ACE BioSciences
Klaus Tschira Stiftung - KTS
European Science Foundation - ESF

Workshop on Ontology for Biology


The Studio (Villa Bosch)
Heidelberg
November 7-8, 2002

Organization

Sponsors

Host

Contact

Luca Bernardi (main organizer)
Scientific Databases and Visualization Group
European Media Laboratory
Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33
69118 Heidelberg
Germany
Tel: +49 6221 533216
Fax: +49 6221 533298

Organizing Committee

Luca Bernardi EML, Scientific Databases and Visualization Group)
Paul van der Vet (Department of Computer Science, University of Twente)
Isabel Rojas (EML, Scientific Databases and Visualization Group)
Renate Kania (EML, Scientific Databases and Visualization Group)
Uwe Reyle (IMS, University of Stuttgart)
Jasmin Saric (EML, Scientific Databases and Visualization Group)
Esther Ratsch (EML, Scientific Databases and Visualization Group)
Ulrike Wittig (EML, Scientific Databases and Visualization Group)

Scope

The workshop will be made up of four major sessions corresponding to the following topics: (1) Motivation for Ontology, (2) Ontology Creation, (3) Ontology Engineering and (4) Ontology Applications. Please click here for additional information.

Program, abstracts and slides

Click here to see the timetable, the list of invited speakers speakers with abstracts and slides of their talks.


Poster Presentations

The poster abstracts are online too. Click here to read them. Questions regarding the abstracts should be sent to Renate Kania . Poster boards will accommodate DIN A0 (ca. 85x120 cm, portrait) posters.

Workshop site

The workshop will take place at the Studio. Click here to learn how to get there.

There will be a bus shuttle available from downtown Heidelberg to the workshop venue and back. Since parking space close to the Studio is extremely limited, please make use of it.

Registration is closed

The number of workshop participants is limited to 40. There is no registration fee. Deadline for registration was September 27th,2002.

Support for PhD students

PhD students can apply for financial support to cover part of their travel expenses. Confirmation will be given after the deadline for registration (September 27th,2002). To apply for financial support send an email to Luca Bernardi .

Accommodation

We strongly advise you to book your accommodation as early as possible, since Heidelberg hosts many conferences and is also a very popular tourist destination. You can find a complete list of accommodation and a search engine for hotels at Booking Heidelberg .


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