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Ontolog invited Speaker Presentation - Dr. York Sure - Thu 2006-08-17

Conference Call Details

  • Subject: Ontolog Invited Speaker Presentation by York Sure - Thu 2006-08-17
  • Agenda: Dr. York Sure, Assistant Professor at the Institute AIFB of the University

of Karlsruhe (Germany) and currently visiting researcher at Stanford University (USA), will be presenting to the community his talk entitled: "What does Sparkling Wine have to do with Semantics?"

  • Date: Thursday, August 17, 2006
  • Start Time: 17:30 UTC / 1:30pm EDT / 10:30am PDT
    • see world clock for other time zones)
    • Duration: 1.5~2.0 hours
  • Dial-in Number: +1-641-696-6600 (Iowa, USA)
    • Participant Access Code: "686564#"
  • Shared-screen support (VNC session) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
    • view-only password: "ontolog"
    • if you plan to be logging into this shared-screen option (which the speaker may be navigating), and you are not familiar with the process, please try to call in 5 minutes before the start of the session so that we can work out the connection logistics. Help on this will generally not be available once the presentation starts.
    • people behind corporate firewalls may have difficulty accessing this. If that is the case, please download the slides below and runing them locally. The speaker will prompt you to advance the slides during the talk.
  • Please note that this session will be recorded, and the audio archives is expected to be made available as open content to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.

Attendees

  • Also Expected (and who may have joined us after our roll call):
    • Patrick Plunkett (US Department of Housing and Development (HUD))
    • Rex Brooks
    • Steve Ihnen
    • GaryBergCross
    • Nabonita Guha
    • ...(to register for participation, please add your name (plus your affiliation, if you aren't already a member of the community) above, or e-mail <peter.yim@cim3.com> so that we can reserve enough resources to support everyone's participation.)...

Agenda & Proceedings

  • Dr. York Sure, Assistant Professor at the Institute AIFB of the University of Karlsruhe (Germany) and currently visiting researcher at Stanford University (USA), will be presenting to the community his talk entitled: "What does Sparkling Wine have to do with Semantics?"
york_sure.jpg [picture of Dr. York Sure]
Abstract: (by YorkSure)
In this talk recent advances of semantic knowledge technologies are

presented. Tangible results, both in the area of technology such as the Semantic Media Wiki and the area of ontology engineering methodologies such as cost estimation for ontologies, are highlighted. The results are put in a wider perspective to give an overview of currently ongoing projects in the EU. Of course, an answer to the question posed in the title will be given as well.

  • Session Format and Agenda:
    • this will be virtual session over a phone conference setting, augmented by shared computer screen support
    1. The session will start with a brief self-introduction of the attendees (~10 min.)
    2. Introduction of the Invited Speaker by Dr. E. Michael Maximilien
    3. Presentation by the invited speaker (45~60 min.)
    4. Open discussion (30~45 min.)
  • Bio of Dr. York Sure:
York Sure is an assistant professor at the Institute AIFB of the University

of Karlsruhe in Germany and currently visiting researcher at Stanford University. His research interests mainly include semantic technologies and knowledge management. Recently York has been program chair of the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) in 2006. He has been awarded with the IBM UIMA Innovation Award 2006. You can find out more about York at http://www.york-sure.de/.

  • If you have questions for the presenter, we appreciate your posting them here: (please identify yourself)
    • ... (post you questions here, the speaker will be fielding them during the open discussion session) ...
  • For those who have further questions for York Sure, please post them to the ontolog forum so that we can all benefit from the discourse.
  • Session ended 2006-08-17 12:15 pm PDT

Session Recording of the York Sure Talk

(Thanks to Bob Smith and Peter P. Yim for their help with getting the session recorded. -ppy)

  • To download the audio recording of the presentation, click here
    • the playback of the audio files require the proper setup, and an MP3 compatible player on your computer.
  • Conference Date and Time: August 17, 2006 10:38am~12:15pm Pacific Daylight Time
  • Duration of Recording: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
  • Recording File Size: 11.4 MB (in mp3 format)
  • Telephone Playback Expiration Date: August 27, 2006 12:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time
    • Prior to the above Expiration Date, one can call-in and hear the telephone playback of the session.
    • Playback Dial-in Number: 1-805-620-4002 (Ventura, CA)
    • Playback Access Code: 108612#
    • suggestions:
      • its best that you listen to the session while having the [ presentation] opened in front of you. You'll be prompted to advance slides by the speaker.



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