Call for Tutorials - Fourth Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC 2009)

[Jie Bao-6]

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Call for Tutorials

Fourth Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC 2009)

6-9 December, 2009

Shanghai, China

http://www.aswc2009.org/


The 4th Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC 2009) will present the
latest research and development of the Semantic Web and

its related technologies. It will bring together researchers in
relevant disciplines such as artificial intelligence,

knowledge modeling, logic, databases, social networks, Web services,
distributed computing, Web engineering, information

systems, natural language processing, multimedia, and human-computer
interaction.

In addition to the regular research track, ASWC 2009 invites tutorials
on relevant topics of interest. A tutorial should

present the state of the art of a Semantic Web area and address the
interests of a broad audience that includes (but not

limited to) Semantic Web beginners, representatives of funding
agencies, practitioners form the industrial community, and

Semantic Web researchers. It may provide an introduction to
technologies in Semantic Web or highly relevant areas (e.g.,

Artificial Intelligence, Database and Information Retrieval), the
application of Semantic Web in a specific domain, or other

current issues and trends in appropriate depth.

==Submission==

Tutorial proposals should not exceed 5 pages in LNCS format and
contain the following information
* Type: full day or half day.
* Abstract: 200 words maximum, which will be published at the ASWC website.
* Justification: Relevance to the conference and relations to similar
tutorials presented at other events.
* Description: goals, targeted audience with prerequisite knowledge,
presentation method, software will be used, and hands-on

session planning (if there will be one; such a session is encouraged).
* Outline and schedule
* Equipment requirements
* Information of the presenters: names, affiliation, contact,
homepage, expertise and teaching experiences.

The proposal should be submitted as a pdf file using the ASWC 2009
submission system on easychair (Please select the Tutorial

Track):

https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=aswc2009

Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the ASWC 2009 organizing
committee based on its relevance to the conference, content

and presentation method, and presenters’ expertise.

==Tutorial Organizer's Responsibilities==

For accepted tutorials, the organizers should
* Maintain a website that describes the tutorial, and provides
relevant resources, e.g., slides, software and additional

references. The website URL should be ready to review by the ASWC
Tutorial Chair by 5th Nov 2009.
* At the conference, handle the distribution of tutorial materials,
except for the hard copies of the tutorial handouts which

will be printed by ASWC. If software is required for participants for
hands-on sessions, please make sure to have accessible

media (e.g., CDs or USB sticks) for participants to install.

==Important Dates==

* 15 Sept 2009: Proposal submission due (Extended)
* 22 Sept 2009: Notification of proposal acceptance
* 5 Nov 2009: Website URL and tutorial handouts, PDF preferred) to
tutorial chair

==Tutorial Chair==

Jie Bao - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, baojie AT cs.rpi.edu

[Jie Bao]

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Call for Tutorials

Fourth Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC 2009)

6-9 December, 2009

Shanghai, China

http://www.aswc2009.org/


The 4th Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC 2009) will present the
latest research and development of the Semantic Web and

its related technologies. It will bring together researchers in
relevant disciplines such as artificial intelligence,

knowledge modeling, logic, databases, social networks, Web services,
distributed computing, Web engineering, information

systems, natural language processing, multimedia, and human-computer
interaction.

In addition to the regular research track, ASWC 2009 invites tutorials
on relevant topics of interest. A tutorial should

present the state of the art of a Semantic Web area and address the
interests of a broad audience that includes (but not

limited to) Semantic Web beginners, representatives of funding
agencies, practitioners form the industrial community, and

Semantic Web researchers. It may provide an introduction to
technologies in Semantic Web or highly relevant areas (e.g.,

Artificial Intelligence, Database and Information Retrieval), the
application of Semantic Web in a specific domain, or other

current issues and trends in appropriate depth.

==Submission==

Tutorial proposals should not exceed 5 pages in LNCS format and
contain the following information
* Type: full day or half day.
* Abstract: 200 words maximum, which will be published at the ASWC website.
* Justification: Relevance to the conference and relations to similar
tutorials presented at other events.
* Description: goals, targeted audience with prerequisite knowledge,
presentation method, software will be used, and hands-on

session planning (if there will be one; such a session is encouraged).
* Outline and schedule
* Equipment requirements
* Information of the presenters: names, affiliation, contact,
homepage, expertise and teaching experiences.

The proposal should be submitted as a pdf file using the ASWC 2009
submission system on easychair (Please select the Tutorial

Track):

https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=aswc2009

Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the ASWC 2009 organizing
committee based on its relevance to the conference, content

and presentation method, and presenters’ expertise.

==Tutorial Organizer's Responsibilities==

For accepted tutorials, the organizers should
* Maintain a website that describes the tutorial, and provides
relevant resources, e.g., slides, software and additional

references. The website URL should be ready to review by the ASWC
Tutorial Chair by 5th Nov 2009.
* At the conference, handle the distribution of tutorial materials,
except for the hard copies of the tutorial handouts which

will be printed by ASWC. If software is required for participants for
hands-on sessions, please make sure to have accessible

media (e.g., CDs or USB sticks) for participants to install.

==Important Dates==

* 10 Sept 2009: Proposal submission due
* 17 Sept 2009: Notification of proposal acceptance
* 5 Nov 2009: Website URL and tutorial handouts, PDF preferred) to
tutorial chair

==Tutorial Chair==

Jie Bao - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, baojie AT cs.rpi.edu

[Dr. Francis MUGUET-2]

Sorry for this late annoucement

Opening the Namespace infrastructures to Competition
Open Questions : challenges and opportunities

Expert Workshop
http://net4d.org/18sep09-index.html

The current situation concerning the Domain Name System is raising more and more interest as the end of the ICANN JPA in September is approaching.

Instead of engaging into bitter debates on how to co-manage a quasi-monopoly, an informal workshop is organized to explore whether there are any technical alternatives for the development of future information networks ?. Is there an effective solution to open to competition name resolving services. ?

This informal workshop is organized in the context of the expert mission that has been recently contracted by ITU to Dr. Francis Muguet. after his presentation, last May, at the WSIS Forum : Opening to competition the namespace infrastructure

This expert mission is in line with the outcomes of the last ITU Council Working Group on WSIS , where ITU was requested to study the evolution of the future internet.
The informal expert workshop is hosted at ITU headquarters, on Friday 18 September, which happens to occur after the European Dialogue on Internet Governance ( Monday 14 - Tuesday. 15 September ) and the IGF planning meeting ( Wednesday 16- Thursday 17 September ) in Geneva

The workshop, organized by Dr. Francis Muguet, is going to include in the morning, presentations and a round table, and in the afternoon, open discussions.

  I proposed to implement classes, called semantic classes , where the legal and technological innovation lies in the fact that owners of domain names in TLDs in  those classes  are contractually obliged to follow the ontology specific to each TLD. ,  (SWTLD).
( or to lose their domain names.)
 It would be therefore possible to create semantic namespaces as zones where metadata may be trusted.

   it would be possible to implement semantic namespaces in a way independant from ICANN, 

As a consequence, it would, allow for far more relevant access to data than in full text and
 this would redefine the search engines' market and approach.
Each of those SWTLDs could constitute a very large open database and would empower M2M.

Logically it would seem that W3C shoud be entittled to co-manage  at least a few  of those semantic namespaces,
This would provide, by the way, some financial ressources for the W3C.

All the best

Francis Muguet

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Call for Tutorials

Fourth Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC 2009)

6-9 December, 2009

Shanghai, China

http://www.aswc2009.org/