- From: Mathias Lux <mlux@know-center.at>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:02:25 +0200
- To: <public-swbp-wg@w3.org>
Hi all, I'm following the activities of the W3C with interest for several years now and the image annotation WG looks like a good start in the right direction. For myself: I'm maintaining the image annotation and retrieval tools Caliph & Emir (see http://www.semanticmetadata.net) for several years now and I just wanted to provide a pointer to them. Although the backend of annotation and retrieval is based on MPEG-7 (well I know some of you have an MPEG background :) it might be of interest for the group. Furthermore I'm attaching the CfP for our Special Track at the I-Know 06. regards, Mathias -------------------------------------------------------------- AST '06 6th of September 2006 Graz, Austria I-KNOW '06 Special Track on Advanced Semantic Technologies 2006 http://www.i-know.at/ast Call for Papers Introduction The I-KNOW '06 Special Track on Advanced Semantic Technologies addresses the emerging field of semantic technologies in knowledge management and information retrieval. Original papers are solicited and will be reviewed by a board of international experts. Topics include but are not limited to: * Retrieval based on knowledge organisation systems (KOS) * Ontology powered information systems * Ontologies and knowledge representation in applied knowledge management * Probabilistics in knowledge representation * Ontology learning and extraction * Modeling and retrieval of semantic metadata * Semantic analysis of structured and unstructured data * Knowledge discovery in the Semantic Web * Semantic agent technologies Submissions might also address applications of semantic technologies in areas such as knowledge management, competency management, workflow management, search engines, decision support, e-learning, healthcare, mobile and pervasive computing or bioinformatics. Background The area of semantic technologies combines a series of hot topics: The Semantic Web, knowledge organization systems (KOS), agent technologies and ontologies. While the Semantic Web is based on a series of definitions and aims to build a new way of sharing and searching for information in the Internet, knowledge organization systems and ontologies allow the formal definition of explicit knowledge. Agent technologies benefit from the explicit knowledge provided in the semantic web through processing it for completing their programmed tasks. The areas of information retrieval and information systems find themselves facing new requirements: In information retrieval knowledge has to be integrated in the process of finding and ranking search results as well as in the processes of clustering and classifying information. Information systems aim to include ontologies for enhancing their results by using a knowledge base. Within the Special Track on Advanced Semantic Technologies we aim to bring together researchers from different areas of semantic and knowledge based systems research to exchange experiences, present and talk about the results of their work and discuss hot topics. Target Group The topics mentioned above are addressed at researchers and developers as well as at innovative practitioners and providers in the fields of semantic technologies. The special track will be held in English. Submission Instructions and Procedure Submissions should be handed in as full papers and should not exceed 8 pages. Please use the I-KNOW style guides and submit your contribution in PDF or MS Word format. In case of problems or questions concerning the submission of papers , please contact the track chairs at ast@know-center.at. Submissions, regardless of category, should include title, author(s), abstract, keywords, body, and references. Submissions are to be made electronically in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) or MS Word format. Submissions are treated as confidential communications during the review process, so submission does not constitute public disclosure of any ideas therein. Submissions should contain no information or materials that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication, and should cite no publications that are proprietary or confidential at the time of publication. Important Dates * 3rd April 2006 Submission of the full paper (8 pages) * 22nd May 2006 Notification of acceptance * 26th June 2006 Camera ready paper (8 pages) * 6th September 2006 AST 2006 special track Publication Accepted papers will be published within the I-KNOW'06 conference proceedings in cooperation with J.UKM and Springer Co. Pub. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for the I-KNOW conference before the deadline for camera- ready-copies of the papers (26 June 2006). Otherwise the paper will not be published. Conference Organization The 6th International Conference on Knowledge Management (I-KNOW '06, http://www.i-know.at) is organized by the Know-Center, Austria's Competence Center for knowledge management. For further questions contact mlux@know-center.at. ============================================================ Mathias Lux Know-Center & Graz University of Technology, Austria Institute for Knowledge Management (IWM)
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