-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CFP: International Workshop on Semantic Technologies for Information-Integrated Collaboration (STIIC 2012) @ CTS 2012 - (Submission Deadline: January 16, 2012) Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:24:31 +0100 From: Floeck, Fabian (AIFB) fabian.floeck@kit.edu To: ontolog-forum ontolog-forum@ontolog.cim3.net, "ontology@informatik.uni-bremen.de" ontology@informatik.uni-bremen.de, ai-and-web-in-china ai-and-web-in-china@googlegroups.com, cfp cfp@eventseer.net, cg cg@conceptualgraphs.org, dm-discuss dm-discuss@yahoogroups.com, dolce dolce@yahoogroups.com, elsnet-list elsnet-list@mailman.let.uu.nl, grin grin@di.unipi.it, ifla-l ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr, ISWORLD ISWORLD@listserv.heanet.ie, isworld isworld@lyris.isworld.org, jena-dev jena-dev@yahoogroups.com, loom-forum loom-forum@isi.edu, obo-discuss obo-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net, ontology ontology@buffalo.edu, ontoware-list ontoware-list@ontoware.org, owl owl@gimli.mindlab.umd.edu, pellet-users pellet-users@lists.owldl.com, people people@semanticdesktop.org, protege-discussion protege-discussion@mailman.stanford.edu, protege-owl protege-owl@mailman.stanford.edu, public-lod public-lod@w3.org, public-media-annotation public-media-annotation@w3.org, rewerse-all rewerse-all@rewerse.net, semantic_web semantic_web@googlegroups.com, semanticdesktop semanticdesktop@lists.deri.org, semantic-web semantic-web@w3.org, semantic-web semantic-web@yahoogroups.com, sem-grd sem-grd@ogf.org, service-orientated-architecture service-orientated-architecture@yahoogroups.com, swikig swikig@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de, W3China W3China@yahoogroups.com, web-services web-services@yahoogroups.com, wi WI@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de, www-webont-wg www-webont-wg@w3.org, public-semweb-lifesci public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org, "community@sti2.org" community@sti2.org

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International Workshop on Semantic Technologies for Information-Integrated Collaboration (STIIC 2012) http://cisedu.us/rp/cts12/2-conference/workshops/workshop-04-stiic

As part of The 2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2012) http://cisedu.us/rp/cts12

May 21 - 25, 2012 The Westin Westminster Hotel Denver, Colorado, USA

Submission Deadline: January 16, 2012

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES Information-integrated collaboration networks have become an important part of today’s complex enterprise systems – this becomes obvious if we consider, as a prominent example, the high dynamics of network-centric systems, which need to react to changes at the level of their information and communication space by providing flexible mechanisms to manage a wide variety of information resources, heterogeneous, decentralized, and constantly evolving. Semantic technologies promise to deliver innovative and effective solutions to this problem, facilitating the realization of information integration mechanisms that allow collaboration systems to provide the added value they are expected to.

Two fundamental problems are inherent to the design of integrated collaboration solutions: (i) semantic inaccessibility, caused by the failure to explicitly specify the semantic content of the information contained within the subsystems that must share information in order to collaborate effectively; and (ii) logical disconnectedness: caused by the failure to explicitly represent constraints between the information managed by the different collaborating subsystems.

Mainstream EAI technologies deal with information and information management tasks at the syntactic level. Data protocols and standards that are used to facilitate seamless information exchange and ‘plug and play’ interoperability do not take into account the meaning of the underlying information and the view of the individual stakeholders on the information exchanged. What is lacking are mechanisms that have the ability to capture, store, and manage the meaning of the data and artifacts that need to be shared for collaborative problem solving, decision support, planning, and execution.

Semantic information sharing and integration technologies will provide an important collaboration enabling mechanism for the emerging net-centric systems and the information grid. Further, it is likely that advances in this area will support multiple modes of collaboration with disparate and cross-cutting technologies. This workshop, held as part of CTS 2012, will bring together researchers and experts interested in bridging the gaps between the different technologies, and between technologies and applications. We invite original contributions on the technology practice and user experience for these emerging and important areas from researchers in academia, industry, and research institutions.

The workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following: • Ontology-based Methods for Information Integration • Semantics-based Integration and Interoperability • Semantic Workflow Orchestration • Semantic Mediation Methods • Semantic Discovery and Matchmaking Services • Collaborative Knowledge Engineering and Management • Using Semantic Wikis for Collaborative Applications • Semantic Searching • Semantics for Mobility • Ontologies • Semantic Technologies and Languages • Agile Development of Semantic Applications • Semantically-enabled Integration Solutions for the Sensor Web, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Emergency Management, Energy Management, e-Commerce, Finance, Marketing, and Advertising

PAPER SUBMISSION You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above topics and beyond, related to semantic technologies and information-integrated collaboration. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords from the above list of topics and an abstract of no more than 400 words. The full manuscript should be at most 8 pages using the two-column IEEE format. Additional pages will be charged an additional fee. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments. Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript via the Workshop paper submission site at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stiic2012.

Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, technical clarity and presentation. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and presented at the Workshop.

Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the CTS 2012 Conference Web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings are projected to be included in the IEEE Digital Library and indexed accordingly.

If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organizers.

IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submissions: -------------------------------------------- January 16, 2012 Acceptance Notification: ------------------------------------- February 10, 2012 Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due: ------------ March 01, 2012 Conference Dates: -------------------------------------------- May 21 - 25, 2012

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS Elena Simperl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Fabian Flöck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Tania Tudorache, Stanford University, USA Denny Vrandecic, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Technical Program Committee: All submitted papers will be reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members following similar criteria used in CTS 2012.

* Payam M. Barnaghi, University of Surrey, UK * Bin Chen, Indiana University, IN, USA * Philippe Cudre-Mauroux, U. of Fribourg, Switzerland * Dominique Decouchant, CNRS - LIG de Grenoble, France * Nicola Fanizzi, University of Bari, Italy * Donghui Feng, ebay Inc., USA * Pascal Hitzler, Wright State University, USA * Spyros Kotoulas, IBM Research - Smarter Cities Technology Center, Ireland * Xinrong Li, University of North Texas, USA * Maria Maleshkova, The Open University, UK * Barry Norton, Ontotext AD, UK * Jamie Payton, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA * Feliz Ribeiro Gouveia, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal

For information or questions about Conference's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the conference’s web site at URL: http://cts2012.cisedu.info/ or contact one of the Conference's organizers or Co-Chairs: Geoffrey C. Fox at gcf@indiana.edu and Waleed W. Smari at Smari@arys.org.

Best Regards,

Elena Simperl, Fabian Flöck, Tania Tudorache and Denny Vrandecic

STIIC 2012 organization committee

For any matters related directly to the workshop, please contact:

Fabian Flöck Research Associate

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods

Building 11.40, Room 222 KIT-Campus South D-76128 Karlsruhe

Phone: +49 721 608 4 6584 Skype: f.floeck_work E-Mail: fabian.floeck@kit.edu WWW: http://www.aifb.kit.edu/web/Fabian_Fl%C3%B6ck

KIT – University of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and National Research Center of the Helmholtz Association

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