Introduction to Biomedical Ontologies
The National Center for Biomedical Ontology and the University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy are sponsoring a two-day training event to be held in Buffalo, NY on 12-13 April, 2008. This course is designed to provide a basic introduction to ontology with special reference to applications in the field of biomedical research. It will provide an introductory survey of methods and an overview of current developments and best practices in ontology in the life sciences. No prior knowledge of ontology is presupposed.
Program
Saturday, April 12
- 9:00am Introduction: What is an ontology and what is it useful for?
- 10:30am Coffee
- 10:45am Basic Formal Ontology: An upper-level ontology to support scientific research
- 12:15pm Lunch
- 1:00pm Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) and the Web Ontology Language (OWL)
- 2:30pm Coffee
- 3:00pm The OBO Relation Ontology
- 4:30pm
Reasoning with biomedical data.
- 3. The ontology of disease.
- 4. Ontology and the philosophy of science.
Further details will be posted here.
For prelimary reading consult [1].
To register interest in participating please send an email to ontology@buffalo.edu.
For University at Buffal students
This course will serve as an upper-level undergraduate or introductory graduate course in the University at Buffalo (PHI 499, PHI 599). UB students can register here.