<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">THE 10TH SUMMER SCHOOL ON ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING AND THE SEMANTIC WEB (SSSW 2013)<br>Celebrating 10 years as the premier educational event on semantic web technologies.<br>7-13 July, 2013, Cercedilla, near Madrid, Spain.<br><a href="http://sssw.org/2013">http://sssw.org/2013</a><div><br></div><div>The applications deadline has been extended to 12 April 2013</div><div>See <a href="http://sssw.org/2013/how-to-apply/">http://sssw.org/2013/how-to-apply/</a> for details.</div><div><br>The groundbreaking SSSW series of summer schools started in 2003. It is now a<br>well-established event within the research community and a role model for several<br>other initiatives. In 2013, we will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of SSSW,<br>with a set of tutors comprising leading researchers in the community, prestigious<br>invited speakers, networking and mentoring sessions with research and industry<br>leaders (including former students of the school), and of course, an exciting<br>social programme in one of the most beautiful locations in Spain.<br><br>To ensure a high ratio between tutors and students the school will be limited to<br>50 participants. Applications for the summer school will close on 12 April 2013.<br><br>From the very beginning the school pioneered an innovative pedagogical approach,<br>combining the practical with the theoretical, and adding teamwork and a<br>competitive element to the mix. Specifically, tutorial/lecture material is<br>augmented with hands-on practical workshops and we ensure that the sessions<br>complement each other by linking them to group projects. Work on developing and<br>presenting a project in cooperation with other participants serves as a means of<br>consolidating the knowledge and skills gained from lectures and practical sessions.<br>It also introduces an element of competition among teams, as prizes are awarded<br>to the best projects at the end of the week. Participants will be provided with<br>electronic versions of all course lectures and all necessary tools and environments<br>for the hands-on sessions. PC access with all tools pre-installed will be available<br>on site as well. SSSW 2013 will provide a stimulating and enjoyable environment<br>in which participants will benefit not only from the formal and practical sessions<br>but also from informal and social interactions with established researchers and<br>the other participants to the school. To further facilitate interaction and exchange<br>of ideas, a poster session will also take place, which will provide an opportunity<br>for attendees to present and obtain feedback on their research.<br><br>TOPICS<br><br>Linked Data / Web of Data<br>Ontology Engineering<br>Ontology Design<br>Knowledge Representation<br>Semantic Web Applications<br>Ontology Matching and Alignment<br>Semantic and Language Technologies<br>Knowledge Management<br>Semantic Search<br>Recommender Systems<br>Web Intelligence<br>Multimedia Semantic Web<br>Social Semantic Web and Sensor Web<br>Semantic Web and Multimedia<br><br>ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<br><br>Mathieu d'Aquin (Director), <a href="mailto:m.daquin@open.ac.uk">m.daquin@open.ac.uk</a><br>Oscar Corcho (Co-Director), <a href="mailto:ocorcho@fi.upm.es">ocorcho@fi.upm.es</a><br>Enrico Motta (Founder), <a href="mailto:e.motta@open.ac.uk">e.motta@open.ac.uk</a><br>Asun Gomez-Perez (Co-Founder), <a href="mailto:asun@fi.upm.es">asun@fi.upm.es</a><br><br>TUTORS AND INVITED SPEAKERS<br><br>Harith Alani (The Open University, UK)</div><div>Mathieu d'Aquin (The Open University, UK)<br>Sean Bechhofer (University of Manchester, UK)<br>Fabio Ciravegna (University of Sheffield, UK)<br>Oscar Corcho (UPM, Spain)<br>Tommaso Di Noia (Technical University of Bari, Italy)<br>Jérôme Euzenat (INRIA and LIG, France)<br>Aldo Gangemi (ISTC-CNR, Italy)<br>Asun Gomez-Perez (UPM, Spain)</div><div>Lynda Hardman (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, The Netherlands)<br>Frank van Harmelen (Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)<br>Manfred Hauswirth (DERI, Ireland)<br>Peter Mika (Yahoo! Research Barcelona, Spain)<br>Enrico Motta (The Open University, UK)<br>Natasha Noy (Stanford University, US)<br>Valentina Presutti (ISTC-CNR, Italy)<br>Raphaël Troncy (EURECOM, France)<br><br>HOW TO APPLY<br><br>We welcome applicants from anywhere in the world. Normally, but not exclusively,<br>applicants will be postgraduate students in relevant disciplines with some knowledge<br>of semantic and web technologies. Some basic acquaintance with knowledge<br>representation languages for the Semantic Web (RDF, OWL, etc.) is required.<br><br>Application should be sent by filling the application form, as well as sending a CV to </div><div><a href="mailto:application@sssw13.org">application@sssw13.org</a> (see <a href="http://sssw.org/2013/how-to-apply/">http://sssw.org/2013/how-to-apply/</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>The deadline for applications will be 12 April 2013.<br><br>Accepted candidates are expected to arrive on Sunday, July 7th, between 3pm and<br>6pm and to participate fully in the activities of the school until its conclusion,<br>at 2pm on Saturday, July 13th. Applicants should keep in mind that we will not<br>consider applications from students who cannot commit themselves to a full participation </div><div>for the whole duration of the school. Students are also required to bring and present a </div><div>poster at the summer school, describing their own research.</div><br>Apart from activities directly related to lectures, the summer school schedule is rightly <div>famous for its unrivalled social programme, which enables informal interaction between </div><div>all participants to the school - i.e., students, tutors, invited speakers, school staff, etc. </div><div>These events include a gala dinner, walks in the mountain, discos, and sport activities.<div><br>STUDENT GRANTS<br><br>We expect to provide a number of grants for students who would not otherwise be<br>able to attend the school. More details about student grants will be published<br>at a later date.<br><br>VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION<br><br>Cercedilla is a small village in the mountains near Madrid, located in a beautiful<br>conservation area. The school will be held in the Residence of the Universidad<br>Politecnica de Madrid, which provides comfortable accommodation in individual<br>rooms with en suite bathrooms, as well as access to a range of nearby activities,<br>including a fresh-water swimming pool.<br><br>The nearest airport is Madrid-Barajas. Participants will be able to use local rail<br>links from Madrid to Cercedilla.<br><br>More information about how to reach Cercedilla can be found at<br><a href="http://sssw.org/2013/venue-details/">http://sssw.org/2013/venue-details/</a><br><br>The cost of the summer school, including accommodation, meals and excursion </div><div>will be 900€.<br><br></div></div><p><br>
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