Call for Papers
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Invited Session "Advanced Knowledge-based Systems" 
(http://si.deis.unical.it/~cuzzocrea/KES2011/) of the LNCS/LNAI 15th 
International Conference on Knowledge-based and Intelligent Information 
& Engineering Systems (KES 2011) (http://kes2011.kesinternational.org/), 
September 12-14, 2011, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Selected papers from the session will be invited for submission to a 
special issue of a top-quality journal. During the previous editions, 
selected papers have been invited to special issues of Data & Knowledge 
Engineering 
(http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505608/description#description), 
Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home).

Aim and Scope
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Modern intelligent information systems require more and more for 
advanced knowledge representation, management, and discovery tools and 
techniques to be implemented within their core layers. This poses new 
challenges on the issue of devising innovative methodologies and 
paradigms in the context of a broad umbrella encompassing several 
research topics ranging from knowledge representation to knowledge 
integration, from knowledge management to knowledge processing, from 
knowledge discovery to knowledge delivery, and from knowledge security 
to privacy preserving knowledge. These argumentations put the basis for 
a novel class of intelligent systems, the so-called Advanced 
Knowledge-based Systems, which should be reasonably intended as 
intelligent information systems where knowledge representation, 
management, and discovery are emphasized in order to achieve complex 
functionalities beyond those of traditional information-oriented 
methodologies.

Advanced Knowledge-based Systems arise in many fields: Advanced Database 
Management Systems, Advanced Data Warehouse Systems, Complex Data Mining 
Tools, OLAP Systems, Machine Learning Tools, Data/Information 
Integration Systems, Enterprise Information Systems, Business 
Information Systems, Cooperative Information Systems, Collaborative 
Information Systems, Complex Intelligent Information Systems, Hybrid 
Information Systems, Workflow Management Systems, Process Mining 
Systems, Ontology Representation and Management Systems, Web 
Intelligence Systems, Grid and Web Services Architectures, Data Stream 
Management Systems, Sensor Network Data Analysis Tools, and so forth.

In all these research fields, despite some recent advancements, various 
aspects need to be further investigated, among which: formal 
foundations, knowledge representation methodologies and techniques, 
knowledge management methodologies and techniques, knowledge integration 
methodologies and techniques, knowledge processing methodologies and 
algorithms, knowledge discovery methodologies and algorithms, knowledge 
pattern extraction methodologies and algorithms, knowledge delivery 
methodologies and techniques, knowledge security methodologies and 
techniques, privacy preserving knowledge methodologies and techniques, 
advanced database management methodologies and algorithms, advanced 
query languages and techniques, database integration methodologies and 
techniques, ETL methodologies and algorithms, OLAP data cube computation 
and query processing techniques, data warehouse integration 
methodologies and techniques, data mining and machine learning 
algorithms and techniques, complex data mining techniques (e.g., 
multi-relational data mining), cooperative information processing 
methodologies and techniques, collaborative information processing 
methodologies and techniques, process representation and management 
methodologies and techniques, ontology representation and management 
methodologies and techniques, Web/Grid representation and management 
methodologies and techniques, data stream query languages, data stream 
information processing methodologies and techniques, and so forth.

Following the success of the (previous) Invited Sessions (i) Advanced 
Knowledge-based Systems (http://si.deis.unical.it/~cuzzocrea/KES2008/) 
of the 12nd International Conference on Knowledge-based and Intelligent 
Information & Engineering Systems (KES 2008) 
(http://kes2008.kesinternational.org/), held in Zagreb, Croatia, during 
September 3-5, 2008, (ii) Advanced Knowledge-based Systems 
(http://si.deis.unical.it/~cuzzocrea/KES2009/) of the 13th International 
Conference on Knowledge-based and Intelligent Information & Engineering 
Systems (KES 2009) (http://kes2009.kesinternational.org/), held in 
Santiago, Chile, during September 28-30, 2009, (iii) Advanced 
Knowledge-based Systems (http://si.deis.unical.it/~cuzzocrea/KES2010/) 
of the 14th International Conference on Knowledge-based and Intelligent 
Information & Engineering Systems (KES 2010) 
(http://kes2010.kesinternational.org/), held in Cardiff, Wales, UK, 
during September 8-10, 2010, the Invited Session Advanced 
Knowledge-based Systems of the 15th International Conference on 
Knowledge-based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES 
2011) (http://kes2011.kesinternational.org/), to be held in 
Kaiserslautern, Germany, during September 12-14, 2011, focuses on these 
aspects, by posing the emphasis on a theoretical as well as a practical 
point of view, and provides a forum for researchers and practitioners 
interested in Advanced Knowledge-based Systems to meet and exchange 
preliminary ideas and mature results.

Conference Location
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University of Kaiserslautern (http://www.uni-kl.de/5098.html?L=1), 
Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Submission Guidelines and Instructions
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Contributions are invited from prospective authors with interests in the 
indicated session topics and related areas of application. All 
contributions should be high quality, original and not published 
elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period.

Submitted papers should strictly follow the instructions to LNCS authors 
(http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-2-72376-0&SHORTCUT=www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-164-2-72376-0,00.html). 
Maximum submitted paper length allowed is 10 pages. Maximum regular 
camera-ready paper length allowed is 8 pages. Authors of accepted papers 
can require up to two additional pages by paying additional fees. 
Submitted papers will be thoroughly reviewed by members of the Invited 
Session Program Committee for quality, correctness, originality and 
relevance. Submitted papers may be accepted for oral or poster 
presentation. Notification and reviews will be communicated via e-mail. 
All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors, who must 
register.

Abstracts (deadline March 26, 2011) should be sent by e-mail (preferably 
in an enclosed MS Word file) to the Program Chair Alfredo Cuzzocrea 
(http://si.deis.unical.it/~cuzzocrea/) at cuzzocrea@si.deis.unical.it. 
Abstracts must include paper title, abstract, list of keywords, and list 
of authors with full names and affiliations. One of the authors must be 
designated as the primary contact point to receive notification and 
reviews.

Papers (deadline March 31, 2011) should be submitted in PDF or 
Postscript. using the PROSE Invited Session Paper Submission System 
(http://kes2010.kesinternational.org/prose.php), and selecting the 
Invited Session IS<TBA> Advanced Knowledge-based Systems.

Paper Publication
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Accepted papers will appear in the KES 2010 
(http://kes2010.kesinternational.org/) proceedings, published by 
Springer (http://www.springer.com/) in the LNCS/LNAI 
(http://www.springer.com/dal/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=1-164-2-73659-0&SHORTCUT=www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,1-164-2-73659-0,00.html) 
series.

Authors of selected papers from the track will be invited to submit an 
extended version of their paper to a special issue of a top-quality 
journal. During the previous editions, selected papers have been invited 
to special issues of Data & Knowledge Engineering 
(http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505608/description#description), 
Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home).

Important Dates
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Abstract submission: March 26, 2011
Paper submission: March 31, 2011
Notification of acceptance: May 5, 2011
Camera-ready paper due: May 10, 2011
Conference: September 12-14, 2011

Program Committee Chair
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Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR-CNR & University of Calabria, Italy 
(http://si.deis.unical.it/~cuzzocrea/)

Publicity Chair
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Paolo Serafino, DEIS Dept., University of Calabria, Italy

Program Committee
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Please, access the updated list at 
http://si.deis.unical.it/cuzzocrea/KES2011/

For more information and any inquire, please contact Alfredo Cuzzocrea 
(http://si.deis.unical.it/~cuzzocrea/) at cuzzocrea@si.deis.unical.it