[CfP] Paper and poster extension Oct. 13 SWAT4HCLS 2017

Poster abstract and paper submission extended: October 13

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 7:40 PM, M. Scott Marshall <mscottmarshall@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Call for Papers for SWAT4HCLS 2017
>
> 10th International Conference on Semantic Web Applications and Tools for
> Health Care and Life Sciences,
>
> 4-7th December 2017, Rome, Italy
>
> http://www.swat4ls.org/conference/rome2017/
>
> Key dates
>
> Abstract and paper submission opens: July 28
>
> EOI for tutorials: September 8
>
> Paper abstract: September 22
>
> Poster abstract and paper submission: October 6
>
> Notification of acceptance: November 3
>
> Conference
>
> Monday, December 4: Tutorials
>
> Tuesday, December 5: Main Conference, Evening: Conference dinner
>
> Wednesday, December 6: Main Conference
>
> Thursday, December 7: Hackathon
>
> Confirmed Keynotes
>
> Carole Goble, University of Manchester, UK
>
> Peter Robinson, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, U.S.
>
> Volker Tresp, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
>
> The 2017 SWAT4HCLS international conference will provide the same open
> and vibrant environment that has previously brought together researchers,
> developers, and users, from many fields to discuss goals, current limits
> and real experiences in the use of Semantic Web technologies in health care
> and the life sciences.
>
> The next SWAT4HCLS will be held in Rome, Italy, 4-7th December 2017.
>
> Tutorials, conference and hackathon will be held at the CNR headquarters
> and other nearby venues.
>
> Topics
>
> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to Semantic Web
> technologies in the following areas:
>
> - Tools for the management and analysis of semantic data in the life
> sciences, medicine and health care
>
> - The description, integration,  analysis and use of data in pursuit of
> challenges in the life sciences, medicine and health
>
> - Semantically-enabled tools for the life sciences, medicine and health
>
> - Knowledge representation for biomedical knowledge bases
>
> - Harnessing biomedical ontologies and terminologies with medical
> standards for information exchange
>
> - Electronic Health Records (EHRs), patient data  and clinical trial data
>
> - Enabling translational medicine and personalized medicine
>
> - Semantic scientific publishing in the life sciences, medicine and health
>
> - Rule based systems exploiting semantics
>
> - NLP and text mining using semantic technologies
>
> - Emerging technologies in Semantic Web, e.g. JSON-LD, graph databases
>
> - Machine learning based solutions leveraging ontologies and semantic
> technologies
>
> - Empirical studies and evaluation of Semantic Web tools and applications
> in the life sciences
>
> - Related standards such as CDISC, HL7 and LOINC used with semantic
> technology
>
> - Ethical issues and data governance in healthcare and medical data on
> Semantic Web
>
> - Future directions for Semantic Web technologies in the life sciences and
> interdisciplinary relations to fields such as water science, agro science,
> and veterinary science
>
> Types of submission
>
> The following types of submissions for SWAT4HCLS 2017 are sought:
>
> Long papers:
>
> Research papers – Original research on a topic of interest to the
> SWAT4HCLS audience.
>
> Software papers – New applications and tool descriptions addressing a
> topic of interest to the SWAT4HCLS audience.
>
> Short papers:
>
> Position papers, application notes, discovery notes or a short version of
> a long paper topic. using Semantic Web applications and tools.
>
> Tutorials – Presenting teaching and learning material on a topic of
> interest for the SWAT4HCLS audience.
>
> Software demos – Present software and tools in action.
>
> Posters - An opportunity to present work in the area informally centred on
> a poster.
>
> Industry – Abstract only required, describing industrial applications or
> research
>
> Authors of accepted paper contributions to SWAT4HCLS 2017 will be invited
> to submit to a journal special issue.
>
> Instructions
>
> All submissions will be handled via the EasyChair submission system at
> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swat4ls2017
>
> All papers and posters must be in English and submitted in pdf using the
> LNCS format http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html .
>
> Submissions for long papers must be a maximum of ten pages.
>
> Submissions for short papers must be a maximum of five pages.
>
> Submissions for posters abstract only required up to a maximum of two
> pages.
>
> Submissions for software demo proposals must be a maximum of two pages.
>
> Papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the Scientific
> Program Committee.
>
> Organization Committee
>
> Albert Burger (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
>
> M Scott Marshall (Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands)
>
> Adrian Paschke ( Fraunhofer FOKUS and Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
>
> Paolo Romano (Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy)
>
> Andrea Splendiani (Novartis NIBR, CH)
>
> Valentina Presutti (ISTC CNR, Italy)
>
>