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    INESC Porto coordinates project on Cognitive Semantics in Collaborative Networks

    The Manufacturing Systems Engineering Unit (UESP) is currently coordinating the project cogniNET – Cognitive Semantics in Collaborative Networks. With a two-year duration, this research project on the collaborative representation of knowledge will propose new theoretical foundations and methodological tools to help collaborative networks of organizations create and manage shared conceptualizations of work and businesses.

    25th November 2010

    According to the coordination of cogniNET, shared conceptualizations may significantly improve collaborative network management areas, namely information and knowledge, negotiation, projects and performance. The project is based on a social and semantic perspective according to which the development of semantic artifacts in collaborative networks of organizations should be built on. The intention is to enable a continuous creation of meaning, instead of focusing on the production of highly formalized records of work domains.

    Firstly, the aim with cogniNET is to create a method for the collaborative development of conceptual models that represent a collective understanding over a specific domain. Thus, it is possible to make sure that the conceptualizations are rich, taking into consideration social rules, organizational arrangements (social structures), and individual cognitive operations. Afterwards, a formal model for the conceptual integration method will be developed. This will be the foundation for collaborative tools and will support the method developed within the project. Lastly, a prototype for a collaborative tool that implements the developed models and all the functionalities required by the conceptual integration model will also be developed.

    Coordinated by UESP, cogniNET is a truly interdisciplinary project. Represented by António Lucas Soares (UESP), the project involves partners such as the Centre of Linguistics of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (represented by Rute Costa) and the Laboratory for Applied Ontology (CNR) in Trent, Italy (represented by Nicola Guarino).

    BIP, April 2010