Special Issue, Workshop and Seasons greetings

Greetings-

Thanks to Heiko and Roberto for finalising a workshop cfp which was
recently accepted
but the deadline is terribly close (7 Feb) and time going ever so quickly

We do need people on this list to PLEASE start promoting the cfpapers
for both workshop and special issue, to make sure we have enough
submissions!!

Ideas for publicity?   Anyone planning to submit?

I should I do a propitiatory dance in my next video  address to this
group;-)

BTW- I think we can consider them both 'group activities' since many
individuals in
this group are also members of the PC for either/both initiatives. it would
be GREAT contribution
for anyone else who has not yet worked out how to contribute to this WG to
promote
and/or submit the cfp

Ideas and suggestions welcome

I take this opportunity to remind everyone that we are hoping to get your
input on this group activity via a form posted on this list a few weeks ago
(check thread for urls) or any other way yed like to give input, including
a video statement
thank ya all once again for joining the group, and wishing you decent
winter holidays.

Let's think of the chair/vicechair schedule thing and other plans in the
new year

Cheers

PDM

Workshop on Human-Semantic Web Interaction (HSWI’13)The adoption of
Semantic Web technologies implies new challenges for user interaction
beyond those already posed by Web technologies and interactive systems in
general. HSWI workshop aims to explore and evaluate good practices in
interface design, and ultimately feed into possible recommendations for
standardizing and consolidating knowledge and good practices into a set of
guidelines for semantic web developers, to ensure the usability and
reasonably functional user experiences of the next generation of Semantic
Web applications. Fact Sheet

   - *HSWI web site:* http://hswi13.referata.com
   - *Paper submission deadline:* 07.02.2013
   - *Submission types:* full research papers, position papers, case study
   reports, reports of experiments, evaluation reports
   - *Submission website: **
   https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hswiwims13*
   - *Duration:* half day
   - *Date:* to be announced (but one of WIMS conference days: Jun
   12-14, 2013)

Topics of interest


   - HSWI invites papers on, but not strictly limited to, the following
   topics:
   - Requirements for supporting the design and implementation of user
   interfaces for semanticapplications
   - Natural Language Interfaces
   - Interaction styles and requirements, including new/emergent types of
   interactions
   - Models for specifying structure and behavior of semantic interfaces
   - Lessons learned from developing, evaluating and using semantic
   interfaces
   - Defining Semantic Interfaces: concepts, requirements
   - Literature reviews and methodologies in the scope of Human-Semantic
   Web Interaction
   - Stakeholders perspectives
   - Sensemaking
   - Semantic search interfaces
   - Use Cases/Case Studies, best practices, evaluations
   - New web based interaction technologies (Gesture, Touch, Mind-Web
   Interfaces, etc.)UI/UX
   - Paradigms for semantic applications on mobile devices, taking into
   account on-board sensors (think: SIRI/Google Now on steroids)
   - Visualization in semantic interfaces

Submission Types and Publication

For providing a forum for sharing novel ideas, HSWI welcomes a broad
spectrum of contributions, including for example:

   - Full research papers
   - Position papers
   - Case Studies
   - Descriptions of Experiments
   - Evaluations

The authors in doubt about the relevance of the genre of their submission
are invited to contact HSWI organizers. Submissions will be evaluated by
the members of the international program committee.

Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of WIMS’13 (ACM).

Selected best papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of
the Semantic Web Journal (SWJ) on Semantic
Interfaces<http://www.semantic-web-journal.net/blog/special-issue-call-semantic-web-interfaces>
.
Important Dates

07.02.2013 – workshop papers submission deadline

10.03.2013 – notification of acceptance for Workshop papers

30.03.2013 – submission of camera ready versions of accepted Workshop papers

12-14.06.2013 – conference days
Workshop Organizers

Roberto Garcia (roberto dot garcia at udl dot cat), Universitat de Lleida,
Spain

Paola Di Maio (paola dot_))8 dimaio gmail dot com), ISTCS.org, UK

Heiko Paulheim (paulheim at ke dot tu-darmstadt dot de), TU Darmstadt,
Germany


-- 
Roberto García
http://rhizomik.net/~roberto