Knowledge Representation and Semantics

Knowledge Representation furthers research on formalisms and tools for semantically precise and computable knowledge representation in relation to biomedicine.

Informaticians working in this area—Biomedical Knowledge Representation and Semantics—are interested in knowledge representation techniques (e.g., frames, semantic network and description logics), biomedical ontologies (e.g., SNOMED CT and Gene Ontology), semantic web representations (e.g., RDF, SKOS and OWL), and technologies. They explore the role of knowledge representation in knowledge management, data integration and interoperability, biomedical reasoning (inferencing) and decision support, and study current trends and future directions of this exciting field.

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AMIA KR+S WG Webinar Series on Standard Biomedical Terminologies

We are pleased to announce the "AMIA KR+S WG Webinar Series on Standard Biomedical Terminologies." Please join this series of webinars to learn more about biomedical terminology standards, including ICD-10-CM, LOINC, RxNorm and SNOMED. The domain experts from National Library of Medicine, National Center for Health Statistics and the Regenstrief Institute will present principles, practicalities and recent developments of these terminologies, particularly in the context of meaningful use, certified EHRs, data exchange and so on. Below are the topics and speakers. Abstract, speaker profile, and instruction to webinar registration will be sent out soon.

Date/time: 3/20/2012, Tuesday, 2-3pm Eastern

Speaker: Dr. Daniel J. Vreeman, Regenstrief Institute
Title: LOINC: An Introduction to the Universal Catalog of Laboratory and Clinical Observations

Date/time: 3/26/2012, Monday, 2-3pm Eastern

Speaker: Dr, Kin Wah Fung, NLM
Title: SNOMED CT and its Use in the Electronic Health Record

Date/time: 4/2/2012, Monday, 1-2pm Eastern

Speaker: Dr, John Kilbourne, NLM
Title: Making Use of RxNorm

Date/time: 4/17/2012, Tuesday, 3-4pm Eastern

Speaker: Dr. David Berglund, CDC/OSELS/NCHS
Title: An Overview of ICD-10-CM