Knowledge Representation is a multidisciplinary subject that applies theories and techniques from three other fields:
. Logic provides the formal structure and rules of inference.
. Ontology defines the kinds of things that exist in the application domain.
. Computation supports the applications that
distinguish knowledge representation from pure
philosophy.

It is a very good intellectual exercise to the researchers and teachers in higher education to understand and get familiarity in the knowledge representation schemes, which helps them in formalizing their ideas.

Course Content
. Introduction to Knowledge Representation
. History of KR in East and West
. Formal Language : Artificial Language Vs Natural Language
. Navya Nyaya formal Language – A practical approach
. Western Formal Language – An introduction
. Synergy of the both – An experiment
. Symbolic Logic
. Prolog/Perl Syntax

Number of Participants: Thirty

Classes will be conducted from 10.00 am. to 4.30 pm ( Lunch – 1.00 to 2.00 pm)

Eligibility for attending course: Teachers who are teaching in Universities and colleges and active researchers (students) preferably in Nyaya and Logic or any allied discipline.

Last date of sending application: August 10th 2012

The workshop started with the Inaugural Session on September 3, 2012, chaired by Professor Girvani, who talked about the history of Chinmaya International Foundation and its contribution to the rich cultural heritage of India. Dr. Rana welcomed the participants to the workshop and also to the workshop. Professor Varakhedi talked about the aims and the objectives of the workshop—to initiate a dialogue between experts working in different disciplines relating to knowledge representation.
The speakers during the workshop were:
Professor S. Varakhedi; Professor Sampath Kannan, Professor of Sanskrit, National College Bangalore;
Dr. Meera; Proyash Sarkar, Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University; Dr. Ambuja Salgaonkar, Department of Computer science, The University of Mumbai; and Professor Amba Kulkarni. The workshop wound up with an informal valedictory session on September 8, 2012.