KM2012 Lecture 1: introduction

Knowledge & MediaLecture 1

29 October 2012

Marieke van Erp & Willem Robert van Hage

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• Course goals and literature

• Logistics

• Overview of the course

• Mind map Knowledge & Media

Today’s lecture

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Course Goals• Topical

• Knowledge Representation 101 (what are ontologies, how to create them?)

• Learn about the most important knowledge sources and how to use them

• Learn about interplay of knowledge representation and other data sources

• Learn how knowledge is contained in different media and how to extract it

• Cases: Linked Open Data, WordNet, Serious Gaming, Natural Language Processing, Cultural Heritage.

• Academic Skills

• Learn to see the essence of a topic or problem.

• Learn to summarize and formulate this essence.

• Learn how to see beyond individual topics, find connections, and apply solutions in other situations

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Course Topics

• Part I (Lectures 2 - 6)

• Knowledge Representation

• Part 2 (Lectures 7 - 12)

• Application Domains

• Part 3 (Lecture 13 + Research Proposal)

• Knowledge & Media Application

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Part 1

# Date Time Topic

2 02/11 11:00 - 12:45 Ontologies I & QUDT

3 05/11 13:30 - 15:15 Ontologies II

4 09/11 11:00 - 12:45 OntoClean

5 12/11 13:30 - 15:15 Simple Event Model

6 16/11 11:00 - 12:45 Alignment

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Part 1I

# Date Time Topic

7 19/11 13:30 - 15:15 Linked Open Data

8 23/11 11:00 - 12:45 WordNet

9 26/11 13:30 - 15:15 Serious Gaming

10 30/11 11:00 - 12:45 Proposal Q&A

11 03/12 13:30 - 15:15 NLP/NIF

12 07/12 11:00 - 12:45 Cultural Heritage

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Part III

# Date Time Topic

13 10/12 13:30 - 17:15* Lightning Talks

* Time not yet confirmed by education bureau, group will be split so you won’t have to attend all talks

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Abstract Course Goals

RememberingUnderstanding

ApplyingAnalysingEvaluatingCreating

Understanding

ApplyingAnalysingEvaluatingCreating

Complex

Simple

Abstract

Concrete

Image based on: http://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/faculty/center-for-faculty-development/Documents/Tutorials/Assessment/module2/index.htm

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Constructivism

• Active participation (online & offline)

• You construct your own knowledge

• Working in teams

• Realistic setting (source material consists of scientific papers and descriptions of current research)

• Feedback as much as possible with number of students

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Logistics

• Working lectures with discussions about the papers, insights and assignments

• Guest lectures followed by discussions

• Assignments

• Discussion of the Assignments

• Research Proposals

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Schedule

• Lectures

• Mondays: 13:30 - 15:15

• Fridays: 11:00 - 12:45

• Check http://vurooster.nl for rooms

• Weekly assignments

• Research proposal deadline 21 December 2012

• Slides will be made available after every lecture

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Literature

• Scientific articles posted to the course website:

• http://knowledgeandmedia2012.wordpress.com

• Please add your info to:

• http://goo.gl/64NRb

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Assignments

• Done in groups of 3

• Use the paper templates and filename format (see the course website)

• Only submit in PDF!

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Final Assignment• Research Proposal

• Combine 2 or more topics from the course in a research proposal

• Peer Review

• Review each other’s proposals and provide constructive feedback

• Lightning Talk

• Present your proposal to your fellow students in a lightning talk (elevator pitch)

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Grading

• Assignment 1: 10%

• Assignment 2: 10%

• Assignment 3: 10%

• Assignment 4: 10%

• Peer Review: 15%

• Lightning Talk: 15%

• Research Proposal and Poster: 30%

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The Course Website

• http://knowledgeandmedia2012.wordpress.com

• Will be used for announcements, literature, slides etc. (switch on RSS to catch the latest)

• You can provide content for it too!

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After the break:

Image source: http://www.mind-mapping.co.uk/_images/_Images/ADVICE-AND-INFORMATION/How-to-MindMap-imindmap.jpg

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Mind maps

• Examples: http://www.argumentenfabriek.nl/de-argumentenkaart (in Dutch)

• Tools: http://freemind.sourceforge.net/ (mind maps), http://cmap.ihmc.us/ (concept maps)

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Knowledge & Media Mind Map (start)

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