FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">CLASSIFIED SESSION<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>A CLASSIFIED paper and presentation/demo day will
be held on the 30th only for those holding TS/SCI Clearances.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Related Intelligence Community project
participants are encouraged to submit unclassified and classified
presentations.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Because we are still
in the process of determining the submission procedure for this, UNCLASSIFIED
inquiries about CLASSIFIED submissions or procedures can be addressed to Leo
Obrst (lobrst@mitre.org) or Terry Janssen (terry.janssen@lmco.com).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Unclassified paper submissions with
CLASSIFIED Demonstrations are also encouraged. We will have more general
guidelines for CLASSIFIED submissions shortly.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Details on how to pass clearances, and to whom,
will be provided to those who sign up for the CLASSIFIED day on the
30th.</FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Deadlines<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Receipt of papers: July 15, 2007</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Notification of acceptance: August 31,
2007</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Further information regarding submission will be
provided in due course at </FONT><A title=http://ncor.us/oic2007
href="http://ncor.us/oic2007"><FONT title=http://ncor.us/oic2007
face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://ncor.us/oic2007</FONT></A></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>For inquiries please write to
ncor@buffalo.edu.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>This meeting is sponsored by the NATIONAL CENTER
FOR ONTOLOGICAL</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>RESEARCH - BUFFALO.</FONT></P>
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<DIV align=left>_____________________________________________ <BR><TT>Dr. Leo
Obrst The MITRE Corporation, Information
Semantics</TT> <BR><TT>lobrst@mitre.org Information Discovery
& Understanding, Command and Control Center</TT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><TT></TT><TT>Voice: 703-983-6770 7515 Colshire Drive, M/S
H305</TT> <BR><TT>Fax: 703-983-1379 McLean, VA 22102-7508, USA</TT>
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