Semantic Academy | Intensive School 2023

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The LifeWatch ERIC Intensive School: Boost your research with semantic artifacts

In recent years, one of the major challenges in Environmental and Earth Sciences has been managing and searching larger volumes of data, collected across multiple disciplines. Many different standards, approaches, and tools have been developed to support the Data Lifecycle from Data Acquisition to Data Curation, Data Publishing, Data Processing and Data Use. In particular, modern semantic technologies provide a promising way to properly describe and interrelate different data sources in ways that reduce barriers to data discovery, integration, and exchange among biodiversity and ecosystem resources and researchers. This course is built as a five-day intensive school providing the knowledge on how to create semantic artifacts for a specific domain and use them to annotate and analyse data in a Virtual Research Environment.

Semantic Academy 2023

EXTENDED DEADLINE! Interested persons are invited to apply by 30 July by filling in the sign-up form here

When and where

25 – 29 September 2023, Lecce, Italy

Target audience

The School is mainly aimed at IT architects, Research Infrastructure (RI) service developers and user support staff, and RI staff.

Learning objectives

  • Compare the most important approaches to
    Semantic Web and Ontology Engineering, presenting their main characteristics
  • Discuss the main steps of the design and
    development of ontologies and semantic artifacts repositories
  • Examine the most critical elements and
    tools for designing thesauri
  • Demonstrate how to annotate and query your
    data in a Virtual Research Environment
  • Create your Virtual Research Environment,
    using tools such as NaaVRE

Programme Overview

  • Day 1 – Welcome
  • Day 2 – Semantic Web and Ontology Engineering (Theory and Practice)
  • Day 3 – Design Thesauri and Annotate your data (Theory and Practice)
  • Day 4 – AI and Ontologies
  • Day 5 – Closing

Trainers

  • Nicola Fiore, LifeWatch ERIC
  • Armando Stellato, Tor Vergata University of Rome
  • Manuel Fiorelli, Tor Vergata University of Rome
  • Naouel Karam, InfAI, Leipzig University
  • Zhiming Zhao, University of Amsterdam
  • Yifang Shi, University of Amsterdam
  • Gabriel Pelouze, LifeWatch ERIC
  • Clement Jonquet, INRAE (MISTEA), University of Montpellier (LIRMM)
  • Joaquín López Lérida, LifeWatch ERIC
  • Mark Musen, Stanford University (TBC)

Participation

EXTENDED DEADLINE – Interested persons are invited to apply by 30 July by filling in the sign-up form here.

Participation is free, but registration is compulsory. Three grants are made available by LifeWatch ERIC  to support applicants younger than 30 years. Successful candidates will be offered accommodation for the whole duration of the intensive school on the basis of their motivation letter and their curricula, while travel must be self-funded. LifeWatch ERIC is an equal opportunity organisation, and encourages all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of race, gender, age, national origin, or sexual orientation. 

What to expect

You can find information about other Summer Schools on Data FAIRness previously organised by LifeWatch ERIC and the ENVRI Community on our Training & Education page.

Bulgaria

The Bulgarian National Distributed Centre is represented by the  Agricultural University-Plovdiv.

To know more about how Bulgaria contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Spain

The Spanish National Distributed Centre is supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Guadalquivir River Basin Authority (Ministry for Ecological Transition-MITECO). Moreover, Spain is the hosting Member State of LifeWatch ERIC, the location of its Statutory Seat & ICT e-Infrastructure Technical Office (LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities). 

To know more about how Spain contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Slovenia

The Slovenian National Distributed Centre is led by the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU). It focuses on the development of technological solutions in the field of biodiversity and socio-ecosystem research.

To know more about how Slovenia contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Portugal

The Portuguese National Distributed Centre is managed by PORBIOTA, the Portuguese e-Infrastructure for Information and Research on Biodiversity. Led by BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO – Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, PORBIOTA connects the principal Portuguese research institutions working in biodiversity.

To know more about how Portugal contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Netherlands

The Dutch National Distributed Centre is hosted by the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. Moreover, The Netherlands hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Virtual Laboratory and Innovation Centre.

To know more about how The Netherlands contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Italy

The Italian National Distributed Centre is led and managed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and is coordinated by a Joint Research Unit, currently comprising 35 members. Moreover, Italy hosts one of the LifeWatch ERIC Common Facilities, the Service Centre.

To know more about how Italy contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Greece

The Greek National Distributed Centre is funded by the Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology and is coordinated by the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in conjunction with 47 associated partner institutions.

To know more about how Greece contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.

Belgium

The Belgian National Distributed Centre makes varied and complementary in-kind contributions to LifeWatch ERIC. These are implemented in the form of long-lasting projects by various research centres and universities distributed throughout the country and supported by each respective political authority.

To know more about how Belgium contributes to LifeWatch ERIC, please visit our dedicated webpage.