- From: Mike Pool <mpool@iet.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:43:37 -0400
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web
In conjunction with the
4th International Semantic Web Conference
Galway, Ireland
November 7, 2005
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You are invited to participate in the upcoming workshop on Uncertainty
Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW), to be held as part of the
4th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) in November of 2005
in Galway, Ireland.
ISWC is a major international forum for presenting visionary research
on all aspects of the Semantic Web.
The Uncertainty Reasoning Workshop is an exciting opportunity for
collaboration and cross-fertilization between the uncertainty reasoning
community and the Semantic Web community. Effective methods for
reasoning under uncertainty are vital for realizing many aspects of the
Semantic Web vision, but the ability of current-generation Web technology
to handle uncertainty is extremely limited.
Recently, there has been a groundswell of demand for uncertainty
reasoning technology among Semantic Web researchers and developers.
This surge of interest creates a unique opening to bring together two
communities with a clear commonality of interest but little history of
interaction. By capitalizing on this opportunity, URSW could spark
dramatic progress toward realizing the Semantic Web vision.
Audience
The intended audience for this workshop includes the following
* Researchers in uncertainty reasoning technologies with interest
in the Semantic Web.
* Semantic web developers and researchers.
* People in the knowledge representation community with interest
in the Semantic Web.
* Ontology researchers and ontological engineers.
* Web services researchers and developers with interest in the
Semantic Web.
* Developers of tools designed to support Semantic Seb implementa-
tion, e.g., Jena developers, Protege and Protege-OWL developers.
Topic List
We intend to have an open discussion on any topic relevant to the
general subject of uncertainty in the Semantic Web. Therefore, the
following list should be just an initial guide.
* Syntax and semantics for probability extensions to Semantic Web
languages
* Logical formalisms to support uncertainty in Semantic Web
languages
* Probability theory as a means of assessing the likelihood that
terms in different ontologies refer to the same or similar
concepts
* Architectures for applying plausible reasoning to the problem of
ontology mapping
* The concept of a probabilistic ontology and its relevance to the
Semantic Web
* Best practices for representing uncertain, incomplete, ambiguous,
or controversial information in the Semantic Web
* The role of uncertainty as it relates to Web services
* Probabilistic-friendly interface protocols as a means to improve
interoperability among Web services
* Probabilistic reasoning techniques applied to trust issues in the
Semantic Web
* Existing implementations of uncertainty reasoning tools in the
context of the Semantic Web
* Issues and techniques for integrating probabilistic inference
tools
* The future of uncertainty reasoning for the Semantic Web
Important Dates
* July 30, 2005 Paper submissions due
* September 6, 2005 Paper acceptance notification
* September 27, 2005 Camera-ready papers due
* November 7, 2005 URSW
Submission Details
The URSW will be accepting submissions of technical papers and position
papers. Each submission will be evaluated for acceptability by at least
four members of the Program Committee. Decisions about acceptance will
be based on relevance to the topic of Uncertainty Reasoning for the
Semantic Web, originality, potential significance, topicality and
clarity. Since all accepted papers will be presented at the workshop,
we require that at least one of the submitting authors must be a
registered participant at the ISWC 2005 Conference, and committed to
attend the URSW Workshop.
Technical papers should follow the same submission format used by the
ISWC 2005 Conference for papers submitted to its Academic Research
track, i.e., the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS), which is available at
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-164-2-72376-0,00.html.
Technical papers submitted to the URSW Workshop must not exceed 10
pages, including figures. Submissions exceeding this limit will not be
reviewed.
Position papers consist of a summary of ideas, projects, or any
research efforts that are relevant to the URSW Workshop and must not
exceed 2 pages. Submission of position papers should comply with the
IJCAI format guidelines, which the IJCAI organizing committee have
kindly allowed us to make available for download using this link:
http://www.iet.com/iswc/2005/ursw/IJCAI_format.pdf.
Further, both technical and position papers must be submitted in PDF
format (Adobe's Portable Document Format). Submission to the Workshop
is only accepted in electronic format and should be sent to the
organizing committee via the workshop email address: ISWC_URSW@iet.com.
Following the general acceptance rules of the ISWC2005 conference,
papers that, at the time of submission, are under review for or have
already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or
another conference will not be accepted to the URSW workshop.
Presentation and Publication
All papers accepted to the URSW will be presented during the workshop
and published in the specific workshop proceedings, which will be
available as a separate publication after the Conference. Authors of
accepted technical papers will have 20 minutes to present their work,
while authors of accepted position papers will have a 5-minute slot to
share their ideas.
In addition, both technical and position papers will be published in
the URSW Workshop proceedings, to be available after the ISWC 2005
Conference.
Program Committee
The program committee is as follows (in alphabetic order):
* Paulo C. G. Costa - George Mason University, USA.
* Bruce D'Ambrosio - Cleverset, Inc., USA.
* Yoshio Fukushige - Matshushita Electric Industrial Co., Japan. W3C Fellow.
* Kathryn B. Laskey - George Mason University, USA.
* Kenneth J. Laskey - MITRE Corporation, USA. Member of the W3C advisory board.
* Anders Madsen - Hugin Expert A/S, Denmark.
* Scott Marshall - Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
* Bill McDaniel - Adobe Systems, Inc., USA.
* Leo Obrst - MITRE Corporation, USA.
* Yun Peng - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.
* Michael Pool - Information Extraction & Transport, Inc., USA.
* Masami Takikawa - Information Extraction & Transport, Inc., USA.
Organizing Committee
The organizing committee is as follows (in alphabetic order):
* Paulo C. G. Costa - George Mason University
* Kathryn B. Laskey - George Mason University, USA.
* Kenneth J. Laskey - MITRE Corporation
* Michael Pool - Information Extraction & Transport, Inc.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Ireland!
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