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CALL FOR PAPERS

Workshop on Semantic Extensions to Middleware: Enabling Large Scale Knowledge Applications http://semels.sti2.at/index.php/SEMELS_2009

At the 2009 OnTheMove Federated Conferences and Workshops http://www.onthemove-conferences.org

Vilamoura, Portugal: November 1-6, 2009 dissertation help


WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES

We are witnessing today the rise of the "Web as the Platform" as one of the major trends towards the Future Internet. The Web replaces traditional heterogeneous legacy platforms and becomes the one and only integrator platform for data and services. The platform of data enables the storing of data somewhere on the Web, while the platform of services offers applications and facilities via Web service technologies or via Web browsers (both in terms of WSDL services or REST APIs). The openness, distributedness and autonomy of prosuming entities (as equally positioned activities of producing and consuming content) makes the "Web as the Platform" grow at extreme speed, and increasing complexity and heterogeneity. As a consequence, new means of access and management were and are needed in order to cope with the wealth of data and services available on the Web. Semantic technologies, for example, are seen as tool to address the eminent issues of heterogeneity, dynamics and scalability. As direct consequence thereof, it can be observed that the amount of semantic data, and the ubiquity of it, increases steadily, and that semantic data becomes an important asset to be exploited by actors, applications and services on the Web.

With this workshop, we aim at bringing together promising middleware and Semantic Web research, which - in integration rather than in current isolation - support the quest for scalable and dynamic systems to manage and use distribute and heterogeneous data and services on the Web. We are looking for proposals that could contribute to a new semantic middleware layer that enables the Semantic Web in the true Web sense by considering the traditional issues of data and process heterogeneity, however with a clear focus on large-scale, open and distributed environments.

The outcome of the workshop is thus expected to provide new insights, ideas, and technologies that enable a semantic middleware that delivers a platform and virtualization layer for data integration, knowledge-driven collaboration, and service computing on the Web by exploiting the ever growing amounts of semantic artifacts that are made available online.


TOPICS AND APPLICATIONS

We welcome original academia and industry papers or project descriptions that propose innovative approaches to build a semantic middleware layer for the Web. The topics of interest of this workshop include but are not limited to:

  • Languages, programming and implementation techniques for middleware technology
  • Extensions of existing middleware such as Web services, Grid, tuplespaces, message oriented middleware, services buses or cloud computing with semantic technologies
  • Software architecture and software engineering techniques for building semantic middleware
  • The usage of ontologies and reasoning in relation with middleware technologies
  • Methods to deal with the complexity of managing distributed knowledge and processes
  • Methods to deal with coordination of distributed services and applications working with semantic data
  • Methods and techniques to increase reliability and availability of semanticmiddleware
  • Self-organization in semantic middleware systems
  • Reasoning about middleware structures, tasks and behavior
  • Mobility-aware semantic middleware
  • Practical experiences in using semantic middleware to realize service-oriented architectures, knowledge engineering systems, or the Web of data
  • Deployment perspectives for future semantic middleware
  • Studies on existing and emerging target markets for semantically enabled middleware


IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract Submission Deadline June 22, 2009

Paper Submission Deadline June 29, 2009

Acceptance Notification August 14, 2009

Camera Ready & Registration August 24, 2009

OTM Conferences & Workshops November 1 - 6, 2009


SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS

See OTM Web site. Author kit: [1], Submission: [2]


CO-CHAIRS

Elena Simperl, Semantic Technology Institute STI, University of Innsbruck,Austria

Reto Krummenacher, Semantic Technology Institute STI, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Françoise Baude, INRIA, Univ. of Nice Sophia-Antipolis I3S CNRS, Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France

Philippe Merle, INRIA ADAM - Lille, Lille, France

Jean-Pierre Lorré, eBM WebSourcing, Ramonville Saint-Agne (Toulouse), France


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Vidal Alexandre C. T. University of São Paulo, Brazil

Omicini Andrea University of Bologna, Italy

Esfandiari Babak Carleton University, Canada

Pedrinaci Carlos The Open University, UK

Faron Zucker Catherine University of Nice, France

Wei Chen Intelligent Automation Inc., US

Wutke Daniel University of Stuttgart, Germany

Robertson David University of Edinburgh, UK

Gandon Fabien INRIA Sophia, France

Oliver Ian Nokia Research, Finland

Zaihrayeu Ilya University of Trento, Italy

Kopecky Jacek STI Innsbruck, Austria

Liquori Luigi INRIA Sophia, France

Bortenschlager Manfred Salzburg Research, Austria

Tolksdorf Robert Free University Berlin, Germany

Bergamaschi Sonia University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

Barczynski Wojciech SAP Research CEC Dresden, Germany


CONTACT

Web: http://semels.sti2.at/index.php/SEMELS_2009

Email: reto.krummenacher@sti-innsbruck.at

Phone: +43 512 507 6452

Fax: +43 512 507 9872

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