<p dir="ltr">> ONTOBRAS 2015<br>
> 7th Brazilian Conference on Ontologies<br>
> September 8 - 11, 2015 - Sao Paulo - Brazil<br>
> <a href="http://ontobras.ime.usp.br">http://ontobras.ime.usp.br</a><br>
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> NEWS!!!<br>
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> - The submission deadline was extended to July 15th (firm deadline!)<br>
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> Call for Papers - ONTOBRAS 2015<br>
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> DEFINITION AND SCOPE<br>
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> Ontology is a cross-disciplinary field concerned with the study of<br>
> concepts and theories that support the building of shared<br>
> conceptualizations of specific domains. In recent years, there has been a<br>
> growing interest in the application of ontologies to solve modeling and<br>
> classification problems in diverse areas such as Computer Science,<br>
> Information Science, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics,<br>
> Knowledge Management and many others.<br>
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> The Brazilian Conference on Ontologies (Ontobras) foresees an opportunity and<br>
> scientific environment in which researchers and practitioners from<br>
> Information Sciences and Computer Science can exchange the theories,<br>
> methodologies, languages, tools and experience related to the ontology<br>
> development and application. In particular, the community has put forward <br>
> efforts in integrating previous events on Ontologies that happened<br>
> in Brazil in recent years, in order to create a unique highly scientifically<br>
> qualified international forum for presenting and discussing the subject in <br>
> Brazil.<br>
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> Therefore, we provide a non-comprehensive list of areas and researchers’<br>
> communities from which we expect to receive submissions:<br>
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> - Information Science, for instance working with ontologies, thesauri,<br>
> knowledge management among other applications,<br>
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> - Databases, for instance working with semantic data integration, linked<br>
> open data, among other applications,<br>
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> - Artificial Intelligence, for instance working with knowledge based<br>
> systems, agents, ontology reasoning, among other applications<br>
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> - Software Engineering, for instance working with conceptual modeling,<br>
> Business Process Models, among other applications,<br>
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> - Informatics in Education, for instance working with Educational<br>
> Ontologies , Semantic Web-based Educational Standards, among other<br>
> applications,<br>
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> - Linguistics and philosophy, working with natural language processing<br>
> using ontologies, theories of representation, among other applications.<br>
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> Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit theoretical, technical<br>
> and practical research contributions that directly or indirectly address<br>
> the issues above. Particularly welcome are e-science, life-sciences,<br>
> e-business and cultural applications.<br>
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> FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS AND PUBLICATION<br>
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> We are interested in the various aspects of the field, from its<br>
> philosophical and theoretical foundations to the new technologies and<br>
> innovative applications. <br>
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> In this edition, Ontobras is opened to submissions in two categories:<br>
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> - Full papers (maximum 12 pages) written in English and describing work<br>
> with clear demonstrated results. Accepted full papers will be invited for<br>
> oral presentation. The best full papers will be invited to be extended for<br>
> publication in an influential international journal (still in negotiation).<br>
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> - Short papers (maximum 6 pages) written in Portuguese, English, or Spanish<br>
> and describing ongoing work. Accepted short papers will be invited for<br>
> poster presentations.<br>
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> All submissions must be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and must<br>
> follow the article formatting rules provided by the Brazilian Computing<br>
> Society (SBC). The models for Microsoft Office Word, OpenOffice and Latex<br>
> can be downloaded at <<a href="http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontobras-most2011/sites/default/files/Template_SBC.zip">http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontobras-most2011/sites/default/files/Template_SBC.zip</a>>.<br>
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> Submissions should be done via Easychair:<br>
> <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ontobras2015">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ontobras2015</a><br>
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> The conference proceedings will be published in the online journal CEUR-WS <br>
> (<a href="http://www.ceur-ws.org">http://www.ceur-ws.org</a>).<br>
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> IMPORTANT DATES<br>
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> - Main track (extended) submission deadline: July 15, 2015 (firm deadline)<br>
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> - Acceptance notification: August 7, 2015<br>
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> - Final version: August 21, 2015<br>
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> TOPICS<br>
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> Suggested areas os particular interest to the event include, but are not limited to:<br>
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> - Ontology and Conceptual Modeling:<br>
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> * Ontological Foundations for Conceptual Modeling and Metamodeling<br>
> * Foundational ontologies<br>
> * Upper-level ontologies<br>
> * Semantic consistency<br>
> * Ontology-based conceptual modeling tools and environments<br>
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> - Ontologies and Knowledge Organization:<br>
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> * Facets Theory<br>
> * Concept Theory<br>
> * Terminology<br>
> * Folksonomies<br>
> * Documentary languages. Thesaurus<br>
> * Taxonomies<br>
> * Metadata<br>
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> - Ontology Engineering:<br>
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> * Methodology, languages and tools<br>
> * Composition and modularity<br>
> * Merging, mapping and alignment<br>
> * Ontology language interoperability<br>
> * Ontology Design Patterns<br>
> * Integration methods, problems and practice<br>
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> - Semantic Web:<br>
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> * Modelling<br>
> * Information retrieval<br>
> * Ontology Search<br>
> * LOD applications<br>
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> - Ontology and Natural Language Processing:<br>
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> * Linguistic ontologies applied to text processing<br>
> * Computational Linguistics<br>
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> - Ontology applications:<br>
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> * Ontology for e-science, life-sciences, e-business and cultural applications<br>
> * Knowledge management<br>
> * Ontologies and semantic technologies in Education<br>
> * Ontology-driven information systems design<br>
> * Business modeling<br>
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> - Ontology Visualization<br>
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> KEYNOTE SPEAKERS / TUTORIALISTS<br>
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> Grigoris Antoniou, University of Huddersfield, UK<br>
> Enrico Franconi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy<br>
> Gilberto Câmara, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil<br>
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> COMMITTEES<br>
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> General Chair<br>
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> - Renata Wassermann (USP, Brazil)<br>
> - Jose' M. Parente de Oliveira (ITA, Brazil)<br>
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> Program Chairs<br>
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> - Fred Freitas (UFPE)<br>
> - Fernanda Baiao (UNIRIO)<br>
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> Steering Committee<br>
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> - Andreia Malucelli (PUCPR, Brazil)<br>
> - Bernadette Loscio (UFPE, Brazil)<br>
> - Fernando Gauthier (UFSC, Brazil)<br>
> - Fred Freitas (UFPE, Brazil)<br>
> - Giancarlo Guizzardi (UFES, Brazil)<br>
> - Mara Abel (UFRGS, Brazil)<br>
> - Marcello Bax (UFMG, Brazil)<br>
> - Maria Claudia Cavalcanti (IME, Brazil)<br>
> - Maria Luiza de Almeida Campos (UFF, Brazil)<br>
> - Renata Vieira (PUCRS, Brazil)<br>
> - Sonia Elisa Caregnato (UFRGS, Brazil)<br>
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> Fernanda Baiao<br>
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> Associate Professor<br>
> Department of Applied Informatics <br>
> UNIRIO - Brazil<br>
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