Dear all, The Educational Series on Applied Ontology (ESAO) [1] is open for everyone and welcomes students, researchers and practitioners alike. The 11th ESAO webinar will be held on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 16:30 CET, together with FOIS 2024 online. --------------------------- When and how to connect Tuesday July 9th, 2024 16:30 CEST Duration: 90 minutes Video conference (via Zoom) : => Requires *free* registration to FOIS online [2] --------------------------- Program Title: Applied Ontologies in the the Neuro-symbolic Age 10:30-12:00 EDT / 14:30-16:00 UTC / 16:30-18:00 CEST / 16:30-18:00 SAST / 11:30-13:00 UTC-3 Panelists: Pascal Hitzler (Kansas State University), Pawel Garbacz (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin), Fabian Neuhaus (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg), Luciano Serafini (Fondazione Bruno Kessler), John Beverley (University of Buffalo) Moderator: Mehwish Alam (Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France) Abstract: In the evolving landscape of AI, the panel on "Applied Ontologies in the Age of Neuro-Symbolic AI" will discuss the integration of symbolic AI (based on knowledge representation and formal logic) and statistical (based on artificial neural networks). The aim is to cover a broader overview on the topic, definitions, impact on research in both statistical and symbolic AI (and in other fields), and future perspectives. See details [3]. Best regards Cassia Trojahn, Frank Loebe, Laure Vieu On behalf of the IAOA Education Committee [1] https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:ESAO [2] https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/registration/online-registration/ [3] https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/fois2024/program/panels/?