Title
Belief change and ontology repair: two sides of the same coin?
Abstract
In this talk, I will introduce the basics of Belief Change, focusing on contraction operators, i.e., removing unwanted beliefs. I will then give a brief overview of what is being done in Ontology Repair and how it relates to contraction. While one area gives more attention to philosophical aspects of rationality, the other aims at computational feasibility. Cross-fertilization brings new possibilities for both areas.
Bio
Renata Wassermann is Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department of the University of São Paulo and part of the Logic, Artificial Intelligence and Formal Methods research group (LIAMF). She is a researcher at the C4AI (Center for Artificial Intelligence, IBM-FAPESP) and one of the directors of Lawgorithm, an Association for Research in Artificial Intelligence and Law. Her area of research is Artificial Intelligence, with emphasis on Logic and Knowledge Representation. She received a PhD in 2000 from the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation of the University of Amsterdam, with a thesis on "Resource-bounded Belief Revision". Since then, she has been exploring various related topics, such as relevance, ontologies, temporal and dynamic logics, argumentation, but always biased towards solving all problems with the theory of Belief Revision. During the last fifteen years, she has been actively working on applying belief revision techniques to the problem of ontology evolution and repair.
Speaker is presenting in person in Oslo.
Practical
The Tuesdays seminars series are devoted to various topics relevant for the Integreat´s research focus. Presenters from the Integreat community and beyond have 40 minutes to present, followed by a group discussion.
Seminars are open for attendance for everybody.
For those unable to attend in person: https://uio.zoom.us/j/62535744013
Point of contacts:
- Organiser and moderator: Ana Ozaki, University of Oslo
- Integreat Administrative Leader Maria Dikova, University of Oslo