7 July 2008
Toulouse, France
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Third Conceptual Structures Tool Interoperability Workshop (CS-TIW 2008)
"Conceptual Structures Tools and the Web"
July 7th, 2008, INRA Toulouse, France
==collocated with the 16th International Conference on Conceptual Struc
tures
(ICCS 2008)==
Workshop homepage: http://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de/ws/cs-tiw2008
In the past years the Conceptual Structures community has focused on
researching different models for representing and reasoning about knowledge
.
These models, based on graph structures (e.g. Formal Concept Analysis (FCA)
,
Conceptual Graphs (CG), etc.) have been implemented in various Conceptual
Structures tools. The advantage of such tools relies on the visual appeal o
f
the graph structures and, more importantly, on the potential of graph based
optimisations.
However, such tools in isolation are not sufficient to build comprehensive,
effective knowledge systems that are useful to communities and organization
s.
To fulfill this purpose, interoperability is essential, both with other
conceptual and semantic technology tools but also with information systems.
The ongoing goal of this workshop is to explore how to improve the
interoperability of Conceptual Structures (CS) tools amongst each other and
with other established knowledge representation and reasoning technologies.
In particular, the focus of this year's workshop is the interaction of such
tools with Web technologies. As central to this task, we would like to addr
ess
the following questions:
* How can CS tools be incorporated and integrated into Web
applications: who would benefit from this integration and in which way?
* How can CS tools be used to facilitate / enhance / understand hu
man
access to the Web?
* How can CS tools benefit from the Web, i.e., from its knowledge
resources and services?
The workshop wants to bring together researchers from both communities - th
e
Web and the CG/FCA community. The goal is to begin a fruitful discussion on
the
above mentioned questions and to raise the mutual awareness of ongoing rese
arch
and existing technologies from which both sides could benefit. We particula
rly
encourage the submission of short papers: preliminary system presentations
and
relevant position papers as part of the PhD? symposium and the Panel Sessio
n
(see Submissions).
Organization
Workshop Chairs (Alphabetical Order)
* Madalina Croitoru, University of Southampton, Great Britain (mc3
AT
ecs.soton.ac.uk)
* Robert Jschke, University of Kassel, Germany (jaeschke AT
cs.uni-kassel.de)
* Sebastian Rudolph, University of Karlsruhe, Germany (rudolph AT
aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de)
Program Committee (Alphabetical Order)
* Oscar Corcho, Manchester University, Great Britain
* Ral Garca Castro, UPM Madrid, Spain
* Peter Haase, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
* Marie Laure-Mugnier, LIRMM Montpellier, France
* Heather D. Pfeiffer, New Mexico State University, USA
* Gerd Stumme, University of Kassel, Germany
Submissions
Submitted papers must be in English and not submitted for publication
elsewhere. We invite the following types of contributions:
Full Papers:
These will concern novel work in progress and/or original research results.
Maximum length: 12 pages (Springer format). Accepted papers will be present
ed
orally at the workshop.
Short Papers:
These will be report preliminary work or will reflect on and discuss new tr
ends
and developments. Maximum length: 6 pages (Springer format). Short paper wi
ll
also be presented orally in two sessions: PhD? Symposium and Pannel Session
.
Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and selected on the basis of these
reviews. Both long and short papers will be printed in the workshop proceed
ings
(available online and as hardcopies).
We encourage authors to use the submission template according to Springer
(http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,1-164-2-72376-0,00.html)
, as
this will be the required format for accepted papers. Submissions should be
done using the submission system at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cstiw2008.
Important dates
* Paper submission deadline: Monday, March 31, 2008
* Acceptance notification: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
* Paper final version due: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
* Workshop: Monday, July 7, 2008
_________________________________________________
Dr. Sebastian Rudolph
Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, D-76128 Karlsruhe
rudolph@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de phone +49 (0)721 608 7362
www.sebastian-rudolph.de fax +49 (0)721 693 717