ConferenceCall 2005 08 11

= Ontolog invited Speaker - Professor Jim Hendler - Thu 2005-08-11 =

Conference Call Details

 * Subject: [ontolog] Invited Speaker Presentation - JimHendler - Thu 2005-08-11
 * Agenda: Professor Jim Hendler from the University of Maryland will be doing a "Semantic Web Q & A" with the community
 * Date: Thursday, August 11, 2005
 * Start Time: 10:30 AM Pacific Standard Time / 1:30 PM Eastern Standard Time (see world clock for other time zones)
 * Duration: 1.5 hours
 * Dial-in Number: 1-702-851-3330 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
 * Participant Access Code: "686564#"
 * Shared-screen support (VNC session) will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
 * view-only password: "ontolog"
 * if you plan to be logging into this shared-screen option (which the speaker may be navigating), and you are not familiar with the process, please try to call in 5 minutes before the start of the session so that we can work out the connection logistics. Help on this will generally not be available once the presentation starts.
 * people behind corporate firewalls may have difficulty accessing this. If that is the case, please download the slides below and runing them locally. The speaker will prompt you to advance the slides during the talk.


 * RSVP to [mailto:peter.yim@cim3.com peter.yim@cim3.com] appreciated, to allow us to prepare enough conferencing resources.


 * This session, like all other Ontolog events, is open to the public. Information relating to this session is shared on this wiki page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2005_08_11


 * For Virtual Speaker Session Tips and Ground Rules - see: VirtualSpeakerSessionTips


 * Please note that this session will be recorded, and the audio archives is expected to be made available as open content to our community membership and the public at-large under our prevailing open IPR policy.


 * Acknowledgement: special appreciations to MarkMusen for extending the invitation on behalf of our community to JimHendler, making this session a reality for all of us.


 * Professor Hendler has an appoitment right after this session, therefore we will be starting and ending the session promptly. Please note!

Attendees

 * Attended:
 * JimHendler
 * MarkMusen
 * PeterYim
 * KurtConrad
 * JayPeltz
 * BobSmith
 * EMichaelMaximilien
 * Gary Hess (Boeing)
 * CarlReed
 * BarrySmith
 * Joyce Koeneman (National Transportation Library, DOT)
 * TerrySeale (and 6 other colleagues, from Minneapolis, MN)
 * AdrianWalker
 * MichaelUschold
 * ChrisMenzel
 * MitchRinger
 * BrandNiemann
 * MarcWine
 * RexBrooks
 * Susie Stephens (Oracle)
 * DuaneNickull
 * BillMcCarthy
 * RoyRoebuck
 * DavidWhitten
 * JohnYoung


 * Also expected (most of these people probably logged in; we stopped trying to identify attendees once the recording session started. About 35 connections to the conference bridge were employed during the session.):
 * KatherineGoodier
 * Susan Golden (Online Computer Library Center, Seattle, WA)
 * LisaSeaburg (at FedEx)
 * VascoDrecun
 * PaulKoch
 * AndrewSchain
 * JimSchoening (for first 30~60 minutes)
 * Rick Morris (retired Founding Co-chair of SICoP)
 * Joseph Chiusano (Booz Allen Hamilton)
 * BoNewman
 * MonicaMartin
 * SusanTurnbull
 * BillAndersen
 * LeoObrst
 * ElisaKendall
 * JohnHardin
 * Karen Arcamonte (Knowledge Services Temp, American Institute of Architects)
 * Gary Levin (Inland Empire Regional Health Information Organization Task Force)
 * ...(to register for participation, please add your name below or e-mail  so that we can reserve enough resources to support the session.)...


 * Regrets:
 * JonathanCheyer
 * JohnDomingue (on vacation)
 * JamesDouma
 * IanDickinson (on vacation)

Agenda & Proceedings

 * Professor James A. Hendler from the University of Maryland will be doing a "Semantic Web Q & A" with the community


 * http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/resource/presentation/JimHendler_20050811/hendler.gif [Professor James Hendler]


 * Abstract (by Professor Hendler):


 * The Ontolog community has heard many presentations touching on what the Semantic Web is, how it interacts with ontology development and/or web services, and what semantics might offer. By now, you must have questions you want answered about the hows and whys of RDF, OWL, and the emerging Semantic Web Rules and Services areas.  Rather than an organized talk, I will put myself at your disposal to answer questions about what these technologies are, how they can be used, and where they'll go next.  So come and ask, and I'll do my best to answer.


 * Session Format: this will be virtual session over a phone conference setting, augmented by shared computer screen support
 * In view of the fact that we are pressed for time, we will skip the normal attendee introductions. Please try to populate your namesake page on this wiki if you haven't already done so (especially if you are a member of the community.)
 * Professor Hendler will then make some opening statements to set the stage for the discussion (~5 min.)
 * we will then go into an Open Discussion between the participants and the invited speaker (60~75 min.)
 * Pleasae identify yourself, by announcing your name and affiliation, before posing a question (especially since we aren't doing the intros at the beginning).
 * We will try to limit the discussion of each item to a few minutes, so as to allow us to cover the broad range of topics that the Semantic Web may entail. The moderator may interrupt and direct the session to move onto the next subject, if a specific item tends to be taking too long.


 * Bio of Professor James A. Hendler:


 * Jim Hendler is a Professor at the University of Maryland and the Director of the Joint Institute for Knowledge Discovery at the University of Maryland. He has joint appointments in the Department of Computer Science, the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies and is an affiliate of the Institute for Systems Research. He has authored about 200 technical papers in the areas of artificial intelligence, Semantic Web, agent-based computing and high performance processing. One of the inventors of the "Semantic Web," Hendler was the recipient of a 1995 Fulbright Foundation Fellowship, is a former member of the US Air Force Science Advisory Board, and is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence. He is also the former Chief Scientist of the Information Systems Office at the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), was awarded a US Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal in 2002, and is a member of the World Wide Web Consortium's Semantic Web Coordination Group. He is the Editor in Chief of IEEE Intelligent Systems and is on the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science.


 * some of Professor Hendler's previous Semantic Web talks are available at:
 * http://www.cs.umd.edu/~hendler/presentations/
 * links to additional relevant resources:
 * The US Department of Defense's XML Gallery at http://diides.ncr.disa.mil/xmlreg/user/index.cfm
 * for more information on JimHendler's research group, see their Semantic Web Portal at: http://www.mindswap.org
 * (please post any additional resources here)
 * During the presentation, the speaker may wish to visit http://profilesinterror.mindswap.org/ to show some conceptual work in the use of Sem Web for counter-terrorism.
 * Any material outside of the prepared presentation, if they are called up during the session, may be shared under the VNC session detailed above


 * If you have questions for the presenter, we appreciate your posting them here: (please identify yourself)
 * ...(insert content here) ...
 *  ... (post you questions here, Jim will be fielding them during the open discussion session) ...
 * Additional audience input:
 * See http://download-east.oracle.com/otndocs/tech/semantic_web/pdf/xlopez_rdf.pdf for Oracle support for OWL - Slides 29 and 33 (--BrandNiemann / Susie Stephens)


 * For those who have further questions for JimHendler, please email him at , or, better still, [mailto:ontolog-forum@ontolog.cim3.net post] them to the ontolog forum so that we can all benefit from the discourse.


 * Session ended 2005.08.11 12:12pm PDT

Session Recording of the JimHendler "Semantic Web Q&A" Session
(Thanks to KurtConrad and PeterYim for their help with getting the session recorded. -ppy)


 * To download the audio recording of the entire session, click here
 * the playback of the audio files require the proper setup, and an MP3 compatible player on your computer.
 * Conference Date and Time:	August 11, 2005 10:38am~12:12pm Pacific Daylight Time
 * Duration of Recording:	1 Hour 34 Minutes
 * Recording File Size:	       33.0 MB (in mp3 format)
 * Telephone Playback Expiration Date: August 21, 2005 12:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time
 * Prior to the above Expiration Date, one can call-in and hear the telephone playback of the session.
 * Playback Dial-in Number:	1-805-620-4002 (Ventura, CA)
 * Playback Access Code:	788091#
 * An attempt to make available a transcript of this session is underway ...
 * here's the beginning, a sample done by an outside transcription service, which I reviewed and edited. (--ppy/2005.10.01)
 * this is the full unedited transcript, straight from the transcription service (who, incidentally, did a geat job at it!). Do take a look. Anyone willing to volunteer some time to review and edit this transcript, please contact . Help and support (especially if we can institutionalize this) is solicited and appreciated.
 * to help clean up the transcript, go edit: ConferenceCall_2005_08_11/SessionTranscript