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Knowledge Engineering: Principles and Techniques Conference (KEPT) 2009
Wednesday - Friday, July 2 - 4, 2009
~Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Featuring the latest advances in theoretical and applied research, KEPT topics include current challenging issues in knowledge processing. KEPT aims at fostering interaction among the scientific communities of knowledge engineering, with the purpose of exhibiting interesting applications of these areas both in theory and in practice. In 2009, the event will take place in Cluj Napoca, a traditional academic city in Romania, situated in the middle of Transylvania. KEPT 2009 will be hosted at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj Napoca, one of the oldest universities in Romania.
''Organised by:''
Computer Science Department,
~Babes-Bolyai University, ~Cluj-Napoca, Romania
''Important Dates''
*Deadline for Manuscript Submission: March 31, 2009
*Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2009
*Camera-ready copy due: May 10, 2009
*Registration deadline for presenting authors: June 10, 2009
*Conference dates: July 2-4, 2009
''Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to (see [[General Tracks|General Tracks]] section also):''
*Knowledge in Computational Linguistics
**Corpora as knowledge bases;
**Linguistic tools in Information retrieval and Information Extraction;
**Text mining, Text entailment and Text summarization ;
**Discourse and Dialogue;
**Multi-lingual processing, machine translation;
**Machine learning for natural languages;
**Linguistic components of information systems;
**Theoretical and application-oriented subjects related to NLP.
*Knowledge Processing and Discovery
**Natural computing;
**Metaheuristics;
**Machine learning;
**Computational intelligence;
**Agent based systems.
*Knowledge in Software Engineering
**Software design;
**Formal verification;
**Automated reasoning;
**Parallel and concurrent programming;
**Ontology-based software engineering;
**Ontology-driven information systems;
**Formal methods;
**Knowledge based applications;
**Formal concept analysis.
*Knowledge in Distributed Computing
**Knowledge representation and processing;
**Databases and Data Mining;
**Web services, middleware and web technologies;
**Semantic web;
**Grid architecture;
**Collaborative systems.
*Knowledge Processing in Economics
**Collaborative Decision Support Systems;
**Knowledge acquisition and management in e-activities and m-activities;
**Enterprise ontologies and content management;
**Integrated software systems, ERPs and extensions;
**Business Intelligence and Warehousing;
**Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Size Enterprises;
**Multi-agent Models in Knowledge Acquisition and Management.
''General chairs:''
* Militon Frentiu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Horia F. Pop (~Babes-Bolyai University)
''Session chairs:''
* Doina Tatar (~Babes-Bolyai University) - Natural Language Processing
* Dan Dumitrescu (~Babes-Bolyai University) - Natural Computing
* Bazil Parv (~Babes-Bolyai University) - Software Engineering
* Florian Mircea Boian (~Babes-Bolyai University) - Knowledge in Distributed Computing
* Stefan Nitchi (~Babes-Bolyai University) - Knowledge Processing in Economics
''Program committee''
* Ajith Abraham (Seoul University, Republic of Korea)
* Dinu Airinei (A.I. Cuza University, Iasi)
* Razvan Andonie (Central Washington University)
* Constanta Bodea (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies)
* Florian Boian (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Laszlo Boeszoermenyi (Klagenfurt University, Austria)
* Alexandru Cicortas (West University of Timisoara)
* Dan Cristea ("A.I. Cuza" University, Iasi)
* Andras Csomai (University of North Texas, USA)
* Sergiu Cataranciuc (Chisineu University, Moldova)
* Gabriela Czibula(~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Kalyanmoy Deb (Kanpur University, India)
* Dan Dumitrescu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Calin Enachescu ("Petru Maior" University, Targu Mures)
* Militon Frentiu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Bogdan Ghilic Micu (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies)
* Gheorghe Grigoras ("A.I. Cuza" University, Iasi)
* Crina Grosan (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Hermann Hellwagner (Klagenfurt University, Austria)
* Diana Inkpen (University of Ottawa, Canada)
* Ion Ivan (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies)
* Dimitris Karagiannis (University of Vienna)
* Zoltan Kasa (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Dorel Lucanu ("A.I. Cuza" University, Iasi)
* Henri Luchian ("A.I. Cuza" University, Iasi)
* Andrian Marcus (Wayne State University)
* Daniela Marinescu (Brasov University)
* Rada Mihalcea (University of North Texas,USA)
* Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton, UK)
* Grigore Moldovan (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Simona Motogna (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Traian Muntean (University of Marseille, France)
* Viorel Negru (West University of Timisoara)
* Virginia Niculescu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Stefan Nitchi (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Stephen Olariu (Old Dominion University)
* Mihai Oltean (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Constantin Orasan (University of Wolverhampton, UK)
* Gheorghe Paun (Academia Romana)
* Bazil Parv (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Dana Petcu (West University of Timisoara)
* Horia F. Pop (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Mike Preuss (Dortmund University, Germany)
* Dumitru Radoiu ("Petru Maior" University, Targu Mures)
* Ion Gh Rosca (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies)
* Vasile Rus (University of Memphis, USA)
* Lucia Rusu (Babes-Bolyai University)
* Gheorghe Stefanescu (Bucharest University)
* Emma ~Tamaianu-Morita (Akita University, Japan)
* Doina Tatar (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Ioan Tomescu (Bucharest University)
* Leon Tambulea (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Teodor Toadere (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Milkos Vasarhelyi (Rutgers State University of NJ, USA)
* Daniela Zaharie (West University of Timisoara)
!General information
Featuring the latest advances in theoretical and applied research, KEPT topics include recent knowledge processing and discovery challenges.
Some details about each section and its topics
In 2009, the event will take place in Cluj Napoca, a traditional university town in Romania, situated on the middle of Transylvania. KEPT 2009 will be hosted at Babes Bolyai University in Cluj Napoca, founded in 1581 and one of the oldest universities in Romania.
!Topics
Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
* Knowledge in computational linguistics
**Corpora as knowledge bases;
**Word-sense disambiguation;
**Linguistic tools in Information retrieval and Information extraction;
**Machine learning for natural languages;
**Text summarization and Text entailment;
**Discourse and Dialogue;
**Linguistic and mathematical models of language;
**Text mining;
**Multi-lingual processing, machine translation;
**Linguistic components of information systems;
**Theoretical and application-oriented subjects related to NLP.
* Knowledge processing and discovery
**Natural Computing;
**Metaheuristics;
**Machine learning;
**Agent based systems.
* Knowledge Database Systems
**Knowledge representation and processing;
**Databases;
**Data Mining;
**WEB services;
**Middleware and web technologies;
**Semantic web;
**Grid architecture;
**Colaborative systems.
* Knowledge in software engineering
**Software design;
**Formal verification;
**Automated reasoning;
**Paralel and concurent programming;
**Ontologies;
**Knowledge based applications.
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!Laura Diosan
~Babes-Bolyai University,
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
lauras at cs.ubbcluj.ro
!Dana Lupsa
~Babes-Bolyai University,
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
dana at cs.ubbcluj.ro
!Vladiela Petrascu
~Babes-Bolyai University,
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
vladi at cs.ubbcluj.ro
!Andreea Sabau
~Babes-Bolyai University,
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
deiush at cs.ubbcluj.ro
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General Submissions are being grouped into 5 General Tracks in order to simplify the review processs. Please select a General Track based on the main topic(s) of your paper. Note that a given topic may be available in more than one track.
!Knowledge in Computational Linguistics - Chair Doina Tatar, ~Babes-Bolyai University, dtatar ''at'' cs.ubbcluj.ro
*Corpora as knowledge bases;
*Linguistic tools in Information retrieval and Information Extraction;
*Text mining, Text entailment and Text summarization ;
*Discourse and Dialogue;
*Multi-lingual processing, machine translation;
*Machine learning for natural languages;
*Linguistic components of information systems;
*Theoretical and application-oriented subjects related to NLP.
!Knowledge Processing and Discovery - Chair D. Dumitrescu, ~Babes-Bolyai University, ddumitr ''at'' cs.ubbcluj.ro
*Natural Computing;
*Metaheuristics;
*Machine learning;
*Computational intelligence;
*Combinatorial and numerical optimization
*Hybrid optimisation algorithms
*Agent based systems.
!Knowledge in Software Engineering - Chair Bazil Parv, ~Babes-Bolyai University, bparv ''at'' cs.ubbcluj.ro
*Software design;
*Formal verification;
*Automated reasoning;
*Parallel and concurrent programming;
*Ontology-based software engineering;
*Ontology-driven information systems;
*Formal methods;
*Knowledge based applications;
*Formal concept analysis.
!Knowledge in Distributed Computing - Chair Florian Mircea Boian, ~Babes-Bolyai University, fboian ''at'' cs.ubbcluj.ro
*Knowledge representation and processing;
*Databases;
*Data Mining;
*Web services;
*Middleware and web technologies;
*Semantic web;
*Grid architecture;
*Collaborative systems.
!Knowledge Processing in Economics - Chair Stefan Nitchi, ~Babes-Bolyai University, nitchi ''at'' econ.ubbcluj.ro
*Collaborative Decision Support Systems;
*Knowledge acquisition and management in e-activities and m-activities;
*Enterprise ontologies and content management;
*Integrated software systems, ERPs and extensions;
*Business Intelligence and Warehousing;
*Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Size Enterprises;
*Multi-agent Models in Knowledge Acquisition and Management.
*Deadline for Manuscript Submission: March 31, 2009
*Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2009
*Camera-ready copy due: May 10, 2009
*Registration deadline for presenting authors: June 10, 2009
*Conference dates: July 2-4, 2009
Analysis and Generation of Emotion in Texts
Prof. Dr. Diana Inkpen, University of Ottawa, Canada
Abstract -- Texts have been classified by topic, genre, sentiment orientation (positive or negative opinions), or even by the gender of the authors. I will focus on classifying texts by the emotion that they express or by the mood of the author at the time of writing. Results on a blog collection will be presented in detail. In order to achieve good results when classifying texts into 132 moods, I propose a hierarchical classification approach. The idea of automatically generating texts that express a given emotion or mood will also be discussed. These texts can be used in digital games where written messages are exchanged, in order to create the impression that the characters have personality.
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The Implications of Collective Intelligence and Nature-Inspired Computing in Knowledge Engineering
Epaminondas Kapetanios
School of Electronics and Computer Science
University of Westminster
e.kapetanios@wmin.ac.uk
In memory of Prof. Dr. Reind van de Riet
Though semantics appear to gain only in the last decade an immense popularity in highly technical fields in computer science such as the Semantic Web, Ontology and Knowledge Engineering, Information Retrieval, Web and text mining, the term ''semantics'' has a long history and tradition in computer science. To this extent, semantics reflect the meaning of programs and functions, which has been categorised, throughout the history of computer science, as denotational, operational or axiomatic semantics.
Broadly speaking, the term semantics denotes a problem of understanding what a sign, mark, token or systems of symbols of higher complexity may signify. It is by no means a coincidence that the pursuit of meaning in terms of the study of the interpretation of signs and symbols became the holy grail of many other fields of inquiry including philosophy, linguistics, mathematics, psychology, biology, physics.
Despite the fact that many, and partly controversial, views, of the role and interpretation of a system of symbols emerged, particularly in philosophy, psychology and linguistics, it seems that there is a general agreement upon two fundamental issues: (S1) meaning can be complete only within some certain elements of context, which generate a system and points of reference, (S2) the choice of an appropriate system of symbols and their interconnections as capable of incorporating and emitting the right semantics is of paramount importance for harnessing the complexity of the system.
For instance, natural language has long been studied as the carrier of meaning and meaningful communication, which results from the synthesis of words, phrases, sentences and larger units of discourse. The view of semantics taken, however, ranges from the external to internal to the natural language factors of interpretation. While the latter derives meaning from the utterance of other words in the language construct to form a context to resolve phenomena of indexing and lexical anaphora, the first is attributed to cognitive linguistics as well as the philosophy of language and adheres meaning to a language according to a toolbox the importance of whose element lie in the way they function rather than their attachment to things (Wittgenstein, Quine, Davidson). For instance, the way expressions like ''red wine'' and ''white wine'' derive their meaning out of a contrastive view rather than a literal interpretation attributed to the colours ''red'' and ''white''.
Though the importance of the existence of some elements of context and the view that no word has a value without another word in its vicinity, the problem of semantic underspecification inherited to all natural languages has been highlighted by almost all contemporary views taken in linguistics. However, the quest for the most suitable natural language as the most ideal system of linguistic symbols and interconnecting rules and, therefore, as a carrier of meaning and semantics with as less as possible complexity went on. For this purpose, linguists studied Sanskrit, a historical Indo-Aryan languages, which functioned as a liturgical language of Hinduism and Buddhism, in the realm of the most perfect system of syntax and semantics.
The complexity of the language, however, became an issue. On the other extreme, Indian views on language, especially the Nyaya, view the words merely as indicators and not carriers of meaning. Is this a more pragmatic view and does the Nyaya language become less complex as a system of symbols? Is natural language the appropriate platform for expressing meaning at all? The profound answer for some philosophers (Pierre Levy) is negative and, perhaps, IEML (Information Economics Modelling Language) is the right platform for expressing of semiotic concepts.
The same sort of questions, which investigate the potential relationship between S1 and S2, has been witnessed in other disciplines as well. For instance, in mathematics, the choice of the Babylonians of an arithmetic system on the basis of the number 60, though grounded on nature and their knowledge of astronomy, which also heavily impacted the contemporary way of counting time (an hour divided in 60 minutes, 60 seconds, etc.), the system became unnecessarily complicated when it comes to arithmetic operations.
The same holds for the Roman arithmetic system, which was based on combinations of letters. Instead, the Arabic arithmetic system, as based on the digits 0..9, prevailed, since it is claimed that it is more efficient in terms of interpretation of the symbols and the magnitude of potential expressions with only 9 symbols (digits). There is no need to introduce too many symbols in order to move to higher spheres of numbers. In this context, interpretation of the symbols is bound with the position of a digit within a number, e.g., interpretation of 9 within 90 and 900.
However, philosophers claim that if there is anything like a less complex and more real semantic system than mathematics, this should anchor meaning at some system of reference to real objects and entities and what really exists. The driving question has been: have you ever seen a 9 or 10 as objects or entities around you? Though promising, it soon became apparent that anchoring semantics at what really exists became a tough question in metaphysics and ontology as well as in logic, which relates semantics with the notion of truth. It is not a coincidence that despite the fact that logic and ontology are important areas of philosophy covering large, diverse and active research projects, they both come with different conceptions as briefly explained in the following paragraphs.
Overall, we can distinguish among four notions of logic: (L1) the mathematical study of artificial formal languages, (L2) the study of formally valid inferences and logical consequence, (L3) the study of logical truths, (L4) the study of the general features or forms of judgement. Similarly, we can distinguish among four notions of ontology: (O1) the study of ontological commitment, i.e., what we and the others are committed to, (O2) the study of what there is, (O3) the study of the most general features of what there is and how the things there relate with each other in the metaphysically most general ways, (O4) the study of meta-ontology, i.e., saying what task it is that the discipline of ontology should aim to accomplish, if any, how the question it aims to answer should be understood, and with what methodology they can be answered.
Though it is out of the scope of this manuscript to go deeper into the various past and ongoing debates about the ramifications of the relations among the different conceptions as well as the overlapping areas between logic and ontology, it is worth mentioning the interwoven quest as to which extent logic can prove the existence of entities or objects, which ultimately led to the quest for proof of further metaphysical entities, by simply relying on conceptual truths. At this point, it is worth mentioning Frege's position that numbers are objects and arithmetic is logic implying the existence of entities. There is also a close relationship between this debate and a common criticism that standard formal logics in the sense of (L1) will not be able to capture the logical truths in the sense of (L2) (see also debate about the status of an empty domain in the semantics of first and second order logical systems).
On the other hand, formal ontologies have been invented as theories to give precise definitions and descriptions of entities, their properties and their interrelationships. To this extent, instead of trying to prove the existence of entities or objects on the way paved by logic, they simply put the emphasis on the description of what exists. Despite their philosophical use to become descriptive of what exists, their contemporary use is to provide a framework to represent information in a useful way for humans and machines.
Though merely descriptive in their nature, formal ontologies could not avoid the risk of becoming a system of higher complexity, especially when they were meant to act as frameworks in order to answer any kind of existential questions. The famous debate in Ontology between Carnap and Quine in the first half of the 20th century was shedding some more light into this problem. Carnap was denying the existence of an Ontology and was suggesting the creation of frameworks as formal languages that have a clearly defined relationship to experience or empirical evidence as part of their semantics. According to Carnap, it was a matter of usefulness and practicality which framework should be selected by scientists to formulate their theories in. Moreover, there is no correct framework that truly mirrors the world as it is in itself. Nevertheless, Carnap's intriguing position contrasted the 'structure of thought explains the structure of the world' thesis (Kant, Critique of Pure Reason).
Fortunately or unfortunately, the haunted quest about the ideal relationship between S1 and S2 has been revived with the emergence of the Semantic Web and other contemporary forms of computing like Social and Cloud computing. It is characteristic that description logics as a formalism underpinning OWL as an ontology language for the Semantic Web went through three main phases: (1980-1990) implementation of systems which employed the so-called structural subsumption algorithms, (1990-1995) introduction of a new algorithmic paradigm, the so-called tableau-based algorithms, (1995-2000) development of inference procedures for very expressive description logics. In all these phases, the driving force has always been to harness the complexity as bound with algorithmic decidability of the inference systems, which was increasing from polynomial to exponential with the expressiveness of descriptions. In contrast, researchers and developers turned to more pragmatical solutions and systems such as folksonomies, tagging, personalised annotations.
However, the answer begging question still remains: Is harnessing of complexity in semantic systems and computing a problem with the current von Neumann architecture and Turing machines? Could Quantum Computing or other forms of computing settle this issue? Or, is it simply the wrong approach to the relationship between S1 and S2?
In our research, entrepreneurial and world knowledge contribution, we kept on providing different angles to the definition of scalable computational semantics and systems in respect with S1 and S2. Recently, we embarked on investigations of the relationship between geometry and meaning, i.e., grounding meaning in space and time, on extension of FCA (Formal Concept Analysis) to embed perspectives as a mathematical theory underpinning lattices of concepts, as well as nature inspired computing. The latter varies from the design and specification of formal languages resembling the way meaning arises from DNA-structures as well as in economics (Pierre Levy) to the study of phenomena of semantic communication in swarms, particles organisation, cell biology and other higher forms of life in nature.
Though it is hard to see at a first glance the relationship between, e.g., biology and the modern Internet and computing in general, inspiration and promising approaches are well sought after at systems level. For instance, in modern biological research, networks are ubiquitous at all levels of scale. On top of a network of genes, there is a protein interaction network, signalling networks and metabolic networks, which themselves underpin arrays of interacting networks that link cells together.
Could such biological networks inform our understanding of our cyberspace infrastructure? Can social networks and collective intelligence on the Web be understood on the premise of evolution principles of biological networks, which lead to higher forms in life? Is the answer for a proper relationship between S1 and S2 in the construction of semantics driven systems hidden behind the secrets of nature and how complexity is harnessed on the premise of layered networks and equilibrium theories of ecosystems? Is the conception of the Internet, Information and Software Systems as a Digital (Software) Ecosystem, something which evolves out of self-managing entities with simple rules of the evolution game and boundaries, as opposed to top-down approaches of knowledge engineering in traditional AI, the key towards meaningful systems with a controllable complexity?
Indicative List of References:
1. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-ontology/, Logic and Ontology, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2. R. Carnap, Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2nd edition, 1956
3. D. Davidson, Essays on Actions and Events, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1980
4. G. Frege, The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logic-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number, Oxford Blackwell, 2nd revised edition, 1974.
5. L. Goble, Philosophical Logic, Oxford Blackwell Publishers, 2001
6. I. Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, 1781
7. W. Kuehne, Conceptions of Truth, Oxford University Press, 2003
8. H. Putnam, The Many Faces of Realism, La Salle: Open Court, 1987
9. W.V. Quine, On What There Is, Review of Metaphysics, 1948
10. W.V. Quine, Philosophy of Logic, Cabridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970
11. B. Rusell, On Denoting, Mind, 14, 479-493, 1905
12. A. Tarski, What are Logical Notions? History and Philosophy of Logic, 7, 1986
13. S. Staab and R. Studer, Handbook on Ontologies, Springer Verlag, 2004
14. D. Widdows, Geometry and Meaning, CSLI Publications, 2004
15. N. Shadbolt, Nature-Inspired Computing, Journal IEEE Intelligent Systems, January/February, 2004
16. B.A. Huberman, The Ecology of Computation, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1988
17. D. G. Messerschmitt and C. Szyperski, Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry, MIT Press, 2003
Selected Own Publications:
1. E. Kapetanios, On the Notion of Collective Intelligence: Opportunity or Challenge? Journal of Organisational and Collective Intelligence, 1(1), IGI Global, 2009
2. E. Kapetanios, R. Chbeir and F. Andres, Collectively Intelligent Information and Knowledge Management (Special Issue), Journal of Organisational and Collective Intelligence, 2009
3. E. Kapetanios and G. Koutrika, Special Issue on Collective Intelligence, Journal on Information Sciences, Elsevier Publishers, 2009
4. E. Kapetanios, Quo Vadis Computer Science: From Turing to Personal Computer, Personal Content and Collective Intelligence, Data and Knowledge Engineering Journal, 67, 286-292, Elsevier Publishers, 2008
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Knowledge Representation within an Intelligent Tutoring System
Dr. Helmut Horacek - Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
Abstract -- Intelligent tutoring systems, though quite successful in a variety of applications, are typically limited with respect to the generality of their problem-solving methods and in their communication capabilities. Aiming at exploring the prerequisites for future, more powerful tutoring systems, we present techniques for representing knowledge within such a system that allow for reasoning about more complex problem-solving situations and that enable exible communication in natural language. The domain of application is teaching a student how to prove mathematical theorems.
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An Overview of Distributed Usage Control
Prof. Dr. Alexander Pretschner -- IESE and TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
Abstract -- Usage control generalizes access control to what happens to data in the future (\delete after thirty days," \do not copy," \notify owner upon access.") Distributed usage control is about defining and enforcing usage control requirements on data after giving it away. It is relevant in the areas of data protection, the management of intellectual property, the management of secrets, and compliance with regulations. In this extended abstract, we provide an overview of the field. We introduce fundamental concepts, requirements, policy specifications, policy analyses, dissemination models, the enforcement of usage control requirements at different levels of abstraction, and the challenges ahead.
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Modeling Semantic Knowledge in Erlang for Refactoring
Prof. Dr. Zoltan Horvath -- Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary
Abstract -- ~RefactorErl is a refactoring tool for the Erlang programming language. Refactorings have to collect many kinds of information that appear scattered in the source code. Therefore, when designing a refactoring tool, the most important concern is how the program is represented so that the many layers of intertwined information can be accessed conveniently. Such information strongly depends on the language, therefore we have opted to develop a language speci c model for Erlang. This model encompasses the expert knowledge necessary for refactoring Erlang programs by describing the connections between the diverse pieces of information.
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''What next in Knowledge Representation?''
Prof. Dr. Vasile Rus, University of Memphis, USA
Abstract -- We argue in this talk that searching for and proposing a good knowledge representation is a fine balancing act between two types of opposing forces: computational and ergonomic requirements. On one hand, we need representations that are "computer-friendly", i.e. well-structured, rigorous, and unambiguous, such that automated processing of knowledge is straightforward. On the other hand, the representations must be ergonomic, i.e. fit the humans as the ultimate input providers and consumers of the results of methods that automatically process knowledge. Natural language is the most ergonomic of all knowledge representations. That is, a good knowledge representation should be as close as possible to the human language to be ergonomic. However, natural language is open-structure, flexible, and ambiguous - the opposite of a computational representation. There seems to be an answer to this knowledge representation impossibility/paradox. We argue in this talk that natural language-based knowledge representations (~NL-based KR) are good candidates for a good knowledge representation in particular for processing knowledge in verbose domains such as conceptual physics, biology, and computer literacy as opposed to more abstract domains such as mathematics. We review in this talk several natural language-based knowledge representations, both statistical and symbolic, and then focus on an extremely powerful ~NL-based representation whose properties will be discussed. The use of these representations in various applications is illustrated.
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!Lecture 1
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!Lecture 2
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A special feature of KEPT are the invited lectures which enable all delegates to increase their knowledge of engineering from leading expects in the field. Topics are offered at introductory, intermediate and advanced levels in a range of subjects ranging from the fundamentals to specialist subjects. Each invited lecture lasts about 1 hour.
!Invited lecture 1 - Analysis and Generation of Emotion in Texts
*Prof. Dr. Diana Inkpen -- [[web page| http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~diana/]]
*University of Ottawa, Canada
* presentation - [[view|Invited Lecture 1]]
!Invited lecture 2 - The implications of Collective Intelligence and Nature Inspired Computing in Knowledge Engineering
* Prof. Dr. Epaminondas Kapetanios -- [[web page|http://www2.wmin.ac.uk/~kapetae/]]
* University of Westminster, London, UK
* presentation - [[view|Invited Lecture 2]]
!Invited lecture 3 - Knowledge Representation within an Intelligent Tutoring System
* Dr. Helmut Horacek -- [[web page|http://www.ags.uni-sb.de/~horacek/]]
* Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany
* presentation - [[view|Invited Lecture 3]]
!Invited lecture 4
* Prof. Dr. Laszlo Boszormenyi -- [[web page|http://www-itec.uni-klu.ac.at/~laszlo/]]
* Prof. Dr. Hermann Hellwagner -- [[web page|http://www-itec.uni-klu.ac.at/~hellwagn/]]
* University of Klagenfurt, Institut of Information Technology
* presentation - TBA
!Invited lecture 5 - An Overview of Distributed Usage Control
* Prof. Dr. Alexander Pretschner -- [[web page|http://www.inf.ethz.ch/~pretscha/]]
* IESE and TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
* presentation - [[view|Invited Lecture 5]]
!Invited lecture 6 - Modeling Semantic Knowledge in Erlang for Refactoring
* Prof. Dr. Zoltan Horvath -- [[web page|http://people.inf.elte.hu/hz/]]
* Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary
* presentation - [[view|Invited Lecture 6]]
!Invited lecture 7 - What next in Knowledge Representation?
* Prof. Dr. Vasile Rus -- [[web page|http://www.cs.memphis.edu/~vrus/]]
* University of Memphis, USA
* presentation - [[view|Invited Lecture 7]]
This event is organized by :
[[Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science|www.cs.ubbcluj.ro]]
This event is listed at the [[Computer Science Event List|events.informatics-europe.org]]
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Extended deadline for the general track ''Knowledge Processing in Economics''
* Deadline for Manuscript Submission: April 27, 2009
* Notification of acceptance: May 18, 2009
* Camera-ready copy due: June 10, 2009
* Registration deadline for presenting authors: June 10, 2009
* Conference dates: July 2-4, 2009
!Chairs:
* Militon Frentiu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Horia F. Pop (~Babes-Bolyai University)
!Session Chairs:
* Doina Tatar (~Babes-Bolyai University) - Natural Language Processing
* Dan Dumitrescu (~Babes-Bolyai University) - Natural Computing
* Bazil Parv (~Babes-Bolyai University) - Software Engineering
* Florian Mircea Boian (~Babes-Bolyai University) - Knowledge in Distributed Computing
* Stefan Nitchi (~Babes-Bolyai University) - Knowledge Processing in Economics
!Members:
*Lehel Csato (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Zsolt Darvay (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Mihaela Lupea (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Andreea Mihis (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Alin Mihaila (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Dragos Petrascu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Judit Robu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Gabriela Serban (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Adrian Sterca (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Leon Tambulea (~Babes-Bolyai University)
!Secretariat:
* Laura Diosan (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Vladiela Petrascu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Andreea Sabau (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Grigoreta Cojocar (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Dragos Sanda (~Babes-Bolyai University)
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Authors of accepted papers:
*author1
*author2
[[First edition of KEPT|http://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/kept2007/]]
* [[Timetable of the Conference|files/kept-2009-program.pdf]]
* Conference Proceedings with extended abstracts [[Special Issue Studia UBB, series Informatica|http://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/~studia-i/2009-kept]]
** [[Front matter|files/Kept-2009-Proc-0-Front.pdf]]
** [[Invited lectures|files/Kept-2009-Proc-0-Invited.pdf]]
** [[Section: Knowledge in Computational Linguistics|files/Kept-2009-Proc-1-KCL.pdf]]
** [[Section: Knowledge Processing and Discovery|files/Kept-2009-Proc-2-KPD.pdf]]
** [[Section: Knowledge in Software Engineering|files/Kept-2009-Proc-3-KSE.pdf]]
** [[Section: Knowledge in Distributed Computing|files/Kept-2009-Proc-4-KDC.pdf]]
* Conference Volume: Selected Papers
** [[Front matter|files/Kept-2009-Selected-0-Front.pdf]]
* Workshop - Economical Informatics
** TBA
* Ajith Abraham (Seoul University, Republic of Korea)
* Dinu Airinei (A.I. Cuza University, Iasi)
* Razvan Andonie (Central Washington University)
* Constanta Bodea (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies)
* Florian Boian (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Laszlo Boeszoermenyi (Klagenfurt University, Austria)
* Alexandru Cicortas (West University of Timisoara)
* Dan Cristea ("A.I. Cuza" University, Iasi)
* Andras Csomai (University of North Texas, USA)
* Sergiu Cataranciuc (Chisineu University, Moldova)
* Gabriela Czibula(~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Kalyanmoy Deb (Kanpur University, India)
* Dan Dumitrescu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Calin Enachescu ("Petru Maior" University, Targu Mures)
* Militon Frentiu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Bogdan Ghilic Micu (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies)
* Gheorghe Grigoras ("A.I. Cuza" University, Iasi)
* Crina Grosan (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Hermann Hellwagner (Klagenfurt University, Austria)
* Diana Inkpen (University of Ottawa, Canada)
* Ion Ivan (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies)
* Dimitris Karagiannis (University of Vienna)
* Zoltan Kasa (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Dorel Lucanu ("A.I. Cuza" University, Iasi)
* Henri Luchian ("A.I. Cuza" University, Iasi)
* Andrian Marcus (Wayne State University)
* Daniela Marinescu (Brasov University)
* Rada Mihalcea (University of North Texas,USA)
* Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton, UK)
* Grigore Moldovan (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Simona Motogna (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Traian Muntean (University of Marseille, France)
* Viorel Negru (West University of Timisoara)
* Virginia Niculescu (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Stefan Nitchi (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Stephen Olariu (Old Dominion University)
* Mihai Oltean (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Constantin Orasan (University of Wolverhampton, UK)
* Gheorghe Paun (Academia Romana)
* Bazil Parv (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Dana Petcu (West University of Timisoara)
* Horia F. Pop (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Mike Preuss (Dortmund University, Germany)
* Dumitru Radoiu ("Petru Maior" University, Targu Mures)
* Ion Gh Rosca (Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies)
* Vasile Rus (University of Memphis, USA)
* Lucia Rusu (Babes-Bolyai University)
* Gheorghe Stefanescu (Bucharest University)
* Emma ~Tamaianu-Morita (Akita University, Japan)
* Doina Tatar (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Ioan Tomescu (Bucharest University)
* Leon Tambulea (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Teodor Toadere (~Babes-Bolyai University)
* Milkos Vasarhelyi (Rutgers State University of NJ, USA)
* Daniela Zaharie (West University of Timisoara)
The final versions of papers for post-proceedings should be uploaded through the Conference Publishing System
The papers accepted for presentation will be published in a locally edited booklet. Only those papers that are accepted for presentation and are presented at the conference by a registered author, will be accepted for publication in the post-proceedings.
Manuscripts must be accompanied by a signed copyright form.
Please download the @@color(red): COPYRIGHT @@ [[file|files/CopyrightKEPT2009.pdf]]
Note:
- Title of the Book/Volume/Conference will be Knowledge Engineering: Principles and Techniques Conference (KEPT) 2009
- Volume Editor(s): M. Frentiu and H. F. Pop
The revised versions of papers presented at KEPT will be published in a post-proceedings edited by a notable society press.
In the previous edition of KEPT the papers presented at the conference have been published in [[Studia|http://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/~studia-i/]] and they are indexed by [[MathSciNet|http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/search/journaldoc.html?jc=STUBI]].
Conferences fee:
*100 Euro covers proceedings, refreshments during breaks, and banquet (on the first day evening).
* the fee can be paid either in EURO or in RON
Payment by bank transfer: Banking expense to your charge.
Details for the payment in EURO:
|Beneficiary Bank: |Banca Comerciala Romana|
|Beneficiary Bank Agency: |Agency ~Cluj-Napoca|
|Beneficiary Bank Address: |~Cluj-Napoca, str. Gh. Baritiu nr. 10-12, Jud. Cluj, 400027|
|Beneficiary Name: |Universitatea ~Babes-Bolyai ~Cluj-Napoca|
|International Bank Account Number (IBAN): |~RO16 RNCB 0106 0266 0470 0008|
|SWIFT Code: |RNCBROBU|
|Payment details: |Registration KEPT 2009 article_ID|
Details for the payment in RON:
|Beneficiary Bank: |Trezoreria ~Cluj-Napoca|
|Beneficiary Name: |Universitatea ~Babes-Bolyai ~Cluj-Napoca|
|International Bank Account Number (IBAN): |~RO76 TREZ 2165 0460 1X00 7224|
|CIF|4305849|
|Payment details: |Registration KEPT 2009 article_ID|
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Conferences fee:
*100 Euro covers proceedings, refreshments during breaks, and banquet (on the second day evening).
*We hope to obtain some sponsorships and to reduce this fee to 50 Euro for participants from Romania and Moldova.
[[Registration|reg/registration.php]]
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!Submission Details
Submit substantially new work: The material in a paper must represent substantially new work that has not been previously published by conferences, journals, or edited books. KEPT allows submissions of material that is substantially similar to a paper being submitted contemporaneously for review in another conference. However, if the submitted paper is accepted by KEPT, the authors agree that substantially the same material will not be published by another conference. Material may be later revised and submitted to a journal, if permitted by the journal.
Authors should prepare submissions, in English, of up to 4 pages, figures, examples and references included. Guidelines and LATEX style sheets are available: see [[Style|Style/Style.zip]]. Each submission should contain the following items:
(1) title of paper,
(2) author name(s),
(3) first author physical address,
(4) first author e-mail address,
(5) first author phone number,
(6) a maximum 200 words abstract
(7) the text of the paper, and
(8) references.
All papers will be handled electronically by using the online submission system.
Meet the Submission Deadline: March 31, 2009.
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*Create an EasyChair account
** Go to http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kept2009
** Follow the instructions under the login box to create a user account
*Submission process
** Login
** Select "New Submission" from menus at the top of the screen
** Select an appropriate track/session
** Follow on-screen instructions for completion of submission information and uploading of your paper(in pdf format).
You and your co-authors, if any, will receive an email confirming receipt of your paper. You may edit your paper information or update a new version at any time whilst submissions are still open.
If you wish to resubmit your paper please use "Submit a new version" from the right hand menu.
!Accept author agreement
By submitting a paper, the author(s) agree that, if their paper is accepted, they will:
*Submit a final, revised, camera-ready version to the publisher by May 10, 2009.
*Register at least one author to attend the conference by June 10, 2009. Any other authors who attend the conference must also register, but they do not have a registration deadline.
*Attend the conference (at least one author).
*Present the accepted paper at the conference.
Papers will be reviewed by two members of the program committee.
!Copyright
*TBA
*TBA
*TBA
Proceedings will be distributed at the conference.
Prospective authors are invited to submit the electronic version of an extended abstract of their paper (i.e. PS, PDF, MSWord) on the conference web site. The extended abstract is limited to 4 pages and should follow the instructions and format available at http://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/kept2009/Style/Style.zip where files with the formatting styles can be downloaded. Each submission should contain the following items:
(1) title of paper,
(2) author name(s),
(3) first author physical address,
(4) first author e-mail address,
(5) first author phone number,
(6) a maximum 200 words abstract
(7) the text of the extended abstract and
(8) references.
All papers will be handled electronically by using the online submission system @@color(red): ''Submission site:''@@ [[here|http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kept2009]].
*Create an EasyChair account
** Go to http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cec2009
** Follow the instructions under the login box to create a user account
*Submission process
** Login
** Select "New Submission" from menus at the top of the screen
** Select an appropriate track/session
** Follow on-screen instructions for completion of submission information and uploading of your paper(in pdf format).
You and your co-authors, if any, will receive an email confirming receipt of your paper. You may edit your paper information or update a new version at any time whilst submissions are still open.
If you wish to resubmit your paper please use "Submit a new version" from the right hand menu.
See [[General Tracks|General Tracks]] section for more details about the general tracks of the conference.
We will follow rigorous reviewing process. Submission of a paper should be regarded as assurance that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present it. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
After the conference, full versions of the papers, of no more than 12 pages, will be required to be submitted. These new versions will be evaluated again by two independent reviewers and, if accepted, will be published as regular papers either in Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Series Informatica (indexed by MathSciNet, Zentralblatt fuer Mathematik, Directory of Open Access Journals, EBSCO), or in a higher level volume, currently under scrutiny.
!Important dates
*Deadline for Manuscript Submission: March 31, 2009
*Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2009
*Camera-ready copy due: May 10, 2009
*Registration deadline for presenting authors: June 10, 2009
*Conference dates: July 2-4, 2009
!Organizational/Logistics:
*Laura Diosan: lauras ''at'' cs.ubbcluj.ro
*Vladiela Petrascu: vladi ''at'' cs.ubbcluj.ro
*Andreea Sabau: deiush ''at'' cs.ubbcluj.ro
*Grigoreta Cojocar: grigo "at" cs.ubbcluj.ro
* Sanda Dragos: sanda "at" cs.ubbcluj.ro
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!By air
Recent years development of industry brought out the need of an international airport in Cluj-Napoca. There are some international companies that already operate regular fligths with destinations in major western european cities, as well as our national operator Tarom connecting Cluj-Napoca with Bucharest and some other romanian cities.
Because of the diversity of destinations and the acceptable distance between Cluj-Napoca and Budapest international airport there are travel agencies which operate regular minibus connections between these two objectives:
*~AeroTravel str. Horea, nr. 1 Tel: +40 264-433124 cluj@aerotravel.ro
*Amasis Tour Str. Bolyai Janos, nr. 5 Tel: +40 264-430267
*Aviatica Bd. Eroilor, nr. 6-8 Tel: +40 264-431762 office@aviatica.ro
*Calibra Piata Unirii, nr. 11 Tel: +40 264-427029 calibra@mail.dntcj.ro
We are one step closer to western Europe by international passenger transport companies with a wide range of regular and charter lines:
*Eurolines Bd. 21 Decembrie 54-56 Tel: +40 264-431961 cluj@eurolines.ro
*Atlassib str. Iuliu Maniu, nr. 21 Tel: +40 264-425367 romania.clujcentru@atlassib.ro
!By train
~Cluj-Napoca has direct rail connections with 25 European capitals, and all international rail services have dining facilities and sleeping compartments. For rail information , see [[Romanian Railway Timetable|http://www.mersultrenurilorcfr.ro/default_engleza.asp?lng=2]].
!Venue Details
~Babes-Bolyai University,
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Computer Science Department,
Teodor Mihali (ex Cehoslovaciei) 58-60, ~Cluj-Napoca
www.cs.ubbcluj.ro
~Babes-Bolyai University is a modern institution which acquired a remarkable fame by achievements at national and international level. Offering services for more than 45,500 students in the 21 Faculties by means of 1,700 experienced teaching staff members, "~Babes-Bolyai" University joins at present the specialty academic associations from Europe and America. After 1989 the University entered the field of the great European research and education institutions by reasserting its multicultural character and becoming today - with its 21 Faculties, extensions in 18 towns and with study programs for three levels (university degrees, advanced postgraduate studies and master's degrees, Ph.D. degrees) - not only one of the most impressive academic institution from Romania but also one of the most distinguished from this part of Europe. It offers a higher level of education enabling students access to modern facilities.
The Campus building, where the events will take place, is situated at the 58-60 Teodor Mihali Str. and represents one of the most recent investments offering the best academic environment. It resides in 5 amphiteatres, 10 course rooms, 28 seminar rooms, 31 computer science laboratories, 10 laboratories for economical sciences, 4 laboratories for foreign languages study, a library and a cafeteria.
~Cluj-Napoca is the biggest city in Transylvania and one of the biggest and most important ones in Romania. It represents an important railway node with connections for all major destinations in the country or central and eastern Europe. Available connections can be found from the train timetable.
!How to Get There
Travel from ~Cluj-Napoca Airport takes between 45-60 minutes, and approximately 15-30 minutes from central parts of the city. Recommended airport transport is by bus shuttle. The nearest bus station is Campus Universitar. Transport details, maps and airport directions are available [[HERE|http://www.ratuc.ro/]].
To locate any objective you can use an interactive digital map of Cluj-Napoca city [[see map|http://www.cluj4all.com/cauta/harta-cluj-napoca]].
For other information about Cluj-Napoca please visit:
*[[Wikitravel Cluj-Napoca|http://wikitravel.org/en/Cluj-Napoca]]
*[[Cluj Turism (in Romanian)|http://www.cjnet.ro/cj/rturism.html]]
*[[Cluj-Napoca Town Hall (in Romanian)|http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro/obiective-turistice.aspx]]
~Babes-Bolyai University is a modern institution which acquired a remarkable fame by achievements at national and international level. Offering services for more than 45,500 students in the 21 Faculties by means of 1,700 experienced teaching staff members, "Babes-Bolyai" University joins at present the specialty academic associations from Europe and America. After 1989 the University entered the field of the great European research and education institutions by reasserting its multicultural character and becoming today - with its 21 Faculties, extensions in 18 towns and with study programs for three levels (university degrees, advanced postgraduate studies and master's degrees, Ph.D. degrees) - not only one of the most impressive academic institution from Romania but also one of the most distinguished from this part of Europe. It offers a higher level of education enabling students access to modern facilities.
The Campus building, where the events will take place, is situated at the 58-60 Teodor Mihali Str. and represents one of the most recent investments offering the best academic environment. It resides in 5 amphiteatres, 10 course rooms, 28 seminar rooms, 31 computer science laboratories, 10 laboratories for economical sciences, 4 laboratories for foreign languages study, a library and a cafeteria.
Cluj-Napoca is the biggest city in Transylvania and one of the biggest and most important ones in Romania. It represents an important railway node with connections for all major destinations in the country or central and eastern Europe. Available connections can be found from the train timetable.
To locate any objective you can use an interactive digital map of Cluj-Napoca city.
To find information about weather in Cluj Napoca, you can go here.
Recent years development of industry brought out the need of an international airport in Cluj-Napoca. There are some international companies that already operate regular fligths with destinations in major western european cities, as well as our national operator Tarom connecting Cluj-Napoca with Bucharest and some other romanian cities.
Because of the diversity of destinations and the acceptable distance between Cluj-Napoca and Budapest international airport there are travel agencies which operate regular minibus connections between these two objectives:
*AeroTravel str. Horea, nr. 1 Tel: +40 264-433124 cluj@aerotravel.ro
*Amasis Tour Str. Bolyai Janos, nr. 5 Tel: +40 264-430267
*Aviatica Bd. Eroilor, nr. 6-8 Tel: +40 264-431762 office@aviatica.ro
*Calibra Piata Unirii, nr. 11 Tel: +40 264-427029 calibra@mail.dntcj.ro
We are one step closer to western Europe by international passenger transport companies with a wide range of regular and charter lines:
*Eurolines Bd. 21 Decembrie 54-56 Tel: +40 264-431961 cluj@eurolines.ro
*Atlassib str. Iuliu Maniu, nr. 21 Tel: +40 264-425367 romania.clujcentru@atlassib.ro
For other information about Cluj-Napoca please visit:
*[[Wikitravel Cluj-Napoca|http://wikitravel.org/en/Cluj-Napoca]]
*[[Cluj Turism (in Romanian)|http://www.cjnet.ro/cj/rturism.html]]
*[[Cluj-Napoca Town Hall (in Romanian)|http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro/obiective-turistice.aspx]]
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Knowledge Engineering: Principles and Techniques Conference (KEPT) 2009
~Babes-Bolyai University
July 2-4, 2009
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Prof. Dr. Vasile Rus -- [[web page|http://www.cs.memphis.edu/~vrus/]]
University of Memphis, USA
What next in Knowledge Representation?
Abstract -- We argue in this talk that searching for and proposing a good knowledge representation is a fine balancing act between two types of opposing forces: computational and ergonomic requirements. On one hand, we need representations that are "computer-friendly", i.e. well-structured, rigorous, and unambiguous, such that automated processing of knowledge is straightforward. On the other hand, the representations must be ergonomic, i.e. fit the humans as the ultimate input providers and consumers of the results of methods that automatically process knowledge. Natural language is the most ergonomic of all knowledge representations. That is, a good knowledge representation should be as close as possible to the human language to be ergonomic. However, natural language is open-structure, flexible, and ambiguous - the opposite of a computational representation. There seem to be an answer to this knowledge representation impossibility/paradox. We argue in this talk that natural language-based knowledge representations (NL-based KR) are good candidates for a good knowledge representation in particular for processing knowledge in verbose domains such as conceptual physics, biology, and computer literacy as opposed to more abstract domains such as mathematics. We review a series of natural language-based knowledge representations, both statistical and symbolic, and then focus on an extremely powerful representation whose properties will be discussed. The usage in various applications of the discussed representations is also provided.