[okfn-br] CFP URSW 2013 (deadline extended)

[Rommel Carvalho]

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CALL FOR PAPERS
9th International Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web
http://c4i.gmu.edu/ursw/2013
In conjunction with the 12th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC'13)
Sydney, Australia
October 21-22, 2013

>>>>> New paper submission deadline: 24th July, 2013 <<<<<

ISWC is a major international forum for presenting visionary research on
all aspects of the Semantic Web. The Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic
Web (URSW) workshop at ISWC'13 is an exciting opportunity for collaboration
and cross-fertilization between the uncertainty reasoning community and the
Semantic Web / Linked Data community.

Effective methods for reasoning under uncertainty are vital for realizing
many aspects of the Semantic Web vision, but the ability of
current-generation web technology to handle uncertainty remains extremely
limited. Thus, there is a continuing demand for uncertainty reasoning
technology among Semantic Web researchers and developers, and the URSW
workshop creates a unique opening to bring together two communities with a
clear commonality of interest but limited history of interaction. By
capitalizing on this opportunity, URSW could spark dramatic progress toward
realizing the Semantic Web vision.

AUDIENCE

The intended audience for this workshop includes the following:
- Researchers in uncertainty reasoning technologies with interest in
Semantic Web / Linked Data and Web-related technologies;
- Semantic Web and Linked Data developers and researchers;
- People in the knowledge representation community with interest in the
Semantic Web / Linked Data;
- Ontology researchers and ontological engineers;
- Web services and cloud computing researchers and developers with interest
in the Semantic Web / Linked Data.

TOPIC LIST

We intend to have an open discussion on any topic relevant to the general
subject of uncertainty in the Semantic Web and Linked Data (including fuzzy
theory, probability theory, and other approaches).
Therefore, the following list should be just an initial guide:
- Syntax and semantics for extensions to Semantic Web / Linked Data
languages to enable representation of uncertainty;
- Logical formalisms to support uncertainty in Semantic Web / Linked Data
languages;
- Probability theory as a means of assessing the likelihood that terms in
different ontologies refer to the same or similar concepts;
- Architectures for applying plausible reasoning to the problem of ontology
mapping;
- Using fuzzy approaches to deal with imprecise concepts within ontologies;
- The concept of a probabilistic ontology and its relevance to the Semantic
Web;
- Best practices for representing uncertain, incomplete, ambiguous, or
controversial information in the Semantic Web / Linked Data;
- The role of uncertainty as it relates to web services and cloud computing;
- Interface protocols with support for uncertainty as a means to improve
interoperability among web services;
- Uncertainty reasoning techniques applied to trust issues in the Semantic
Web and Linked Data;
- Existing implementations of uncertainty reasoning tools in the context of
the Semantic Web and Linked Data;
- Issues and techniques for integrating tools for representing and
reasoning with uncertainty;
- The future of uncertainty reasoning for the Semantic Web and Linked Data.

IMPORTANT DATES

 >>> July 24, 2013 (updated!): Paper submissions due <<<
 August 9: Paper acceptance notification
 August 31: Camera-ready papers due
 October 21-22: 9th Workshop on Uncertainty Reasoning for the Semantic Web

SUBMISSION DETAILS

The URSW workshop will be accepting submissions of technical papers and
position papers. Each submission will be evaluated for acceptability by at
least three members of the Program Committee. Decisions about acceptance
will be based on relevance to the above topic list, originality, potential
significance, topicality and clarity. Since all accepted papers will be
presented at the workshop, we require that at least one of the submitting
authors must be a registered participant at the ISWC 2013 Conference, and
committed to attend the URSW workshop.

Submissions to the workshop are only accepted in electronic format and
should be sent via the workshop’s submission site:
https://www.easychair.org/**account/signin.cgi?conf=**ursw2013<https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ursw2013>.
Papers must be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format
for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). This is the very same format
adopted by the ISWC 2013. For complete details, see Springer’s Author
Instructions (http://www.springer.com/**computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-**
793341-0 <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0>).

Technical papers submitted to the URSW workshop must not exceed 12 pages,
including figures and references. Submissions exceeding this limit will not
be reviewed.

Position papers consist of a summary of ideas, projects, or any research
efforts that are relevant to the URSW workshop and must not exceed 4 pages.

Following the general acceptance rules of the ISWC 2013 conference, papers
that, at the time of submission, are under review for or have already been
published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference
will not be accepted to the URSW workshop.

PRESENTATION AND PUBLICATION

URSW 2013 will be a half-day workshop. All papers accepted for URSW will be
presented during the workshop and published in the workshop
proceedings. Authors of accepted technical papers will have 20 minutes to
present their work, while
authors of accepted position papers will have a 10-minute slot to share
their ideas. After each
presentation, 5 minutes will be allocated to questions from the audience.
Both technical and
position papers will be published in the URSW workshop proceedings, to be
available after the ISWC
2013 Conference.

In addition, extended and revised versions of selected technical papers
presented at URSW 2013 will be eligible for participating in an
international journal special issue or in a post-proceedings book.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Fernando Bobillo - University of Zaragoza, Spain
Rommel N. Carvalho - George Mason University, USA
Paulo C. G. Costa - George Mason University, USA
Claudia d’Amato - University of Bari, Italy
Nicola Fanizzi - University of Bari, Italy
Kathryn Laskey - George Mason University, USA
Kenneth J. Laskey – MITRE Corporation, USA
Thomas Lukasiewicz – University of Oxford, UK
Trevor Martin - University of Bristol, UK
Matthias Nickles - DERI, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Michael Pool - Goldman Sachs, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Fernando Bobillo – University of Zaragoza, Spain
Silvia Calegari - University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Rommel N. Carvalho - George Mason University, USA
Davide Ceolin - VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Paulo C. G. Costa - George Mason University, USA
Fabio G. Cozman - Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Claudia d’Amato - University of Bari, Italy
Nicola Fanizzi - University of Bari, Italy
Marcelo Ladeira - University of Brasilia, Brazil
Kathryn B. Laskey - George Mason University, USA
Kenneth J. Laskey - MITRE Corporation, USA
Thomas Lukasiewicz - University of Oxford, UK
Trevor Martin - University of Bristol, UK
Alessandra Mileo - DERI, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Matthias Nickles - DERI, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Jeff Z. Pan - University of Aberdeen, UK
Rafael Peñaloza, Technical University Dresden, Germany
Michael Pool - Goldman Sachs, USA
Livia Predoiu - University of Oxford, UK
Guilin Qi - Southeast University, China
Célia Ralha - University of Brasilia, Brazil
Dave Robertson - University of Edinburgh, UK
Daniel Sánchez - University of Granada, Spain
Thomas Scharrenbach - Swiss Federal Institute WSL, Switzerland
Luciano Serafini - Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
Sergej Sizov - University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Giorgos Stoilos - National and Technical University of Athens, Greece
Umberto Straccia - ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy
Andreas Tolk - Old Dominion University, USA
Matthias Thimm - Universität Koblenz, Germany
Peter Vojtas - Charles University, Czech Republic

We are looking forward to seeing you in Sydney!
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