[Corpora-List] Call for Submissions I-SEMANTICS 2012 (Deadline: April 13th)

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Call for Papers

I-SEMANTICS 2012
8th International Conference on Semantic Systems

Graz, Austria, 5 - 7 September 2012
http://www.i-semantics.at

including
Call for Submissions
5th Linked Data Cup

Latest News:
=========================================================
Wolters Kluwer Germany main sponsor of I-SEMANTICS 2012
I-SEMANTICS proceedings published by ACM ICPS
Important Dates (Research & Application Papers & I-Challenge)
+       Abstract Submission Deadline : April 2, 2012
+       Paper Submission Deadline : April 13, 2012
+       Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012
+       Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012
Important Dates (I-Challenge)
+       Paper Submission Deadline : April 13, 2012
+       Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012
+       Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012
Important Dates (Posters & Demo Papers & PhD Track)
+       Submission Deadline: May 21, 2012
+       Notification of Acceptance: June 18, 2012
=========================================================

Hashtag for I-SEMANTICS 2012:  #isem2012

Scope
=====
I-SEMANTICS 2012 (www.i-semantics.at) is the 8th International  
Conference within the I-SEMANTICS series. I-SEMANTICS 2012 brings  
together both researchers and practitioners in the areas of Semantic  
Technologies, Linked Data and the Semantic Web in order to showcase  
cutting edge research, demonstrators and applications for the  
Corporate and Social Semantic Web.
I-SEMANTICS 2012 is proud to announce the new format ?I-CHALLENGE?,  
which brings to you the 5th Linked Data Cup (formerly Triplification  
Challenge), the Best Paper Award and the Best Poster Award.
As in the past years the I-SEMANTICS Conference will be complemented  
by I-KNOW (www.i-know.at), the 12th International Conference on  
Knowledge Management, aiming to reflect the increasing importance and  
convergence of knowledge management and semantic systems.

Topics
======
As a conference aiming to bring together science and industry,  
I-SEMANTICS encourages scientific research and application-oriented  
contributions in the field of Semantic Technologies, Semantic Web and  
Linked Data. The topics of interest for this year?s conference include  
but are not limited to:

The Web of Data
+       (Large scale) triplification of existing (structured) data
+       Vocabularies, taxonomies and schemas for the Web of Data
+       Querying, searching and browsing over the Web of Data
+       Data integration and interlinking for the Web of Data
+       User interaction and innovative visualizations for the Web of Data
+       Languages, tools and methodologies for representing, managing  
and reasoning on the Web of Data
+       (Mashup) applications utilizing (large scale) Linked Data resources
+       Recommender systems making use of the Web of Data
+       Integrating microposts into the Web of Data
+       Linked Enterprise Data and (Open) Linked Government Data
+       Connecting the Web of Data with real world sensor data
+       Location-based services and mobile semantic applications

Quality of Semantic Data on the Web
+       Provenance information for the Web of Data
+       Large scale ontology inspection and repair
+       Co-reference detection and dataset reconciliation
+       Maintenance of Linked Data models
+       Trust, privacy and security in Semantic Web applications

Corporate Semantic Web
+       Corporate thesauri, business vocabularies, ontologies and rules
+       Semantic business, e-commerce and m-commerce systems
+       Semantic procurement for enterprises and governments
+       Semantics, pragmatics and semiotics in organizations
+       Enterprise trust and reputation management

Semantic Content Engineering
+       Collaborative ontology engineering
+       Ontology modularity, alignment and merging
+       Ontology design patterns and life cycle management
+       Ontology learning and knowledge acquisition
+       Quality criteria for collaboratively generated semantic content
+       Semantic annotation and tagging
+       Making sense of microposts
+       Semantic content management systems

Semantic Multimedia
+       Semantic-driven multimedia applications
+       Multimedia ontologies and infrastructures
+       Content-based semantic multimedia analysis and data mining
+       Semantic-driven multimedia indexing and retrieval
+       Named entity recognition and disambiguation in multimedia documents
+       Human-computer interfaces for multimedia data access
+       Smart visualization and browsing of multimedia documents
+       User-generated semantic metadata for multimedia documents

Studies, Metrics & Benchmarks
+       Case studies of and benchmarks in semantic systems usage
+       Evaluation perspectives, methods and Semantic Web research  
methodologies
+       Technology assessment, acceptance/media choice theories
+       Usability and user interaction with semantic technologies
+       Applications with clear lessons learned or evaluations

(Linked) Data Ecosystems & Markets
+       Economic foundations of data assets, markets and data crowd sourcing
+       Business and governance models for data commerce
+       Production principles and measures of data creation, curation  
and utilization
+       Business models and economic impacts of Linked (Enterprise)  
Data and/or large scale semantic systems
+       Case studies for sector-specific (Linked) Data strategies




I-SEMANTICS Submission Information
==================================
All accepted full papers and short papers of I-SEMANTICS 2012 will be  
published in the digital library of the ACM ICP series. Please note:  
Poster and Demo papers are planned to be published within CEUR-WS.  
Optional publication of PhD papers in CEUR-WS is under discussion.


Research/Application Papers
---------------------------
Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for  
publication elsewhere. Papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines  
for formatting  
(http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) 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, Word Perfect, Word).
The publication will be available under the following ISBN: 978-1-4503-1112-0

Research papers report on novel research and/or applications relevant  
to the topics of the conference. Submissions must be original and must  
not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. The number of pages  
of research papers is limited to 8 pages for full papers and 4 pages  
for short papers including references and an optional appendix.

Full and short papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for  
formatting  
(http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) 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, Word Perfect, Word).


Important Dates (Research & Application Papers)
-----------------------------------------------
+       Abstract Submission Deadline (strict): April 2, 2012
+       Paper Submission Deadline : April 13, 2012
+       Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012
+       Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012


Posters, Demos & PhD Track
--------------------------
The conference also particularly welcomes the submission of posters,  
demonstrations, and PhD track submissions. The Posters, Demonstrations  
& PhD Track complements the Research Paper Track and offers an  
opportunity for presenting late-breaking research results, ongoing  
research projects, and speculative or innovative work in progress.

The informal setting of the Posters, Demonstrations & PhD Track  
encourages presenters and participants to engage in discussions about  
the presented work. Such discussions can be invaluable inputs for the  
future work of the presenters, while offering participants an  
effective way to broaden their knowledge of the emerging research  
trends and to network with other researchers. Poster and demo  
submissions should consist of a 2-3 page description that allows us to  
judge the quality of the presentation. Submissions to this track must  
be in the Springer LNCS format  
(http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors), i.e. please do  
NOT use the ACM template here.

The objective of the PhD Track is to provide doctoral students with a  
forum to present and discuss their research projects with experienced  
researchers (?mentors?) and fellow students. It addresses PhD students  
at an early stage of their doctoral studies, who want to receive  
feedback from internationally recognized researchers. Ideally,  
participants will have a well-defined problem statement and precise  
questions to discuss with their mentor. Applicants should be PhD  
students (from any country), conducting ongoing research in the areas  
of semantic technologies, Linked Data and the Semantic Web.

PhD track submissions should consist of up to 1.500 words and contain  
the following:
+       Name, affiliation and contact details of the PhD student
+       Name(s) of the supervisor(s)
+       Summary of the research project, including:
+       Problem: research questions, motivation, state of the art and  
relevance for the fields of Semantic Technologies, Linked Data and  
Semantic Web
+       Approach: (planned) approach and methodology
+       Current status / timeline: current status of the work and any  
results that have already been reached plus outlook to future work
+       A list of key questions that the PhD student wants to discuss  
during the event

Submissions will be reviewed by experienced researchers; each  
submission will receive detailed feedback. The program committee will  
select participants who will give a short presentation about their  
research project during the I-SEMANTICS PhD Track. Main focus of the  
event is on discussion, support and solving open questions.#

Important Dates (Posters & Demo Papers & PhD Track)
---------------------------------------------------
+       Submission Deadline: May 21, 2012
+       Notification of Acceptance: June 18, 2012



I-CHALLENGE
===========
For the first time in 2012 we will bring to you the I-CHALLENGE,  
consisting of the Best Research/Application Paper Award, the Best  
Poster Award, the Best PhD Paper Award and the Linked Data Cup. While  
the best paper will be selected by the program committee, the Best  
Poster will be voted by the conference audience via online voting.  
(Please expect more details for all the Best Paper Awards in the weeks  
to come.) Information on the Linked Data Cup can be found below:

Linked Data Cup 2012
--------------------
The yearly organised Linked Data Cup (formerly Triplification  
Challenge) awards prizes to the most promising innovation involving  
linked data. Four different technological topics are addressed:  
triplification, interlinking, cleansing, and application mash-ups. The  
Linked Data Cup invites scientists and practitioners to submit novel  
and innovative (5 star) linked data sets and applications built on  
linked data technology.
Although more and more data is triplified and published as RDF and  
linked data, the question arises how to evaluate the usefulness of  
such approaches. The Linked Data Cup therefore requires all  
submissions to include a concrete use case and problem statement  
alongside a solution (triplified data set, interlinking/cleansing  
approach, linked data application) that showcases the usefulness of  
linked data. Submissions that can provide measurable benefits of  
employing linked data over traditional methods are preferred.
Note that the call is not limited to any domain or target group. We  
accept submissions ranging from value-added business intelligence use  
cases to scientific networks to the longest tail of information  
domains. The only strict requirement is that the employment of linked  
data is very well motivated and also justified (i.e. we rank  
approaches higher that provide solutions, which could not have been  
realised without linked data, even if they lack technical or  
scientific brilliance).

Evaluation Criteria
-------------------
The submissions will be initially evaluated with a well-known five  
star ranking system. Furthermore, entries will be assessed according  
to the extent to which they
1.      motivate the relevancy of their use case for their respective domain;
2.      justify the adequacy of linked data technologies for their solution;
3.      demonstrate that all alternatives to linked data would have  
resulted in an inferior solution;
4.      provide an evaluation that can measure the benefits of linked data

Topics
------
Ideas for topics include (but are not limited to):
+       Improving traditional approaches with help of linked data
+       Linked data use in science and education
+       Linked data supported multimedia applications
+       Linked data in the open source context
+       Web annotation
+       Generic applications
+       Internationalization of linked data
+       Visualization of linked data
+       Linked government data
+       Business models based on linked data
+       Recommender systems supported by linked data
+       Integrating microposts with linked data
+       Distributed social web based on linked data
+       Linked data sensor networks

Submission and Reviewing
------------------------
Submissions to the Linked Data Cup will be reviewed by members of the  
Linked Data Cup Board and invited experts from the Linked Data  
community.
Submissions should consist of 4 pages and must be original and must  
not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should  
follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatting as accepted submissions  
will be published in the I-SEMANTICS 2012 proceedings in the digital  
library of the ACM ICP series. Please read the submission page for  
detailed information on how to submit.

Important Dates (Linked Data Cup)
---------------------------------
+       Paper Submission Deadline : April 13, 2012
+       Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012
+       Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012

I-SEMANTICS Committee
=====================

Scientific Chair
----------------
+       Harald Sack (Hasso-Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering)

Program Chairs
--------------
+       H. Sofia Pinto (Technical University of Lisbon)
+       Valentina Presutti (Institute for Cognitive Science and  
Technology, Rome)

Track Chairs
------------
+       I-CHALLENGE:
+       Sebastian Hellmann (University of Leipzig)
+       Jörg Waitelonis (Hasso-Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering)
+       PhD Track Chair: Katrin Weller (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
+       Poster Chair: Steffen Lohmann (University of Stuttgart)

Industry Chair
--------------
+       Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company)

Conference Chair
----------------
+       Tassilo Pellegrini (Semantic Web Company / University of  
Applied Sciences St. Pölten, Austria)

Program Committee
-----------------
Please go to: http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/scientific-track/program-committee/



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