Information modelling and knowledge bases have become important topics in academic communities working with information systems, computer science, and artificial intelligence. The volume and complexity of information, the number of abstraction levels of information, and the size of databases and knowledge bases are continuously growing in parallel with the rising complexity of computational processes.

The aim of the Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases EJC conference series is to explore the progress in research communities with a common interest in understanding and solving problems on information modelling and knowledge bases, as well as applying the results of research to practice, by means of scientific results and experiences achieved using innovative methods and systems in computer science and other disciplines. The research topics relevant to the conference series are mainly concentrated on a variety of themes in prominent domains, including conceptual modelling, design and specification of information systems, multimedia information modelling, multimedia systems, ontology, software engineering, knowledge and process management, knowledge bases, cross-cultural communication, context modelling, human language perception, and thought process. Attention is also paid to theoretical disciplines, including cognitive science, artificial intelligence, logic, linguistics and analytical philosophy.

The selected papers published here cover many areas of information modelling and knowledge bases, namely theory of concepts, semantic computing, data mining, machine learning, context-based information retrieval, ontological technology, image databases, temporal and spatial databases, natural language processing, software engineering, cross-cultural computing, environmental analysis, social computing, and many others. This latest edition of the conference also addresses the question of global & environmental AI for nature and society and asks whether system 2 does everything that AI cannot do yet?

We believe that this edition of Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases will be productive, valuable and fruitful in advancing research and applications in related academic areas.

EJC 2024 was hosted by the Faculty of Data Science of the Musashino University, Tokyo, Japan, from 10 to 14 June 2024. We thank all colleagues for their support in making this conference successful, especially the programme committee, organization committee, and the programme coordination team, especially Professor Naofumi Yoshida, who maintains the paper submission and reviewing systems and who compiled the files for this book.

Editors

Yasushi Kiyoki

Virach Sornlertlamvanich

Marina Tropmann-Frick

Hannu Jaakkola

Naofumi Yoshida