CFP: Engineered Applications of Semantic Web (SWEA@KES-06)

["Huhns, Michael" <huhns@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

                     CALL FOR PAPERS=20
            Engineered Applications of Semantic Web=20
                            SWEA
              http://sisinflab.poliba.it/kes2006/ =20

                  INVITED SESSION at the
             10th International Conference on=20
Knowledge-Based & Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems
                          KES 2006
             http://kes2006.kesinternational.org/
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Since the cornerstone article "The Semantic Web" by Tim Berners-Lee,=20
James Hendler and Ora Lassila, thanks to the conjunction of both =
academic
and=20
industrial efforts, many theoretical results have been produced, =
languages
and=20
technologies implemented, frameworks proposed and scenarios hypothesized =
in=20
order to go from a "web of links" towards a "web of meaning". In spite =
of an

initial skepticism about the Semantic Web initiative, promising =
prototypes
and=20
tools have been developed, both exploiting and boosting Semantic Web
technologies.=20
Relevant applications and scenarios include, among others:
 - semantic matchmakers
 - semantic web portals
 - semantic social networking
 - semantic web services
 - ontology mappers and mergers
 - ontology browsers
 - e-science
 - e-business
 - e-commerce, e-negotiation, e-marketplace
 - e-learning
 - semantic based multimedia sources categorization and classification
 - supply chain management
 - semantic-based user interfaces
 - PIM, user profiling
 - mobile computing
 - ubiquitous computing

The aim of this KES'06 session is to gather researchers from various =
fields
in=20
order to present the most prominent engineered prototypes and tools
successfully=20
exploiting semantic web technologies and approaches. They must be able
either to=20
solve issues that would be unfeasible / much harder without semantics or =
to
help=20
the development and circulation of Semantic Web related technologies as =
well
as=20
to be reused in different contexts (not necessarily the web).

Papers are invited from authors with interests on the indicated scope =
and
related=20
areas of application. The conference proceedings will be published by
Springer-Verlag=20
(http://www.springer.com/) in Lecture Notes in AI as part of the =
LNCS/LNAI=20
(http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,1-164-2-73659-0,00.htm=
l)
series.=20
When formatting papers, please refer to the Springer-Verlag web site, =
and
strictly=20
follow the Instructions to LNCS Authors=20
(http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-164-2-72376-0,00.htm=
l).

Please note that the required paper length is eight pages in Springer
format.=20
Papers longer than this will be subject to a penalty charge. Papers very
much longer=20
or shorter than the required length may be rejected.

To ensure high quality, all papers will be thoroughly reviewed by the =
SWEA=20
Programme Committee. Papers may be rejected without being sent to the
reviewers if=20
they are too long. Papers may be rejected without being reviewed if it =
is
judged=20
that they do not lie sufficiently within the scope of the conference.
All papers for KES2006 must be submitted in electronic form using the =
PROSE=20
software review system =
(http://kes2006.kesinternational.org/proselogin.php).

All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors who must
register=20
for the conference and pay the fee. Authors are not encouraged to submit
multiple=20
papers, and authors will be restricted to one paper per registration.

Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for publication =
in
the=20
KES Journal (International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent
Engineering=20
Systems) published by IOS Press =
(http://www.kesinternational.org/journal).

IMPORTANT DATES
- March 17, 2006 Paper Submission deadline=20
- April 20, 2006 Notification of acceptance=20
- April 27, 2006 Camera-ready version deadline=20
- October 9-11, 2006 Session Date=20

PROGRAM COMMITTEE=20
- Paolo Bouquet - Universit=E0 degli Studi di Trento (IT)
- Ian Dickinson - HP Labs, Bristol (UK)
- Martin Dzbor - The Open University, KMi (UK)
- Yiannis Kompatsiaris - Informatics and Telematics Institute (GR)
- Dunja Mladenic - J. Stefan Institute (SLO)
- Daniele Turi - The University of Manchester (UK)

ORGANIZATION

Tommaso DI NOIA=20
Politecnico di Bari
Bari, Italy
tel : +39 080 5963903
fax : +39 080 5963410
t.dinoia@xxxxxxxxx

Eugenio DI SCIASCIO=20
Politecnico di Bari
Bari, Italy
tel : +39 080 5963903
fax : +39 080 5963410
disciascio@xxxxxxxxx

Giovanni SEMERARO
Universit=E0 degli Studi di Bari
Bari, Italy
tel : +39 080 544 2140
fax : +39 080 544 3300
semeraro@xxxxxxxxxxx