CFP: Methode-Analytical perspective: QUALITATIVE ONTOLOGY IN AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS

Scope of the issue and topics for contributions

QuOTech (Qualitative Ontology and Technology) is working to build an ontology that represents the qualitative features of reality. This ontology elaborates the involved relationships by transforming the conceptual categories, which are usually used to represent it, such that they become dynamic and then truly able to understand this section of reality. In the era of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, the philosophical analysis of the qualitative might serve, on the one hand, as the basis to carry out a qualitative applied ontology and, consequently, be useful to project automated information systems; on the other hand, it would permit a more accurate representation of human actions and natural language, that is useful to perform complex tasks. QuOTech is willing to explore the possibility of concretely implementing the new qualitative ontology in order to make automated information systems more efficient as well as make androids more similar to human. The next issue of Methòde – Analytic Perspectives, which has accepted to host this subject, aims at stressing both the epistemic and the ontological aspects of the qualitative in order to explore the challenges posited, first of all, by projecting automated ontologies, computerized taxonomies or electronic databases, and secondly, by programming robots that simulates human qualitative features. The issue will consist of two parts: the one dedicated to invited papers and the other based on this CFP (the deadline is: January 31st, 2016). Papers on the issue pertinent for the call are welcomed and should be processed through peer-review. Please send submissions only to our editor, Laura Racciatti ([email protected]). 

The list of the invited authors that have already confirmed to contribute include:

- Johanna Seibt (Aarhus University, Denmark)

- Pierluigi Graziani (University of Urbino, Italy)

- Francesco Orilia (University of Macerata, Italy)

- Takeshi Konno (Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan)

- Hidekazu Kanemitsu (Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan)

- Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic (Mälardalen University, Sweden )

- Raffaela Giovagnoli (Università Lateranense)

- Silvano Zipoli Caiani (Università di Firenze).

Editors Roberta Lanfredini (University of Florence, Italy) Nicola Liberati (Chukyo University, Japan) Elena Pagni (Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil) Laura Racciatti (University of Macerata, Italy)