RE: 1st U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium (US2TS), March 1+2, 2018, Wright State University (call for participation)

We still have some space, including space for additional poster presentations.

Registration will be capped at 120 attendees <http://www.us2ts.org/posts/registration/>.

Early registration deadline January 15, 2018.

NSF grants available for participating PhD students, see <http://us2ts.org/announcement.pdf>.

Sponsors: 

GE Global Research
Google
IOS Press
National Science Foundation
OCLC
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Thomson Reuters
Tenet3
Wright State University



>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Hitzler, Pascal
>  Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2017 9:58 AM
>  To: 'public-lod@w3.org' <public-lod@w3.org>
>  Subject: 1st U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium (US2TS), March 1+2,
>  2018, Wright State University (call for participation)
>  
>  Dear researcher/practitioner of Semantic (Web) Technologies,
>  
>  [Management summary - long version below]
>  
>  Purpose: To gather the diverse U.S. communities involved in Semantic (Web)
>  Technologies research and applications.
>  
>  When and Where: March 1+2, 2018 at Wright State University, Dayton, OH
>  
>  More information: http://www.us2ts.org/ (and below).
>  
>  Registration: http://www.us2ts.org/posts/registration/
>  * attendance will be capped at 120. Register early to secure your spot. *
>  
>  Confirmed invited speakers/panelists include:
>  
>  Chaitan Baru, National Science Foundation
>  David Booth, Yosemite Project
>  Dan Brickley, Google
>  Tim Finin, University of Maryland Baltimore County
>  Peter Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnics Institute
>  Michael Grüninger, University of Toronto
>  Melissa Haendel, Oregon Health & Science University
>  Eric Kansa, OpenContext
>  Craig Knoblock, University of Southern California
>  Werner Kuhn, University of California, Santa Barbara
>  Matt Lange, University of California, Davis
>  Rob Sanderson, J. Paul Getty Trust
>  Philip Schreur, Stanford Library
>  Ryan Shaw, University of North Carolina
>  Brian Ulicny, Thomson Reuters
>  
>  Session Coordinators/advisory board:
>  
>  Achille Fukoue, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
>  Karl Grossner, World History Center, University of Pittsburgh
>  Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
>  Chris Mungall, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
>  
>  Confirmed Sponsors:
>  
>  National Science Foundation
>  GE Global Research
>  IOS Press
>  
>  
>  [Long version]
>  
>  Semantic Web is an inherently multi-disciplinary field. The Artificial
>  Intelligence community has contributed much in the way of formal logic and
>  knowledge representation. Similarly, the applied computer science
>  community, along with industry and government agencies, have contributed
>  with application development and testing. With an ever-growing
>  dependence on the web, and the continuously increasing importance of
>  large-scale data sharing, integration, and reuse, natural science researchers,
>  geoscience, biology, library science, health care, the humanities, just to
>  name a few, have also taken an increasing interest in the Semantic Web.
>  Large-scale industrial applications are under way or already deployed.
>  
>  Yet, the division between computer science, natural science, and
>  academia/government/industry, has a downside. It limits the formation of a
>  coherent national agenda for exploring emerging trends in Semantic
>  Technologies. What are needed are community consolidation and the
>  building of a U.S.-based community research network.
>  
>  The goal of the 1st U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium is to bring
>  together the U.S. Semantic Web community and begin forming such a
>  research network. We aim to achieve this by supporting communication
>  across disciplinary, organizational, and geographical boundaries. The
>  Symposium will provide a forum by which participants can share
>  information and ideas, coordinate ongoing or planned research activities,
>  foster synthesis and new collaborations, develop community standards, and
>  advance their science and education through communication and the
>  sharing of ideas.
>  
>  To this end, the Symposium will be an informal gathering with plenty of
>  time for discussion and breakout sessions. We encourage anyone with an
>  interest in the Semantic Web, regardless of field, to attend.
>  
>  The following community leaders will attend and organize sessions at the
>  event:
>  
>  Achille Fukoue, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
>  Karl Grossner, World History Center, University of Pittsburgh
>  Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
>  Chris Mungall, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
>  
>  Confirmed invited speakers/panelists include:
>  
>  Chaitan Baru, National Science Foundation
>  David Booth, Yosemite Project
>  Dan Brickley, Google
>  Tim Finin, University of Maryland Baltimore County
>  Peter Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnics Institute
>  Michael Grüninger, University of Toronto
>  Melissa Haendel, Oregon Health & Science University
>  Eric Kansa, OpenContext
>  Craig Knoblock, University of Southern California
>  Werner Kuhn, University of California, Santa Barbara
>  Matt Lange, University of California, Davis
>  Rob Sanderson, J. Paul Getty Trust
>  Philip Schreur, Stanford Library
>  Ryan Shaw, University of North Carolina
>  Brian Ulicny, Thomson Reuters
>  
>  There will also be opportunities for regular participants to present their
>  work as part of a poster session.
>  
>  The meeting website is at http://www.us2ts.org/
>  
>  Registration is open at http://www.us2ts.org/posts/registration/ -
>  attendance will be capped at 120. Register early to secure your spot.
>  
>  If you have any questions regarding the meeting, please contact the general
>  chair, Pascal Hitzler, at pascal.hitzler@wright.edu
>  
>  Main Organizers:
>  
>  Pascal Hitzler, Wright State University (General Chair)
>  Krzysztof Janowicz, University of California, Santa Barbara (Program Chair)
>  Xiaogang Ma, University of Idaho (Sponsorships Chair)
>  Lisa Moriss, Wright State University (Local Arrangements)
>  
>  Confirmed Sponsors:
>  
>  National Science Foundation
>  GE Global Research
>  IOS Press
>  
>  --
>  Dr. Pascal Hitzler                   Data Semantics Laboratory
>  NCR Distinguished Professor          Director for Data Science
>  Wright State University              http://dssc.cs.wright.edu
>  http://www.pascal-hitzler.de                http://daselab.org
>  pascal@pascal-hitzler.de   http://www.semantic-web-journal.net
>  
>

Received on Wednesday, 20 December 2017 13:35:08 UTC