-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] Special issue at Science of Computer Programming journal Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:46:43 +0100 From: Rafael Valencia Garcia valencia@um.es Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List computational.science@lists.iccsa.org

Call for Papers Special Issue on Systems development by means of semantic technologies in Science of Computer Programming journal (impact factor 2011: 0.622)

Semantic technologies are gaining momentum and they are currently achieving a certain degree of maturity. They provide a consistent and reliable basis to face the challenges for organization, manipulation and visualization of the data and knowledge, playing a crucial role as the technological basis of the development of a large number of Computational Intelligence systems. These technologies draw on standard and novel techniques from various disciplines within Computer Science, including Knowledge Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Software Agents, etc. The methods and tools developed and integrated for this purpose are generic and have a very large application potential in a large amounts of fields like Information Retrieval, Semantic Searches, Information Integration, Information Interoperability, Bioinformatics, eHealth, eLearning, Software Engineering, eCommerce, eGovernment, Social Networks, etc. The aim of this special issue is to collect innovative and high-quality research contributions regarding the role played by the Semantic Technologies in computational systems, paying special attention to programming techniques and tools. This special issue aims at exploring the recent advances in semantic technologies and its application in computational systems soliciting original scientific contributions in the form of theoretical and experimental research and case studies. The topics of this special issue include but are not limited to the application of semantic technologies in the development of software systems with foundations on:

• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning • Knowledge Acquisition • Ontological Engineering • Ontology Sharing and Reuse • Ontology Matching and Alignment • Ontology Learning and Population • Decision Support Systems • Human-machine Interfaces • Intelligent Multi-agent Systems • Applications and Case-studies • Application Programming Interfaces for Semantic Web Application domains of interest include finance, open innovation, healthcare, digital libraries, organizational learning, knowledge management, e-government, eLearning, decision support, and multimedia systems.

Submission Guidelines Papers submitted must have not been published previously or under consideration for publication, though they may represent significant extensions of prior work. Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://ees.elsevier.com/scico/ (see the EES User Guide for Authors). Authors should select “Semantic techs SI” in EES platform when they will be asked for type of submission. Timeline • Full initial paper submission deadline: 31 January 2013 • First Review deadline: 1 April 2013 • Revised paper submission deadline: (if required) 1 June 2013 • Second Review deadline: 1 August 2013 • Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 15 September 2013 Guest Editors

Alejandro Rodríguez-González, Centre for Biotechnology and Plant Genomics, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain Rafael Valencia-García, University of Murcia, Spain Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain

About SCP

Science of Computer Programming is dedicated to the distribution of research results in the areas of software systems development, use and maintenance, including the software aspects of hardware design. The journal has a wide scope ranging from the many facets of methodological foundations to the details of technical issues and the aspects of industrial practice. SCP is currently indexed in several indexes emphasizing Journal Citation Reports (JCR) where it has an Impact Factor of 0.622. Journal webpage: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/science-of-computer-programming/