JOWO 2020



Announcement COVID-19


For the latest announcements on COVID-19 see the BOSK 2020: The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge website. For related workshop/tutorial-specific updates see the respective conference Workshops and Tutorials pages below, under "Accepted Workshops for JOWO 2020".

JOWO attendance details for the events taking place virtually
between August 31st and October 7th 2020
are now announced
in the
Venue section below

Episode VI: The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge


The Joint Ontology WOrkshops (JOWO) is a venue of workshops that, together, address a wide spectrum of topics related to ontology research, ranging from Cognitive Science to Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics.

JOWO 2020 is held in conjunction with BOSK 2020: The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge.

You can find a general presentation of JOWO and former editions here.

Accepted Workshops for JOWO 2020


JOWO 2020 "The Bolzano Summer of Knowledge" Edition will bring together a total of 16 workshops and 4 tutorials affiliated with the conferences EKAW, FOIS, and ICBO.

Eight workshops will be taking place virtually between August 31st and October 7th, 2020 (see Venue section). The remaining JOWO 2020 workshops affiliated with FOIS 2021, ICBO 2021, and ICCS 2021 will take place in Bolzano, Italy, in conjunction with BOSK 2021.

Further details for the workshops and tutorials can be found at the following links:

EKAW Workshops and Tutorials
FOIS Workshops and Tutorials
ICBO Workshops and Tutorials

Important Dates:

  • Saturday, February 15, 2020: workshop and tutorial proposals submission
  • Sunday, March 1st, 2020: notification
  • Monday, March 16, 2020: 1st call for papers to be distributed by workshop organizers
  • August 31st to October 7th, 2020: JOWO 2020 takes place virtually

Venue:


Details regarding virtual attendance times to the online workshops are the following (connection links will be updated soon):

To view in your timezone and add to your calendar, click on the times.

FOIS workshops:
FOUST: September 15, 11:00-13:00 CEST & 15:00-17:00 CEST (connection details)
DeepOntoNLP: September 16, 9:00-13:00 CEST (connection details)

EKAW workshops:
SKALE: September 16, 13:15-14:15 CEST (connection details)
WoMOCoE: September 16, 14:30-15:30 CEST (connection details)

ICBO workshops:
CELLS: September 25, 11:00-14:00 EDT
• COB: August 31-September 2, 8:00am-12:00pm PDT each day
IFOW: September 16, 23, 30, October 7, 15:00-17:00 CEST (connection details)
VDOS: September 19, 9:00am-12:00pm CDT

The remaining JOWO 2020 workshops affiliated with FOIS 2021, ICBO 2021, and ICCS 2021 will take place in Bolzano, Italy, in conjunction with BOSK 2021.

Registration:


JOWO 2020 registration is handled through BOSK 2020. Participation in JOWO workshops and other BOSK events and keynotes is free. At least one author per submission must pay a registration fee. For full details, see the BOSK 2020 registration page.

Organization team:


JOWO 2020 Chairs:

For EKAW 2020:
Anastasia Dimou, Ghent University, Belgium
Karl Hammar, Jönköping University, Sweden

For FOIS 2020:
Torsten Hahmann, University of Maine, USA
Claudio Masolo, Laboratory of Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Italy

For ICBO 2020:
Randi Vita, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, USA / OBO Foundry
Robert Hoehndorf, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

Local Chair:
Oliver Kutz, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Proceedings Chair:

Karl Hammar, Jönköping University, Sweden

Web Chair:
Selja Seppälä, University College Cork, Ireland

JOWO Steering Committee:
Stefano Borgo, Laboratory of Applied Ontology, ISTC-CNR, Italy
Oliver Kutz, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Frank Loebe, University of Leipzig, Germany
Fabian Neuhaus, Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Germany

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