This year the STIDS theme will be providing trustworthy advanced computing by integrating semantic technologies, computer and data science, and analytics using transdisciplinary teams.
On January 25th Dr. Maxwell gave a presentation to the Military Operations Research Society National Security Risk Analysis Community of practice on applied ontology development and its contribution to National Security analyses and decision support. (Abstract attached)
On January 16th and 17th KaDSci, in collaboration with the National Center for Ontological Research (NCOR) at the University of Buffalo, hosted a workshop attended by academic, government, and commercial organizations to discuss how to advance the state of the art and practice for applied ontology development. The workshop identified a critical need to for expanding applied ontology training and education capacity as well as increased need for multidisciplinary information exchange across the data science, AI, and ontology communities. More to follow as KaDSci works with all the stakeholders to meet these needs.