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Description: This course covers techniques and algorithms for representing and reasoning about knowledge. The course provides a necessary background in the traditional knowledge representation techniques such as frames and description logic to lay basics for an in-depth exploration of the current approaches based on ontologies. Students will learn the theoretical foundations of the ontologies to the extent required for successfully developing and employing ontologies in the systems for learning, work and play. Students will learn how to develop ontologies in the methodological way and how to use software tools to facilitate the process. We will also look at how to put ontologies to work using reasoning in the context of educational and play applications.
Resources: electronic books and journals (available via SFU library). No purchase necessary. Here are pointers to two main electronic books we will be using:
The
Semantic Web: A Guide to the Future of XML, Web Services, and Knowledge Management
by Michael C. Daconta, Leo J. Obrst and Kevin T. Smith
John Wiley & Sons © 2003 (281 pages) ISBN:0471432571
Spinning
the Semantic Web: Bringing the World Wide Web to Its Full Potential
by Dieter Fensel, James Hendler, Henry Lieberman and Wolfgang Wahlster (eds)
The MIT Press © 2003 (479 pages) ISBN:0262062321
This page is under constant construction. Here is the information for the
first week to get you started .
Last updated:
Tuesday, November 1, 2005 5:13 PM
The Syllabus:
I use the VUE environment to develop the course structure. It is a great (and nice!) tool. You can download it from Vue Online at Tufts University.
Here is the latest course structure with resources in VUE format, or snapshot in Jpeg.
The list of topics in VUE format and Jpeg.
The week1 class fell on the Labor Day so we start with week2. Here are readings we will discuss in the week2 class. You can use the links below, or click directly on the resource nodes in the VUE environmnet with loaded VUE Format.
Readings (in this order):
