[isem2012] CFP I-SEMANTICS 2012, 8th International Conference on Semantic Systems, Graz

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Call for Papers

I-SEMANTICS 2012
8th International Conference on Semantic Systems

Graz, Austria, 5 - 7 September 2012
http://www.i-semantics.at

including
Call for Submissions
5th Linked Data Cup

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I-SEMANTICS proceedings published by ACM ICPS
Important Dates (Research&  Application Papers&  I-Challenge)
+	Submission Deadline : April 2, 2012
+	Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012
+	Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012
Important Dates (Posters&  Demo Papers&  PhD Track)
+	Submission Deadline: May 21, 2012
+	Notification of Acceptance: June 18, 2012
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Hashtag for I-SEMANTICS 2012:  #isem2012



Scope
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I-SEMANTICS 2012 (www.i-semantics.at) is the 8th International Conference=
 within the I-SEMANTICS series. I-SEMANTICS 2012 brings together both res=
earchers and practitioners in the areas of Semantic Technologies, Linked =
Data and the Semantic Web in order to showcase cutting edge research, dem=
onstrators and applications for the Corporate and Social Semantic Web.
I-SEMANTICS 2012 is proud to announce the new format =EF=BF=BDI-CHALLENGE=
=EF=BF=BD, which brings to you the 5th Linked Data Cup (formerly Triplifi=
cation Challenge), the Best Paper Award and the Best Poster Award.
As in the past years the I-SEMANTICS Conference will be complemented by I=
-KNOW (www.i-know.at), the 12th International Conference on Knowledge Man=
agement, aiming to reflect the increasing importance and convergence of k=
nowledge management and semantic systems.

Topics
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As a conference aiming to bring together science and industry, I-SEMANTIC=
S encourages scientific research and application-oriented contributions i=
n the field of Semantic Technologies, Semantic Web and Linked Data. The t=
opics of interest for this year=EF=BF=BDs conference include but are not =
limited to:

The Web of Data
+	(Large scale) triplification of existing (structured) data
+	Vocabularies, taxonomies and schemas for the Web of Data
+	Querying, searching and browsing over the Web of Data
+	Data integration and interlinking for the Web of Data
+	User interaction and innovative visualizations for the Web of Data
+	Languages, tools and methodologies for representing, managing and reaso=
ning on the Web of Data
+	(Mashup) applications utilizing (large scale) Linked Data resources
+	Recommender systems making use of the Web of Data
+	Integrating microposts into the Web of Data
+	Linked Enterprise Data and (Open) Linked Government Data
+	Connecting the Web of Data with real world sensor data
+	Location-based services and mobile semantic applications

Quality of Semantic Data on the Web
+	Provenance information for the Web of Data
+	Large scale ontology inspection and repair
+	Co-reference detection and dataset reconciliation
+	Maintenance of Linked Data models
+	Trust, privacy and security in Semantic Web applications

Corporate Semantic Web
+	Corporate thesauri, business vocabularies, ontologies and rules
+	Semantic business, e-commerce and m-commerce systems
+	Semantic procurement for enterprises and governments
+	Semantics, pragmatics and semiotics in organizations
+	Enterprise trust and reputation management=09

Semantic Content Engineering
+	Collaborative ontology engineering
+	Ontology modularity, alignment and merging
+	Ontology design patterns and life cycle management
+	Ontology learning and knowledge acquisition
+	Quality criteria for collaboratively generated semantic content
+	Semantic annotation and tagging
+	Making sense of microposts
+	Semantic content management systems

Semantic Multimedia
+	Semantic-driven multimedia applications
+	Multimedia ontologies and infrastructures
+	Content-based semantic multimedia analysis and data mining
+	Semantic-driven multimedia indexing and retrieval
+	Named entity recognition and disambiguation in multimedia documents
+	Human-computer interfaces for multimedia data access
+	Smart visualization and browsing of multimedia documents
+	User-generated semantic metadata for multimedia documents

Studies, Metrics&  Benchmarks
+	Case studies of and benchmarks in semantic systems usage
+	Evaluation perspectives, methods and Semantic Web research methodologie=
s
+	Technology assessment, acceptance/media choice theories
+	Usability and user interaction with semantic technologies
+	Applications with clear lessons learned or evaluations

(Linked) Data Ecosystems&  Markets
+	Economic foundations of data assets, markets and data crowd sourcing
+	Business and governance models for data commerce
+	Production principles and measures of data creation, curation and utili=
zation
+	Business models and economic impacts of Linked (Enterprise) Data and/or=
 large scale semantic systems
+	Case studies for sector-specific (Linked) Data strategies




I-SEMANTICS Submission Information
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All accepted full papers and short papers of I-SEMANTICS 2012 will be pub=
lished in the digital library of the ACM ICP series. Please note: Poster =
and Demo papers are planned to be published at CEUR-WS. PhD papers will b=
e published via Slideshare.

Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publica=
tion elsewhere. Papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatti=
ng (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and must =
be submitted via the online submission system available at the conference=
 website as PDF documents (other formats will not be accepted). For the c=
amera-ready version, we will also need the source files (Latex, Word Perf=
ect, Word).
The publication will be available under the following ISBN: 978-1-4503-11=
12-0

Research/Application Papers
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Research papers report on novel research and/or applications relevant to =
the topics of the conference. The number of pages of research papers is l=
imited to 8 pages for full papers and 4 pages for short papers including =
references and an optional appendix.

Important Dates (Research&  Application Papers)
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+	Submission Deadline : April 2, 2012
+	Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012
+	Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012


Posters, Demos&  PhD Track
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The conference also particularly welcomes the submission of posters, demo=
nstrations, and PhD track submissions. The Posters, Demonstrations&  PhD =
Track complements the Research Paper Track and offers an opportunity for =
presenting late-breaking research results, ongoing research projects, and=
 speculative or innovative work in progress.

The informal setting of the Posters&  Demonstrations Track encourages pre=
senters and participants to engage in discussions about the presented wor=
k. Such discussions can be invaluable inputs for the future work of the p=
resenters, while offering participants an effective way to broaden their =
knowledge of the emerging research trends and to network with other resea=
rchers. Poster and demo submissions should consist of a 2-3 page descript=
ion that allows us to judge the quality of your presentation. For publica=
tion at CEUR-WS, the accepted paper has to be extended to 5 pages.

The objective of the PhD Track is to provide doctoral students with a for=
um to present and discuss their research projects with experienced resear=
chers (=EF=BF=BDmentors=EF=BF=BD) and fellow students. It addresses PhD s=
tudents at an early stage of their doctoral studies, who want to receive =
feedback from internationally recognized researchers. Ideally, participan=
ts will have a well-defined problem statement and precise questions to di=
scuss with their mentor. Applicants should be PhD students (from any coun=
try), conducting ongoing research in the areas of semantic technologies, =
Linked Data and the Semantic Web.

PhD track submissions should consist of up to 1.500 words and contain the=
 following:
+	Name, affiliation and contact details of the PhD student
+	Name(s) of the supervisor(s)
+	Summary of the research project, including:
+	Problem: research questions, motivation, state of the art and relevance=
 for the fields of Semantic Technologies, Linked Data and Semantic Web
+	Approach: (planned) approach and methodology
+	Current status / timeline: current status of the work and any results t=
hat have already been reached plus outlook to future work
+	A list of key questions that the PhD student wants to discuss during th=
e event

Submissions will be reviewed by experienced researchers; each submission =
will receive detailed feedback. The program committee will select partici=
pants who will give a short presentation about their research project dur=
ing the I-SEMANTICS PhD Track. Main focus of the event is on discussion, =
support and solving open questions.#

Important Dates (Posters&  Demo Papers&  PhD Track)
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+	Submission Deadline: May 21, 2012
+	Notification of Acceptance: June 18, 2012



I-CHALLENGE
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For the first time in 2012 we will bring to you the I-CHALLENGE, consisti=
ng of the Best Research/Application Paper Award, the Best Poster Award, t=
he Best PhD Paper Award and the Linked Data Cup. While the best paper wil=
l be selected by the program committee, the Best Poster will be voted by =
the conference audience via online voting. (Please expect more details fo=
r all the Best Paper Awards in the weeks to come.) Information on the Lin=
ked Data Cup can be found below:

Linked Data Cup 2012
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The yearly organised Linked Data Cup (formerly Triplification Challenge) =
awards prizes to the most promising innovation involving linked data. Fou=
r different technological topics are addressed: triplification, interlink=
ing, cleansing, and application mash-ups. The Linked Data Cup invites sci=
entists and practitioners to submit novel and innovative (5 star) linked =
data sets and applications built on linked data technology.
Although more and more data is triplified and published as RDF and linked=
 data, the question arises how to evaluate the usefulness of such approac=
hes. The Linked Data Cup therefore requires all submissions to include a =
concrete use case and problem statement alongside a solution (triplified =
data set, interlinking/cleansing approach, linked data application) that =
showcases the usefulness of linked data. Submissions that can provide mea=
surable benefits of employing linked data over traditional methods are pr=
eferred.
Note that the call is not limited to any domain or target group. We accep=
t submissions ranging from value-added business intelligence use cases to=
 scientific networks to the longest tail of information domains. The only=
 strict requirement is that the employment of linked data is very well mo=
tivated and also justified (i.e. we rank approaches higher that provide s=
olutions, which could not have been realised without linked data, even if=
 they lack technical or scientific brilliance).

Evaluation Criteria
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The submissions will be initially evaluated with a well-known five star r=
anking system. Furthermore, entries will be assessed according to the ext=
ent to which they
1.	motivate the relevancy of their use case for their respective domain;
2.	justify the adequacy of linked data technologies for their solution;
3.	demonstrate that all alternatives to linked data would have resulted i=
n an inferior solution;
4.	provide an evaluation that can measure the benefits of linked data

Topics
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Ideas for topics include (but are not limited to):
+	Improving traditional approaches with help of linked data
+	Linked data use in science and education
+	Linked data supported multimedia applications
+	Linked data in the open source context
+	Web annotation
+	Generic applications
+	Internationalization of linked data
+	Visualization of linked data
+	Linked government data
+	Business models based on linked data
+	Recommender systems supported by linked data
+	Integrating microposts with linked data
+	Distributed social web based on linked data
+	Linked data sensor networks

Submission and Reviewing
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Submissions to the Linked Data Cup will be reviewed by members of the Lin=
ked Data Cup Board and invited experts from the Linked Data community.
Submissions should consist of 4 pages and must be original and must not h=
ave been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should follow the AC=
M ICPS guidelines for formatting as accepted submissions will be publishe=
d in the I-SEMANTICS 2012 proceedings in the digital library of the ACM I=
CP series. Please read the submission page for detailed information on ho=
w to submit.

Important Dates (Linked Data Cup)
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+	Submission Deadline : April 2, 2012
+	Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2012
+	Camera-Ready Paper: June 4, 2012



I-SEMANTICS Committee
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Scientific Chair
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+	Harald Sack (Hasso-Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engineering)

Program Chairs
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+	H. Sofia Pinto (Technical University of Lisbon)
+	Valentina Presutti (Institute for Cognitive Science and Technology, Rom=
e)

Track Chairs
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+	I-CHALLENGE:
+	Sebastian Hellmann (University of Leipzig)
+	J=EF=BF=BDrg Waitelonis (Hasso-Plattner-Institute for IT Systems Engine=
ering)
+	PhD Track Chair: Katrin Weller (Heinrich Heine University D=EF=BF=BDsse=
ldorf)
+	Poster Chair: Steffen Lohmann (University of Stuttgart)

Industry Chair
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+	Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company)

Conference Chair
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+	Tassilo Pellegrini (Semantic Web Company / University of Applied Scienc=
es St. P=EF=BF=BDlten, Austria)

Program Committee
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Please go to: http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/scientific-track/program-commi=
ttee/




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