Tutorials and Classes

Tutorials and classes to be co-located with the International Conference on Biomedical Ontology, July 24-26, 2009

• 1. Half-day tutorials

• 2. Two-day classes

• 3. Registration fees and accommodation details

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Half-Day Tutorials

July 20: Morning

• Fabian Neuhaus (NIST): Formal Methods for Biologists; also offered as part of 2-day class on Spatial Ontology and Qualitative Reasoning

July 20: Afternoon

• Mathias Brochhausen (IFOMIS): The Ontology of Paleobiology

July 21: Morning

• Colin Batchelor (Royal Society of Chemistry): An Introduction to Chemistry Ontology

July 21: Afternoon

• Possible excursion to Niagara Falls: 25 minutes from conference venue

July 22: Morning

• Barry Smith (Buffalo): Introduction to Basic Formal Ontology; also offered as part of 2-day class From Basic Formal Ontology to the Information Artifact Ontology

July 22: Afternoon

• Olivier Bodenreider (National Library of Medicine): An Introduction to Biomedical Ontology
• Werner Ceusters (Buffalo): Introduction to Referent Tracking: also offered as part of 2-day class From Basic Formal Ontology to the Information Artifact Ontology

July 23: Morning

• Natasha Noy (Stanford University) Using Protégé to develop biomedical ontologies collaboratively

July 23: Afternoon

• David Osumi-Sutherland (Flybase / Gene Ontology Consortium): The OBO-Edit Ontology Developer's Environment: A Practical Introduction

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Two-Day Classes

July 20-21

Randall Dipert and Neil Williams (Buffalo): The Ontology of Events, Powers and Dispositions

Thomas Bittner, Maureen Donnelly and Fabian Neuhaus (Buffalo): Spatial Ontology and Qualitative Reasoning

July 22-23

Werner Ceusters (Buffalo), Alan Ruttenberg (Science Commons) and Barry Smith (Buffalo): From Basic Formal Ontology to the Information Artifact Ontology

David Hershenov (Buffalo): Metaphysical Foundations of Biomedical Ethics

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Registration Fees

Registration fees for participation in the above are as follows:

For payment on or before June 15

• $40 per tutorial
• $100 for any 3 tutorials
• $200 for all 7 tutorials
• $100 per 2-day class

For payment after June 15

• $75 per tutorial
• $150 for any 3 tutorials
• $300 for all 7 tutorials
• $250 per 2-day class

Please note that space is limited for all events, and early registration is advised.

For information regarding available scholarships for students and early-career scientists (= less than five years from completion of PhD) please write to ontology@buffalo.edu.

For information regarding accommodation see here: http://icbo.buffalo.edu/AreaHotels.pdf

Registration information for University at Buffalo students can be found here: UB Student Registration.