{"id":151,"date":"2026-01-09T12:47:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:47:51","slug":"the-lifewatch-eric-intensive-school-boost-your-research-with-semantic-artifacts","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/training.lifewatch.eu\/en\/events\/the-lifewatch-eric-intensive-school-boost-your-research-with-semantic-artifacts\/","title":{"rendered":"The LifeWatch ERIC Intensive School: Boost your research with semantic artifacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, one of the major challenges in Environmental and Earth Sciences has been managing and searching larger volumes of data, collected across multiple disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>Many different standards, approaches, and tools have been developed to support the Data Lifecycle from Data Acquisition to Data Curation, Data Publishing, Data Processing and Data Use. In particular, modern semantic technologies provide a promising way to properly describe and interrelate different data sources in ways that reduce barriers to data discovery, integration, and exchange among biodiversity and ecosystem resources and researchers.<\/p>\n<p>This course is built as a five-day intensive school providing the knowledge on how to create semantic artifacts for a specific domain and use them to annotate and analyse data in a Virtual Research Environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #0f4e8a;\"><strong>EXTENDED DEADLINE<\/strong><\/strong>: Apply<strong style=\"color: #0f4e8a;\"> by 30 July <\/strong>by filling in the <a style=\"color: #0f4e8a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifewatch.eu\/semantic-academy-intensive-school-2023\/registration-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>sign-up form <\/strong><\/a>here<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #0f4e8a;\">When and where<\/h4>\n<p>25 \u2013 29 September 2023, Lecce, Italy<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #0f4e8a;\">Target audience<\/h4>\n<p>The School is mainly aimed at IT architects, Research Infrastructure (RI) service developers and user support staff, and RI staff.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #0f4e8a;\">Learning objectives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Compare the most important approaches to\u2028 Semantic Web and Ontology Engineering, presenting their main characteristics<\/li>\n<li>Discuss the main steps of the design and\u2028 development of ontologies and semantic artifacts repositories<\/li>\n<li>Examine the most critical elements and\u2028tools for designing thesauri<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate how to annotate and query your\u2028data in a Virtual Research Environment<\/li>\n<li>Create your Virtual Research Environment,\u2028using tools such as NaaVRE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"color: #0f4e8a;\">Programme<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Day 1 \u2013 Welcome<\/li>\n<li>Day 2 \u2013 Semantic Web and Ontology Engineering (Theory and Practice)<\/li>\n<li>Day 3 \u2013 Design Thesauri and Annotate your data (Theory and Practice)<\/li>\n<li>Day 4 \u2013 AI and Ontologies<\/li>\n<li>Day 5 \u2013 Closing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"color: #0f4e8a;\">Trainers<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Nicola Fiore, LifeWatch ERIC<\/li>\n<li>Armando Stellato, Tor Vergata University of Rome<\/li>\n<li>Manuel Fiorelli, Tor Vergata University of Rome<\/li>\n<li>Zhiming Zhao, University of Amsterdam<\/li>\n<li>Yifang Shi, University of Amsterdam<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Pelouze, LifeWatch ERIC<\/li>\n<li>Clement Jonquet, INRAE (MISTEA), University of Montpellier (LIRMM)<\/li>\n<li>Joaqu\u00edn L\u00f3pez L\u00e9rida, LifeWatch ERIC<\/li>\n<li>Mark Musen, Stanford University (TBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a style=\"color: #0f4e8a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lifewatch.eu\/semantic-academy-intensive-school-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, one of the major challenges in Environmental and Earth Sciences has been managing and searching larger volumes of data, collected across multiple disciplines. 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