[CFP] Trusting Decentralised Knowledge Graphs and Web Data (TrusDeKW) workshop @ WebConf Deadline February 6th 2023

1st Trusting Decentralised Knowledge Graphs and Web Data (TrusDeKW) workshop @WebConf
https://events.kmi.open.ac.uk/trusting-decentralised-knowledge-graphs-and-web-data/

Call for Position Papers and Demos

Important Dates

                February 6, 2023
                Notification of Acceptance
                March 6, 2023
                Camera-Ready due
                March 20, 2023

All submission deadlines are end-of-day in the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.

The 1st Trusting Decentralised Knowledge Graphs and Web Data (TrusDeKW) workshop @WebConf will bring together researchers and practitioners to come to a common understanding of how web data and Knowledge Graphs (KGs) can be decentralised in a trusted fashion. The goal will be to see how technologies such as federated querying, triple pattern fragments and distributed ledgers, amongst others, can address the challenges associated with the over centralisation of web data including personal data abuse and lack of transparency in automated decision-making.


TrusDeKW is looking for position papers and demos. Submissions are solicited in the following domains of interest:
* Decentralising KGs - approaches to decentralising KG schemas and data as well as decentralised hosting and storage solutions
* Decentralising KG querying - including federated querying approaches
* Explainability - for data and KG based decision making. Explainability may be high-level for non-computer science experts (e.g. understanding how their personal data has been used) or be based upon fine grained execution traces (e.g. for detailed verification).
* Trust - decentralised approaches to adding trust to data and KG based applications for individuals, organisations and communities
* Provenance - how can the provenance of decentralised data sets and KGs be handled? How to handle provenance when data sets are combined?
* Decentralised KG data - giving individuals and communities full or a degree of control over their own data
* Reliability, validity, and verifiability - how can we ensure that decentralised data and KGs are valid? How can we verify data within a decentralised KG? How to best ensure the reliability of the data?
* Privacy in decentralised KGs - notions of data controllers and data processors are often an imperfect match to decentralised scenarios? How can we ensure privacy and data rights, e.g. as enshrined in Europe's GDPR legal framework?
* Interpersonal data - handling trust, explainability, and data processing constraints with multiple data subjects within decentralised settings
* Collective/consensual decision making - how can we best allow stakeholders and communities to collectively make decisions based on KGs?
* Distributed Ledgers and KGs - how can Distributed Ledgers support the decentralisation of web data and KGs?

Aims and Scopes
The over centralisation of data on the web has been raised as a concern by a number of prominent researchers in the field. Data centralisation can lead to a number of problems including: lock-in/siloing effects, lack of user control over their personal data, limited incentives and opportunities for interoperability and openness, and the resulting detrimental effects on privacy and innovation. A number of diverse approaches and technologies exist for decentralising data, such as federated querying and distributed ledgers. TrusDeKW brings together researchers and stakeholders to explore how we can decentralise data on the web and come to a common understanding of the benefits and issues associated with decentralised KGs. Whilst we will in general take a broad view of decentralised KGs and data we will treat trust as a key issue as: a) trust is a special concern for the wider community when it comes to information and data on the web; and b) trust (and verification and validation) becomes an issue when data is decentralised.
Paper Submission
Position and demo papers are limited to four pages, including references. Submissions are NOT anonymous. Papers must be submitted in PDF format according to the ACM template published in the ACM guidelines, selecting the generic “sigconf” sample. The PDF files must have all non-standard fonts embedded. Workshop papers must be self-contained and in English. The authors’ responsibility is to ensure that their submissions adhere strictly to the required format. Submissions that do not comply with the formatting guidelines will be rejected without review. Papers accepted in TrusDeKW will be published in the companion volume of the Web Conference 2023.
Submissions will be handled via Easychair, at https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=thewebconf2023iwpd

Review Criteria
The papers will be reviewed according to the following criteria:
* Originality
* Novelty
* Soundness
* Clarity and quality of presentation
* Grounding in the literature and related work
* Reproducibility and availability of resources (demo papers)


Organizing Committee
John Domingue, The Open University, UK
Aisling Third, The Open University, UK
Juan Cano, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Andrea Cimmino, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Ruben Verborgh, Ghent University, Belgium
Philipp D. Rohde, Leibniz University of Hannover and TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Germany
Maria-Esther Vidal, Leibniz University of Hannover and TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Germany


Program Committee
Maribel Acosta, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Michel Dumontier, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Paul Groth, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Luis-Daniel Ibáñez, University of Southampton, UK
Sabrina Kirrane, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Chang Sun, Maastricht University, Netherlands

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