September 2008 - sem-grd

Research Associate in Sensor Information Management
by David De Roure 21 Sep '08

21 Sep '08

*********************************************************************** Research Associate in Sensor Information Management School of Computer Science University of Manchester *********************************************************************** Application closing date: 29/09/2008 Reference: EPS/80857 This post is supported through an EU project, the goal of which is to investigate software architectures for the collection, integration and sharing of environmental sensor data. This post focuses on architecture design and development, and in particular the role of semantic technologies for describing and discovering sensor networks and their data products. Thus, solid understanding of software architectures is a very relevant skill for this post. The project is hosted by the Information Management Group (http://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/img) and combines its strengths in semantic technologies and sensor data management. Applicants should have a strong first degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, and a PhD or equivalent relevant experience. You should also have research or development experience in data integration, semantic technologies and / or sensor networks. The post is available for a period of 3 years. The salary will fall in the range Â£27,466 - Â£33,780 p.a. More details about the post are available here: Further particulars - ref EPS/80857 (PDF - 37 KB) http://www.manchester.ac.uk/_contentlibrary/_vacancies/furtherparticularsma… For informal or preliminary enquiries, please contact: Dr Alvaro A.A. Fernandes (af(a)cs.man.ac.uk<mailto:af@cs.man.ac.uk>) Phone: +44-(0)161-275-6199 To apply for this vacancy, please download a copy of the application form either as a PDF, or RTF: * Application form PDF http://www.manchester.ac.uk/medialibrary/vacancies/applicationform.pdf * Application form RTF http://www.manchester.ac.uk/medialibrary/vacancies/applicationform.rtf Please quote reference EPS/80857 and ensure that the application reaches the University of Manchester by the closing date of 29/09/2008. Please refer to the guidance notes for more information on how to apply for our vacancies: * Guidance notes PDF http://www.manchester.ac.uk/medialibrary/vacancies/guidancenotes.pdf If you require copies of documentation in alternative formats; large print, Braille etc, please contact Human Resources: * hr(a)manchester.ac.uk<mailto:hr@manchester.ac.uk> To request a hard copy, please contact: The Directorate of Human Resources Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences Tel: + 44 (0) 161 275 8837 Email: eps-hr(a)manchester.ac.uk<mailto:eps-hr@manchester.ac.uk> ***********************************************************************

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IICAI-09 Call for papers
by Ed 21 Sep '08

21 Sep '08

Dear Colleagues The 4th Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-09) will be held in Tumkur (near Bangalore), India during December 16-18 2009. The conference consists of paper presentations, special workshops, sessions, invited talks and local tours, etc. and it is one of the biggest AI events in the world. We invite draft paper submissions. Please see the website: www.iiconference.org for more details of the conference. Sincerely Edward Publicity Committee

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Call for Book Chapters- Semantic e-Science- Springer AoIS - Proposal deadline extended to Sep. 30.
by Huajun Chen ＠ Zhejiang University 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

*Sorry for receiving multiple copies* ------------------------------------------ Call for Book Chapters - Springer AoIS http://www.dart.zju.edu.cn/wiki/dartgrid/index.php/Call_for_Book_Chapters_-… ------------------------------------------ Book Title: Semantic e-Science Book Series: Springer Annals of Information Systems AoIS Book Subject: Semantic/Knowledge/Web Technologies, and e-Science Applications Estimated Publishing Date: April, 2009. ------------------------------------------ Introduction As a synthesis of knowledge and web technologies, the semantic web has been gaining tremendous attention world-widely. One noteworthy movement is the increasing recognition of this new technology in typical scientific areas such as life science, earth science, and social science. In general, the merits of the semantic web with respect to scientific research are exhibited in different perspectives encompassing collective knowledge acquisition, semantic data mash-up and integration, scientific workflow management and composition, integrative knowledge discovery and data mining, logic-based hypothesis checking and so forth. However, presently, the Semantic Web researchers have largely focused on formal aspects of logic languages or general-purpose semantic application development, with insufficient consideration of requirements from specific scientific areas. On the other hand, general science researchers grow ever more dependent on the web, but they have no coherent agenda for! exploring the emerging trends on the semantic technology. It urgently requires the development of a multi-disciplinary field to foster the growth and development of e-Science applications based on the semantic technologies and related knowledge-based approaches. Topics The intended book aims to bring together the state-of-the-art studies on applications of the Semantic Web technologies in a variety of e-Science applications. The topics include but not limited to: Semantic e-Science Foundations: Knowledge representation and ontology engineering for e-Science, Knowledge aquisition for e-Science, Semantic data integration and scientific data management, Semantic web service and scientifc workflow composition, Semantic web and data mining, Collective intelligence, Web 2.0/Web 3.0 and e-Science. Semantic e-Science Applications: Semantic e-Science for Earth Science, Semantic e-Science for Social Science, Semantic e-Science for Life Science, Semantic e-Science for Material Science, Semantic e-Science for Geoscience, Semantic e-Science for Physics. Chapters on featured e-Science applications are particularly welcomed, but chapters on funndermental aspects and basic methodologies without a specific application background are also solicited. All chapters will be peer-reviewed, and we seek high-quality submissions with original research. Targeted Audience The book is primarily intended for scientists, professionals and consultants in touch with cross-disciplinary research and strategic management in e-Science and Web technologies. The book can be utilized in advanced courses as supplements to course materials in knowledge management, web technology, and e-Science education, and also serve as an addition to library reference sections. Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before Sep. 30, 2008, a 1-2 pages chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by Oct 10, 2008 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by Dec. 25, 2008. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Book chapters should be prepared according to the standard Springer-Verlag format. An author kit will be sent to the intended contributors. All chapters should be submitted electronically as email attachment in PDF file format to Dr. Huajun Chen (Email: huajunsir(a)gmail.com) Important Dates 2 page chapter proposal to state the intention: Sep. 30, 2008 Notification of proposal acceptance: Oct 10, 2008 Full chapter submission deadline: Dec 25, 2008 Author feedback and notification of decisions: Jan. 15, 2009 Final manuscript submission: Feb. 15th, 2009 Editors Huajun Chen, huajunsir(a)zju.edu.cn , huajunsir(a)gmail.com School of Computer Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China Yimin Wang, wang_yimin(a)lilly.com Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery, 8A Biomedical Grove, #02-05 Immunos, Singapore, 138648. Kei Cheung, kei.cheung(a)yale.edu Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University, CT 06520-8009, USA

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Call for papers : Identity Management in Grid and SOA @ IDIS journal special issue
by Vassiliki Andronikou 08 Sep '08

08 Sep '08

******************************** Call for Papers ******************************** Identity in the Information Society (IDIS) Special Section: Identity Management in Grid and SOA Submission guidelines: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) represents the guiding principle in current aa aaapplications development, which aims at improving architecture flexibility, integration with existing applications and data integration. Traditional infrastructure technologies fail to meet the new needs posed by SOA-compliant applications and the continuously growing requirements for availability, flexibility and scalability. In providing infrastructure resources by means of services, Service Oriented Infrastructures (SOI) can fill the gap and provide a basis for the realisation of SOA. One approach to SOI is the Grid, which has recently advanced from supporting high-performance applications to enabling complex collaborations among various users and systems of different expertise and differing levels of authorisation. In addition to the research community, both commercial and industrial sectors have shown interest in adopting Grid solutions as a way of improving service provision and business agility and of increasing profitability. The Grid offers the infrastructure required for efficiently adopting SOA solutions by aggregating and coordinating various resources ranging from computing power and storage to applications and human expertise, serving users with different Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. Any collaboration involves interactions, knowledge sharing and information exchange. In a SOI environment this collaboration is translated into access and control of resources that may be heterogeneous, dynamic, geographically dispersed, self-autonomic, may have complex dependencies, and may belong to various security domains with different policies governing access control and security. Given the nature of business processes and collaborations, security is of paramount importance to the implementation of SOI. However, the distributed nature of access to and management of resources raises many concerns in identity management: confidentiality, data protection and privacy, traceability, non-repudiation, integrity, access control, trust and policy enforcement. Indeed, considerable barrier to the adoption of Grid solutions in the public and private sectors lies in possible breaches of security and privacy and their implications: social, economic, legal and organizational. Better understanding of these implications could enable a wider adoption of SOI. This Call for Papers seeks research on SOI from all these perspectives. Topics for this special issue include, but are not limited to: . Secure SOA-based/Grid-based Enterprise Architectures . Security and Privacy issues in SOI . User management in Grid Portals . Mobile Identity Management . Privacy-preserving techniques . Trust Models and Trust Establishment . Security as Quality of Service (QoS) . Business models for Grids . Models for authentication and privacy management in SOI . Identity-related scientific, business, industrial, legal and social implications of SOI . Audit and accountability in SOI . Futuristic SOA/Grid Business/Social Scenarios (e.g., law enforcement, supply chain management, e-Science, e-commerce, etc) Submission guidelines: Papers should be between 4,000-6,000 words. An abstract of no more than 250 words should describe in a clear and concise manner the key issues discussed in the paper. Four key words or more should follow the abstract. Please submit your paper as a MS word document using the template and formatting guidelines provided. The papers should clearly state how they relate to the special section, what particular problem and corresponding solution they address, and why it is expected to be relevant to both the special section and the relevant scientific community. Important Dates: Submission of full papers: 12-Dec-08 Feedback from peer review to authors: 10-Apr-09 Submission of revised papers: 19-Jun-09 Publication in IDIS Journal: 01-Sep-09 Special section Guest Editor Prof. Dora Varvarigou (National Technical University of Athens) e-mail: <mailto:dora@telecom.ntua.gr> dora(a)telecom.ntua.gr Guest Associate Editor Vassiliki Andronikou (National Technical University of Athens) e-mail: <mailto:vandro@telecom.ntua.gr> vandro(a)telecom.ntua.gr For more information : http://www.springer.com/computer/programming/journal/12394

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Call for Book Chapters- Semantic e-Science- Springer AoIS
by Huajun Chen ＠ Zhejiang University 07 Sep '08

07 Sep '08

*Sorry for receiving multiple copies* ------------------------------------------ Call for Book Chapters - Springer AoIS http://www.dart.zju.edu.cn/wiki/dartgrid/index.php/Call_for_Book_Chapters_-… ------------------------------------------ Book Title: Semantic e-Science Book Series: Springer Annals of Information Systems AoIS Book Subject: Semantic/Knowledge/Web Technologies, and e-Science Applications Estimated Publishing Date: April, 2009. ------------------------------------------ Introduction As a synthesis of knowledge and web technologies, the semantic web has been gaining tremendous attention world-widely. One noteworthy movement is the increasing recognition of this new technology in typical scientific areas such as life science, earth science, and social science. In general, the merits of the semantic web with respect to scientific research are exhibited in different perspectives encompassing collective knowledge acquisition, semantic data mash-up and integration, scientific workflow management and composition, integrative knowledge discovery and data mining, logic-based hypothesis checking and so forth. However, presently, the Semantic Web researchers have largely focused on formal aspects of logic languages or general-purpose semantic application development, with insufficient consideration of requirements from specific scientific areas. On the other hand, general science researchers grow ever more dependent on the web, but they have no coherent agenda for! exploring the emerging trends on the semantic technology. It urgently requires the development of a multi-disciplinary field to foster the growth and development of e-Science applications based on the semantic technologies and related knowledge-based approaches. Topics The intended book aims to bring together the state-of-the-art studies on applications of the Semantic Web technologies in a variety of e-Science applications. The topics include but not limited to: Semantic e-Science Foundations: Knowledge representation and ontology engineering for e-Science, Knowledge aquisition for e-Science, Semantic data integration and scientific data management, Semantic web service and scientifc workflow composition, Semantic web and data mining, Collective intelligence, Web 2.0/Web 3.0 and e-Science. Semantic e-Science Applications: Semantic e-Science for Earth Science, Semantic e-Science for Social Science, Semantic e-Science for Life Science, Semantic e-Science for Material Science, Semantic e-Science for Geoscience, Semantic e-Science for Physics. Chapters on featured e-Science applications are particularly welcomed, but chapters on funndermental aspects and basic methodologies without a specific application background are also solicited. All chapters will be peer-reviewed, and we seek high-quality submissions with original research. Targeted Audience The book is primarily intended for scientists, professionals and consultants in touch with cross-disciplinary research and strategic management in e-Science and Web technologies. The book can be utilized in advanced courses as supplements to course materials in knowledge management, web technology, and e-Science education, and also serve as an addition to library reference sections. Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before Sep. 15, 2008, a 1-2 pages chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by Oct 1, 2008 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by Dec. 20, 2008. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Book chapters should be prepared according to the standard Springer-Verlag format. An author kit will be sent to the intended contributors. All chapters should be submitted electronically as email attachment in PDF file format to Dr. Huajun Chen (Email: huajunsir(a)gmail.com) Important Dates Author's intentions to contribute a book chapter: Sep. 15, 2008 Notification of proposal acceptance: Oct 1, 2008 Full chapter submission deadline: Dec 20, 2008 Author feedback and notification of decisions: Jan. 15, 2009 Final manuscript submission: Feb. 15th, 2009 Editors Huajun Chen, huajunsir(a)zju.edu.cn , huajunsir(a)gmail.com School of Computer Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China Yimin Wang, wang_yimin(a)lilly.com Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery, 8A Biomedical Grove, #02-05 Immunos, Singapore, 138648. Kei Cheung, kei.cheung(a)yale.edu Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University, CT 06520-8009, USA

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job-seeking: autonomous information systems
by Catriona M Kennedy 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Dear all, sorry for the mass mailing. Can anyone point me to potential employers in Europe who are recruiting staff currently or may be likely to recruit in the near future? They can be in academia, public sector or industry. Apart from UK/US, German-speaking countries would be most suitable as I already speak the language. My research interests are in autonomous agents for knowledge extraction and information management (among other things). I have a special interest in meta-reasoning and automated ontology extension or revision. I can discuss more about this with anyone who is interested and forward a CV if required. More details at: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~cmk/ Best regards, Catriona ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Catriona Kennedy Research Fellow School of Computer Science University of Birmingham, UK Tel: 0121 414 3739 Web: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~cmk/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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