| The University at Buffalo (UB) has a unique concentration of faculty working on cutting-edge research in ontology in a number of interdisciplinary projects spanning a range of Schools and Departments. Ontologists at UB are involved in collaborative ventures with leading national and international institutions. They have received major funding for ontology-related projects from the NSF, NIH, US and Canadian defense agencies and defense industries, and from the European Union. |
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| Barry Smith
(Philosophy; Director of NCOR in Buffalo)
Research in theoretical and applied ontology. |
| Gary Byrd
(School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences;
School of Informatics; Director of Health Sciences Library;
Co-Director of Program in Medical/Health Informatics):
Ontology-related research in medical terminologies. Peter Winkelstein
( Chair for Clinical and Scientific
Informatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo NY) |
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| Randall Dipert
(Philosophy)
Research in metaphysics/ontology, logic and philosophy of mathematics. |
| John Eisner
(School of Dental Medicine,
former Associate Dean for Information Resources):
Dental informatics and clinical coding systems. Daniel Fischer
(Computer Science and Engineering;
Buffalo Center of Excellence in Life Sciences and Bioinformatics):
Ontology-related research in bioinformatics and structural biology. Louis Goldberg
(School of Dental Medicine, Oral Diagnostic Sciences):
Ontology of biological structure and process; ontology of diagnostic coding. |
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| Jorge Gracia
(Philosophy):
Research in metaphysics/ontology, especially the theories of categories, individuality and individuation. |
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| David Hershenov
(Philosophy):
Author of a series of important papers on ontological and ethical aspects of medicine, covering topics such as abortion, death, cloning, personal identity, and the definitions of health and sickness. |
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| Rajiv Kishore
(School of Management Ontology-Driven Information Systems Group):
Research on computational ontology with applications in business information systems and other areas. |
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| Ram Ramesh
(School of Management Ontology-Driven Information Systems Group):
Research on computational ontology with applications in business information systems and other areas. |
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| Eric Little
(Center for Cognitive Science, D'Youville College and Center for Multisource Information Fusion,
Industrial Engineering):
Defense- and health-related ontology research. |
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| James Llinas
(Center for Multisource Information Fusion,
Industrial Engineering):
Defense- and health-related ontology research. |
| Galina Rogova
(Center for Multisource Information Fusion,
Industrial Engineering):
Defense- and health-related ontology research. |
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| Moises Sudit
(Center for Multisource Information Fusion,
Industrial Engineering):
Defense- and health-related ontology research. |
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| David Mark
(Geography/Director of NCGIA):
Research on multiple aspects of geographic information science, notably geospatial ontology and spatial cognition and language. |
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| William J. Rapaport
(Computer Science and Engineering,
SNePS Research Group):
Knowledge representation and reasoning; computational theories of contextual vocabulary acquisition. |
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| Stuart C. Shapiro
(Computer Science and Engineering,
SNePS Research Group):
Knowledge representation and reasoning, including representing and reasoning about and with ontologies; cognitive robotics. |
| Rohini Srihari
(Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition, Computer Science Engineering):
Text-mining research (unapparent information revelation) in bioinformatics and other fields. |
| Sargur N. Srihari
(Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition, Computer Science Engineering):
Text-mining research (unapparent information revelation) in bioinformatics and other fields. |
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