WCO-2020: Workshop on COVID-19 Ontologies 2020 virtual Ann Arbor, MI, United States, October 23-30, 2020 |
Conference website | https://github.com/CIDO-ontology/WCO/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wco2020 |
Abstract registration deadline | September 30, 2020 |
Submission deadline | September 30, 2020 |
COVID-19 is the first pandemic in the big data and AI era, and has resulted in unprecedented cooperation among global teams in the race to find cures. This has come with interesting data challenges, not just in the scale, but also in the variety of the data that is being generated and shared - data that is often generated using different models. Integration at this massive scale requires a coordinated effort by the clinical, research, government, informatics and other communities. This workshop on COVID-19 ontologies aims to bring together all the interested parties to share their experiences, ontologies, applications, lessons learned, and encourage more coordinated efforts to build effective models for semantic data integration and insights globally. The first Workshop on COVID-19 Ontologies (WCO-2020) is part of the CTSA Ontology Group meeting series. We invite everyone to join the WCO-2020!
This workshop has two sessions, one on ontology development, the other on ontology applications.
- Session 1 (ontology development): 10 am - 2 pm ET, Friday, Oct 23, 2020.
- Session 2 (ontology applications): 10 am - 2 pm ET, Friday, Oct 30, 2020.
Submission Guidelines
We welcome submissions of abstracts of 300 words or less for oral presentations and tool demos. Images can be included, but limit the whole submission to one page.
Submissions are made using the EasyChair website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wco2020
List of Topics
- Development of COVID-19 ontologies
- Applications of ontologies, including
- User interface
- Query and analysis
- Visualization
- Machine learning, AI, NLP
- Demos of COVID-19 data usage and analysis (even if ontology is not used). The data can be clinical, research, social, economic, etc.
Committees
Program/Organizing Committee
- Asiyah Yu Lin (FDA)
- Bill Duncan (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- Sivaram Arabandi (Ontopro)
- Yongqun “Oliver” He (University of Michigan Medical School)
Invited Speakers
- Dr. Warren Kibbe, Duke University. Topic: to be announced.
- Dr. Michael Warters, SHIELD Team Lead & IVD RWE Representative, FDA. Topic: to be announced.
Venue
Online (Zoom virtual meeting)
Contact
Oliver He, yongqunh@med.umich.edu