- From: Hitzler, Pascal <pascal.hitzler@wright.edu>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 00:20:39 +0000
- To: "semantic-web@w3.org" <semantic-web@w3.org>
Final call for participation. We are close to the early registration deadline (January 15) and to the cap on the attendees (at 120). http://www.us2ts.org/posts/registration/ Sponsors: Bosch CRC Press/Chapman & Hall GE Global Research Google IOS Press National Science Foundation OCLC Raytheon BBN Technologies Thomson Reuters Tenet3 Wright State University Pascal. > -----Original Message----- > From: Hitzler, Pascal > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 8:34 AM > To: 'semantic-web@w3.org' <semantic-web@w3.org> > Subject: RE: 1st U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium (US2TS), March 1+2, > 2018, Wright State University (call for participation) > > We still have some space, including space for additional poster > presentations. > > Registration will be capped at 120 attendees > <http://www.us2ts.org/posts/registration/>. > > Early registration deadline January 15, 2018. > > NSF grants available for participating PhD students, see > <http://us2ts.org/announcement.pdf>. > > Sponsors: > > GE Global Research > Google > IOS Press > National Science Foundation > OCLC > Raytheon BBN Technologies > Thomson Reuters > Tenet3 > Wright State University > > > > > -----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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