[CFP] Cognitive Computing Track @ The 33rd ACM Symposium on Applied Computing - ACM SAC 2018

[Mauro Dragoni]

Dear All,

in the next edition of ACM SAC, we will host a Cognitive Computing track where we inserted the Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining as one of the main topics.

I hope that you will be able to submit a contribution.

Best.

Mauro.

==== Cognitive Computing Track @ The 33rd ACM Symposium on Applied Computing - ACM SAC 2018 - Call for Paper ====

Cognitive Computing Track website: https://coco.fbk.eu/sac2018

ACM SAC 2018 website: http://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2018/

Dates: April 9-13, 2018

Venue: Pau, France

*** Aim & Scope ***

The SAC2018 special track on Cognitive Computing (http://coco.fbk.eu/sac2018) aims to promote a forum for scientists, engineers and practitioners, in academia and industry, to share and discuss latest advances, breakthrough results, and real-world experiences in the Cognitive Computing area. This is an interdisciplinary emerging research area, at the core of Artificial Intelligence, investigating the development of self-learning systems, that naturally interact with humans in complex environments, and are capable to adapt to context and changes in language and meaning.

Original and unpublished papers dealing with all facets of the Cognitive Computing area --- such as Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Audio and Video Analysis, Computer-Human Interaction, Neuroscience and Cognition --- are invited.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Cognitive Knowledge Acquisition

---- Frameworks for acquiring Cognitive Knowledge

---- Tools and Methodologies for Cognitive Knowledge acquisition

---- Natural Language Processing for Cognitive Knowledge acquisition

---- Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining

---- Linguistic Resources and Cognitive Knowledge Acquisition

---- Machine Learning techniques (e.g., Deep Learning) for Cognitive Knowledge acquisition

---- Acquisition from media other than text (e.g., audio, video, images)

---- Linked Data and Cognitive Knowledge Acquisition

---- Emerging approaches for Cognitive Knowledge acquisition (e.g., crowd­based approaches).

---- Principled evaluation of acquired Cognitive Knowledge

- Representing, Formalizing and Reasoning with Cognitive Knowledge

---- Ontologies for Cognitive Systems

---- Representation languages for Cognitive Knowledge

---- Reasoning about Cognitive Knowledge

- Development of Cognitive Systems

---- Architectures for Cognitive Systems

---- Scalability of Cognitive Systems

---- Complex Cognitive Systems

---- Fuzzy Cognitive Systems

- Applications

---- Real­world applications that exploit Cognitive Knowledge

---- Cognitive Systems for Big Data scenarios

---- Cognitive Techniques for Deep Learning

---- Cognitive Techniques for Persuasion and Recommender Systems

---- Cognitive Robotics

---- Cognitive Techniques for Information Retrieval

---- Deployment of Cognitive Systems in specific domains. For example:

------- Digital Humanities and Social Sciences

------- eGovernment and public administration

------- Life sciences, health and medicine

------- Social Media, News, and Data Streams

*** Paper Submission ***

Research papers and experience reports related to the above topics are solicited. Submissions must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. Papers should be submitted in PDF using the ACM-SAC proceedings format via the SAC 2018 website. Authors' names and affiliations should be entered separately at the submission site and not appear in the submitted papers. Each submission will be reviewed in a DOUBLE-BLIND process according to the ACM-SAC Regulations. Student Research Competition submissions are welcome (see www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2018/pdf/SAC2018-CFSRC.pdf for details).

Full papers are limited to 8 pages, in camera-ready format, included in the registration fee. Authors have the option to include up to two (2) extrapages at additional fee of US$80 per page. 

Posters are limited to 3 pages, in camera-ready format, included in the registration fee. Authors have the option to include only one (1) extra page at additional fee of US$80.

SRC Abstracts are limited to 2 pages, in camera-ready format, included in the registration fee. No extra pages allowed.

*** Submission sites: ***

(for regular papers) https://www.softconf.com/i/sac2018/

(for SRC papers) https://www.softconf.com/i/sac-src2018/

Paper selection is based on the originality, technical contribution, presentation quality, and relevance to the Cognitive Computing Track. Some papers may be accepted as posters.

Authors of selected papers of the Cognitive Computing track will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a forthcoming Special Issue in Progress in Artificial Intelligence (Springer journal).

*** Important Dates ***

September 15, 2017: Regular Paper & SRC Abstract Submission Due - EXTENDED

November 10, 2017: Author Notification

November 25, 2017: Camera­ ready copies of accepted papers/SRC

December 10, 2017: Author Registration Due

*** Track Co­Chairs ***

Mauro Dragoni, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) ­ dra...@fbk.eu

Marco Rospocher, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) ­ rosp...@fbk.eu

*** Programme Committee ***

Tanvi Banerjee, Kno.e.sis (Wright State University), USA

Valerio Basile, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France

Loris Bozzato, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Elena Cabrio, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France

Gerard Casamayor, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

Philipp Cimiano, University of Bielefeld, Germany

Francesco Corcoglioniti, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Chiara Di Francescomarino, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Antske Fokkens, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ilias Gialampoukidis, CERTH, Greece

Marco Guerini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Antonio Lieto, University of Turin, Italy

Dimitrios Liparas, CERTH, Greece

Vasileios Mezaris, CERTH, Greece

Lyndon Nixon, University of Modul, Austria

Alessandro Oltramari, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Matteo Palmonari, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Simone Paolo Ponzetto, Universität Mannheim, Germany

Giuseppe Rizzo, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Italy

Kamal Rossi, Kyung Hee University, South Korea

Silvia Rossi, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy

Rafal Rzepka, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Sara Tonelli, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Marieke van Erp, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jacco van Ossenbruggen, CWI Amsterdam, Netherlands

Piek Vossen, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands

... more to come.

*** General Inquiries ***

For further information, please visit SAC Cognitive Computing Track and SAC 2017 conference websites (http://www.sigapp.org/sac/sac2018/) or feel free to contact the Track Co­Chairs.