NetworkMeeting6

1. Ontology Learning from Texts

2. Date

15-16 September 2008

3. Location

Department of Computer Science, Regent Court, 211 Portebello, Sheffield, S1 4DP

Directions can be found here: http://www.shef.ac.uk/dcs/travel.html

4. Program

4.1. DAY ONE: Monday 15 September 2008

• 11:00 -11:05 Robert Stevens: Welcome

• 11:05 - 11:30 Christopher Brewster: Blagger's Guide to NLP

• 11:30 - 12:00 Christopher Brewster: Corpora: First catch your corpus

• 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

• 13:00 - 14:00 Khurshid Ahmad: In vitro ontology and in vivo terminology - Explorations of living texts

• 14:00 - 14:45 Ziqi Zhang: Term Recognition

• 14:45 - 15:15 Diana Maynard: Using Gate for Ontology Stuff

• 15:15 - 15:30 Coffee break

• 15:30 - 16:30 Hands-On 1: Collecting Text

• 16:30 - 17:30 Hands-on 2: Term Recognition

4.2. DAY TWO: Tuesday 16 September 2008

• 09:30 - 10:30 Hands-On 3: Relationship Labelling and Learning

• 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

• 11:00 - 12:00 Hands-On 4: Hierarchies

  • String Inclusion

  • Subsumption

• 12:00 - 12:30 Simon Jupp: Cell Type Ontology with Text2Onto

• 12:30 - 13:00 Mark Stevenson: Disambiguation of Biomedical Text

• 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

• 14:00 - 14:30 Robert and Christopher: Bio-Ontologies Talk

• 14:30 - 15:00 Feedback

• 15:00 - 16:00 Panel Discussion, future planning etc.

5. Accommodation

5.1. The Rutland Hotel

452 Glossop Road Sheffield S10 2PY

Tel: 0114 266 4411

Fax: 0114 267 0348

Web: http://www.rutland-hotel.com/welcome.htm

3 STAR

5 Star Leisure club is just a 5 minute walk away and is available to guests of the Rutland Hotel. Make your stay at the Rutland Hotel a healthy and enjoyable one by taking advantage of the first class leisure experience at the University of Sheffield's 5 star health club.

Single room rate: £69.50

Double room rate: £84.00

These prices include breakfast

5.2. Leopold Hotel

Leopold Square, Leopold Street, Sheffield S12JG,

Tel 0114 252 4000

http://www.leopoldhotel.co.uk/

4 STAR

Single/Double room rate: £99.00

5.3. http://www.forgetthehotel.com/

Furnished apartments - minimum stay 2 nights http://www.forgetthehotel.com/

Tel: 07812 791 070

Single bed rate: (from) £65.00

Two bed rate: (from) £85.00

5.4. The Harley Hotel

334 Glossop Road Sheffield S10 2PY

Tel: 0114 275 2288

Fax: 0114 272 2383

2 STAR

Situated about 2mins walk from the Dept. and is a pub/hotel, it has a friendly atmosphere and is on the doorstep of the many bars & restaurants on West Street.

Single room rate: £35.00

Double room rate: £45.00

These prices include breakfast

5.5. Novotel

50 Arundel Gate Sheffield S1 2PR

Tel: 0114 278 1781

Fax: 0114 278 7744

3 STAR

Free car park, Baby Changing Facilities, Self Parking, Currency exchange, Restaurant, Fully Equipped Gymnasium, Massage, Beauty Treatments, Meeting Facilities, Internet access

Single room rate: £77.00

Double room rate: £88.00

These prices include breakfast

5.6. The Grosvenor House Hotel

Charter Square Sheffield S1 3EH

Tel: 0870 609 6165

Fax: 0114 2757199

3 STAR

Free car park, Baby Changing Facilities, Self Parking, Currency exchange, Express Check out, Restaurant, Meeting Facilities, Business Support Services

Single room rate: £49.50

Double room rate: £59.50

These prices include breakfast

5.7. Holiday Inn Royal Victoria

Victoria Station Road Sheffield S4 7YE

Tel: 0114 276 8822

Fax: 0114 272 4519

Web: http://www.holidayinn-sheffield.co.uk/

4 STAR

Meeting Facilities, Free car park, Restaurant, Currency exchange, Express Check out, Massage, Beauty Treatments, Fully Equipped Gymnasium, Business Support Services

Single room rate: £85.00 Double room rate: £90.00 These prices include breakfast

For further information email Robert Stevens: Robert.Stevens@manchester.ac.uk