It’s kind of appropriate that my last post of 2015 was about the International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) and my first post of 2016 will be about ISWC.
This years conference will be held in Kobe Japan. This year’s conference already has a number of great things in store. We already have a stellar list of keynote speakers:
- Kathleen McKeown – Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University,
Director of the Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering, and Director of the North East Big Data Hub. I was at the hub’s launch last year and it’s really amazing the researchers she brought together through that hub. - Hiroaki Kitano – CEO of Sony Computer Science Laboratory and President of the systems biology institute. A truly inspirational figure who done everything from RoboCup to systems biology. He was even an invited artist at MoMA.
- Chris Bizer – Professor at the Univesity of Mannheim and Director of the Institute of Computer Science and Business Informatics there. If you’re in the Semantic Web community – you know the amazing work Chris has done. He really kicked the entire move toward Linked Data into high gear.
We have three tracks for you to submit to:
- The classic Research Track. Elena and I hope to get your most innovative and groundbreaking work on the cross between semantics and the web writ large. We’ve put together a top notch PC to give you feedback.
- The Resources Tracks. Reusable resources like datasets, ontologies, benchmarks and tools are crucial for many research disciplines and especially ours. This track focuses on highlighting them. Alasdair and Marta have put together a rich set of guidelines for a great reusable resources. Check them out.
- The Applications Track provides an area to discuss the benefits and challenges of applying semantic technologies. This track, organized by Markus and Freddy, is accepting three different types of submissions on in-use applications, industry applications and industry applications.
In addition to these tracks, ISWC 2016 will have a full program of workshops, posters, demos and student opportunities.
This year we’ll also be allowing submissions to be HTML, letting you experiment with new ways of conveying your contributions. I’m excited to see the creativity in the community using web technologies.
So get those submissions in. Abstracts are due April 20, Full submissions April 30th!
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