DBpedia Knowledge Engineering PhD Symposium | Submission Deadline May 29

Dear all,


We are excited to invite you to the 1st DBpedia Knowledge Engineering 
PhD Symposium [1], organized on July 6th, 2022 in Leipzig, Germany. The 
DBpedia Knowledge Engineering PhD Symposium will be held on the third 
day of the week-long Data Week Leipzig 2022 [2] event (July 4-8, 2022).


We are creating a meeting place and scientific network around DBpedia 
for scientific exchange - the DBpedia Knowledge Engineering PhD 
Symposium - where junior and senior researchers establish relations and 
collaborations and exchange ideas and knowledge. Thus, we aim to 
manifest a scientific community as a driver for DBpedia and Linked Data 
and expect synergies and network effects that will greatly improve 
scientific output by the involved community members.


# Symposium Format

The DBpedia Knowledge Engineering PhD Symposium consists of the 
following highlights:

* A senior researcherstarts the symposium by giving insights into their 
experience on “what makes a good PhD”.

* PhD students present their thesis and topics. On the one hand, they 
will receive feedbackand on the other hand, the symposium participants 
will gain insight on 1) how they structure and define their PhDs, 2) 
what the current trends are and 3) make potential connecting points for 
collaboration.

* A dedicated poster sessionwhere all PhD participants can bring their 
poster and discuss with the audience during the coffee breaks. Please 
contact the organizers if interested in presenting a poster!

* A community sessionwith discussions on how to coordinate the research 
around DBpedia.

* Student mentoring- a senior researcher (see below the confirmed list 
of mentors) will be assigned to each PhD student to provide feedback on 
their PhD topic and have an informal conversation in the evening at the 
social event.

* In the afternoon we will walk through the city center of Leipzigand 
also visit the LivingLab at the University of Leipzig. In the evening we 
will meet in a nearby pub and discuss the PhD topics of the day.


Each PhD presenter will receive a30 minute slotwhich includes 20 minutes 
for presentation of the research topic and 10 minutes for questions, 
feedback and discussion.

# Scope

We are looking for presentations within the broader scope of the 
knowledge engineeringfield. From knowledge extraction, integration and 
curation, to knowledge publishing, quality assurance and knowledge 
exploitation in AI solutions.


# How to apply

To apply for a PhD presentation please fill in the form [3] and submit 
your PhD topic presentation until May 29, 2022.  Notifications of 
Acceptance will be sent out by June 3, 2022


# How to register

The symposium will be organized as an on-site event where you need to 
register [4] and buy at least a single day Data Week ticket. All 
symposium participants will be invited to an informal meeting in the 
evening, where the PhD student can discuss their current results and 
future plans with professors and experts from the knowledge engineering 
field.

# Confirmed list of mentors

  *

    Maribel Acosta, RUB

  *

    Thomas Riechert, HTWK

  *

    Sahar Vahdati, InfAI

  *

    Maria-Esther Vidal, TIB

  *

    Krzysztof Węcel, PUEB


We look forward to meeting you in Leipzig and discussing your PhD 
research topic!


All the best,

Sebastian, Milan & Julia


[1] 
https://www.dbpedia.org/events/dbpedia-knowledge-engineering-phd-symposium/ 
<https://www.dbpedia.org/events/dbpedia-knowledge-engineering-phd-symposium/>

[2] https://dataweek.de/en/ <https://dataweek.de/en/>

[3] https://forms.gle/F4DJ58jvTG92ibi47 
<https://forms.gle/F4DJ58jvTG92ibi47>

[4] https://dataweek.de/en/ <https://dataweek.de/en/>

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DBpedia Association
Institute for Applied Informatics e.V. (InfAI) at Leipzig University
Goerdelerring 9, 04109 Leipzig