Training Course in Biomedical Ontology, Schloss Dagstuhl, 20-23 June 2007

Program

Reasoning with Biomedical Information.
Training Course in Logic for Biomedical Research

 

Wednesday, June 20

Morning

Arrival

12:15

Lunch

14:30

Nigam Shah: Why Do Biomedical Researchers Need to Understand the Fundamentals of Logic and Reasoning?

16:00

Coffee

16:30

Barry Smith: An Introduction to Ontology for Biomedical Researchers

18:00

Dinner

19:30

Barry Smith: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Language for Biomedical Researchers

Thursday, June 21

7:30

Breakfast Buffet

8:45

Fabian Neuhaus: An Introduction to Classical Logic for Biomedical Researchers – Part 1

10:15

Coffee

10:45

Fabian Neuhaus: An Introduction to Classical Logic for Biomedical Researchers – Part 2

12:15

Lunch

14:30

Nigam Shah: An Introduction to OWL and Its Alternatives for Biomedical Research

16:00

Coffee

16:30

Nigam Shah: Varieties of Reasoning with Biomedical Data

18:00

Dinner

19:30

Barry Smith: An Introduction to Terminology for Biomedical Researchers

Friday, June 22

7:30

Breakfast Buffet

8:45

Alan Rector: An Introduction to Programming with OWL and its Problems

10:45

Coffee

11:15

Deborah McGuinness: The Evolving Semantic Web: Progress and Directions

12:45

Lunch

14:30-18:00

Debate on: Reasoning with Biomedical Information (with special reference to the roles of OWL and First-Order Logic)
Participants: Deborah McGuinness, Alan Rector, Barry Smith

16:00-16:30

Break

19:00

Dinner

Saturday, June 23

7:30

Breakfast Buffet/End


Presentation slides are available: