ESWC 2012 Workshops: Deadline Approaching Nov 28

ESWC2012 - CALL FOR WORKSHOPS

The 9th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2012)
27-31 May 2012
Heraklion, Greece
http://2012.eswc-conferences.org/

*About ESWC2012*
The Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) is a major venue for 
discussing the latest scientific results and technology innovations 
around semantic technologies. Building on its past success, ESWC is 
seeking to broaden its focus to span other relevant research areas in 
which Web semantics plays an important role.

The goal of the Semantic Web is to create a Web of knowledge and 
services in which the semantics of content is made explicit and content 
is linked to both other content and services novel applications allowing 
to combine content from heterogeneous sites in unforeseen ways and 
support enhanced matching between users needs and content. This network 
of knowledge-based functionality will weave together a large network of 
human knowledge, and make this knowledge machine-processable to support 
intelligent behaviour by machines. Creating such an interlinked Web of 
knowledge which spans unstructured, RDF as well as multimedia content 
and services requires the collaboration of many disciplines, including 
but not limited to: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language 
Processing, Database and Information Systems, Information Retrieval, 
Machine Learning Multimedia, Distributed Systems, Social Networks, Web 
Engineering, and Web Science.

Co-located workshops at ESWC conferences are distinguished meeting 
points for discussing ongoing work and latest ideas related to semantics 
and the Semantic Web. Of particular interest are workshop proposals with 
an interdisciplinary standpoint, proposals focusing on a specific 
technology of general interest, or gathering a sub-community. In 
particular, we encourage the submission of workshop proposals on:

- fundamental problems of the semantic web such as heterogeneity, 
scalability and distribution
- applications of Semantic Web technologies in specific domains
- important enabling technologies and their adaptation to the needs of 
the Semantic Web
- aspects of semantic web research that have been neglected so far

*General Information and criteria*
The decision on acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will be made 
on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal as well as of how it 
fits in with the conference. The organizers of successful workshops will 
be responsible for their own reviewing process, publicity (e.g., website 
and call for papers), and proceedings production. They will be required 
to closely cooperate with the Workshops Chairs and the ESWC 2012 local 
organizers to finalize all organizational details. Workshop attendees 
must pay the ESWC 2012 workshop registration fee, as well as the 
conference registration fee.

*Criteria for workshop proposals*
- Co-located workshops cover topics falling in the general scope of the 
ESWC conference (refer to http://www.eswc-conferences.org/).
- Workshops are intended to be genuine interactive events and not 
mini-conferences.
- We welcome workshops with creative structures and organizations that 
attract various types of contributions and ensure rich interactions. - 
They are clearly focused.
- There is potentially a significant community interested in the 
workshop's topic.
- Workshop duration can be half a day or a full day.
- We advise having more than one organizer and no more than four, 
preferably from different institutions, bringing different perspectives 
to the workshop topic.

In case conflicting workshops are proposed, the workshop chairs may 
contact the organisers to discuss the possibility of merging workshops. 
Please note that the duration of the workshop might be adjusted based on 
the number of submissions received. Further, workshops that receive less 
than 5 submissions or have less than 10 people registered at the early 
registration deadline might be canceled.

*Submission Guidelines*
Workshop proposals must be no more than 3 pages in length, in txt or PDF 
format, must be sent via email to <eswc2012workshop@gmail.com> and 
should contain the following information:

- The title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying 
its goals and motivation.
- A brief discussion of why the topic is of particular interest at this 
time.
- A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest, 
the workshop audience, as well as the expected number of participants.
- A brief description (draft outline) of the proposed workshop format, 
discussing the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, 
panels, hacking session, or general discussion.
- A list of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% 
have to be known and confirmed at the time of the proposal).
- An indication of whether the workshop should be considered for a 
half-day or full-day event.
- If there have been previous editions of the workshop, their short 
description, including URLs as well as some statistics about submissions 
and acceptance rate, plus number of participants.
- The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the 
proposed organizing committee and short description of their relevant 
experience. Preferably a single contact person per submission.

*Important Dates*
(11:59 pm Hawaii time):
- Workshop Proposals Due: November 28, 2011
- Notification of Acceptance: December 7, 2011
- Workshop Website Due: December 16, 2011
- Workshop Camera-ready Proceedings Due: April 29, 2012
- Workshop Day: May 27 or May 28, 2012

*Timeline for Workshops*

- Submission deadline: March 4, 2011
- Notifications: April 1, 2011
- Camera ready version: April 15, 2011

*Workshop Chairs*
Raphaël Troncy (Eurecom, France)
Alexandre Passant (DERI, NUI Galway, Ireland)
Contact: <eswc2012workshop@gmail.com>

Received on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 19:44:59 UTC