[Obo-discuss] Dagstuhl Training Course in Logic for Biomedical Research: 20-23 June 2007

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Training Course in Logic for Biomedical Research

Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, 20-23 June 2007

This three-day training course is designed to=20
provide a basic introduction to the field of=20
biomedical ontology and to enhance awareness of=20
current developments and best practices in=20
ontology in the life sciences, focusing on logic=20
and computational aspects. It will include a=20
debate on the future role of OWL DL in biomedical ontology development.

Faculty

Barry Smith: Introduction to Terminology,=20
Ontology, and the Philosophy of Language for Biomedical Researchers

Deborah McGuinness: The Future of the Semantic Web

Fabian Neuhaus: Introduction to Logic and Semantics for Biomedical=
 Researchers

Alan Rector: Introduction to Programming with OWL and Its Problems

Nigam Shah: Introduction to OWL and its=20
Alternatives for Biomedical Researchers

Attendees who might find this course worthwhile include:
=B7         developers and users of biomedical=20
ontologies, terminologies and coding systems,
=B7         developers and users of electronic patient record systems,
=B7         biologists and physicians interested in=20
the possibilities of modern ontologies.
The number of participants is restricted to about=20
30 to maximize possibilities for intense discussion.

For further details see:
http://www.ifomis.uni-saarland.de/Events/OntospringIII.html

Registration inquiries should be addressed to:=20
mic...@if....

This training course is organized by Barry Smith in collaboration with
=B7         European Network of Excellence SemanticMining,
=B7         NCBO - US National Center for Biomedical Ontology,
=B7         RIDE =AD A Roadmap for Interoperability of eHealth Systems,
=B7         ECOR =AD European Centre for Ontological Research,
=B7         ACGT =AD EU 'Integrated Project'=20
Advancing Clinico-Genomic Trials on Cancer,
=B7         IFOMIS =AD Institute for Formal Ontology=20
and Medical Information Science.