*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@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@zju.edu.cn , huajunsir@gmail.com School of Computer Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China Yimin Wang, wang_yimin@lilly.com Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery, 8A Biomedical Grove, #02-05 Immunos, Singapore, 138648. Kei Cheung, kei.cheung@yale.edu Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University, CT 06520-8009, USA