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ISWC 2012 Call for Participation and Industry Day!
by Oshani Seneviratne 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

ISWC 2012 - 11th International Semantic Web Conference November 11-15, 2012 Boston MA REGULAR REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 8, 2012 http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/registration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISWC is the major international forum where the latest research results and technical innovations on all aspects of the Semantic Web are presented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISWC 2012 offers an exciting research program which includes: Keynote presentations from: Tom Malone - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US Jeanne Holm - data.gov Mark Musen - Stanford University Nigel Shadbolt - Southampton University Cutting edge research in Semantic Web presented in the Research track and in the Semantic Web In-Use track. The conference has 20 Workshops, 9 Tutorials, presentations from the industry, demos and posters. Please have a look at the complete program at: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/program ISWC 2012 will take place in Boston MA. The conference will be held at the The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers. http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/venue Hotel rooms at the Park Plaza available for sharing A limited number of $199 rooms with 2 double beds are available for sharing (matchmaking service available through hotel). The cut-off date for room reservations is October 12, 2012 at 5pm EST. See the accommodation page for more details: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/accommodation Information about visa and letter of invitation is available at: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/visa-information Industry Day Registration If you're unable to attend the whole conference, we welcome you to register for the Industry Day on Wed Nov 14th, at ISWC 2012. See here for talks scheduled there: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/industry-track-presentations The registration information for the Industry day is available at: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/registration You can email ISWC 2012 at iswc2012oc(a)googlegroups.com for any inquiries and follow us on Twitter @iswcboston for updates on the conference. We look forward to seeing you at ISWC 2012 in Boston!

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Call For Participation:: Malaysia:: CyberSec13
by The Second International Conference on Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare and Digital Forensic (CyberSec2013) 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC) have the following conference; please consider submitting a paper or more. Name : The Second International Conference on Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare and Digital Forensic (CyberSec2013) Location : The Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Dates : March 4-6, 2013 URL : http://www.sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/Malaysia3 Description: The proposed conference aims to enable researchers build connections between different digital applications. Categories: Computer Science, Digital Information, Information Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare Deadline: Dec. 15, 2012 for paper submission Contact Email: cyb(a)sdiwc.net

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Call for Special Sessions: CyberSec2013:: Malaysia
by The Second International Conference on Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare and Digital Forensic (CyberSec2013) 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

The Second International Conference on Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare and Digital Forensic (CyberSec2013) http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/Malaysia3) Would like to invite Researchers for: Call for Special Sessions: CyberSec2013:: Malaysia Researchers are welcome to organize special sessions. Please send your session title, your CV for this purpose to cyb(a)sdiwc.net Topics of Interest ----------------------------------------------------------- The topics covered will include (but not limited to) the following: * Cyber Security - Privacy issues - Formal Methods Application in Security - Incident Handling and Penetration Testing - Operating Systems and Database Security - Security in Cloud Computing - Security in Social Networks - Multimedia and Document Security - Hardware-Based security - VOIP, Wireless and Telecommunications Network Security - Security of Web-based Applications and Services - Enterprise Systems Security - SCADA and Embedded systems security - Distributed and Pervasive Systems Security - Secure Software Development, Architecture and Outsourcing - Security for Future Networks - Security protocols - Legal Issues * Digital Forensic - Data leakage, Data protection and Database forensics - Forensics of Virtual and Cloud Environments - Network Forensics and Traffic Analysis Hardware Vulnerabilities and Device Forensics - Information Hiding - File System and Memory Analysis Multimedia Forensic - Executable Content and Content Filtering - Anti-Forensics and Anti-Anti-Forensics Techniques - Malware forensics and Anti-Malware techniques - Evidentiary Aspects of Digital Forensics - Investigation of Insider Attacks - Cyber-Crimes - Large-Scale Investigations - New threats and Non-Traditional approaches * Information Assurance and Security Management - Corporate Governance - Laws and Regulations - Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risk Management - Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Planning - Critical Infrastructure Protection - Digital Rights Management and Intellectual Property Protection - Security Policies and Trust Management - Identity Management - Decidability and Complexity - Economics of Security - Fraud Management * Cyber warfare and Physical Security - Surveillance Systems - Cyber Warfare Trends and Approaches - Social engineering - Authentication and Access Control Systems - Biometrics Applications - Electronic Passports, National ID and Smart Card Security - Template Protection and Liveliness detection - Biometrics standards and standardization - New theories and algorithms in biometrics Submission Instructions and Review Process ----------------------------------------------------------- * The conference will list the session on the web. The session chair will manage the publicity of his session. It is expected that each session will attract 5 registered papers. The session chair will get a free registration for one of his papers. * The submission and the reviewing process for the papers of the session will be managed jointly between the chair and the conference. The chair can take the responsibility of the reviewing with the help of other researchers. However, the conference will get all the reviewing reports at the end. * Potential authors should submit their full paper hrough: http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/Malaysia3/openconf/openconf.php Authors should indicate that their manuscript is being submitted to the Special Issue. * Submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research, which is not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Author guidelines can be found at http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/Malaysia3/camera-ready. * All articles selected for publication will be refereed by a minimum of two specialized referees knowledgeable in the topic. At least two reviewers must recommend eventual publication for an article to be accepted. Important Dates: ----------------------------------------------------------- Submission Date : Dec 15, 2012 Notification of acceptance: Jan 01, 2013 Camera Ready submission : Jan. 15, 2013 Registration : Jan. 15, 2013 Conference dates : March 4-6, 2013

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Semantic Web Challenge 2012 - Call for Participation
by Oshani Seneviratne 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

*************************************************************** Semantic Web Challenge 2012 - Call for Participation http://challenge.semanticweb.org/2012 Boston - USA November 13-15, 2012 *************************************************************** Submissions are now invited for the 10th Semantic Web Challenge, the premier event for demonstrating practical progress towards achieving the vision of the Semantic Web. The 10th Semantic Web Challenge which will take place at the 11th International Semantic Web Conference in Boston, USA. As in previous years, the Semantic Web Challenge will consist of two tracks: the Open Track and the Billion Triples Track. The key difference between the two tracks is that the Billion Triples Track requires the participants to make use of the data set that has been crawled from the Web and is provided by the organizers. The Open Track has no such restrictions. The Challenge is open to everyone from industry and academia. The authors of the best applications will be awarded prizes and featured prominently at special sessions during the conference. Important Dates ********************* Friday October 12, 2012, 23:59 CET: Submissions due November 13-15: Semantic Web Challenge takes place at ISWC 2012 Challenge Criteria ********************* The Challenge is defined in terms of minimum requirements and additional desirable features that submissions should exhibit. The criteria for the Semantic Web Challenge 2012 are described here: http://challenge.semanticweb.org/2012/criteria.html. How to Participate ********************* Visit http://challenge.semanticweb.org/ in order to participate and register for the Semantic Web Challenge by submitting the required information as well as a link to the application on the online registration form. The submission site at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swc2012 will be open until Friday October 12, 2012. The following information must be provided: 1. Abstract: no more than 200 words. 2. Description: The description should show details of the system, including why the system is innovative, which features or functions the system provides, what design choices were made and what lessons were learned. The description must include an appendix of 1-2 pages summarising explicitly how participants have addressed the evaluation requirements (including mandatory and any relevant desirable criteria). Papers should not exceed eight pages (including the appendix) and must be formatted according to the same guidelines as the papers in the Research Track (see http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/) 3. Web access: The application should be accessible via the web. If the application is not publicly accessible, passwords should be provided. A (short) set of instructions on how to start and use the application should also be provided on the web page. Descriptions (including the appendix) will be published in the form of online proceedings on the Semantic Web Challenge website. Judging and Prizes *********************** In addition to submitting a system description and working demo, all participants are required to present their systems at the posters and demos session at the ISWC 2012 conference. A jury consisting of experts from industry and academia will be appointed to judge the systems at the conference. In the first round of judging, the jury will take into consideration the descriptions submitted, the online demos, and the presentation at the conference, in order to determine an initial set of 8 finalists. The entries will be scored by the judges and the 8 highest scoring entries will then proceed to the second round of the competition. The split between the two tracks will be determined according to the proportion of entries in each track. The 8 finalists will proceed to the second round of the competition, where they will have to present their work in an open session the following day. They will have a slot of approximately 15 minutes to present their work. The judges will be present and will evaluate the systems in more detail, according to the specific criteria detailed on the website. The judges will then meet in private to discuss the entries and to determine the winners. A monetary prize will be provided to the winners of each track, along with publicity for their work. There will normally be 3 winners of the Open Track and 1 winner of the BTC track. However, the organisers reserve the right to merge the tracks in the event of insufficient submissions in either category. The winners will be announced and prizes awarded during the Closing Ceremony of ISWC 2012. All 8 finalists will also be offered the opportunity to submit their work to a Special Issue of the Journal of Web Semantics. In the event that one of the tracks receive less than a minimal number of submissions, the organizers reserve the right to merge the two tracks of the competition. Billion Triples Challenge 2012 Data Set *********************************************** The participants of the Billion Triple Track of the Semantic Web Challenge need to use a data set provided by the organizers. The data set is currently being prepared and will be available on the website in April 2012. Contact ************** Diana Maynard, University of Sheffield, diana(a)dcs.shef.ac.uk Andreas Harth, KIT, harth(a)kit.edu

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CfP: SWESE 2012 - 8th Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering
by Yuting Zhao 16 Sep '12

16 Sep '12

Apologies for cross-posting! ************************************************************************ * * CALL FOR PAPERS * 8th International Workshop on Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering * (SWESE2012) * * http://dipper.csd.abdn.ac.uk/most/?page_id=190 * * (for previous workshops, see http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~jpan/) * *******Deadline: 5 October, 2012****** * * * located at the Joint International Semantic Technology Conference (JIST) * 2 to 4 December 2012 * Nara, Japan * ************************************************************************ Workshop Description There has been more and more evidence that the usage of Semantic Web technologies leads to improvements in both the process and product of software development activities. The goal of the SWESE workshop is to advance research on this important area. We believe that the informal nature of the workshop, located at one of the major events of Semantic Web, will lead to further exchange between practitioners and researchers working on issues related to Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering by providing a forum for discussing the major challenges of the area and the different approaches being taken to resolve them. Intended Audience While the intended audience for this workshop includes those with experience or interest in Automatic Software Engineering, Software Engineering, requirement engineering, OO/UML/MDA, software maintenance, Semantic Web, Software/legacy Modernization, Formal methods and languages. Topics * Visions for Semantic Web driven software engineering * Tools developed or being developed for software engineering using SW languages * Integration or application development projects combining Software Engineering techniques and Semantic Web tools or languages * Shortcomings with the Semantic Web with respect to Software Engineering * Uses, extensions and/or issues with ODM * Visions for SW driven software modernization * Integration of UML, OO programming languages and Semantic Web languages * Integration of formal methods and Semantic Web languages * Software specification and Semantic Web languages * Software versioning control and Semantic Web * Software debugging and Semantic Web * Ontologies for software engineering * Ontologies for requirement engineering * Ontologies for software guidance, traceability and maintenance * Component discovery and ontologies * Feature modelling and ontologies * Metamodel engineering * Ontology reasoning for software engineering * Semantic annotations in software engineering * Transitioning legacy applications to ontologies * Semantic-based intelligent assistance tools for software developers * Lessons learnt and outstanding challenges for the usage of semantic technologies in software engineering * Ontology-Driven Architecture: How to introduce Semantic Web technology into mainstream development processes * Ontologies for supporting collaboration/coordination between developers * Semantic-based information push for software development process * Methods and tools for semantic-based event-driven interaction in software development Workshop Format and Attendance: This will be a half day workshop, including a keynote presentation and technical talks discussing competing and complementary visions for Semantic Web enabled software engineering. This workshop is open to all members of the JIST community, as well as other communities identified in Intended Audience above, such as the Software Engineering community. Submission of a paper is not required for attendance at the workshop. However, in the event that the workshop cannot accommodate all who would like to participate, those who have submitted a paper will be given priority for registration. We encourage those who plan to attend this workshop, to register early in order to help conference organizers with their planning as well as insure that the workshop is not cancelled do to projected poor attendance. Organizing Committee Elisa F. Kendall, Sandpiper Software, Inc., USA Jeff Z. Pan, University of Aberdeen, UK (contact) Ljiljana Stojanovic, FZI, Germany Yuting Zhao, University of Aberdeen, UK Program Committee (Tentative) * Uwe Assman (DE), Technical University of Dresden * Colin Atkinson (DE), University of Mannheim * Ken Baclawski (US), Northeastern University * Roberta Cuel (IT), University of Trento * Paola Di Maio (UK), University of Strathclyde * Jin Song Dong (SG), National University of Singapore * Jürgen Ebert (DE), University of Koblenz * Andreas Friesen (DE), SAP Research * Dragan Gasevic, (CA) Simon Fraser University Surrey * Michael Goedicke (DE), University of Essen * Jakob Henriksson (US), Intelligent Automation, Inc. * Mitch Kokar (US), Northeastern University * Harald Kühn (AT), BOC * David Martin (US), SRI International * Krzysztof Miksa (PL), Comarch * Jishnu Mukerji (US), Hewlett-Packard Company * Daniel Oberle (DE), SAP Research * Fernando Silva Parreiras (DE), University of Koblenz * Yuan Ren (UK), University of Aberdeen * Dave Reynolds (UK), Epimorphics Ltd * Michael K. Smith (US), Hewlett-Packard * Hai Wang (UK), Aston University * Andrea Zisman (UK), City University, London Submissions Authors are invited to submit original contributions of practical relevance and technical rigor, experience reports, and show case / use case demonstrations of effective, practical technologies or applications combining software engineering with semantic technologies. Papers must be in English and may be submitted at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swese2012 as: - Full Papers (15 pages in the proceedings) - Short Papers (5-8 pages in the proceedings) - Position Statements (2 pages in the proceedings) - Posters (to be presented during the workshop, with 2 page descriptions submitted via the conference site for review) Please upload all submissions as PDF files in LNCS format ( http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 PC members based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Authors are requested to upload their complete papers by 19 November, 2012. Publication details will be posted to the workshop web site, http://www.odsd.eu/swese/swese2012, as they become available. Important Dates Submission deadline: 5 October,2012 Notification of acceptance: 5 November, 2012 Final submissions due: 19 November, 2012 Workshop proceedings available: 26 November, 2012 Sponsorship The workshop is being held in cooperation with a prominent network of excellence and is meant to act as a focal point for joint interests and future collaborations. Interested sponsors are welcome to contact the program committee.

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ISWC Early Registration Deadline Extended to **Sep 14th, 2012**
by Oshani Seneviratne 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

ISWC 2012 - 11th International Semantic Web Conference November 11-15, 2012 Boston MA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISWC is the major international forum where the latest research results and technical innovations on all aspects of the Semantic Web are presented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Due to numerous requests we are extending the early registration deadline to Sep 14th, 2012. Please register before that deadline in order to take advantage of the lower registration rates. Please see registration page for more information: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/registration ISWC 2012 offers an exciting research program which includes: Keynote presentations from: Tom Malone - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US Jeanne Holm - data.gov Mark Musen - Stanford University Nigel Shadbolt - Southampton University Cutting edge research in Semantic Web presented in the Research track and in the Semantic Web In-Use track. The conference has 20 Workshops, 9 Tutorials, presentations from the industry, demos and posters. Please have a look at the complete program at: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/program ISWC 2012 will take place in Boston MA. The conference will be held at the The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers. http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/venue Student Travel Awards Travel awards are available for students wishing to attend ISWC 2012. The deadline for receiving applications and advisor letters is Sept. 16, 2012 and applicants will be notified of award decisions by Oct. 1st, 2012. This travel award may be used towards the conference registration fees. See the travel award page for details: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/student-travel-awards Information about visa and letter of invitation is available at: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/visa-information You can email ISWC 2012 at iswc2012oc(a)googlegroups.com for any inquiries and follow us on Twitter @iswcboston for updates on the conference. We look forward to seeing you at ISWC 2012 in Boston!

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ISWC 2012 Call for Participation -- Early registration deadline approaching!
by Oshani Seneviratne 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

ISWC 2012 - 11th International Semantic Web Conference November 11-15, 2012 Boston MA EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 10, 2012 http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/registration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISWC is the major international forum where the latest research results and technical innovations on all aspects of the Semantic Web are presented. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ISWC 2012 offers an exciting research program which includes: Keynote presentations from: Tom Malone - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US Jeanne Holm - data.gov Mark Musen - Stanford University Nigel Shadbolt - Southampton University Cutting edge research in Semantic Web presented in the Research track and in the Semantic Web In-Use track. The conference has 20 Workshops, 9 Tutorials, presentations from the industry, demos and posters. Please have a look at the complete program at: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/program ISWC 2012 will take place in Boston MA. The conference will be held at the The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers. http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/venue Student Travel Awards Travel awards are available for students wishing to attend ISWC 2012. The deadline for receiving applications and advisor letters is Sept. 16, 2012 and applicants will be notified of award decisions by Oct. 1st, 2012. See the travel award page for details: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/student-travel-awards Information about visa and letter of invitation is available at: http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/visa-information You can email ISWC 2012 at iswc2012oc(a)googlegroups.com for any inquiries and follow us on Twitter @iswcboston for updates on the conference. We look forward to seeing you at ISWC 2012 in Boston!

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