- From: Valentina Tamma <V.A.M.Tamma@csc.liv.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:00:31 +0100
- To: Valentina Tamma <V.A.M.Tamma@csc.liv.ac.uk>
Call for Workshop Proposals 3rd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2006) 11 - 14 June 2006 Budva (Montenegro) http://www.eswc2006.org/ ESWC 2006 invites the submission of workshop proposals on specific aspects of the Semantic Web, particularly relating to the subject areas indicated by the topics below. We encourage workshops which will discuss fundamental research issues driven by academic interests or more applied industrial or commercial concerns. The format of the workshop will be determined by the organizers. Workshops can vary in length from a half day to a full day. Having more than one co-organizer for a workshop is strongly advised. Accepted workshops will receive one free registration to the ESWC 2006 (full registration incl. tutorial, workshop, conference, reception and conference dinner). Workshop attendees must pay the ESWC 2006 workshop registration fee. IMPORTANT DATES Workshop proposals due: November 28, 2005 Notification of proposal acceptance: December 19, 2006 URL for workshop website due: February 1, 2006 Workshop: June 11 - 12, 2006 PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS Proposals for workshops should be no more than 3 pages in length. They should contain the following information: 1. Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that will be its focus. 2. A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest. 3. A list of related workshops or similar events held in the last 3 years, or to be held in 2006. 4. The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed organizing committee. This committee should consist of two or three people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed, preferably not members of the same institution. 5. A description of the qualifications of the proposed organizing committee with respect to organizing this workshop (e.g., papers published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization, other relevant information). Each workshop organizing committee will be responsible for the following: * Producing a web page and a "Call for Papers/Participation" for their workshop. The URL should be sent to the workshop chair. The call must make it clear that the workshop is open to all members of the Semantic Web community. It should also mention that at least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and that all workshop participants must pay the ESWC 2006 workshop registration fee, as well as the conference fee. Finally, it should also clearly describe the process by which the Organizing Committee will select the participants. * Providing a brief description of the workshop for the conference web page and program. * Selecting the participants and the format of the workshop. * Advertising the workshop beyond the conference web page. * Producing a camera-ready version of the workshop proceedings. The ESWC 2006 Organizing Committee will be responsible for the following: * Providing a link to a workshop's local page. * Providing logistics support and a meeting place for the workshop. * In conjunction with the organizers, determining the workshop date and time. * Providing copies of the workshop proceedings to attendees. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION Workshop proposals and any inquiries should be sent by e-mail to l.s.cabral@open.ac.uk. Proposals may be submitted in PDF, text or Microsoft Word format. Submitted proposals that follow the above requirements will be reviewed by the ESWC 2006 organizing committee with respect to the relevance of the topic and content. CONFERENCE TOPICS OF INTEREST AND AREA KEYWORDS Topics of interest to the conference include (but are not restricted to): * Ontology Management (e.g. creation, evolution, evaluation) * Ontology Alignment (e.g. mapping, matching, merging, mediation and reconciliation) * Ontology Learning and Metadata Generation (including e.g. HLT and machine learning approaches) * Semantic Annotation of Data * Semantic Web Trust, Privacy, Security and Intellectual Property Rights * Semantic Web Rules and Query Languages * Reasoning in the Semantic Web (e.g. scalability, fuzziness, distribution) * Semantic Grid * Semantic Web Services (e.g. description, discovery, invocation, composition) * Semantic Middleware * Semantic Web-based Knowledge Management * Semantic Web for e-Business, e-Learning, e-Health, e-Government * Database Technologies for the Semantic Web * Data Semantics and Web Semantics * Semantic Knowledge Portals * Semantic Desktop * Semantic Interoperability * Semantic Web Mining * Semantic Web Inference Schemes * Semantic Searching, Querying, Navigation and Browsing * Visualization and Modelling WORKSHOP CHAIR The ESWC 20006 Workshop chair is Liliana Cabral (KMi, The Open University, UK), l.s.cabral@open.ac.uk
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