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[Dbworld] CfP: I-Semantics 2009: International Conference on Semantic Systems (Deadline March, 9th) |
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Call for Papers
I-Semantics 2009: International Conference on Semantic Systems
Graz, Austria, 2 - 4 September 2009
http://www.i-semantics.at
Scope
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I-SEMANTICS 2009 (www.i-semantics.at) is the 5th conference in the I-SEMANTICS
series and provides a forum for academic and industrial research & development
that focuses on semantic technologies and the Semantic Web. I-SEMANTICS 2009
will bring together both researchers and practitioners in the areas of Social
Software and the Semantic Web in order to present and develop innovative ideas
that help realising the Social Semantic Web and the Corporate Semantic Web.
I-SEMANTICS 2009 will be the host of this year`s regional Pragmatic Web
Conference as well as the second edition of the TRIPLIFICATION Challenge.
Further on I-SEMANTICS will be complemented by I-KNOW (www.i-know.at), the
International Conference on Knowledge Management. This setup is aiming to
reflect the increasing importance and convergence of knowledge management and
semantic systems.
Topics
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Social Software systems such as Blogs and Wikis have led to a dramatic increase
of content available on the Web and within organisations. Professional content
is nowadays to large extents created by independent individuals instead of
large publishers, it is shared and made available free of charge, and often
constantly improved by collaborative processes. A question that is yet
unsolved, is how to find the relevant information in increasingly large and
complex content bases, a problem where technologies developed in the course of
the Semantic Web initiative can help. Likewise, it will be beneficial to
harness social content production not only for traditional content but also for
the creation and improvement of machine-understandable knowledge, such as
meta-data, taxonomies and ontologies for purposes on the web as well as within
organisations.
The special focus of I-SEMANTICS 2009 is Semantic Web & Semantic Social
Software Pragmatic Aspects for Corporations, Communities and Individuals.
As a conference aiming to bring together science and industry, I-SEMANTICS
encourages both, scientific (research/application) and industrial
contributions. The following table summarises the topics we are interested in:
Semantic Social Software
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Semantic / structured blogging
Semantic / structured tagging
Semantic wikis
Semantic content management systems
Semantic data web: browsers and end-points
Semantic desktop
Semantic mashups
Storage, inference and caching for scalable SSW applications
Semantic Content Engineering
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Ontology Engineering & Ontology Merging
Ontology Design Patterns
Ontology Life Cycle Management
Ontology Learning
Ontology and semantic knowledge federation
Linguistic and statistic approaches (text-mining, NLP, etc.) for structuring
and extracting content and entities
Automated annotation, extreme tagging and digital curation approaches
Web of Data and Linked Data
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Contributing to the linked data cloud
Triplification approaches
Vocabularies, taxonomies, schemas
Semantic interoperability
Upper level ontologies for open data
Linked Data Applications & Linked Data Browsing
Querying Linked Data
Using Linked Data in Enterprises
Building Blocks for Semantic Web Applications
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Rules and ontologies as building blocks for Semantic Web Applications
Existing tools and applications
Application domains
Application stacks for the design of semantic applications
Design processes from requirements to maintenance
Design patterns, Best practices and Reference Models
Persistence of semantic data
Applications utilizing open data sets
Semantic media management and retrieval
Semantic web services
Semantifying legacy web applications and semantic heterogeneous information
systems
Social semantic web and mobile services
User-interface components, template languages supporting semantic social
content
Integration of distributed semantic repositories
Policy Awareness & Policy Aware Web
Pragmatic Web
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For a detailed description of the topics of this year`s Pragmatic Web
Conference please go to http://www.pragmaticweb.info/
Theories, Frameworks, Models and Methods...inspired by Pragmatics and
Pragmatism, or less formally, case study reflections on "pragmatic" uses of the
Web that supported the negotiation of social/work relationships and common
ground
Applied pragmatic theory
Communication, dialogue and argumentation models
Pragmatic Web media for communicative actions
Pragmatic collaboration and coordination tools
Pragmatic context models (e.g. within conversation-based collaborations)
Pragmatic design principles for Web contents where trust and commitment to
action play a role
Vocabularies / ontologies for pragmatic primitives (e.g. speech acts, deontic
primitives, etc.)
Linguistic metaphor: its value for framing the Syntactic, Semantic and
Pragmatic Web
Pragmatic model of scientific inquiry in Semantic Web research
Negotiation, mediation, conflict resolution, and coordination combining
existing ontologies and schemata, collaborative ontology sharing and matching
techniques
Integrative frameworks: approaches to integrating insights from component
disciplines (e.g. language-action perspectives,cognition, linguistics,
semiotics, knowledge representation, philosophy, interaction design,
negotiation, media studies)
Pragmatic reasoning supporting adaptive semantic collaboration and virtual
collaborative teams
Sense making, analysis and decision-making in a cooperative or
non-cooperative pragmatic model
Argumentation, dialogue and debate
Personalized / role-based Pragmatic Web Agents and intelligent conversation
or action based web services
Pragmatic Web based human-human and human-computer interaction
Semiotically motivated approaches to information systems
Semiotic engineering and Semiotics in business computing
Semiotic theory, concepts, methods and techniques, and their practical
applications
Studies, Metrics & Benchmarks
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Case studies of semantic systems usage
Use cases for semantic web systems
Evaluation perspectives, methods and Semantic Web research methodologies
Technology assessment, acceptance/media choice theories
Usability and user interaction with semantic technologies
Analysis of emergent effects within social software
Ontology quality models
Quality analysis of socially generated semantic content
Corporate Semantic Web
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Semantics, Pragmatics and Semiotics in Organizations
Corporate Semantic Web business applications and deep semantic web
Social software in a corporate context
Semantic Business Information Management
Semantic Enterprise Application Integration
Corporate thesauri, corporate business vocabularies / ontologies and business
rules
Semantic Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Semantic Business Process Management
Semantic Business Information Systems
Semantic technologies in enterprise governance, enterprise decision
management and enterprise operations management
Economic and entrepreneurial aspects of semantic-enriched enterprise
application systems and enterprise service networks
Economies of "attention" for semantic collaboration
Business models for social semantic web applications
Business use and use cases for corporate semantic web systems
Models measuring costs/benefits of semantic technologies in the sense of
entrepreneurial activity
Implementation of gratification and reward systems
Authentication, authorization, pricing, and accounting - policies, charging
and billing models for semantic (social) software
Methodologies for the introduction of enterprise wikis & semantically
enhanced enterprise software
Governance & Social Issues on the Semantic Web
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Group management, presence, social interaction enablers in mobile service
platforms
Strategies for implementing architectures of semantic participation
Trust and privacy issues in social software
Analysis of motivations and behavior of social software users
Triplification Challenge
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I-SEMANTICS 2009 will also hold the 2nd TRIPLFICATION Challenge. We encourage
submissions such as:
Applications of Linked Data tools and techniques such as for example
Triplify, Virtuoso or D2RQ on custom Web applications and data sets exposing a
large quantity and variety of content.
Implementations of exporters and mappers from existing content repository
formats (such as mbox mailing list archives, BibTeX, XML-Schemes etc.) into RDF
and Linked Data.
Adoptions / configurations of Triplify for standard Web applications, such as
for example Wikis, Weblogs, Webshops, Forums, Web-Gallery, ERP/CRM systems and
Web-calendar software. You can find popular Web applications for example at
SourceForge.
Portings of the Triplify script into other Web application programming
languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, ASP. The Triplify script is very small
(<300 lines of code) however, the port should be as compatible as possible with
the current reference implementation but integrate well with the environment
given by the programming language.
Applications showcasing the benefits of Linked Data to end-users such as for
information syndication, specialized search, browsing or augmentation of
content.
The challenge is open to anyone interested in applying Semantic Web and Linked
Data technologies. This might include students, developers, researchers, and
people from industry. Individual or group submissions are both acceptable.
Please find further information at
http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/triplification_challenge.
Submission Information
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All accepted papers of I-SEMANTICS 2009 will appear in the printed conference
proceedings published by the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS).
Selected papers will also be invited for an extension to be published as
journal publication in a special issue of Elsevier DKE (Data & Knowledge
Engineering). Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for
publication elsewhere. Articles should follow the JUCS guidelines for
formatting (http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/info/submissions/style_guide.html) and
must be submitted via the online submission system available at the conference
website as PDF documents (other formats will not be accepted). For the
camera-ready version, we will also need the source files (Latex, OpenOffice,
Word).
Research/Application Papers
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Research/Application papers report on novel research and/or applications
relevant to the topics of the conference. The number of pages of research
papers is limited to 8 pages including references and an optional appendix.
Posters, Demos & Tutorials
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The conference also particularly welcomes the submission of posters, demos, and
tutorials. Submissions should consist of a 2-4 page description that allows us
to judge the quality of your presentation. Descriptions will also be published
as part of the proceedings.
Important Dates
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Paper Submission Deadline: 9 March 2009
Acceptance of Notification: to be announced
Submission of Camera-Ready Paper: to be announced
Conference: 2 - 4 September 2009
Organising Committee
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(in alphabetical order)
Programme Chairs
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* Wernher Behrendt (Salzburg Research)
* Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company)
* Michael Hausenblas (Joanneum Research / DERI Galway)
* Adrian Paschke (Free University of Berlin)
* Klaus Tochtermann (Know Center Graz)
* Hans Weigand (University of Tilburg)
Organisation Chairs
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* Georg Güntner (Salzburg NewMediaLab)
* Markus Luczak-Rösch (Free University of Berlin)
* Tassilo Pellegrini (Semantic Web School)
Program Committee
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Akerkar Rejandra, Technomathematics Research Foundation, Kolhapur / India
Auer Sören Universität Leipzig
Ayers Danny Talis
Bergman Mike Structured Dynamics
Boley Harold Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick
Bürger Tobias STI Innsbruck
Cyganiak Richard DERI Galway
Damjanovic Violeta Salzburg Research
Dietzold Sebastian Universität Leipzig
DiMaio Paola Strathclyde University, UK
Erling Orri OpenLink Software
Hartig Olaf Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Heath Tom Talis
Heese Ralf Freie Universität Berlin
Hepp Martin Universität der Bundeswehr
Jelinek Ivan Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University
in Prague
Jeremic Zoran Military Academy, Belgrade, Serbia
Jovanovic Jelena University of Belgrade, Serbia
Klusch M. DFKI
Lange Christoph DERI/Jacobs Universität Bremen
Langegger Andreas JKU Linz
Liu Kecheng Informatics Research Center, University of Reading
Lovrencic Sandra University of Zagreb, Croatia
Milanovic Milan University of Belgrade, Serbia
Mizoguchi R. Osaka University
Mochol Malgorzata Freie Universität Berlin
Nixon Lyndon STI International
Norton Barry KMI Open University
Obrst Leo MITRE Corporation
Pellegrini Tassilo Semantic Web Company
Peterson David BoaB Interactive
Polleres Axel DERI Galway
Reiser Peter SUN Microsystems
Samwald Matthias DERI Galway
Sauermann Leo DFKI
Schandl Thomas Semantic web Company
Sequeda Juan University of Texas at Austin
Shakya Aman National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo
Simperl Elena STI Innsbruck
Staab Stephan Faculty of Computer Science, University of Koblenz-Landau
Stamper Ronald University of Twente (Prof. emeritus)
Stankovic Milan Université Paris-Sud XI Orsay, France
Stenzhorn Holger Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Medizinische
Informatik, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
Tempich Christoph DETECON International
Tolksdorf Robert FU Berlin
Wieser Christoph Salzburg Research
Zhdanova Anna FTW Vienna
to be continued
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