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Sponsored by the [http://org.buffalo.edu/ Ontology Research Group] of the University at Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. | Sponsored by the [http://org.buffalo.edu/ Ontology Research Group] of the University at Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences. | ||
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| + | The conference will facilitate scholarly exchange and development concerning the nature and classification of psychiatric diseases, as well as their appropriate computational rendering and storage, especially in light of continual revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the authoritative text in the psychiatric domain. | ||
Speakers will include: | Speakers will include: | ||
| − | *[http://www.hss.caltech.edu/people/faculty/murphy Dominic P. Murphy], Senior Lecturer in the Unit for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney | + | *[http://www.hss.caltech.edu/people/faculty/murphy Dominic P. Murphy], Senior Lecturer in the Unit for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. |
| + | Presentation: "The Categorical and Dimensional Models of Mental Disease" | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.davidkoepsell.com David Koepsell], Department of Philosophy, at the [http://www.philosophy.buffalo.edu/graduate/areas_of_study/phd/ University at Buffalo]. |
| + | Presentation: "Making Sense of the Models of Mental Disease" | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://media.cla.auburn.edu/psychology/directory/directory/display_faculty.cfm?contactID=237 Roger K. Blashfield], Professor of Psychology and Clinic Director at Auburn University. |
| + | Presentation: "The Myths and Methodology of the DSM" | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.org.buffalo.edu/RTU/ceusters_vita.html Werner Ceusters], Ontology Research Group, [http://www.org.buffalo.edu/RTU/ (Referent Tracking Unit)] at the [http://www.bioinformatics.buffalo.edu/ New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences] (CoE). |
| + | Presentation: "Referent Tracking and the Models of Mental Disease" | ||
| − | *[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/ Barry Smith], Ontology Research Group, [http://org.buffalo.edu/OLTresearchers.html (Ontology, Logic and Technology Unit)] at the CoE | + | *[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/ Barry Smith], Ontology Research Group, [http://org.buffalo.edu/OLTresearchers.html (Ontology, Logic and Technology Unit)] at the CoE. |
| + | Presentation: "An Ontology of Mental Disease" | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/faculty/shapiro/ Stuart Shapiro], Department of Computer Science and Engineering, at the [http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/ University at Buffalo]. |
| + | Presentation: "Implementing an Ontology of Mental Disease by Computational Means" | ||
This page will be updated with relevant material for the conference. | This page will be updated with relevant material for the conference. | ||
Revision as of 12:29, 12 November 2007
The Nature of Psychiatric Disease and Its Classification
Monday, September 8, 2008 (8:30am - 5:00pm)
A conference to be held at the Zebro Conference Hall located in the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Center for Genetics and Pharmacology (Buffalo, New York).
Sponsored by the Ontology Research Group of the University at Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences.
The conference will facilitate scholarly exchange and development concerning the nature and classification of psychiatric diseases, as well as their appropriate computational rendering and storage, especially in light of continual revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the authoritative text in the psychiatric domain.
Speakers will include:
- Dominic P. Murphy, Senior Lecturer in the Unit for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney.
Presentation: "The Categorical and Dimensional Models of Mental Disease"
- David Koepsell, Department of Philosophy, at the University at Buffalo.
Presentation: "Making Sense of the Models of Mental Disease"
- Roger K. Blashfield, Professor of Psychology and Clinic Director at Auburn University.
Presentation: "The Myths and Methodology of the DSM"
- Werner Ceusters, Ontology Research Group, (Referent Tracking Unit) at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences (CoE).
Presentation: "Referent Tracking and the Models of Mental Disease"
- Barry Smith, Ontology Research Group, (Ontology, Logic and Technology Unit) at the CoE.
Presentation: "An Ontology of Mental Disease"
- Stuart Shapiro, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, at the University at Buffalo.
Presentation: "Implementing an Ontology of Mental Disease by Computational Means"
This page will be updated with relevant material for the conference.