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1st Autumn School—Venue

The Autumn School will take place within the premises of the Hotel Terme Tritone, on the island of Ischia, Italy.

Hotel Terme Tritone****

Photo of Hotel TritoneHotel Tritone is located on the enchanting island of Ischia, with beautiful sea views of the bay of San Francesco. The hotel’s restaurant features Mediterranean dishes, as well as Italian and International buffet breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The hotel also offers a private beach as well as an indoor and an outdoor swimming pool and and various spa facilities. We have negotiated special prices for Autumn School attendees that include accommodation and full board (including the use of all hotel amenities) at an affordable rate.

For more information on the hotel: Hotel Tritone****

The Island of Ischia

Photo of the island of Ischia Ischia is the largest of the three islands off the coast of Naples (Procida, Capri and Ischia), on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
With forty kilometres of coastline, the island offers gorgeous beaches, atmospheric villages, and striking wilderness. Purchase local pottery and crafts at Sant’Angelo, enjoy the bar scene of Forio, or visit the famous Argonese Castle. From interesting historical sites to exciting outdoor activities and relaxing spas, Ischia has something to offer every visitor.

For more information visit: Island of Ischia.

Workshop 1 - Exploring the ESSENCE space

Workshop Agenda

Senior members presentations

Alan Bundy - Can Computers Change Their Minds?

Carlos Ruiz - Semantic technologies in-use: broadcasting, question & answering, and education

Semantic technologies in-use: broadcasting, question & answering, and education

 

Ewan Klein - Vernacular Geography meets Conceptual Spaces

Vernacular Geography meets Conceptual Spaces

 

Fiona McNeill - Dynamic data matching to facilitate interaction between large data sources

Dynamic data matching to facilitate interaction between large data sources

 

Michael Rovatsos - An Introduction to Agent Communication

An Introduction to Agent Communication

 

Fiona McNeill - Gender equality in the ESSENCE project

Gabor Bella - Semantic Matching for Open Data Integration: Benefits and Limitations

The KnowDive Group (University of Trento)

 

Marco Schorlemmer and Enric Plaza - Semantic Heterogeneity: Two Ways of Tackling the Problem

Semantic Heterogeneity: Two Ways of Tackling the Problem

 

Robert van Rooij and Raquel Fernandez - Categorization, communication, coordination (part 1, part 2)

Categorization, communication, coordination

 

 

Fellows presentations

Julian J. Schlöder - Convincing People and Social Roles

Tânia Marques - Communication Planning

Thomas Brochhagen - The social construction of conceptual space

Nicola Bova - The ESSENCE Platform: Architecture 

Mladjan Jovanovic - The ESSENCE Challenge

ESSENCE Events

Apr 2014:  Workshop  1 -  Exploring the ESSENCE space
Oct 2014:  Autumn School 1 - Evolving Semantic Systems
Oct 2014:  Workshop  2 - Ad Hoc Approaches to ESSENCE problems
May 2015:  Workshop  3 -  Algorithms for Processing Meaning
May 2015:  Coding Camp  1 -  ESSENCE Hackathon
Aug 2015:  Summer School  2 - Evolving Semantic Systems
Jun 2016:   Coding Camp  2 - Components & Benchmarks
Sep 2016:  Summer School  3 -  Creativity and Evolution
Aug 2016:  Workshop  4 -  Integration of ESSENCE Methods
Feb 2017:  Coding Camp 3 - Towards an ESSENCE software platform
Feb 2017:  Workshop 5 - ESSENCE Challenge Competition
Aug 2017:  Final conference - The ESSENCE conference