[CfP] 6th International Workshop on Semantic Technologies for Information-Integrated Collaboration (STIIC 2016) @ CTS 2016

The 6th International Workshop on Semantic Technologies for
Information-Integrated Collaboration
(STIIC 2016)
http://cts2016.cisedu.info/2-conference/workshops---cts-2016/workshop04-stiic2016


Call for Papers and Participation

As part of The 2016 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies
and Systems (CTS 2016) http://cts2016.cisedu.info  or
http://cisedu.us/rp/cts16

October 31 - November 04, 2016
The Florida Hotel and Conference Center
Orlando, Florida, USA
In Cooperation with ACM, IEEE, and IFIP

Paper Submission Deadline: July 17, 2016

Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or
posters


SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
Information-integrated collaboration networks have become an important part
of today’s complex enterprise systems – given the high dynamics of
network-centric systems, which need to react to changes at the level of
their information and communication space by providing flexible mechanisms
to manage a wide variety of information resources, which are heterogeneous,
decentralized, and constantly evolving. Semantic technologies promise to
deliver innovative and effective solutions to this problem, facilitating
the realization of information integration mechanisms in collaboration
systems.

Two fundamental problems are inherent to the design of integrated
collaboration solutions: (i) semantic inaccessibility, caused by the
failure to explicitly specify the semantic content of the information
contained within the subsystems that must share information in order to
collaborate effectively; and (ii) logical disconnectedness: caused by the
failure to explicitly represent constraints between the information managed
by the different collaborating subsystems.

Mainstream EAI technologies deal with information and information
management tasks at the syntactic level. Data protocols and standards that
are used to facilitate seamless information exchange and ‘plug and play’
interoperability do not take into account the meaning of the underlying
information and the view of the individual stakeholders on the information
exchanged. What is lacking are mechanisms that have the ability to capture,
store, and manage the meaning of the data and artifacts that need to be
shared for collaborative problem solving, decision support, planning, and
execution.

Semantic information sharing and integration technologies will provide an
important collaboration enabling mechanism for the emerging net-centric
systems and the information grid. Further, it is likely that advances in
this area will support multiple modes of collaboration with disparate and
cross-cutting technologies. This workshop, held as part of CTS 2016, will
bring together researchers and experts interested in bridging the gaps
between the different technologies, and between technologies and
applications. We invite original contributions on the technology practice
and user experience for these emerging and important areas from researchers
in academia, industry, and research institutions.

The STIIC workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
Ontology-based Methods for Information Integration
Semantics-based Integration and Interoperability
Semantics Based Clouds and Cloud Computing
Semantic Workflow Orchestration
Semantic Mediation Methods
Semantic Discovery and Matchmaking Services
Collaborative Knowledge Engineering and Management
Using Semantic Annotations and Semantic Wikis for Collaborative Applications
Semantic driven data crowdsourcing
Semantic Searching
Semantics for Mobility
Ontologies
Semantic Technologies and Languages
Agile Development of Semantic Applications
Semantically-enabled Integration Solutions for the Sensor Web, Smart
Environments, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Emergency Management, Energy
Management, e-Commerce, Finance, Marketing and Advertising

PAPER SUBMISSION
You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above
and other topics related to semantic technologies and
information-integrated collaboration. Submitted papers must not have been
published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Submissions could be for
full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters (please specify).  For
Regular papers, please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to
exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6
keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will
be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with
authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all
authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding
author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript.
Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to
http://cts2016.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers/call-for-posters for posters
submission details) will also be considered. Please specify the type of
submission you have. Please include page numbers on all preliminary
submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments.

Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript to the workshop EasyChair paper
submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stiic2016.
Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission. If the
submission is for a poster paper or short paper, indicate that as well on
the manuscript and in the submission form's Notes field.

Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the submission link above.
Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected
based on their originality, relevance, significance, technical clarity and
presentation, and references. Submission implies the willingness of at
least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. At
least one of the authors of each accepted paper will have to register and
attend the CTS 2016 conference to present the paper at the workshop.

Proceedings
Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings.
Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on
the CTS 2016 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings
formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of
the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE
Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services accordingly.

If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please
contact the organizers.

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission Deadline: ------------------------- July 11, 2016
Acceptance Notification: ----------------------------- August 01, 2016
Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due: -----  August 17, 2016
Conference Dates:  ----------------------------------- October 31 -
November 04, 2016

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Felix Larrinaga Barrenechea
  Faculty of Engineering, Mondragón Unibertsitatea
  Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain
  Voice:  +34 64 750 3885
  Email:  flarrinaga@mondragon.edu

Christian Morbidoni
  Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
  Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
  Voice: +39 071 220 4830
  Email: c.morbidoni@univpm.it

Emanuele Storti
  Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
  Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
  Voice: +39 071 220 4372
  Email: e.storti@univpm.it

International Program Committee*:
All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the workshop technical
program committee members following similar criteria used in CTS 2016 and
will be published as part of the CTS 2016 Proceedings.
Dario Bonino, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Dominique Decouchant, UAM Cuajimalpa, Mexico DF, Mexico & CNRS - LIG de
Grenoble, France
Mauro Dragoni, Fondazione Bruno Kessler - FBK-IRST, Germany
Nicola Fanizzi, University of Bari, Italy
Anna Lisa Gentile, University of Mannheim, Germany
Feliz Ribeiro Gouveia, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal
Jason O. Hallstrom, Clemson University, SC, USA
Steffen Hennicke, Georg-Eckert-Institut für Internationale
Schulbuchforschung, Germany
Danh Le Phuoc, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
T. K. Prasad, Wright State University, OH, USA
Francesco Taglino, CNR, Italy
Nasos Drosopoulos, Image, Video & Multimedia Systems Laboratory, Department
of Electrical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

For information or questions about Conference's paper submission,
tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels
and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information
about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please
consult the Conference’s web site at URL: http://cts2016.cisedu.info/ or
contact one of the Conference's organizers or Co-Chairs.