CFP: 5th International Workshop on Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering (SWESE2009)

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* CALL FOR PAPERS
* 5th International Workshop on Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering
* (SWESE2009)
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* http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~r01srt7/swese2009
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* ==INVITED SPEAKER (Prof. Abraham Bernstein)==
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*******STUDENT GRANTS AVAILABLE*******
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* located at the 8th International Semantic Web Conference ISWC2009
* 26th October 2009
* Virginia, United States
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Workshop Description


The advent of the World Wide Web has led many corporations to web-enable
their business applications and to the adoption of web service standards in
middleware platforms. Marking a turning point in the evolution of the Web,
the Semantic Web is expected to provide more benefits to software engineering.
Over the past five years there have been a number of attempts to bring
together languages and tools, such as the Unified Modelling Language (UML),
originally developed for Software Engineering, with Semantic Web languages such as
RDF and OWL. The Semantic Web Best Practice and Deployment Working Group
(SWBPD) in W3C included a Software Engineering Task Force (SETF) to
investigate potential benefits. A related international standardisation
activity is OMG's Ontology Definition Metamodel (ODM), which was formally
adopted in October 2006, and finalized in December 2008. Another interesting
question is how to use ontology to improve guidance and traceability in software
development.


It has been argued that the advantages of Semantic Web Technologies
in software engineering include reusability and extensibility of data models,
improvements in data quality, and discovery and automated execution
of workflows. According to SETF's note "A Semantic Web Primer for
Object-Oriented Software Developers" (http://www.w3.org/TR/sw-oosd-primer/),
the Semantic Web can serve as a platform on which domain models can be
created, shared and reused.


However, are there other potential benefits in the use of Semantic Web
concepts in the field of Software Engineering? Could the Web-based, semantically rich
formality of OWL be combined with emerging model driven development
tools such as the Eclipse Modelling Framework to provide some badly needed
improvements in both the process and product of software development
activities? What is it about the amalgamation of OWL, UML and MDA methodology that
could make a difference? Certainly, there appear to be a number of strong arguments
in favour of this approach but consensus on the best way forward, if there is indeed
a way forward at all has not yet formed. This workshop seeks to build on prior
events that have begun to explore and evaluate this important area.


Intended Audience

While the intended audience for this workshop includes those with experience or
interest in Semantic Web languages and tools, it is also crucial to have participation
by those with expertise in other areas such as software engineering, automatic software
engineering (ASE), knowledge based software engineering (KBSE), UML/MDA, and
software/legacy modernization.


Topics

Topics of interest to the workshop include (but are not restricted to):
-   Visions for Semantic Web driven software engineering
-   Tools developed or being developed for software engineering using
    SW languages
-   Integration or application development projects combining Software
    Engineering techniques and Semantic Web tools or languages
-   Shortcomings with the Semantic Web with respect to Software Engineering
-   Uses, extensions and/or issues with ODM
-   Visions for SW driven software modernization
-   Integration of UML, OO programming languages and Semantic Web languages
-   Integration of formal methods and Semantic Web languages
-   Software specification and Semantic Web languages
-   Ontologies for software engineering
-   Ontologies for requirement engineering
-   Ontologies for software guidance, traceability and maintenance
-   Component discovery and ontologies
-   Feature modelling and ontologies
-   Metamodel engineering
-   Ontology reasoning for software engineering
-   Semantic annotations in software engineering
-   Transitioning legacy applications to ontologies
-   Semantic-based intelligent assistance tools for software developers
-   Lessons learnt and outstanding challenges for the usage of semantic
    technologies in software engineering
-   Ontology-Driven Architecture: How to introduce Semantic Web technology into
    mainstream development processes


Workshop Format and Attendance:

This will be a half day workshop, including a keynote presentation and technical
talks discussing competing and complementary visions for Semantic Web enabled
software engineering.


Keynote:

* Prof. Abraham Bernstein, Head of Dynamic and Distributed Information
Systems Group, Department of Informatics, University of Zurich, Switzerland



This workshop is open to all members of the ISWC community, as
well as other communities identified in Intended Audience above, such as
the Software Engineering community.

Submission of a paper is not required for attendance at the
workshop. However, in the event that the workshop cannot
accommodate all who would like to participate, those who have
submitted a paper will be given priority for registration.

We encourage those who plan to attend this workshop, to register
early in order to help conference organizers with their planning
as well as insure that the workshop is not cancelled do to
projected poor attendance.


Organizing Committee

    Elisa F. Kendall, Sandpiper Software, Inc., USA
    Jeff Z. Pan, University of Aberdeen, UK (contact)
    Marwan Sabbouh, The MITRE Corporation, USA
    Ljiljana Stojanovic, FZI, Germany
    Yuting Zhao, University of Aberdeen, UK


Program Committee

    * Uwe Assman (DE), Technical University of Dresden
    * Colin Atkinson (DE), University of Mannheim
    * Ken Baclawski (US), Northeastern University
    * Roberta Cuel (IT), University of Trento
    * Jin Song Dong (SG), National University of Singapore
    * Jürgen Ebert (DE), University of Koblenz
    * Andreas Friesen (DE), SAP Research
    * Dragan Gasevic, (CA) Simon Fraser University Surrey
    * Michael Goedicke (DE), University of Essen
    * Jakob Henriksson (US), Intelligent Automation, Inc.
    * Mitch Kokar (US), Northeastern University
    * Harald Kühn (AT), BOC
    * David Martin (US), SRI International
    * Krzysztof Miksa (PL), Comarch
    * Jishnu Mukerji (US), Hewlett-Packard Company
    * Daniel Oberle (DE), SAP Research
    * Fernando Silva Parreiras (DE), University of Koblenz
    * Yuan Ren (UK), University of Aberdeen
    * Dave Reynolds (UK), HP Lab
    * Michael K. Smith (US), Electronic Data System
    * Hai Wang (UK), Aston University
    * Andrea Zisman (UK), City University, London


Submissions

Authors are invited to submit original contributions of practical
relevance and technical rigor, experience reports, and show case /
use case demonstrations of effective, practical technologies or
applications combining software engineering with semantic technologies.

Papers must be in English and may be submitted at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swese2009 as:

-   Full Papers (15 pages in the proceedings)
-   Short Papers (5-8 pages in the proceedings)
-   Position Statements (2 pages in the proceedings)
-   Posters (to be presented during the workshop, with 2 page descriptions
    submitted via the conference site for review)

Please upload all submissions as PDF files in LNCS format
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Submissions will
be peer-reviewed by at least 3 PC members based on originality,
significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition.
Authors are requested to upload their complete papers by August 10,
2009.

Publication details will be posted to the workshop web site,
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~r01srt7/swese2009, as they become available.


Important Dates

    Submission deadline:  10 Aug 2009
    Notification of acceptance: 1 Sept 2009
    Final submissions due: 25 Sept 2009
    Workshop proceedings available:  26 October 2009


Sponsorship

The workshop is being held in cooperation with a prominent network
of excellence and is meant to act as a focal point for joint
interests and future collaborations.  Interested sponsors are
welcome to contact the program committee.  Current sponsors
include:

- The EU MOST Project, http://www.most-project.eu/


Scholarships

We have a limited number of student grants available, funded our
workshop sponsors. We invite students to apply for this grant by
Sept 30, 2009.  Applications should include a statement of
interest (i.e. what you bring to and expect to get from SWESE), a
brief CV, a scan of a student ID or other evidence of professional
status, and a letter of support from their supervisor. Any
interested student can apply.  Please send your application to
Yuting Zhao (yuting.zhao@adbn.ac.uk) by Sept 30, 2009.


The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.

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