SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
Information-Integrated, Collaborative Networks have become an important part of today's
complex enterprise systems. For example, information-integrated collaboration is an
essential component of network centric systems' ongoing transformation. However, it
has been observed that integrated collaborative systems are truly effective only when
integration mechanisms are designed and implemented to work at the semantic level.
Two fundamental problems are inherent to the design of integrated collaboration solutions:
(i) Semantic Inaccessibility as a result of the failure to explicitly specify the semantic
content of the information contained within the subsystems that must share information in
order to collaborate effectively; and (ii) Logical Disconnectedness as a result of the
failure to explicitly represent constraints between the information managed by the
different collaborating subsystems.
Current technologies enable information and integration at the syntactic level. Data
exchange protocols and standards that are used to facilitate seamless information exchange
and 'plug and play' interoperability are often designed to be useful only at the syntactic
level. Lacking are mechanisms that have the ability to capture, store, and manage
the meaning of the data and artifacts that need to be shared for collaborative problem
solving, decision support, planning, and execution.
Semantic information sharing and integration technologies will provide an important
collaboration enabling mechanism for the emerging net centric systems and the information
grid. Further, it is likely that advances in this area will support multiple
modes of collaboration with disparate and cross-cutting technologies. This workshop,
held as part of CTS 2010, will bring together researchers and experts interested in
bridging the gaps between the different technologies, and between technologies and
applications. We invite original contributions on the technology practice and user
experience for these emerging and important areas from researchers in academia, industry,
and research institutions.
The Workshop topics include (but are not limited
to) the following:
Semantic Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)
Ontology-Based Methods for Information Integration
Semantic Integration and Interoperability
Semantic Workflow Orchestration
Semantic Mediation Methods
Semantic Discovery and Matchmaking Services
Collaborative Knowledge Engineering and Management
Using Semantic Wikis for Collaborative Applications
Semantic Search
Mobile Semantics
Ontologies
Semantic Technologies and Languages
Semantic Solutions and Applications
Rapid Development of Semantic Applications
Semantic Technologies in Healthcare and Life Sciences
Semantic Technologies in Disaster preparedness and Emergency Management
Semantic Technologies in e-Commerce, Marketing, and Advertising
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
We invite researchers in academia, industry and research institutions to submit papers
reporting original and unpublished research work on the topics listed above or any other
related topics. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously
submitted elsewhere. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names,
affiliation names and addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses.
Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to six keywords or
keyword phrases from the above list of topics and an abstract of no more than 400
words. The full manuscript should be a maximum of ten (10) pages using the
two-column IEEE format. Additional pages will be charged at an additional fee.
Please include page numbers on all submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide
helpful comments. Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript via email to the
workshop organizers at
pbenjamin@kbsi.com
and
rfernandes@kbsi.com
.
Only PDF files will be accepted, submitted by email to the workshop organizers. Each
paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on
their originality, relevance, technical clarity and presentation. Initial selection
will be based on full papers. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of
the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Authors of accepted
papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and presented at the workshop.
Accepted papers will be published in the symposium proceedings. Instructions for
final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the CTS 2010 Symposium website
in the future. It is our intention to have the proceedings formally published in
hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings
are projected to be included in the IEEE Digital Library and indexed accordingly. If
you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the
organizers.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission Deadline
January 18, 2010
Notification of Acceptance
February 9, 2010
Registration and Camera Ready Manuscript Due
March 1, 2010
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Perakath
Benjamn, pbenjamin@kbsi.com Ronald Fernandes, rfernandes@kbsi.com
Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. (KBSI), College
Station, Texas, USA
Voice: +979.260.5274
Technical Program Committee:
(Partial)
All submitted papers will be reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members
following similar criteria used for CTS 2010.
Craig Anken, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
Andy Banerjee, Texas A&M University, USA
Bin Chen, Indiana University, USA
Tim Darr, Knowledge Based Systems, Inc., College Station, Texas, USA
Dominique Decouchant, CNRS - LIG de Grenoble, France
Feliz Gouviea, University Fernando Pessoa-Porto, Portugal
Jeffrey Hudack, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
David Martin, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA
John Miller, University of Georgia, USA
Mark Perry, Brunel University, Middlesex, U.K.
If you have questions regarding workshop paper submission or the workshop content, please
contact the workshop organizers.
For information or questions about Symposium's paper submission, tutorials, posters,
workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral
consortium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper
formatting, etc., please consult the Symposium's web site at URL:
http://cisedu.us/cis/cts/10/main/callForPapers.jsp
or contact one of the Symposium's Co-Chairs: Bill McQuay at
William.McQuay@us.af.mil
and Waleed W. Smari at
Smari@arys.org
.