[open-science] Science 2.0 & Open Science track at i-KNOW 2015 - Deadline extension to June 22

Wed May 6 12:06:24 UTC 2015

Dear all,

we have pushed back the deadlines for submitting papers to the Science 2.0 and Open Science track at this year's i-KNOW Conference in Austria to June 22 (abstracts due June 8). I have copied the relevant part of the CfP below, but there are several more tracks on topics such as Visual Analytics, Social Computing, and Knowledge Discovery. Please find the full call here: http://i-know.tugraz.at/call-for-papers/

Best,
Peter

15th International Conference on Knowledge Technologies and Data-driven Business
21-23 October 2015, Graz, Austria
http://www.i-know.at/
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Important Dates
Full Paper Submissions (8 pages)
* Abstract Submission Deadline: June 8, 2015
* Paper Submission Deadline: June 22, 2015
* Notification of Acceptance: July 20, 2015
* Camera-Ready Paper: August 10, 2015

Poster & Demonstration Submissions (4 pages)
* Submission Deadline: June 22, 2015
* Notification of Acceptance: July 20, 2015
* Camera-Ready Version: August 10, 2015

I-KNOW proceedings will be published by ACM ICPS
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Science 2.0 & Open Science

The Science 2.0 & Open Science track at the iKnow 2015 particularly invites Web researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g. information science, computer science, sociology, communication and media studies, linguistics, educations studies, legal studies, etc.) to discuss the following topics:

* New publication and research processes and new paradigms for scientific communication
* Opportunities and challenges for researchers and research organizations
* Quality control in Science 2.0/ Open Science (e.g., metadata)
* New indicator systems to measure scientific quality (e.g., altmetrics)
* Epistemology and meaning of Science 2.0- and Open Science-related concepts
* Awareness-support for Science 2.0/ Open Science activities
* New feedback mechanisms among researchers and between science and society
* Empirical studies on the use of social media for Science 2.0/ Open Science as well as use cases
* Marketplaces for scientific data and publications
* Recommender systems in Science 2.0/ Open Science
* Virtual research environments and e-Infrastructures
* Digital research libraries and their role in Science 2.0/ Open Science
* Applications in and for Science 2.0/ Open Science
* Crowd-sourcing in science and citizen science
* Social mining and metadata extraction in academic resources
* Design and architecture of data sharing facilities
* Semantic web standards, data schemes and interoperability formats for Science 2.0/ Open Science
* Challenges in and reservations towards opening up scientific practices and using social media
* Legal dimensions in Science 2.0/ Open Science