ConferenceCall 2012 02 02

= OntologySummit2012: Session-04 - Thu 2012-02-02 =

Summit Theme: OntologySummit2012: "Ontology for Big Systems"

Track (1&2) Title: Ontology for Big Systems & Systems Engineering

Session Topic: Ontology for Big Systems & Systems Engineering - II : a response to the problem space and setting out the working program for this Summit Track

Session Chair: Dr. HensonGraves ... intro-slides

Panelists:


 * Dr. LeoObrst (MITRE, US; Ontolog) - "Aspects of Semantic Interoperability" - slides
 * Mr. VictorAgroskin ( TechInvestLab, RU) - "Big System Models" - slides
 * Mr. ChrisPartridge (BORO Solutions, UK) - "Systems Engineering (SE) practice issues and SE (IT) issues ontology can help to solve" - slides
 * Mr. DavidLeal (CAESAR Systems, UK) - "Ontologies and engineering analysis" - slides
 * Ms. ElisaKendall (Thematix, US; OMG) - "Design For Analysis" - slides
 * Dr. HensonGraves (Algos Associates, US) - "Triage on the 'Big Systems and Systems Engineering' Track" - slides


 * along with panelists from first session of this track (who will not be making presentations today, but will join us in the discussion as part of the panel)
 * ref. their presentation and proceedings from the "Ontology for Big Systems & Systems Engineering - I" session
 * Mr. JackRing ( OntoPilot, US) - "Toward a Unified Ontology for Systemists" - slides
 * Mr. AnatolyLevenchuk ( TechInvestLab, RU) - "Ontology Engineering for Systems Engineering" - slides ... additional slides for this session
 * Professor GiancarloGuizzardi (Federal University of Espírito Santo, BR) - "An Engineering Approach to Ontology Engineering in Complex Environments: the role of Foundational Theories and Ontological Patterns" -  slides
 * Dr. MatthewWest (Information Junction, UK) - "Model-based System Engineering" - slides

Archives:


 * Abstract
 * Agenda
 * Prepared presentation material (slides) can be accessed by clicking on each of the title links below:
 * [ 0-Chair ] . [ 1-Obrst ] . [ 2-Agroskin ] . [ 3-Patridge ] . [ 4-Leal ] . [ 5-Kendall ] . [ 6-Graves ]
 * Audio recording of the session ( 2:00:04 ; mp3 ; 13.74 MB )
 * transcript of the online chat during the session ... (raw transcript now available; cleaned-up version coming!)
 * Additional Resources

Conference Call Details

 * Date: Thursday, 2-Feb-2012
 * Start Time: 9:30am PST / 12:30pm EST / 6:30pm CET / 17:30 UTC
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 * Expected Call Duration: ~2.0 hours


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Attendees

 * Attended:
 * HensonGraves (chair)
 * VictorAgroskin
 * LeoObrst
 * ChrisPartridge
 * ElisaKendall
 * DavidLeal
 * AnatolyLevenchuk
 * JackRing
 * GiancarloGuizzardi
 * NicolaGuarino
 * SteveRay
 * PeterYim
 * JamesOdell
 * MarcelaVegetti
 * MarkJohnson
 * ChristopherSpottiswoode
 * MatthewHettinger
 * AmandaVizedom
 * TimWilson
 * MichaelRiben
 * OnnoPaap
 * AliHashemi
 * HasanSayani
 * KathleenEllis
 * BobbinTeegarden
 * FrankOlken
 * TerryLongstreth
 * RexBrooks
 * RaviSharma
 * TrishWhetzel
 * BrianDavis
 * BruceBray
 * EricChan
 * ErnaniSantos
 * ErnieLucier
 * FabianNeuhaus
 * IlyaZaslavsky
 * JoelBender
 * LarryLefkowitz
 * LinePouchard
 * MichaelGruninger
 * MikeBennett
 * RickSteiner
 * SimonSpero
 * ToddSchneider
 * TomTinsley


 * Other registered participants we were expecting (who may have joined us, but did not announce themselves, nor show up in the chat-workspace):
 * AzamatAbdoullaev
 * JeanneHolm
 * TimBoland
 * DennisWisnosky
 * DavidPrice
 * DaliaVaranka
 * ChrisMusialek
 * PavithraKenjige
 * DicksonLukose
 * (please add yourself to the list if you are a member of the Ontolog or OntologySummit community, or, rsvp to )
 * (please add yourself to the list if you are a member of the Ontolog or OntologySummit community, or, rsvp to )


 * Regrets:
 * MatthewWest

Abstract
Ontology for Big Systems & Systems Engineering - II : a response to the problem space and setting out the working program for this Summit Track

This is our 7th Ontology Summit, a joint initiative by NIST, Ontolog, NCOR, NCBO, IAOA & NCO_NITRD with the support of our co-sponsors. The theme adopted for this Ontology Summit is: "Ontology for Big Systems." The event today is our 4th virtual session.

The principal goal of the summit is to bring together and foster collaboration between the ontology community, systems community, and stakeholders of some of "big systems." Together, the summit participants will exchange ideas on how ontological analysis and ontology engineering might make a difference, when applied in these "big systems." We will aim towards producing a series of recommendations describing how ontologies can create an impact; as well as providing illustrations where these techniques have been, or could be, applied in domains such as bioinformatics, electronic health records, intelligence, the smart electrical grid, manufacturing and supply chains, earth and environmental, e-science, cyberphysical systems and e-government. As is traditional with the Ontology Summit series, the results will be captured in the form of a communiqué, with expanded supporting material provided on the web.

This "Ontology for Big Systems & Systems Engineering" Track aims to bring key challenges to light with large-scale systems and systems of systems for ontology and identify where solutions exist, where the problems require significant research, and where we can work towards solutions as part of this summit. The areas to be considered include:


 * working with and integrating the results of models using multiple modeling languages,
 * the systems lifecycle and the issues of sharing data within and between lifecycle stages,
 * the difference between requirements and the delivered system,
 * systems of systems vs systems,
 * the nature of system components and the difference between these and the parts installed,
 * the connections between system components and what they carry,
 * the specific role of social, legal, and value-related aspects in systems architecture, modeling and design
 * systems behaviour,
 * federated systems both as a big system, and as a solution to some of the challenges,
 * principles of how to construct good quality reusable models (ontologies),
 * the management of ontologies of and for large systems and the challenges in developing and maintaining them.

In this session we will consider the output of the first session of this track, and try to identify:


 * where there are solutions already available, if you know where to look,
 * where the problems require significant research,
 * where there is an opportunity to make useful progress within the timescale of the ontology summit.

More details about this Summit at: OntologySummit2012 (home page for the summit)

Agenda
Ontology Summit 2012 - Panel Session-04


 * Session Format: this is a virtual session conducted over an augmented conference call


 * 1. Opening (chair) - HensonGraves [5 min.] ... [ slides ]
 * 2. Panel briefings - LeoObrst, VictorAgroskin, ChrisPartridge, DavidLeal, ElisaKendall - [10 min. each]
 * 3. Q & A and open discussion [All: ~30 min.] - moderator: HensonGraves  -- please refer to process above
 * 4. Wrap-up / Announcements - (chair)

Proceedings:
Please refer to the above

IM Chat Transcript captured during the session:

see raw transcript here.

(for better clarity, the version below is a [ re-organized and lightly edited chat-transcript].) Participants are welcome to make light edits to their own contributions as they see fit.

-- begin in-session chat-transcript --

-- end of in-session chat-transcript --


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Audio Recording of this Session

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 * Conference Date and Time:	2-Feb-2012 9:36am~11:39am PST
 * Duration of Recording:	2 Hour 00 Minutes
 * Recording File Size:	       13.74 MB (in mp3 format)
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Additional Resources:

 * Homepage of OntologySummit2012
 * OntologySummit2012 Launch Event - ConferenceCall_2012_01_12
 * OntologySummit2012 session-02 "Ontology for Big Systems: What's In Scope" - ConferenceCall_2012_01_19
 * OntologySummit2012 session-03 "Ontology for Big Systems & Systems Engineering - I : The Systems and Systems Engineering Problem Space" - ConferenceCall_2012_01_26
 * Wiki pages devoted to Track-1&2: Ontology for Big Systems and Systems Engineering
 * OntologySummit2012_BigSystemsEngineering_CommunityInput (open)
 * OntologySummit2012_BigSystemsEngineering_Synthesis (maintained by MatthewWest, HensonGraves)
 * [ontology-summit] mailing list archives - http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/
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 * Homepage of the Summit series - see: OntologySummit

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