From alessandro.mosca at unibz.it Fri Mar 12 15:40:55 2021 From: alessandro.mosca at unibz.it (Alessandro Mosca) Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:40:55 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] 1st CfP: International Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage (SWODCH 2021) Message-ID: *International Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage (SWODCH 2021)* @Bolzano Summer of Knowledge 2021 (BOSK II), September 20-21, Bolzano, Italyhttps://swodch2021.inf.unibz.it/ *Workshop scope and aim* SWODCH 2021 is the association of the 2nd edition of WODHSA ( http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/WODHSA/index.php/cfp/) and the 4th edition of SW4CH (https://sw4ch2018.ensma.fr/). It is also in continuation of the 1st edition of ODOCH (http://odoch19.uniroma1.it/odoch19/odoch19) and the special issue of the Semantic Web journal on “Semantic Web for Cultural Heritage” (https://content.iospress.com/journals/semantic-web/12/2). The purpose of WODHSA is to gather original research work about both application and foundational issues emerging from the design of conceptual models, ontologies, and Semantic Web technologies for the Digital Humanities (DH). In fact, a plethora of heterogeneous and multi-format data currently available in the Digital Humanities domain asks for principled methodologies and technologies to semantically characterize, integrate, and reason on data and data models for analysis, visualization, retrieval, and other purposes. We are also interested in studies about the philosophical and social analysis of DH data and knowledge representation models. For instance, ontologies for the DH often require to take into account the historical and social dimensions of data. The research question is how to explicitly represent these dimensions in a way that is transparent and accessible to both humans and machines. We believe that making both modellers and users aware of the modelling choices laying behind models and applications, as well as studying the background theories of such modelling choices, enhance the transparency and reliability of computational resources, and therefore help users in better understanding and trusting them. The aim of SW4CH is to bring together stakeholders from various scientific fields, Computer Scientists, Data Scientists and Digital Humanists, involved in the development or deployment of Semantic Web solutions for Cultural Heritage. Cultural Heritage data is typically made available in diverse languages and formats. Knowledge representation can play an important role in making such resources mutually interoperable, so that it can be presented, linked and searched in a harmonized way. Early solutions were based on the syntactic/structural level of data, without leveraging the rich semantic structures underlying the content. Nowadays, institutions bring their data to the Semantic Web level, so the tasks of integrating, sharing, analysing and visualizing data are to be conceived in this new and very rich framework. The overall goal of SWODCH 2021 is to provide a scientific forum where scholars and stakeholders will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, experiences, and analyses, while presenting realizations and outcomes of relevant projects and discussing the related challenges. *Important Dates* - Submission deadline: May 15, 2021 - Review notification: June 26, 2021 - Camera-ready: July 17, 2021 - Workshop: September 20-21, 2021 *List of Topics* We seek original and high-quality submissions related (but not limited) to one or more of the following topic areas: - Conceptual analysis and ontology design for the Digital Humanities - Domain ontologies or conceptual models for history, history of arts, book studies, theatre, literature, editorial practices, archaeology, musicology, cultural and natural - heritage (including architectural heritage), among others. - Methodological aspects of ontology development for the Digital Humanities, including the need for modelling the social (contextual) dimension of both data and ontologies - Use of ontology design patterns - Case studies based on and lessons learned from the use of CIDOC-CRM or FRBR - Logical and ontological analysis of CIDOC-CRM or FRBR, e.g., with respect to foundational ontologies (DOLCE, UFO, BFO, etc.) - Application of formal ontology theories for knowledge representation or data management in the Digital Humanities - Philosophical and sociological analysis of both digital models and modelling practices in the Digital Humanities - Social studies on the policies towards the standardization of ontologies in the Digital Humanities - Semantic Web publishing, architectures and SW-based interaction for Cultural Heritage - Semantic Web content creation, annotation, and extraction - Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment - Virtual Cultural Heritage collections - Peer-to-peer Cultural Heritage architectures - E-infrastructures for Cultural Heritage - Interoperability, virtually integrated Cultural Heritage collections - Ontology-based data access or virtual knowledge graphs - Reasoning strategies (e.g. context, temporal, spatial) - Search, querying, and visualization of the Cultural Heritage on the Semantic Web - Personalized access of Cultural Heritage collections - Context-aware information presentation - Navigation and browsing (facets) - Social aspects in Cultural Heritage access and presentation - Trust and provenance issues in mixed collection and mixed vocabulary applications - Semantic Web-based applications for Cultural Heritage with clear lessons learned - Digital Libraries - Museums (virtual collections, mobile/ web-based museum guides) - Tourist services - Ambient Cultural Heritage - Creative industries *Submission Guidelines* We will accept two different types of contributions: - *Research articles* for presenting original unpublished work, neither submitted to, nor accepted for, any other venue. - *Extended abstracts* for presenting work in progress, brief descriptions of doctoral theses, or general overviews of research projects. All the contributions to the workshop must be submitted according to the LNCS format and must comply with the LNCS formatting guidelines available at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines. Submitted *research articles* must not be shorter than 10 pages and must not exceed 12 pages, including bibliography, while the submitted *extended abstracts* must not be shorter than 5 pages and not exceed 6 pages, including bibliography. Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit, originality and relevance to the workshop. Each paper will be reviewed by three Program Committee members. Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF, using this link: http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swodch2021. *Publication* Accepted papers will be published in a CEUR-WS volume.The authors of the best workshop papers will be invited to prepare extended versions of their papers after the workshop to be published in a journal special issue. *Organizing Committee* - Antonis Bikakis, University College London, U.K. - Roberta Ferrario, ISTC-CNR, Italy - Stéphane Jean, University of Poitiers - ENSMA, France - Béatrice Markhoff, University François Rabelais de Tours, France - Alessandro Mosca, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy - Marianna Nicolosi Asmundo, University of Catania, Italy *Venue* Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the workshop will have a hybrid format, allowing both physical and virtual participation. -- Alessandro Mosca KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data Smart Data Factory Lab @NOI Techpark Südtirol/Alto Adige, Office A1.4.29 Faculty of Computer Science @Free University of Bozen-Bolzano https://www.inf.unibz.it/~almosca/ -- According to the Regulation EU 2016/679, you are hereby informed that this message contains confidential information that is intended only for the use of the addressee. 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URL: From Guendalina.Righetti at stud-inf.unibz.it Sat Mar 13 15:50:27 2021 From: Guendalina.Righetti at stud-inf.unibz.it (Righetti Guendalina (Student Com18)) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 14:50:27 +0000 Subject: [iaoa-general] FOIS 2021 - Call for Workshops and Tutorials Message-ID: (Apologies for potential cross-posting) Call for Workshops and Tutorials for the 12th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information System (FOIS 2021) https://fois2021.inf.unibz.it/ Submission deadline: March 26, 2021 Notification: April 9, 2021 The Workshop and Tutorial Chairs for FOIS 2021 invite proposals for workshops and tutorials to be held either virtually or in a hybrid fashion in conjunction with FOIS 2021 before or after the main conference which will take place September 13-16, 2021. Workshops and tutorials at FOIS 2021 are events whose scientific program is independently established by the workshop organizers. They will be responsible for advertising the workshop and reviewing and selecting the contributions. Workshops can be events that provide a forum for the discussion of topics broadly related to ontologies, formal ontology, and knowledge management and their application in information science or other areas. Together, the workshops can address a wide spectrum of topics related to ontology research, ranging from Cognitive Science to Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics. They are especially suitable for interdisciplinary and innovative formats. Previous FOIS/JOWO workshops were held in 2020 (virtually), 2019 in Graz (Austria), 2018 in Cape Town (South Africa), 2017 in Bolzano (Italy), 2016 in Annecy (France), and at IJCAI 2015 in Buenos Aires (Argentina). As in earlier years, all contributions to accepted workshops will be published open access in a joint CEUR proceedings volume, as part of the new IAOA series (http://ceur-ws.org/iaoa.html). We welcome proposals from researchers and practitioners interested in the theory, practice, development and/or application of ontologies and related areas are invited to submit workshop proposals for review. We encourage several forms and length of workshops (the list is non-exhaustive): - workshops that focus on an established research area, including continuations of workshops that were held in the past; - workshops that focus on emerging topics and applications, or on open research questions and challenges; - workshops that aim to create cross-disciplinary research fostering exchange of ideas between groups otherwise mostly disconnected. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Proposals for workshops and tutorials should be no more than 2 pages in length, and must contain the following information: - title of the workshop/tutorial; - indication of how you would like to conduct the workshop: either fully virtually or, if the pandemic situation in September allows, in a hybrid mode. Notice that we will require all workshops and tutorials to allow remote participation for those who cannot travel; - names of the workshop/tutorial organizers; please indicate a primary contact person; - brief description of experience in workshop/tutorial organization; - description of the workshop/tutorial topic; - brief description of the expected audience (please give an estimate of the expected number of participants and their background and interests, if applicable please relate this to participation in similar prior events); - intended duration of the workshop (between half a day and a full day); - timeline for the workshop (submission dates, notification dates), taking into account the proposed "important dates" below. Workshop proposals should be sent to wsfois21 at loa.istc.cnr.it by March 26, 2021. EVALUATION Submissions of workshop proposals will be evaluated by the FOIS workshop chairs using the following criteria: - Scientific relevance and utility to attendees; - Quality of the proposal; - Likelihood of success of the workshop; - Overlap and complementarity with other workshops. IMPORTANT DATES - March 26, 2021 – Workshop proposal submission deadline - April 9, 2021 – Workshop acceptance notification - April 19, 2021 – 1st call for papers to be distributed by workshop organizers - August 23, 2021 – Camera-ready versions of all papers received - September 11-18, 2021 – Workshops and tutorials take place virtually or as hybrid events in conjunction with FOIS in Bolzano FURTHER INQUIRIES In case of further questions please contact wsfois21 at loa.istc.cnr.it -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alessandro.mosca at unibz.it Mon Mar 15 17:05:48 2021 From: alessandro.mosca at unibz.it (Alessandro Mosca) Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:05:48 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] 1st CfP: Workshop on Data meets Applied Ontologies in Explainable Artificial Intelligence (DAO-XAI) Message-ID: *Workshop on Data meets Applied Ontologies in Explainable Artificial Intelligence * DAO-XAI @ BAKS 2021 https://daoxai.inf.unibz.it The Workshop is held on September 18, as Part of the *Bratislava Knowledge September, BAKS 2021, September 14-24, in Bratislava, Slovakia, 2021* https://dai.fmph.uniba.sk/events/baks2021/ *Content* The 3rd edition of the Data meets Applied Ontologies Workshop series will take place as a bridge event between the 30th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN 2021) and the 34th International Workshop on Description Logics (DL 2021), two venues with a long tradition of research contributions related to sub-symbolic and symbolic reasoning respectively. To this end, the 3rd edition of the Data meets Applied Ontologies Workshop will focus on the integration of sub-symbolic and symbolic systems, particularly, on the role played by any forms of explicit and formal knowledge, such as ontologies, knowledge graphs, knowledge bases, etc., in Explainable Artificial Intelligence. We welcome the submission of original contributions, investigating novel methodologies to build transparent and scrutable AI systems and algorithms for the design of Trustworthy and Explainable decision support systems. We welcome the submission of original contributions, in the form of theoretical contributions, discussion papers, experimental contributions, system and demo descriptions of applications that make use of explicit and formal knowledge to enhance the explainability and trustworthiness of decision systems, including - but not limited to - the following topics of interest: *Neural-symbolic Learning and Reasoning* - Cognitive computational systems integrating machine learning and automated reasoning - Knowledge representation and reasoning in machine learning and deep learning - Knowledge extraction and distillation from neural and statistical learning models - Representation and refinement of symbolic knowledge by artificial neural networks *Human-centered Explanations, Usability* - Explanation formats exploiting domain knowledge - Visual exploratory tools of semantic explanations - Knowledge representation for human-centric explanations - Usability and acceptance of knowledge-enhanced semantic explanations - Evaluation of transparency and interpretability of AI Systems *Applications of Ontologies for Explainability and Trustworthiness in Specific Domains* - Life sciences, health - Biomedicine - Humanities and social sciences - eGovernment *Submission Guidelines* We accept submissions of 6-12 pages in length (excluding bibliography) of the following types: 1. Regular papers (max. 12 + references – CEUR WS format) 1. Short/Position papers (max. 6 pages + references – CEUR WS format); 1. Abstract (max. 2 pages + references – CEUR WS format) - not included in the proceedings. All submitted papers will be evaluated based on originality, significance, relevance and technical quality. Papers should be submitted non-anonymously in PDF format following the CEUR-WS single column formatting guidelines found at http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/ - The direct template download for Latex and MS Word is available here: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip - There is also an Overleaf Template available here: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-workshop-proceedings-ceur-ws-dot-org/hpvjjzhjxzjk Submission Site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=daoxai2021 Accepted papers will be published in a proceedings volume in the IAOA series of CEUR-WS (http://ceur-ws.org/iaoa.html). Please notice that due to a change of policy at CEUR-WS.org Abstracts are no longer indexed by dblp.org and cannot be included in the proceedings. They will be accepted for oral presentation *only*. Authors who require a visa to travel to Slovakia and for this reason would like to receive notification earlier than 23 July may request fast-track reviewing. To do so, authors should send an e-mail to daoxai 2021 at easychair.org, including the submission number of the paper and a statement explaining the circumstances that require fast-track review. *Important Dates* - June 04, 2021: Abstract registration - June 11, 2021: Paper submission deadline - July 23, 2021: Notification to authors - August 13, 2021: Camera-ready copies - September 18, 2021: DAO-XAI workshop *Invited Speakers* We will have as keynote speaker Luciano Serafini, a world-wide expert in logics for knowledge representation and reasoning, ontologies, and their integration with sub-symbolic reasoning and learning. *Organization* Roberto Confalonieri - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Computer Science Oliver Kutz - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Computer Science Diego Calvanese - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Computer Science Alessandro Mosca - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Faculty of Computer Science, Smart Data Factory *Contacts* roberto.confalonieri at unibz.it -- Alessandro Mosca KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data Smart Data Factory Lab @NOI Techpark Südtirol/Alto Adige, Office A1.4.29 Faculty of Computer Science @Free University of Bozen-Bolzano https://www.inf.unibz.it/~almosca/ -- According to the Regulation EU 2016/679, you are hereby informed that this message contains confidential information that is intended only for the use of the addressee. 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URL: From Guendalina.Righetti at stud-inf.unibz.it Tue Mar 23 14:32:24 2021 From: Guendalina.Righetti at stud-inf.unibz.it (Righetti Guendalina (Student Com18)) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:32:24 +0000 Subject: [iaoa-general] Call for Workshops and Tutorials - FOIS 2021 Message-ID: (Apologies for potential cross-posting) Call for Workshops and Tutorials for the 12th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information System (FOIS 2021) https://fois2021.inf.unibz.it/ **Submission deadline: March 26, 2021​** Notification: April 9, 2021 The Workshop and Tutorial Chairs for FOIS 2021 invite proposals for workshops and tutorials to be held either virtually or in a hybrid fashion in conjunction with FOIS 2021 before or after the main conference which will take place September 13-16, 2021. Workshops and tutorials at FOIS 2021 are events whose scientific program is independently established by the workshop organizers. They will be responsible for advertising the workshop and reviewing and selecting the contributions. Workshops can be events that provide a forum for the discussion of topics broadly related to ontologies, formal ontology, and knowledge management and their application in information science or other areas. Together, the workshops can address a wide spectrum of topics related to ontology research, ranging from Cognitive Science to Knowledge Representation, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Philosophy, and Linguistics. They are especially suitable for interdisciplinary and innovative formats. Previous FOIS/JOWO workshops were held in 2020 (virtually), 2019 in Graz (Austria), 2018 in Cape Town (South Africa), 2017 in Bolzano (Italy), 2016 in Annecy (France), and at IJCAI 2015 in Buenos Aires (Argentina). As in earlier years, all contributions to accepted workshops will be published open access in a joint CEUR proceedings volume, as part of the new IAOA series (http://ceur-ws.org/iaoa.html). We welcome proposals from researchers and practitioners interested in the theory, practice, development and/or application of ontologies and related areas are invited to submit workshop proposals for review. We encourage several forms and length of workshops (the list is non-exhaustive): - workshops that focus on an established research area, including continuations of workshops that were held in the past; - workshops that focus on emerging topics and applications, or on open research questions and challenges; - workshops that aim to create cross-disciplinary research fostering exchange of ideas between groups otherwise mostly disconnected. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Proposals for workshops and tutorials should be no more than 2 pages in length, and must contain the following information: - title of the workshop/tutorial; - indication of how you would like to conduct the workshop: either fully virtually or, if the pandemic situation in September allows, in a hybrid mode. Notice that we will require all workshops and tutorials to allow remote participation for those who cannot travel; - names of the workshop/tutorial organizers; please indicate a primary contact person; - brief description of experience in workshop/tutorial organization; - description of the workshop/tutorial topic; - brief description of the expected audience (please give an estimate of the expected number of participants and their background and interests, if applicable please relate this to participation in similar prior events); - intended duration of the workshop (between half a day and a full day); - timeline for the workshop (submission dates, notification dates), taking into account the proposed "important dates" below. Workshop proposals should be sent to wsfois21 at loa.istc.cnr.it by March 26, 2021. EVALUATION Submissions of workshop proposals will be evaluated by the FOIS workshop chairs using the following criteria: - Scientific relevance and utility to attendees; - Quality of the proposal; - Likelihood of success of the workshop; - Overlap and complementarity with other workshops. IMPORTANT DATES - March 26, 2021 – Workshop proposal submission deadline - April 9, 2021 – Workshop acceptance notification - April 19, 2021 – 1st call for papers to be distributed by workshop organizers - August 23, 2021 – Camera-ready versions of all papers received - September 11-18, 2021 – Workshops and tutorials take place virtually or as hybrid events in conjunction with FOIS in Bolzano FURTHER INQUIRIES In case of further questions please contact wsfois21 at loa.istc.cnr.it -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maria.m.hedblom at gmail.com Wed Mar 24 17:36:19 2021 From: maria.m.hedblom at gmail.com (Maria Hedblom) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 17:36:19 +0100 Subject: [iaoa-general] 2nd CfP - FOIS 2021, September 13-16, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Message-ID: (Apologies for cross-posting) 12th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2021), September 13-16, 2021 https://fois2021.inf.unibz.it/ ** additional submission instructions now available online ** ----------------------------------- DEFINITION AND SCOPE ----------------------------------- The FOIS conference is a meeting point for all researchers with an interest in formal ontology. Formal ontology is the systematic study of the types of entities and relations making up the domains of interest represented in modern information systems. The conference encourages new high-quality submissions on both theoretical issues and practical advancements: FOIS 2021 will have distinct tracks for foundational issues, ontology applications and domain ontologies. FOIS aims to be a nexus of interdisciplinary research and communication, inclusive of researchers from many domains engaging with formal ontology. Common application areas include conceptual modeling, database design, knowledge engineering and management, software engineering, organizational modeling, artificial intelligence, robotics, computational linguistics, the life sciences, bioinformatics and scientific research in general, geographic information science, information retrieval, library and information science, as well as the Semantic Web. FOIS is the flagship conference of the International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA: http://iaoa.org/), which is a non-profit organization promoting interdisciplinary research and international collaboration in formal ontology. ----------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ----------------------------- * Paper Submission Deadline: 22 April 2021 * Notification: 25 June 2021 * Camera-ready Papers: 19 July 2021 * Conference Dates: 13-16 September 2021 ----------------------------- LOCATION ----------------------------- FOIS 2021 is planned as a hybrid event: there will be a physical meeting in Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, with a remote participation option. ------------------------------ SUBMISSIONS ------------------------------ FOIS 2021 seeks three types of full-length (14 page) high-quality papers on a wide range of topics: 1. Foundational papers address content-related ontological issues, their formal representation, and their relevance to some aspect of information systems. 2. Application papers address novel methods and systems related to building, evaluating, or using ontologies, emphasizing the impact of ontology contents on the application. 3. Domain ontology papers describe a novel ontology for a specific realm of interest, clarifying ontological choices against requirements and foundational theory, and showing ontology use. Please refer to the FOIS 2021 Call For Papers page for more details. As usual, the FOIS proceedings will be published by IOS Press. Related activities, such as workshops and tutorials, may specify different submission formats, for example, short papers or posters. Please refer to the FOIS 2021 Workshops and Tutorials page for details about related activities. ------------------------------ FORMAT ------------------------------ FOIS 2021 includes a number of activities: * FOIS conference * workshops * tutorials * an early career symposium * and more to come… ------------------------------ KEYNOTES ------------------------------ * Nicola Guarino, ISTC-CNR, Italy * Arianna Betti, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands * Stefan Schulz, Medical University of Graz, Austria ------------------------------ TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------------------ Areas of particular interest to FOIS include the following: Foundational Issues * Kinds of entities: particulars/universals, continuants/occurrents, abstracta/concreta, dependent entities/independent entities, natural objects/artifacts * Formal relations: parthood, identity, connection, dependence, constitution, causality, subsumption, instantiation * Vagueness and granularity * Space, time, and change Methodological issues * Top-level vs. domain-specific ontologies * Role of reference ontologies * Ontology similarity, integration and alignment * Ontology modularity, contextuality, and evolution * Formal comparison among ontologies * Relationship with cognition, language, semantics, context * Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs Domain-specific ontologies * Ontology of physical reality (matter, space, time, motion etc.) * Ontology of biological reality (organisms, genes, proteins, cells etc.) * Ontology of mental reality and agency (beliefs, intentions, emotions, perceptions, cognition, etc.) * Ontology of artifacts, functions, capacities and roles * Ontology of social reality (institutions, organizations, norms, social relationships, artistic expressions etc.) Applications * Ontology-driven information systems design * Ontological foundations for conceptual modeling * Knowledge management * Qualitative modeling * Computational linguistics * Information retrieval * Semantic Web * Business modeling * Ontologies and Machine Learning * Ontologies and Explainable AI * Ontologies for particular scientific disciplines (biology, chemistry, geography, physics, geoscience, cognitive sciences, linguistics etc.) * Ontologies for engineering: shape, form and function, artifacts, manufacturing, design, architecture etc. * Ontologies for the humanities: arts, cultural studies, history, literature, philosophy, etc. * Ontologies for the social sciences: economics, law, political science, anthropology, archeology, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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