SSSW2007

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The KnowledgeWeb Network of Excellence is pleased to announce the fifth European Summer School on Ontological Engineering and the Semantic Web. This summer school, presented by leading researchers in the field, is the successor to the well-received schools held in 2003, as part of the activities of the OntoWeb Network Consortium, and in 2004, 2005 and 2006, as part of the activities of the KnowledgeWeb NoE. The school represents an opportunity for postgraduate students to equip themselves with the range of theoretical, practical, and collaboration skills necessary for full engagement with the challenges involved in developing Ontologies and Semantic Web applications. To ensure a high ratio between tutors and students the school will be limited to 50 participants.

Our approach combines the practical with the theoretical. Tutorial/lecture material is augmented with hands-on practical workshops and we ensure that the sessions complement each other by linking them to a mini-project. Work on developing and presenting this project in cooperation with other participants will serve as a means of consolidating the knowledge and skills gained from lectures and practical sessions. Participants will be provided with a copy of all course lectures and access to a PC with all necessary tools and environments pre-installed. SSSW-2007 will provide a stimulating and enjoyable environment in which participants will benefit not only from the formal and practical sessions but also from informal and social interactions with established researchers and the other participants in the school. To further facilitate communication and feedback all attendees will be obliged to prepare and present a poster on their own research.

[edit] Directors

• John Domingue, The Open University, UK
• Asunción Gómez-Pérez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
• Barry Norton, The Open University, UK
• Enrico Motta, The Open University, UK

[edit] Invited Speakers

• Dieter Fensel, Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), Austria
• Enrico Motta, The Open University, UK
• Guus Schreiber, Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Richard Benjamins, Intelligent Software Components (iSOCO), Spain
• Stephan Baumann, German Research Center for AI (DFKI), Germany

[edit] Tutors

• Aldo Gangemi, Laboratory of Applied Ontology, Italy
• Fabio Ciravegna, University of Sheffield, UK
• Jérôme Euzenat, INRIA Rhône-Alpes, France
• Asunción Gómez-Pérez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
• Sean Bechhofer, University of Manchester, UK
• John Domingue, The Open University, UK

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