9th International Workshop on Ontologies and Conceptual Modeling

6th November 2023: 11:30am-5:30pm


ER 2023
6-9 November 2023
Lisbon, Portugal

Schedule

11:30 - 13:00: Introduction and Research Paper Presentations


13:00 - 14:00: Lunch

14:00 - 15:30: Research Paper Presentations

15:30 - 16:00 Break

16:00 - 17:30 Keynote by Nicola Guarino (2023 Peter P. Chen Awardee)


Theme

The International Workshop on Ontologies and Conceptual Modeling (OntoCom) is an academic workshop that focuses on the practical and formal application of ontologies to conceptual modeling. 

The importance of conceptual modeling has grown over the years and it is now common to find examples of conceptual models being developed and used in a range of diverse disciplines not related to computing including, for example, biology, business, construction and engineering. Among the reasons for this disciplinary expansion is also the increasing digitalisation of all aspects of modern life as well as the increased complexity that such digitalisation entails in terms of emerging needs and requirements. The natural consequence is a proliferation of conceptual models of multiple real-world domains which sooner or later require data and systems to interoperate and/or integrate. In this emerging scenario ontology-driven conceptual modeling becomes even more fundamental to modern life due to its intrinsic ability to represent reality in a theoretically and semantically consistent manner. Foundational (or upper ontologies) have the potential to resolve the difficult problems that derive from a lack of a consistent and sound ontological theory. The benefits that can derive from the application of a foundational ontology include improved mapping to the real world domain, increased level of communication and understanding among stakeholders, model reuse, semantic integration and interoperability and increased overall efficiency and effectiveness of information systems development and evolution. The application of foundational ontologies can also assist in overcoming the inscrutable nature of most mainstream artificial intelligence methods (i.e. neural networks and machine learning). 

We intend to bring together academics, researchers and practitioners (with a background in IS engineering and/or ontology development) in order to develop an agenda of future collaborations that combine research and industrial expertise.

Contributions in the form of research, research-in-progress papers and practitioner reports are welcome.  Papers will be reviewed by at least two members of the program committee.

Topics

Topics for contributions include, but are not limited to:

Important Dates

Submission

The workshop welcomes submissions of full and short papers. Submissions should present original works not currently under review or published elsewhere.

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and participate in the workshop. Submissions must use the Springer LNCS format and must be in English. Papers should be submitted in PDF format using the EasyChair online submission system. Authors should consult Springer's authors' guidelines and use LNCS proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers.

Program Committee

Organizers


For any queries please email Sergio de Cesare (s.decesare@westminster.ac.uk