- From: Hitzler, Pascal <pascal.hitzler@wright.edu>
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 02:57:42 +0000
- To: "semantic-web@w3.org" <semantic-web@w3.org>
Students can now apply for an NSF-supported Student Travel Grant. Application deadline December 23. See http://www.us2ts.org/posts/registration/ Pascal. -- Dr. Pascal Hitzler Data Semantics Laboratory NCR Distinguished Professor Director for Data Science Wright State University http://dssc.cs.wright.edu http://www.pascal-hitzler.de http://daselab.org pascal@pascal-hitzler.de http://www.semantic-web-journal.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Hitzler, Pascal > Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2017 9:58 AM > To: 'semantic-web@w3.org' <semantic-web@w3.org> > Subject: 1st U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium (US2TS), March 1+2, > 2018, Wright State University (call for participation) > > Dear researcher/practitioner of Semantic (Web) Technologies, > > [Management summary - long version below] > > Purpose: To gather the diverse U.S. communities involved in Semantic (Web) > Technologies research and applications. > > When and Where: March 1+2, 2018 at Wright State University, Dayton, OH > > More information: http://www.us2ts.org/ (and below). > > Registration: http://www.us2ts.org/posts/registration/ > * attendance will be capped at 120. Register early to secure your spot. * > > Confirmed invited speakers/panelists include: > > Chaitan Baru, National Science Foundation > David Booth, Yosemite Project > Dan Brickley, Google > Tim Finin, University of Maryland Baltimore County > Peter Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnics Institute > Michael Grüninger, University of Toronto > Melissa Haendel, Oregon Health & Science University > Eric Kansa, OpenContext > Craig Knoblock, University of Southern California > Werner Kuhn, University of California, Santa Barbara > Matt Lange, University of California, Davis > Rob Sanderson, J. Paul Getty Trust > Philip Schreur, Stanford Library > Ryan Shaw, University of North Carolina > Brian Ulicny, Thomson Reuters > > Session Coordinators/advisory board: > > Achille Fukoue, IBM TJ Watson Research Center > Karl Grossner, World History Center, University of Pittsburgh > Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute > Chris Mungall, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory > > Confirmed Sponsors: > > National Science Foundation > GE Global Research > IOS Press > > > [Long version] > > Semantic Web is an inherently multi-disciplinary field. The Artificial > Intelligence community has contributed much in the way of formal logic and > knowledge representation. Similarly, the applied computer science > community, along with industry and government agencies, have contributed > with application development and testing. With an ever-growing > dependence on the web, and the continuously increasing importance of > large-scale data sharing, integration, and reuse, natural science researchers, > geoscience, biology, library science, health care, the humanities, just to > name a few, have also taken an increasing interest in the Semantic Web. > Large-scale industrial applications are under way or already deployed. > > Yet, the division between computer science, natural science, and > academia/government/industry, has a downside. It limits the formation of a > coherent national agenda for exploring emerging trends in Semantic > Technologies. What are needed are community consolidation and the > building of a U.S.-based community research network. > > The goal of the 1st U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium is to bring > together the U.S. Semantic Web community and begin forming such a > research network. We aim to achieve this by supporting communication > across disciplinary, organizational, and geographical boundaries. The > Symposium will provide a forum by which participants can share > information and ideas, coordinate ongoing or planned research activities, > foster synthesis and new collaborations, develop community standards, and > advance their science and education through communication and the > sharing of ideas. > > To this end, the Symposium will be an informal gathering with plenty of > time for discussion and breakout sessions. We encourage anyone with an > interest in the Semantic Web, regardless of field, to attend. > > The following community leaders will attend and organize sessions at the > event: > > Achille Fukoue, IBM TJ Watson Research Center > Karl Grossner, World History Center, University of Pittsburgh > Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute > Chris Mungall, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory > > Confirmed invited speakers/panelists include: > > Chaitan Baru, National Science Foundation > David Booth, Yosemite Project > Dan Brickley, Google > Tim Finin, University of Maryland Baltimore County > Peter Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnics Institute > Michael Grüninger, University of Toronto > Melissa Haendel, Oregon Health & Science University > Eric Kansa, OpenContext > Craig Knoblock, University of Southern California > Werner Kuhn, University of California, Santa Barbara > Matt Lange, University of California, Davis > Rob Sanderson, J. Paul Getty Trust > Philip Schreur, Stanford Library > Ryan Shaw, University of North Carolina > Brian Ulicny, Thomson Reuters > > There will also be opportunities for regular participants to present their > work as part of a poster session. > > The meeting website is at http://www.us2ts.org/ > > Registration is open at http://www.us2ts.org/posts/registration/ - > attendance will be capped at 120. Register early to secure your spot. > > If you have any questions regarding the meeting, please contact the general > chair, Pascal Hitzler, at pascal.hitzler@wright.edu > > Main Organizers: > > Pascal Hitzler, Wright State University (General Chair) > Krzysztof Janowicz, University of California, Santa Barbara (Program Chair) > Xiaogang Ma, University of Idaho (Sponsorships Chair) > Lisa Moriss, Wright State University (Local Arrangements) > > Confirmed Sponsors: > > National Science Foundation > GE Global Research > IOS Press > > -- > Dr. Pascal Hitzler Data Semantics Laboratory > NCR Distinguished Professor Director for Data Science > Wright State University http://dssc.cs.wright.edu > http://www.pascal-hitzler.de http://daselab.org > pascal@pascal-hitzler.de http://www.semantic-web-journal.net > >
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