The 18th International Conference of Knowledge Organization is currently underway. Zhang Jingguang took the photo.
According to the introduction, knowledge organization is the core research field of information resource management. Especially in the era of artificial intelligence, generative AI has greatly improved the efficiency of knowledge organization by integrating knowledge from multiple domains. However, generative AI also brings challenges to the knowledge organization community, such as interpretability, accuracy, and implicit biases. Global researchers need to come together to gather different insights and wisdom, and create a more advanced research community for knowledge organization to collectively benefit the accumulation and utilization of human knowledge.
During the conference, experts and scholars such as Birger Hjerland delivered keynote speeches, elaborating on the differences, integration, challenges, and opportunities between knowledge organization and knowledge management. Scholars discussed in-depth the functions of knowledge organization from various perspectives, such as inhibiting global pandemics and showcasing cultural heritage. They analyzed the current situation, ideas, and practices of knowledge organization and utilization in the era of artificial intelligence.
It is reported that the International Conference of Knowledge Organization is the most influential academic event in the field of global knowledge organization. This conference has gathered hundreds of participants from disciplines such as information resource management, data science, and artificial intelligence. The three-day conference includes 18 English sub-forums with topics such as concepts and knowledge representation, ontology, knowledge graphs, knowledge organization systems, knowledge organization applications, knowledge organization of academic literature, domain...