SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGY FOR INTELLIGENCE, DEFENSE AND SECURITY STIDS 2011 Building the Semantic Cloud Conference held at: The Mason Inn George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia Campus 16 - 17 November 2011   Online Proceedings Paulo  C.  G.  Costa   Kathryn  B.  Laskey   (Eds.)     STIDS 2011   Preface     The   6th   International   Conference   on   Semantic   Technologies   for   Intelligence,   Defense,   and  Security  (STIDS  2011)  provides  a  forum  for  academia,  government  and  industry  to   share   the   latest   research   on   semantic   technology   for   defense,   intelligence   and   security   applications.     Semantic   technology   is   a   fundamental   enabler   to   achieve   greater   flexibility,   precision,   timeliness   and   automation   of   analysis   and   response   to   rapidly   evolving   threats.   This   year  we  have  the  following  topics:   • Creating  an  interoperable  suite  of  public-­‐domain  ontologies  relevant  to   intelligence  analysis  covering  diverse  areas:     • Ontologies  and  reasoning  under  conditions  of  uncertainty   • Semantic  technology  and  ontological  issues  related  to:   o Source  credibility  and  evidential  pedigree     o Use  of  sensing  devices  including  security,  e.g.  global   infrastructure  grid  (GIG),   images  and  intelligence  collection  in  general     • Usability  issues  relating  to  semantic  technology   • Best  practices  in  ontological  engineering     Fairfax,  VA,  November  2011.     Paulo  Costa  and  Kathryn  Laskey   STIDS  2011  Chairs           CONFERENCE  CO-­‐CHAIRS   Name     Location   Paulo  Cesar  G.  Costa     George  Mason  University   Kathryn  Blackmond  Laskey     George  Mason  University       SCIENTIFIC  COMMITTEE   Name     Affiliation   Bill  Andersen     Ontology  Works   Rommel  Carvalho     George  Mason  University   Werner  Ceusters     University  at  Buffalo   Paulo  Costa     George  Mason  University   Tim  Darr     Knowledge  Based  Systems,  Inc.   Katherine  Goodier     NCI,  Inc.   Kathleen  Hornsby     University  of  Iowa   Terry  Janssen     SAIC   Kathryn  Laskey     George  Mason  University   Nancy  Lawler     US  Department  of  Defense   Dan  Maxwell     KaDSci,  Inc.   Fabian  Neuhaus     NCOR   Leo  Obrst     MITRE  Corporation   Mary  Parmelee     MITRE  Corporation   Marvin  Simpson     Optech,  Inc.   Barry  Smith     NCOR,  University  at  Buffalo   Gheorghe  Tecuci     George  Mason  University   Sandra  Thompson     US  Department  of  Energy   Andreas  Tolk     Old  Dominion  University   Brian  Ulicny     Vistology,  Inc.   Duminda  Wijesekera     George  Mason  University     STIDS 2011 Platinum Sponsor Data   Tactics   Corporation   (DTC)   has   been   developing   and   implementing   mission-­‐focused   capabilities  to  the  Intelligence  Community  and  DOD  for  years; 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