[DL] Call for Tutorials: 3rd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2006)
Valentina Tamma
V.A.M.Tamma at csc.liv.ac.uk
Fri Sep 23 17:36:06 CEST 2005
***Apologies for multiple postings***
C a l l f o r T u t o r i a l s
3rd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2006)
11 ñ 14 June 2006
Budva (Montenegro)
http://www.eswc2006.org/
DESCRIPTION
The vision of the Semantic Web is to enhance todayís web via the
exploitation
of machine-processable meta data. The explicit representation of the
semantics
of data, accompanied by domain theories (ontologies), will create a
web that
provides a qualitatively new level of service - weaving together an
incredibly
large network of human knowledge complemented by machine inference. A
variety
of automated services will help users to achieve goals by accessing
and pro-
viding information in a machine-understandable form. This process
will ulti-
mately lead to knowledgeable systems based composed of specialized
reasoning
services and systems. Many technologies and methodologies are being
developed
within the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Human Language Technology,
Machine Learning, Databases, Distributed Systems, Software
Engineering and
Information Systems which are able to contribute towards this vision.
The 3rd European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2006) will showcase
the latest
results in the research and application in semantic web technologies
- including
knowledge mark-up languages, semantic web services, ontology
management. The
ESWC 2006 will also feature a special industry-oriented event
providing European
industry with an opportunity to engage with the semantic web
community in a
meaningful manner. For further information see the ESWC 2006 homepage at
http://www.eswc2006.org/.
In addition to the regular research and workshop programme, ESWC 2006
invites
tutorials on relevant topics of interest. A tutorial should present
the state
of the art of a semantic web area enabling attendees to fully
appreciate the
current issues, main schools of thought and possible application areas.
Proposals for tutorials are welcome for the ESWC 2006 topics of interest
(see bottom); tutorial proposals are requested to follow the submission
process defined below.
TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
ESWC 2006 tutorials may be either for a full day or for a half day.
Unless there
is a clear rationale we will give preference to half day tutorials
over full day
tutorials.
Tutorials proposed for the ESWC 2006 should cover one topic in
appropriate depth
(see ESWC 2006 topics below), and present this in a appropriate
manner which
enables attendees to fully comprehend and apply emerging Semantic
Web techno-
logies. Although tutorials may focus entirely on theoretical aspects,
we strongly
encourage hands-on sessions where appropriate.
Tutorial proposals should not exceed 5 pages in DIN A4 format and
should contain
the following information:
- abstract (200 words maximum; to be published on ESWC 2006 website)
- tutorial description (aims, content, presentation style, technical
requirements)
- relevance of the tutorial to ESWC 2006
- outline of the tutorial content and schedule
- information on presenters (name, affiliation, expertise,
experiences in teaching and
in tutorial presentation)
Tutorial proposals are to be submitted to Michael Stollberg,
email: michael.stollberg at deri.org.
Submitted proposals that follow the above guidelines will be reviewed
by the ESWC 2006
organizing committee with respect to the relevance of the topic, the
content, and the
presentation style.
Important Dates:
- submission deadline for tutorial proposals: 28 November 2005
- notification of acceptance: 19 December 2005
- tutorial hand-outs due: 31 March 2006
- tutorial presentation date: 11 / 12 June 2006
For accepted tutorials, the presenters will need to submit the
material for hand-outs (the
slide sets and / or additional information; software installation and
usage guides for
practical hands-on sessions) to the organization committee for pre-
printing and
placement on the ESWC 2006 website.
Accepted tutorials will receive 1 free registration to the ESWC 2006
(full registration
incl. tutorial, workshop, conference, reception and conference dinner).
TOPIC LIST
The topics of interest for tutorials include, but are not limited to
the following:
- 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
TUTORIAL CHAIR
Michael Stollberg (DERI Austria), michael.stollberg at deri.org
Valentina Tamma
Agent ART Group
Department of Computer Science
University of Liverpool
tel +44-151-794 6797
fax +44-151-794 3715
www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~valli
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