Big Data and Semantic Web Meet Applied OntologyThis is our 9th OntologySummit, a joint initiative by NIST, Ontolog, NCOR, NCBO, IAOA & NCO_NITRD with the support of our co-sponsors. The theme adopted for this Ontology Summit is: "Big Data and Semantic Web Meet Applied Ontology" Since the beginnings of the Semantic Web, ontologies have played key roles in the design and deployment of new semantic technologies. Yet over the years, the level of collaboration between the Semantic Web and Applied Ontology communities has been much less than expected. Within Big Data applications, ontologies appear to have had little impact.This year's Ontology Summit is an opportunity for building bridges between the Semantic Web, Linked Data, Big Data, and Applied Ontology communities. On the one hand, the Semantic Web, Linked Data, and Big Data communities can bring a wide array of real problems (such as performance and scalability challenges and the variety problem in Big Data) and technologies (automated reasoning tools) that can make use of ontologies. On the other hand, the Applied Ontology community can bring a large body of common reusable content (ontologies) and ontological analysis techniques. Identifying and overcoming ontology engineering bottlenecks is critical for all communities. OntologySummit2014 will pose and address the primary challenges in these areas of interaction among the different communities. The Summit activities will bring together insights and methods from these different communities, synthesize new insights, and disseminate knowledge across field boundaries. Following earlier Ontology Summit practice, the synthesized results of this season's discourse will be published as a Communiqué.Ontology Summit 2014OS2014_85440997-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Similar to our last 8 summits, this OntologySummit will comprise of three-and-a-half (3.5) months of virtual discourse (over our archived mailing lists) and virtual panel sessions (over augmented conference calls), and culminate in a 2-day face-to-face workshop/symposium held on April 28 & 29, 2014 (Mon & Tue) at NCO_NITRD (Arlington, Virginia, USA) during which we, among other things, present our distilled thoughts in a collaboratively developed communique.NISTCo-organizer (Ram Sriram; Emeritus: Steve Ray)OntologCo-organizer (Leo Obrst, Peter Yim)NCORCo-organizer (Barry Smith)NCBOCo-organizer (MarkMusen) IAOACo-organizer (MichaelGruninger)NCO NITRDCo-organizer (George Strawn)Semantic Web CommunityLinked Data CommunityBig Data CommunityApplied Ontology CommunityMichael GruningerSummit General Co-chair -- Professor, IAOA; U of TorontoDr. Leo Obrst Summit General Co-chair -- ONTOLOG; MITREDr. Ram SriramSymposium Co-chair -- NISTProfessor Tim FininSymposium Co-chair -- UMBCOntology Summit 2014 Support TeamsOntology Summit 2014 Outreach TeamTeam R: Outreach (includes Sponsor Relations & Website Development)Amanda VizedomCo-champion Marcela VegettiCo-champion (website)Simon SperoCo-champion (psmw-site)Matthew WestCo-champion (adv)Ontology Summit 2014 Program Management TeamTeam M: Program management (includes operations, logistics, production)Peter YimCo-championChristi KappCo-championOntology Summit 2014 Organizing CommitteeMichael GruningerGeneral co-chair (IAOA; U of Toronto)Leo ObrstCo-convener; General Co-chair (ONTOLOG; MITRE)Steve RayCo-convener (Emeritus:NIST; CMU)Peter YimCo-convener (ONTOLOG; CIM3)Ram Sriram (NIST)Barry Smith (NCOR; U at Buffalo)Mark Musen (NCBO; Stanford)George Strawn (NCO_NITRD)Alan RectorAmanda VizedomAnatoly LevenchukAndrea WesterinenChristoph LangeDan BrickleyFrancesca QuattriGary Berg CrossKen BaclawskiKrzysztof JanowiczMatthew WestMike BennettOliver KutzPascal HitzlerTodd SchneiderMarcela VegettiChristi KappSimon SperoAnne Thessen Naicong Li Ontology Summit 2014 Advisory Committee...(ref; by [ invitation] of the Organizing Committee) ... (coming!)Ontology Summit 2014 Co-Sponsors ... ('Co-sponsors' are organizations who are providing technical or funding support, and/or endorsing the purpose (i.e. the goal and objective) of this Ontology Summit) ( ... co-sponsors solicted; please email <peter.yim@cim3.com> or the OntologySummit2014 Co-chairs for details, or to confirm your sponsorship) ... (coming!) Ontology Summit 2014 ParticipantsYou are cordially invited to join us! Like all activities Ontolog has been hosting, this is open to everyone. Do join us if you concur with the theme and objective of this endeavor and would like to participate in, or follow the progress of the discourse. Specific individuals who may be interested include (but not limit to): * members of ontology, semantic web and big data communities * potential user organizations * potential funders of ontology R&D and ontological engineering work * people in policy, industry, standardization, research, academia and the web working on sharing knowledge, semantic interoperability, knowledge representation, artificial intelligence ... who are engaged in the research, development, engineering and implementation of these subject matters_85440998-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101To address the primary challenges to interaction among the Semantic Web, Linked Data, Big Data, and Applied Ontology communities_85440999-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Semantic ContentCommon Reusable Semantic Content_8544099a-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Track AMike BennettCo-ChampionAndrea WesterinenCo-Champion Gary Berg CrossCo-Champion _8544099b-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Tools, Services & TechniquesMaking use of Ontologies_8544099c-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Track BChristoph LangeCo-Champion Alan RectorCo-Champion _8544099d-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Ontology BottlenecksOvercoming Ontology Engineering Bottlenecks_8544099e-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Track CKrzysztof JanowiczCo-ChampionPascal HitzlerCo-Champion Matthew WestCo-Champion _8544099f-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Variety ProblemTackling the Variety Problem in Big Data_854409a0-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Track DKen BaclawskiCo-ChampionAnne ThessenCo-Champion_854409a1-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Hackathon_854409a2-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Track EDan BrickleyCo-ChampionAnatoly LevenchukCo-ChampionKen BaclawskiCo-Champion_854409a3-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Communique and Publications_854409a4-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Track FMichael GruningerLead-EditorLeo ObrstLead-EditorTodd SchneiderCo-championFrancesca QuattriCo-champion_854409a5-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Community Resources_854409a6-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd087101Track GAmanda VizedomCo-championOliver KutzCo-champion(Library, Data Collection, Ontology Repository, etc.)_854409a7-b132-11e3-9c2f-01efcd0871012014-04-282014-04-292014-03-21http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2014#nid423JOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net