The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation
within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations.
With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.
International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems
aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of
Formal Ontology in Information Systems.
It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations,
trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Formal Ontology in Information Systems.
Call for Contributions
Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters.
Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or
theoretical work in all areas of Formal Ontology in Information Systems are cordially invited for presentation at the conference.
The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of
novel research materials.
Guidelines for Authors
Please ensure your submission meets the conference's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers.
Downloadable versions of the check list for
Full-Text Papers and
Abstract Papers.
Please refer to the
Paper Submission Guideline,
Abstract Submission Guideline and
Author Information
before submitting your paper.
Conference Proceedings
All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers.
The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science Index,
Google Scholar,
Semantic Scholar,
Zenedo,
BASE,
WorldCAT,
Sherpa/RoMEO,
and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.
Special Journal Issues
19. International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on
Formal Ontology in Information Systems.
A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues.
All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue.
The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage.
Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication.
The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly.
Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.
Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor.
To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the
Conference Sponsorship Request Form.
Selected Papers
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Design of a Computer Vision Based Exercise Video Game for Senior Citizens
June Tay, Ivy Chia
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The Implications of Technological Advancements on the Constitutional Principles of Contract Law
Laura Çami (Vorpsi), Xhon Skënderi
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Towards the Design of a GIS-Linked Agent-Based Model for the Lake Chad Basin Region: Challenges and Opportunities
Stephen Akuma, Isaac Terngu Adom, Evelyn Doofan Akuma
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OSEME: A Smart Learning Environment for Music Education
Konstantinos Sofianos, Michael Stefanidakis
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An Ontology for Smart Learning Environments in Music Education
Konstantinos Sofianos, Michail Stefanidakis
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An Intensional Conceptualization Model for Ontology-Based Semantic Integration
Fateh Adhnouss, Husam El-Asfour, Kenneth McIsaac, Abdul Mutalib Wahaishi, Idris El-Feghia
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Merging and Comparing Ontologies Generically
Xiuzhan Guo, Arthur Berrill, Ajinkya Kulkarni, Kostya Belezko, Min Luo
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Identifying Chaotic Architecture: Origins of Nonlinear Design Theory
Mohammadsadegh Zanganehfar
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A VR Cybersecurity Training Knowledge-Based Ontology
Shaila Rana, Wasim Alhamdani
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Data Integrity: Challenges in Health Information Systems in South Africa
T. Thulare, M. Herselman, A. Botha
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Private Law, Public Justice: Another Look at Imprisonment for Debt under the Jordanian Law
Haitham A. Haloush
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An Ontology for Investment in Chinese Steel Company
Liming Chen, Baoxin Xiu, Zhaoyun Ding, Bin Liu, Xianqiang Zhu
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Discovering Semantic Links Between Synonyms, Hyponyms and Hypernyms
Ricardo Avila, Gabriel Lopes, Vania Vidal, Jose Macedo
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An Analytical Study on the Politics of Defection in India
Diya Sarkar, Prafulla C. Mishra
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Cognition of Driving Context for Driving Assistance
Manolo Dulva Hina, Clement Thierry, Assia Soukane, Amar Ramdane-Cherif
Conference venue information will be released soon.
Foundational Issues
Kinds of entities: particulars/universals, continuants/occurrents, abstracta/concreta, dependent entities/independent entities, natural objects/artifacts
Formal relations: parthood, identity, connection, dependence, constitution, causality, subsumption, instantiation
Vagueness and granularity
Space, time, and change
Methodological issues
Role of reference ontologies
Top-level vs. domain-specific ontologies
Relationship with cognition, language and semantics
Formal comparison among ontologies
Ontology integration and alignment
Domain-specific ontologies
Ontology of physical reality (matter, space, time, motion, etc.)
Ontology of biological reality (genes, proteins, cells, organisms, etc.)
Ontology of mental reality and agency (beliefs, intentions, emotions, percepts, etc.)
Ontology of artifacts, functions and roles
Ontology of social reality (institutions, organizations, norms, social relationships, artistic expressions, languages, etc.)
Applications
Ontology-driven information systems design
Ontological foundations for conceptual modeling
Knowledge management
Qualitative modeling
Computational linguistics
Information retrieval
Semantic Web, Web services
Business modeling
Ontologies for particular scientific disciplines (biology, chemistry, geography, physics, cognitive sciences, linguistics etc.)
Ontologies for engineering: shape, form and function, artifacts, manufacturing, design, architecture, etc.
Ontologies for the humanities: arts, cultural studies, history, law, literature, philosophy, etc.
Important Dates
Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission Deadline |
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January 15, 2025 |
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection |
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January 31, 2025 |
Final Paper (Camera Ready) Submission & Early Bird Registration Deadline |
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September 24, 2025 |
Conference Dates |
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October 25-26, 2025 |