1. Informatics Systems & Applications Group Kostas Karatzas Asst. Prof., Dr.-Eng Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece E-mail: kkara@eng.auth.grkkara@eng.auth.gr http://isag.meng.auth.gr

2. School of Engineering AUTh/School of Engineering/ Dept. of Mech. Eng. AUTH=85 000 students, 42 Departments Dept. of Mech. Eng. > 1000 students, 32 faculty members

3. Towntology related IT expertise  Analysis of environmental data towards creating conceptual models for Urban Environment Management (focus on AQ and Energy sectors)  Cross platform, multi-tiered, database independent applications (Java technologies, i.e. Velocity, Turbine, Torque).  Mobile device focused applications and modules (PDA- Velocity, J2ME, etc)  First level experience with ontology engineering (Protégé etc.)

4.  Environmental Informatics  Human-centered, environment related electronic information services for urban areas  Workflows and typologies in school building energy and environment management for engineers Some Towntology related R&D

5. An example: J2ME application  Low  Medium  Medium-high  High  Very high A mobile phone screen saver/logo updated every 20 min, showing discomfort index info for Thessaloniki, Greece

6. Why interested in Towntology?  Ontologies for the description and “encoding” of Engineering knowledge for the development and implementation of electronic information services for practitioners (methodologies for Ontology Development in relation to “knowledge mapping” and workflow analysis)  Informatics applications development for the support of urban management and engineering (focus on AQ and Energy sector)  Ontologies for the integration of urban related management initiatives and needs from the decision making point of view (multilingualism, localization of services, etc.)