[DL] CFP: RR2007 - The First International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems

[Pascal Hitzler]

CALL FOR PAPERS

RR 2007
The First International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems
7-8 June 2007, Innsbruck (Austria)
NEW DEADLINE for paper submission: 6 Feb 2007

Web site: http://www.wrrs.info

INTRODUCTION

The International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems (RR) aims
to be the major forum for discussion and dissemination of new results on 
all topics concerning Web Reasoning and Rule Systems.
RR 2007 brings together three previously separate events:
the International Workshop on Principles and Practice of Semantic Web 
Reasoning (PPSWR), the International Conference on Rules and Rule Markup 
Languages for the Semantic Web (RuleML), and the International Workshop 
on Reasoning on the Web (RoW).

This joint conference is devoted to all aspects of Semantic Web 
Reasoning, with an emphasis on rule-based approaches and languages. It 
welcomes both theoretical and practical submissions on this wide subject.

The reasoning landscape features theoretical areas such as knowledge 
representation (KR) and algorithms; design aspects of rule markup; 
design of ontology languages; engineering of engines, translators, and 
other tools; standardization efforts, such as the Rules Interchange 
Format activity at W3C; and applications. Of particular interest is also 
the use of rules to facilitate ontology modeling, and the relationships 
and possible interactions between rules and ontology languages like RDF 
and OWL, as well as ontology reasoning related to RDF and OWL.

The conference is supported by REWERSE and RuleML, and conveniently 
co-located with ESWC.

SUBMISSIONS

RR 2007 welcomes original research and application papers dealing with
web reasoning and rule systems, with particular attention to the topics
listed below.
Submissions are expected by 6 Feb 2007
and should not exceed fifteen (15) pages in Springer LNCS format (see 
http://www.wrrs.info).
The proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series, and 
revised versions of the best papers will be submitted for publication in 
the prestigious International Journal Knowledge and Information Systems 
(KAIS).

Papers may be accepted as:
full papers (15 pages in the proceedings)
short papers (8 pages in the proceedings)
selected posters (1 page in the proceedings)

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: 6 February 2007
Notification: 9 March, 2007
Camera-Ready Papers due: 19 March, 2007
Conference: 7-8 June, 2007

CONFERENCE TOPICS

Submissions on all topics related to web reasoning and rules systems are
welcomed, including (but not limited to) the following:

Acquisition of rules and ontologies by knowledge extraction
Combining open and closed-world reasoning
Combining rules and ontologies
Design and analysis of reasoning languages
Implemented tools and systems
Standardization efforts
Ontology and rules usability
Ontology and rule languages and their relationships
Rules and ontology management (such as inconsistency handling and evolution)
Reasoning with uncertainty and under inconsistency
Reasoning with constraints
Rule languages and systems
Rule interchange formats and Rule markup languages
Scalability vs. expressivity of reasoning on the web
Modularization of rules and ontologies
Semantic Web Services modeling and applications
Web and Semantic Web applications

COMMITTEES
Program Chairs:

     * Massimo Marchiori, UNIPD (IT)
     * Jeff Z. Pan, University of Aberdeen (UK)

Industrial Chair:

     * Christian de Sainte Marie, ILOG (FR)

General Chair:

     * Riccardo Rosati, Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza (IT)

Steering Committee (in progress):

     * Harold Boley, University of New Brunswick (CA)
     * Francois Bry, University of Munich (DE)
     * Thomas Eiter, Technische Universitat Wien (AT)
     * Pascal Hitzler, University of Karlsruhe (DE)
     * Michael Kifer, State University of New York (US)
     * Massimo Marchiori, UNIPD (IT)
     * Jeff Z. Pan, University of Aberdeen (UK)
     * Riccardo Rosati, Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza (IT)
     * Christian de Sainte Marie, ILOG (FR)
     * Michael Schroeder, TU Dresden (DE)
     * Holger Wache, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)

Program Committee: see http://www.wrrs.info