Fwd: 2nd CFP: Diversity++ workshop @ ISWC 2015

[Rinke Hoekstra]

Apologies for cross posts

This workshop may be of interest to some of you. It explicitly mentions law as a domain where semantic web is underrepresented.

Best,
Rinke

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From: Raghava Mutharaju <m.vijay...@gmail.com>
Date: wo 17 jun. 2015 at 20:06
Subject: 2nd CFP: Diversity++ workshop @ ISWC 2015
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Cc: claudia...@uniba.it <claudia...@uniba.it>, Freddy Lecue <freddy...@ie.ibm.com>, Tom Narock <tna...@marymount.edu>, Fabian Wirth <fabian...@uni-passau.de>

Dear PC member,

Please forward the CFP to your group as well as to other groups whose interests might be aligned with that of the workshop. Also, please consider making a submission. CFP in pdf, txt format is attached.

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Diversity++ workshop co-located with the 14th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2015 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA 

Workshop website: http://dase.cs.wright.edu/activities/diversity2015

Submission deadline: July 1, 2015

 

Objectives

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Semantic Web technologies are used in many diverse domains. Mainstream applications of Semantic Technologies now include Bioinformatics and healthcare with Smart cities an up and coming domain. Domains such as oceanography, astronomy, finance, and law utilize Semantic Technologies, but are generally under-represented in the broader Semantic Web community. This workshop aims at bridging this gap and leading to more widespread adoption of Semantic Web principles.

Topics of Interest

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The primary aim of the workshop is to discuss non-regular, underrepresented and diverse topics related to the Semantic Web domain including work-in-progress, feasible ideas, failures and lessons learned. This covers a broad spectrum of topics across multiple disciplines. Some examples include, but are definitely not limited to the following.

1) Inter-disciplinary research (combination of Semantic Web technologies and other Science) in unconventional domains.

a) Experimental, non-traditional application of mathematics, machine learning, or information retrieval in Semantic Web context.

b) Semantic Web applications in non-regular fields such as astronomy, geosciences, music, law, finance etc.

2) Development of vocabulary and models in the context of Semantic Web for unconventional domains.

a) Quantitative measurements and statistical analysis of Semantic Web systems and models including Markov Chain models, UML etc.

b) Integration of probabilistic and ontological models for knowledge discovery

3) Position papers and research agendas for the injection of Semantic Web technologies in other domains (e.g. soft sciences and the liberal arts)

Submission Information

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Contributions are solicited in the form of short papers (4 pages) and long papers (12 pages) in LNCS format. All contributions should be prepared in PDF format and should be submitted through the workshop submission site at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=diversity2015.

Important dates

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Paper submission deadline: July 1, 2015

Paper notification: August 5, 2015

Camera ready copy: August 19, 2015

Workshop: October 11th or 12th, 2015

Organization

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Claudia d'Amato, University of Bari, Italy

Freddy Lécué, IBM Research, Ireland

Raghava Mutharaju, Wright State University, USA

Thomas Narock, Marymount University, USA

Fabien Wirth, University of Passau, Germany

Program Committee (to be completed)

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Marshall Ma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Adam Shepherd, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA

Stefan Brüggemann, Airbus Defence and Space, Germany

Derek Doran, Wright State University, USA

Ramakanth Kavuluru, University of Kentucky, USA

Jeff Z. Pan, The University of Aberdeen, UK

Natalia Díaz Rodríguez, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Pompeu Casanovas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Andreas Thalhammer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Rinke Hoekstra, Vrije University Amsterdam, Netherland

Anna Lisa Gentile, The University of Sheffield, UK