Call for Papers
American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2005 Fall Meeting
IN 10: Ontologies for Earth and Space Sciences
5-9 December 2005
San Francisco, California
Abstract Submission Deadline: Thursday, 8 September 2005
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Knowledge representation languages (with their accompanying semantics)
can be used to encode the meanings of terms and their
inter-relationships in a precise, unambiguous, and machine operational
manner. These machine operational encodings, typically referred to as
ontologies, and the languages and specifications they use, can be used
to provide a formal foundation for the semantic web and the semantic
grid. Knowledge representation and computational ontologies are not new;
they have been active areas of research in computer science for a number
of decades.
Ontologies have had relatively little exposure in the fields of Earth
and Space Sciences (ESS) and accordingly less development and
applications built upon them. In contrast, other fields have produced
biomedical and gene ontology efforts and have demonstrated value using
ontology-based technology for scientific applications. They also have
experience evaluating capabilities and limitations of these
technologies, new designs that may be reusable, and experience using the
technologies and tools.
Science communities and agencies stand ready to utilize these concepts
to their fullest extent in meeting the challenging explosion of data
from instruments and models in the present and next decade(s). This
session features a series of invited presentations including:
introduction to ontologies, experience with ontologies in fields other
than ESS, and current plans and developments for ESS. The aim is to
introduce and explain knowledge representation, semantics, and
ontologies to the AGU community and discuss opportunities of how
knowledge representation technologies can change the way our communities
develop interdisciplinary and diverse science applications, enable new
science, and help educators.
Both oral and poster contributions are sought from those with an
interest in semantically-enabled computer applications spanning all
fields in ESS (education, data, models, assimilation, etc.) as well as
those actively involved in knowledge representation research,
applications, ontology development. Practioners supporting or designing
science applications (e.g. Virtual Observatories, Distributed Data
Systems) are particularly welcome.
Conveners:
Neal Hurlburt, Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab
E-mail: hurlburt [at] lmsal.com
Deborah McGuinness, Stanford University Knowledge Systems Lab
E-mail: dlm [at] ksl.stanford.edu
Peter Fox, HAO/ESSL/NCAR
E-mail: pfox [at] ucar.edu
Robert Raskin, JPL/NASA
E-mail: raskin [at] seastar.jpl.nasa.gov
Important Dates
15 August: Invited Author Deadline
1 September: Postal Mail Abstract Deadline
8 September: Electronic Submission Abstract Deadline
17 October: Acceptance letters to Presenters and Chairs
20 October: Program Posted on AGU Website
3 November: Pre-Registration Deadline and Housing Deadline
10 November: Registration Deadline