We are pleased to announce the Sixth European Summer School On Ontological Engineering And The Semantic Web (SSSW 2008). The event will take place in Cercedilla, near Madrid, Spain between 6-12 July, 2008.

OVERVIEW

This summer school, presented by leading researchers in the field, is the successor to the well-received schools held in 2003, as part of the activities of the OntoWeb Network Consortium, and in 2004-2007, as part of the activities of the KnowledgeWeb Network of Excellence.  The school represents an opportunity for postgraduate students to equip themselves with the range of theoretical, practical, and collaboration skills necessary for full engagement with the challenges involved in developing Ontologies and Semantic Web applications. To ensure a high ratio between tutors and students the school will be limited to 50 participants. This year the school will be sponsored by a number of European projects including LUISA, NEON, SUPER and X-MEDIA and also by STI International.

APPROACH

Our approach combines the practical with the theoretical. Tutorial/lecture material is augmented with hands-on practical workshops and we ensure that the sessions complement each other by linking them to a mini-project. Work on developing and presenting this project in cooperation with other participants will serve as a means of consolidating the knowledge and skills gained from lectures and practical sessions.

Participants will be provided with a copy of all course lectures and access to a PC with all necessary tools and environments pre-installed. 

SSSW-2008 will provide a stimulating and enjoyable environment in which participants will benefit not only from the formal and practical sessions but also from informal and social interactions with established researchers and the other participants in the school. To further facilitate communication and feedback all attendees will be obliged to prepare and present a poster on their own research.

DETAILS

More details available at: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/events/sssw08/

TUTORS

• Sean Bechhofer (University of Manchester, UK)
• Fabio Ciravegna (University of Sheffield, UK)
• John Domingue (The Open University, UK)
• Jerome Euzenat (INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France)
• Aldo Gangemi  (National Research Council, Italy)
• Asun Gomez-Perez (Universidade Politecnica de Madrid, Spain)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• Mark Greaves (Vulcan, Inc., US)
• Jim Hendler (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US)
• Enrico Motta  (The Open University, UK)
• Natasha Noy (Stanford, US)
• Chris Welty (IBM Watson Research Center, US)