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CALL FOR PAPERS <br>
<br>
8th International Workshop on <br>
Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web (URSW 2012)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://c4i.gmu.edu/ursw/2012">http://c4i.gmu.edu/ursw/2012</a><br>
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In conjunction with the <br>
11th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2012) <br>
<br>
Boston, USA<br>
November 11-12, 2012<br>
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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 11th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) in
November of 2012 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, USA.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
This surge of interest creates a unique opening to bring together
two communities with a clear commonality of interest but limited
history of interaction. By capitalizing on this opportunity, URSW
could spark dramatic progress toward realizing the Semantic Web
vision. <br>
<br>
AUDIENCE <br>
<br>
The intended audience for this workshop includes the following: <br>
- Researchers in uncertainty reasoning technologies with interest in
Semantic Web and Web-related technologies;<br>
- Semantic web developers and researchers;<br>
- People in the knowledge representation community with interest in
the Semantic Web.<br>
- Ontology researchers and ontological engineers;<br>
- Web services researchers and developers with interest in the
Semantic Web;<br>
- Developers of tools designed to support semantic web
implementation, e.g., Jena developers, Protégé developers, OWL-API
developers.<br>
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TOPIC LIST <br>
<br>
We intend to have an open discussion on any topic relevant to the
general subject of uncertainty in the Semantic Web (including fuzzy
theory, probability theory, and other approaches). Therefore, the
following list should be just an initial guide.<br>
- Syntax and semantics for extensions to Semantic Web languages to
enable representation of uncertainty;<br>
- Logical formalisms to support uncertainty in Semantic Web
languages;<br>
- Probability theory as a means of assessing the likelihood that
terms in different ontologies refer to the same or similar concepts;<br>
- Architectures for applying plausible reasoning to the problem of
ontology mapping;<br>
- Using fuzzy approaches to deal with imprecise concepts within
ontologies;<br>
- The concept of a probabilistic ontology and its relevance to the
Semantic Web;<br>
- Best practices for representing uncertain, incomplete, ambiguous,
or controversial information in the Semantic Web;<br>
- The role of uncertainty as it relates to Web services;<br>
- Interface protocols with support for uncertainty as a means to
improve interoperability among Web services;<br>
- Uncertainty reasoning techniques applied to trust issues in the
Semantic Web;<br>
- Existing implementations of uncertainty reasoning tools in the
context of the Semantic Web;<br>
- Issues and techniques for integrating tools for representing and
reasoning with uncertainty;<br>
- The future of uncertainty reasoning for the Semantic Web.<br>
<br>
IMPORTANT DATES <br>
<br>
July 31, 2012 Paper submissions due<br>
August 21 Paper acceptance notification<br>
September 10 Camera-ready papers due<br>
November 11-12 URSW 2012<tt><br>
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SUBMISSION DETAILS <br>
<br>
The URSW workshop will be accepting submissions of technical papers
and position papers. Each submission will be evaluated for
acceptability by at least three members of the Program Committee.
Decisions about acceptance will be based on relevance to the above
topic list, 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 2012 conference, and
committed to attend the URSW workshop.<br>
<br>
Submissions to the workshop are only accepted in electronic format
and should be sent via the workshop’s submission site: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ursw2012">https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ursw2012</a>.
Papers must be formatted in the style of the Springer publications
format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). This is the
very same format adopted by the ISWC 2011. For complete details, see
Springer’s Author Instructions (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</a>).<br>
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Technical papers submitted to the URSW Workshop must not exceed 12
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 4 pages. Following the general
acceptance rules of the ISWC 2012 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.<br>
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PRESENTATION AND PUBLICATION <br>
<br>
URSW 2012 will be a <font color="#000000">full-day</font> workshop
divided into 4 sessions. The first session will start with the
workshop's keynote presentation, which will be followed by technical
paper presentations. Sessions two and three will be devoted to
presenting our selected technical and position papers, while the
remaining session will be planned in a format that invites an open
debate on results, conclusions, and recommendations. We plan to
convey a work meeting after the workshop, if the last session needs
to be extended.<br>
<br>
All papers accepted to URSW 2012 will be presented during the
workshop and published in the workshop proceedings. Authors of
accepted technical papers will have 20 minutes to present their
work, while authors of accepted position papers will have a
10-minute slot to share their ideas. After each presentation, 5
minutes will be allocated to questions from the audience. Both
technical and position papers will be published in the URSW workshop
proceedings, to be available after the ISWC 2012 Conference.<br>
<br>
In addition, technical papers accepted for presentation at URSW 2012
will be eligible for participating in an international journal
special issue or in a post-proceedings book.<br>
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE <br>
<br>
The organizing committee is as follows (in alphabetical order): <br>
<br>
Fernando Bobillo - University of Zaragoza, Spain<br>
Rommel N. Carvalho - George Mason University, USA<br>
Paulo C. G. Costa - George Mason University, USA<br>
Nicola Fanizzi - University of Bari, Italy<br>
Kathryn B. Laskey - George Mason University, USA<br>
Kenneth J. Laskey - MITRE Corporation, USA<br>
Thomas Lukasiewicz - University of Oxford, UK<br>
Trevor Martin - University of Bristol, UK<br>
Matthias Nickles - Technical University of Munich, Germany <br>
Michael Pool - Vertical Search Works, Inc., USA<br>
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE <br>
<br>
The confirmed members of the program committee are the following (in
<br>
alphabetical order): <br>
<br>
Fernando Bobillo - Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain<br>
Silvia Calegari - University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy <br>
Rommel N. Carvalho - George Mason University, USA<br>
Davide Ceolin - VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands<br>
Paulo C. G. Costa - George Mason University, USA <br>
Fabio G. Cozman - Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil<br>
Nicola Fanizzi - University of Bari, Italy<br>
Marcelo Ladeira - University of Brasilia, Brazil<br>
Kathryn B. Laskey - George Mason University, USA<br>
Kenneth J. Laskey - MITRE Corporation, USA <br>
Thomas Lukasiewicz - University of Oxford, UK<br>
Trevor Martin - University of Bristol, UK<br>
Matthias Nickles - University of Bath, UK <br>
Rafael Peñaloza - Technical University Dresden, Germany<br>
Michael Pool - Vertical Search Works, Inc., USA<br>
Livia Predoiu - University of Magdeburg, Germany<br>
Guilin Qi - Southeast University, China<br>
Célia Ralha - University of Brasilia, Brazil<br>
Dave Robertson - University of Edinburgh, UK<br>
Daniel Sánchez - European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain<br>
Sergej Sizov - University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany<br>
Giorgos Stoilos - National and Technical University of Athens,
Greece<br>
Umberto Straccia - ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy<br>
Matthias Thimm - Universität Koblenz, Germany<br>
Andreas Tolk - Old Dominion University, USA<br>
Peter Vojtas - Charles University, Czech Republic<br>
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We are looking forward to seeing you in Boston!<br>
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