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Fwd: ESAO Webinar n.10 on Tuesday, December 19th -- Call for Participation

by Cassia TROJAHN

Gentle reminder. > == ESAO Webinar n.10, 19th December 2023 == > > Dear all, > > The Educational Series on Applied Ontology (ESAO) [1] is open for everyone and welcomes students, researchers and practitioners alike (no registration needed). > > The 10th ESAO webinar will be held on > > Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 15:00 CET > (regional times: 09:00-10:30 EDT / 14:00-15:30 UTC / 15:00-16:30 CET / 16:00-17:30 SAST / 11:00-12:30 UTC-3 [2]) > via Zoom (full connection details at the end of this message) > > https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/95709820112?pwd=VXlYTi8zbzBDbjVkUW1Qa2dGMW4zUT… > > Program & Speakers Info > ---------------------- > 09:00-10:30 EDT / 14:00-15:30 UTC / 15:00-16:30 CET / 16:00-17:30 SAST / 11:00-12:30 UTC-3 (30 min each presentation + discussions) > > ------- > Mara Abel (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) > > Title: Ontology application in the petroleum industry > Abstract: The petroleum production chain configures a complex sequence of activities that require specialized knowledge and large volume of information from diverse sources and types. Considering the high level of requested knowledge, several specialized providers assume part of the activities producing information and data that are integrated during process decision, production monitoring, and optimization. In this non-standardize scenario, semantic treatment becomes a key issue to allow interoperability between systems and enterprise information consumption. Ontology engineering came with the adequate tools for dealing with semantic in this environment nowadays, by orienting the development of domain ontologies and the embodiment of the ontology artifacts into information system applications. This talk will describe use cases of domain ontologies in petroleum industry environment for information retrieval, expert system applications, digital twin for implementation and decision making applications, highlighting details of the each project development. > > Bio: Mara Abel is geologist and doctor in Computer Science, studying knowledge engineering applied to Petroleum Industry. She is a retired titular professor of UFRGS, in Brasil, where she has been dedicated to investigate and build ontologies for dealing with interoperability problems in petroleum industry. She is co-founder of the knowledge-based software company ENDEEPER and she has conceived several successful industrial applications for reservoir characterization and production optimization in industrial cooperation projects. > > ------- > Emilio Sanfilippo (National Research Council of Italy) > > Title: Ontologies in Digital Humanities: Some Research Challenges > Abstract: Ontologies are extensively used in both research and applications within the realm of digital humanities, with one of the most notable examples being the CIDOC-CRM ontology and its extensions. Similarly to other domains of application, ontologies within the digital humanities serve diverse purposes, including the seamless organization of datasets across multiple organizations to enable their smooth sharing and integration. However, within this landscape, critical studies pertaining to the interpretive reception of artworks – or any entity central to humanities research – have remained at the margins of knowledge representation and data modeling efforts. Consequently, while numerous digital platforms offer ontology-based datasets, only a few explicitly address the interpretive dimension of scholarly inquiries. This absence is somewhat surprising considering the significance of interpretive phenomena in critical studies of fine art, literature, music, theater, and other disciplines. During this presentation, I will briefly explore the utilization of ontologies in the digital humanities, discussing the challenges researchers must confront, in my opinion, to comprehend the multifaceted nature of scholarly research in the humanities. These challenges encompass the development of methodologies and formal models to represent scholarly interpretations and debates. > > Bio: Emilio Sanfilippo is a permanent researcher at the National Research Council of Italy, affiliated with the Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) within the Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC). His research encompasses foundational and applied topics concerning the utilization of ontologies in both industrial engineering and the digital humanities. Presently, he serves as the principal investigator of the MITE project - Make it Explicit: Documenting interpretations of literary fictions with conceptual formal models, funded by the Italian Ministry for University and Research (MUR). > > Series Description > ------------------ > > The IAOA [3] has created ESAO [1], an educational effort directed towards topics of Applied Ontology, primarily established basics and foundations. > > The series is inspired by the Interdisciplinary Schools on Applied Ontology (ISAO) [4]. ESAO is complementary in format and its overall approach. The goal is to provide a combination of an archive of educational material (e.g., short video lectures) and a series of webinars for presenting and discussing that material. > > Organization > ------------ > > Members of the Education Technical Committee of IAOA [5] and among those primarily (in alphabetical order): > > * Lucía Gómez Álvarez > * Frank Loebe > * Sandra Lovrenčić > * Cassia Trojahn (Chair) > * Laure Vieu > > Contact > E-Mail: info(a)iaoa.org > > [1] Educational Series on Applied Ontology > https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:ESAO > > [2] Session time locally and in further places > https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20230510T1400 > > [3] IAOA website > http://iaoa.org/ > > [4] ISAO History page > https://iaoa.org/index.php/isao-history/ > > [5] Entry page of the IAOA Education Technical Committee > https://iaoa.org/index.php/faq/education-committee/ > > > Connection Details > ------------------ > > Topic: ESAO 10th > Time: Dec 19, 2023 03:00 PM Paris > > Join Zoom Meeting > https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/95709820112?pwd=VXlYTi8zbzBDbjVkUW1Qa2dGMW4zUT… > > Meeting ID: 957 0982 0112 > Passcode: 770691 > > --- > > Join by SIP > • 95709820112(a)zoomcrc.com > > --- > > Join by H.323 > • 162.255.37.11 (US West) > • 162.255.36.11 (US East) > • 221.122.88.195 (China) > • 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) > • 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) > • 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) > • 213.244.140.110 (Germany) > • 103.122.166.55 (Australia Sydney) > • 103.122.167.55 (Australia Melbourne) > • 209.9.211.110 (Hong Kong SAR) > • 149.137.40.110 (Singapore) > • 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) > • 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) > • 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) > • 207.226.132.110 (Japan Tokyo) > • 149.137.24.110 (Japan Osaka) > > Meeting ID: 957 0982 0112 > Passcode: 770691 > > --- > > Join by Skype for Business > https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/skype/95709820112

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1st International Joint Conference on Conceptual Knowledge Structures - 1st Call for Papers

by Sebastien Ferre

*** 1st Call for Papers *** CONCEPTS 2024 1st International Joint Conference on Conceptual Knowledge Structures 28th Intl. Conf. on Conceptual Structures (ICCS) 18th Intl. Conf. on Formal Concept Analysis (ICFCA) 17th Intl. Conf. on Concept Lattices and their Applications (CLA) September 9–13 2024, Cádiz, Spain Website: https://concepts2024.uca.es Email contact address: concepts24(a)lists.cs.uni-kassel.de The 1st International Joint Conference on Conceptual Knowledge Structures (CONCEPTS) is a merger of the three conferences CLA, ICCS, and ICFCA, which have been essential venues for researchers and practitioners working on theoretical and applied aspects of formal concept analysis and representation of conceptual knowledge, as well as closely related areas, such as data mining, information retrieval, knowledge management and discovery. This new conference aims to continue the tradition and standards of previous conferences and become a key annual meeting to take along all members of the three communities of CLA, ICCS, and ICFCA and to keep abreast of the advances and new challenges in the field. Main topics include but are not limited to: - Formal concept analysis: concept lattices, implications, algorithms and computational complexity - Conceptual graphs, graph-based models for human reasoning - Knowledge spaces and learning spaces - Ontologies, semantic web, knowledge graphs - Conceptual structures in natural language processing and linguistics - Conceptual knowledge acquisition and management - Conceptual knowledge discovery, data analysis, and visualization - Probabilistic approaches to conceptual knowledge representation and knowledge discovery - Approximation techniques in application to conceptual structures - Bridging conceptual structures to information sciences, artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning, information retrieval, database theory, software engineering, and other areas of computer science - Understanding real-world data and modeling real-world phenomena with conceptual structures Submission details: Submissions are invited on significant, original (previously unpublished) research on the topics of the conference. All accepted submissions will be refereed, by following three different modalities: journal track papers, up to 26 pages, to be published in a special issue of a high-rank international journal; regular papers up to 16 pages, and short papers up to 8 pages, to be published by Springer in the LNAI series as a proceedings volume. All submissions will be subject to single-blind peer review. Accepted papers have to be presented at the conference on-site. Therefore, at least one author per paper has to register timely and attend the conference on-site. Important dates: For journal track submissions: - Submission deadline: March 6, 2024 - Paper Reviews Sent to Authors: May 3, 2024 - Revised submission: June 3, 2024 - Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2024 For regular papers and extended abstracts: - Abstract submission: March 18, 2024 - Full paper submission: March 25, 2024 - Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2024 - Camera-ready papers due: May 30, 2024 Organization: _General and Conference Chair:_ Jesús Medina, University of Cádiz, Spain _Program Chairs:_ Inma P. Cabrera, University of Málaga, Spain Sébastien Ferré, University of Rennes, France Sergei Obiedkov, TU Dresden, Germany _Local organizer Committee:_ María José Benítez Caballero, University of Cádiz, Spain Fernando Chacón-Gómez, University of Cádiz, Spain Samuel José Molina Ruiz, University of Cádiz, Spain Francisco José Ocaña Alcázar, University of Cádiz, Spain _Executive Board: _ Jaume Baixeries, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain Radim Belohlavek, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic Tanya Braun, University of Münster, Germany Madalina Croitoru, University of Montpellier, France Sébastien Ferré, University of Rennes, France Sergei Kuznetsov, HSE University, Moscow, Russia Rokia Missaoui, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada Amedeo Napoli, LORIA, Nancy, France Sergei Obiedkov, TU Dresden, Germany Manuel Ojeda-Aciego, University of Malaga, Spain Uta Priss, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbüttel, Germany Gerd Stumme, University of Kassel, Germany Program Committee (to be announced soon)

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ESAO Webinar n.10 on Tuesday, December 19th -- Call for Participation

by Cassia TROJAHN

== ESAO Webinar n.10, December 2023 == Dear all, The Educational Series on Applied Ontology (ESAO) [1] is open for everyone and welcomes students, researchers and practitioners alike (no registration needed). The 10th ESAO webinar will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 15:00 CET (regional times: 09:00-10:30 EDT / 14:00-15:30 UTC / 15:00-16:30 CET / 16:00-17:30 SAST / 11:00-12:30 UTC-3 [2]) via Zoom (full connection details at the end of this message) https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/95709820112?pwd=VXlYTi8zbzBDbjVkUW1Qa2dGMW4zUT… Program & Speakers Info ---------------------- 09:00-10:30 EDT / 14:00-15:30 UTC / 15:00-16:30 CET / 16:00-17:30 SAST / 11:00-12:30 UTC-3 (30 min each presentation + discussions) ------- Mara Abel (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) Title: Ontology application in the petroleum industry Abstract: The petroleum production chain configures a complex sequence of activities that require specialized knowledge and large volume of information from diverse sources and types. Considering the high level of requested knowledge, several specialized providers assume part of the activities producing information and data that are integrated during process decision, production monitoring, and optimization. In this non-standardize scenario, semantic treatment becomes a key issue to allow interoperability between systems and enterprise information consumption. Ontology engineering came with the adequate tools for dealing with semantic in this environment nowadays, by orienting the development of domain ontologies and the embodiment of the ontology artifacts into information system applications. This talk will describe use cases of domain ontologies in petroleum industry environment for information retrieval, expert system applications, digital twin for implementation and decision making applications, highlighting details of the each project development. Bio: Mara Abel is geologist and doctor in Computer Science, studying knowledge engineering applied to Petroleum Industry. She is a retired titular professor of UFRGS, in Brasil, where she has been dedicated to investigate and build ontologies for dealing with interoperability problems in petroleum industry. She is co-founder of the knowledge-based software company ENDEEPER and she has conceived several successful industrial applications for reservoir characterization and production optimization in industrial cooperation projects. ------- Emilio Sanfilippo (National Research Council of Italy) Title: Ontologies in Digital Humanities: Some Research Challenges Abstract: Ontologies are extensively used in both research and applications within the realm of digital humanities, with one of the most notable examples being the CIDOC-CRM ontology and its extensions. Similarly to other domains of application, ontologies within the digital humanities serve diverse purposes, including the seamless organization of datasets across multiple organizations to enable their smooth sharing and integration. However, within this landscape, critical studies pertaining to the interpretive reception of artworks – or any entity central to humanities research – have remained at the margins of knowledge representation and data modeling efforts. Consequently, while numerous digital platforms offer ontology-based datasets, only a few explicitly address the interpretive dimension of scholarly inquiries. This absence is somewhat surprising considering the significance of interpretive phenomena in critical studies of fine art, literature, music, theater, and other disciplines. During this presentation, I will briefly explore the utilization of ontologies in the digital humanities, discussing the challenges researchers must confront, in my opinion, to comprehend the multifaceted nature of scholarly research in the humanities. These challenges encompass the development of methodologies and formal models to represent scholarly interpretations and debates. Bio: Emilio Sanfilippo is a permanent researcher at the National Research Council of Italy, affiliated with the Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) within the Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC). His research encompasses foundational and applied topics concerning the utilization of ontologies in both industrial engineering and the digital humanities. Presently, he serves as the principal investigator of the MITE project - Make it Explicit: Documenting interpretations of literary fictions with conceptual formal models, funded by the Italian Ministry for University and Research (MUR). Series Description ------------------ The IAOA [3] has created ESAO [1], an educational effort directed towards topics of Applied Ontology, primarily established basics and foundations. The series is inspired by the Interdisciplinary Schools on Applied Ontology (ISAO) [4]. ESAO is complementary in format and its overall approach. The goal is to provide a combination of an archive of educational material (e.g., short video lectures) and a series of webinars for presenting and discussing that material. Organization ------------ Members of the Education Technical Committee of IAOA [5] and among those primarily (in alphabetical order): * Lucía Gómez Álvarez * Frank Loebe * Sandra Lovrenčić * Cassia Trojahn (Chair) * Laure Vieu Contact E-Mail: info(a)iaoa.org [1] Educational Series on Applied Ontology https://wiki.iaoa.org/index.php/Edu:ESAO [2] Session time locally and in further places https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20230510T1400 [3] IAOA website http://iaoa.org/ [4] ISAO History page https://iaoa.org/index.php/isao-history/ [5] Entry page of the IAOA Education Technical Committee https://iaoa.org/index.php/faq/education-committee/ Connection Details ------------------ Topic: ESAO 10th Time: Dec 19, 2023 03:00 PM Paris Join Zoom Meeting https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/j/95709820112?pwd=VXlYTi8zbzBDbjVkUW1Qa2dGMW4zUT… Meeting ID: 957 0982 0112 Passcode: 770691 --- Join by SIP • 95709820112(a)zoomcrc.com --- Join by H.323 • 162.255.37.11 (US West) • 162.255.36.11 (US East) • 221.122.88.195 (China) • 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) • 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) • 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) • 213.244.140.110 (Germany) • 103.122.166.55 (Australia Sydney) • 103.122.167.55 (Australia Melbourne) • 209.9.211.110 (Hong Kong SAR) • 149.137.40.110 (Singapore) • 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) • 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) • 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) • 207.226.132.110 (Japan Tokyo) • 149.137.24.110 (Japan Osaka) Meeting ID: 957 0982 0112 Passcode: 770691 --- Join by Skype for Business https://univ-tlse2.zoom.us/skype/95709820112

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EXTENDED CfP: FoIKS 2024, 13th Int. Symp. on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems. Abstract deadline: 11.12.2023; Paper deadline: 14.12.2023

by Lucia Gomez Alvarez

*Call for Papers* 13th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems – FoIKS 2024 https://foiks2024.github.io/ Extended Deadlines ================ (Extended) Abstract submission deadline: 11.12.2023 AoE ("anywhere on earth") (Extended) Paper submission deadline: 14.12.2023 AoE ("anywhere on earth") Invited Speakers ============== * Georg Gottlob, University of Oxford * Phokion Kolaitis, University of California Santa Cruz and IBM Research * Andrei Popescu, University of Sheffield * Uli Sattler, University of Manchester About ============= The FoIKS symposia provide a biennial forum for presenting and discussing theoretical and applied research on information and knowledge systems. The goal is to bring together researchers with an interest in this subject, share research experiences, promote collaboration and identify new issues and directions for future research. FoIKS 2024 solicits original contributions (as well as extensions of previously published contributions) dealing with any foundational aspect of information and knowledge systems. This includes submissions that apply ideas, theories or methods from specific disciplines to information and knowledge systems. Examples of such disciplines are discrete mathematics, logic and algebra, model theory, information theory, (parameterized) complexity theory, algorithmics and computation, statistics, and optimisation, among, of course, many others. The FoIKS symposia are a forum for intensive discussions. Speakers will be given sufficient time to present their ideas and results within the larger context of their research. Furthermore, participants will be asked to prepare a first response to another contribution in order to initiate discussion. Suggested topics ============= The suggested topics include, but are not limited to: * Database Design: Formal models, dependencies and independencies * Big Data: Models for data in the Cloud, programming languages for big data, query processing * Dynamics of Information: Models of transactions, concurrency control, updates, consistency preservation, belief revision * Information Fusion: Heterogeneity, views, schema dominance, multiple source information merging, reasoning under inconsistency * Integrity and Constraint Management: Verification, validation, consistent query answering, information cleaning * Intelligent Agents: Multi-agent systems, autonomous agents, foundations of software agents, cooperative agents, formal models of interactions, negotiations and dialogue, logical models of emotions * Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval: Machine learning, data mining, formal concept analysis and association rules, text mining, information extraction * Knowledge Representation, Reasoning and Planning: Non-monotonic formalisms, probabilistic and non-probabilistic models of uncertainty, graphical models and independence, similarity-based reasoning, preference modeling and handling, computational models of argument, argumentation systems * Logics in Databases and AI: Classical and non-classical logics, logic programming, description logics, spatial and temporal logics, probability logic, fuzzy logic * Mathematical Foundations: Discrete structures and algorithms, graphs, grammars, automata, abstract machines, finite model theory, information theory, coding theory, (parameterised) complexity theory, randomness * Security in Information and Knowledge Systems: Identity theft, privacy, trust, intrusion detection, access control, inference control, secure Web services, secure Semantic Web, risk management * Semi-Structured Data and XML: Data modelling, data processing, data compression, data exchange * Social Computing: Collective intelligence and self-organizing knowledge, collaborative filtering, computational social choice, Boolean games, coalition formation, reputation systems * The Semantic Web and Knowledge Management: Languages, ontologies, agents, adaption, intelligent algorithms, ontology-based data access * The WWW: Models of Web databases, Web dynamics, Web services, Web transactions and negotiations, Social Networks, Web Mining Important Dates ================ All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC-12 (AoE, "anywhere on earth"). (Extended) Abstract submission deadline: 11.12.2023 (Extended) Paper submission deadline: 14.12.2023 Acceptance notifications: 29.01.2024 Camera-ready versions of accepted papers due: 08.02.2024 Early registration deadline: 08.03.2024 Late registration deadline: 01.04.2024 Conference: 8–11.04.2024 Submission Guidelines ==================== For long papers, the page limit is 16 plus additional pages of references. For short papers, the maximum number of pages is 10 plus additional pages of references. Missing proofs or details can be optionally added as an additional appendix read at the discretion of the program committee. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Resubmission of papers rejected in major conferences (e.g., AAAI, ICDT, STACS) is welcome. Papers must be typeset using the Springer LaTeX2e style llncs for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (see https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… and https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/192386…). Submissions that deviate substantially from these guidelines may be rejected without review. Initial submissions must be in PDF format, but authors should keep in mind that the LaTeX2e source must be submitted for the final versions of accepted papers. Submissions in alternate formats, such as Microsoft Word, cannot be accepted for either initial or final versions. The submissions will be judged for scientific quality and for suitability as a basis for broader discussion. Submission is via the EasyChair link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=foiks24. Publication ============= The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science. After the symposium, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended journal versions of their papers for a FoIKS 2024 special issue in the journal Knowledge Engineering Review (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/knowledge-engineering-review). Further details will be provided on the conference website. Organisation ============= Program Committee Chairs: Arne Meier, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany Magdalena Ortiz, TU Wien, Austria and Umeå University, Sweden Local Chair: Jonni Virtema, University of Sheffield, UK Local Organisers: Timon Barlag, University of Sheffield, UK Mike Cruchten, University of Sheffield, UK Nina Pardal, University of Sheffield, UK Max Sandström, University of Sheffield, UK Publicity Chair: Lucía Gómez Álvarez, TU Dresden, DE Contact ============= All questions about submissions should be emailed to foiks24(a)easychair.org. https://foiks2024.github.io/ _________________________ Dr. Lucía Gómez Álvarez Computational Logic Group Institute for Artificial Intelligence Faculty of Computer Science TU Dresden GERMANY

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PostDoc position in Semantic Wev at IRISA (Rennes, France)

by Sebastien Ferre

Hello, The IRISA lab of University Rennes invites applications for the attached postdoctoral position. *Job title: *postdoc 24 months, starting January 2024 *Project*: MeKaNo (ANR), 2023-2026 *Research Lab*: IRISA, Rennes, France *Team*: LACODAM *Contact*: ferre(a)irisa.fr, peggy.cellier(a)irisa.fr *Keywords*: semantic web, knowledge graphs, query languages, microdata, user interaction *Context and Objectives*: In MeKaNo, we aim to search the web with "Things" (entities), in order to get more accurate results over a wide diversity of sources. Traditional web search engines search the web with strings. However, keyword search often returns many irrelevant documents, pushing users to refine their keyword list following a trial-and-error process. On the other hand, Knowledge Graphs (KG) like Wikidata [1] enable users to search for Things and facts, and to get exact answers. However, there may exist many answers on the web that are not part of the knowledge graph. Moreover, nowadays, many websites include entities and facts in the form of microdata [2], for which there is no query engine so far. In MeKaNo, we aim at combining the querying of knowledge graphs and microdata together in order to reconcile the accuracy of KG querying, and the diversity of web search. To search the web with Things, we face several scientific challenges. Among them, an important one is the definition of a query language that combines knowledge graph querying, web search, and microdata querying. Another challenge is to assist users in the building of such complex queries [3]. We already have an approach (Sparklis [4]) that assists users in knowledge graph querying. The objective of the postdoc is to extend this approach to include web search and microdata querying. *Requirements*: The candidate must hold a Ph.D in Computer Science, preferably in the field of the Semantic Web. Skills in query languages (SPARQL), language design, web programming are a plus. *Application method:* To apply send an email to sebastien.ferre(a)irisa.fr and peggy.cellier(a)irisa.fr with attached a single PDF containing: * Cover letter in which you describe your motivation and qualifications for the position. * Curriculum vitae, including a list of your publications and the contact information of references. *References*: 1. Vrandečić, D., & Krötzsch, M. (2014). Wikidata: a free collaborative knowledgebase. Communications of the ACM, 57(10), 78-85. 2. Meusel, Robert, Christian Bizer, and Heiko Paulheim (2015). "A web-scale study of the adoption and evolution of the schema. org vocabulary over time."Int. Conf. on Web Intelligence, Mining and Semantics. 3. G. Marchionini. Exploratory search: from finding to understanding. Communications of the ACM, 49(4):41–46, 2006. 4. Sébastien Ferré. "Sparklis: an expressive query builder for SPARQL endpoints with guidance in natural language." Semantic Web 8.3 (2017): 405-418.

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FoIKS 2024, 13th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems, 8 - 11 April 2024, Sheffield (UK). Abstract deadline: 24th November 2023

by Lucia Gomez Alvarez

*Call for Papers* —---------------- 13th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems – FoIKS 2024 https://foiks2024.github.io/ Abstract submission deadline: 24.11.2023 Paper submission deadline: 01.12.2023 The FoIKS symposia provide a biennial forum for presenting and discussing theoretical and applied research on information and knowledge systems. The goal is to bring together researchers with an interest in this subject, share research experiences, promote collaboration and identify new issues and directions for future research. FoIKS 2024 solicits original contributions (as well as extensions of previously published contributions) dealing with any foundational aspect of information and knowledge systems. This includes submissions that apply ideas, theories or methods from specific disciplines to information and knowledge systems. Examples of such disciplines are discrete mathematics, logic and algebra, model theory, information theory, (parameterized) complexity theory, algorithmics and computation, statistics, and optimisation, among, of course, many others. The FoIKS symposia are a forum for intensive discussions. Speakers will be given sufficient time to present their ideas and results within the larger context of their research. Furthermore, participants will be asked to prepare a first response to another contribution in order to initiate discussion. Suggested topics —--------------- The suggested topics include, but are not limited to: * Database Design: Formal models, dependencies and independencies * Big Data: Models for data in the Cloud, programming languages for big data, query processing * Dynamics of Information: Models of transactions, concurrency control, updates, consistency preservation, belief revision * Information Fusion: Heterogeneity, views, schema dominance, multiple source information merging, reasoning under inconsistency * Integrity and Constraint Management: Verification, validation, consistent query answering, information cleaning * Intelligent Agents: Multi-agent systems, autonomous agents, foundations of software agents, cooperative agents, formal models of interactions, negotiations and dialogue, logical models of emotions * Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval: Machine learning, data mining, formal concept analysis and association rules, text mining, information extraction * Knowledge Representation, Reasoning and Planning: Non-monotonic formalisms, probabilistic and non-probabilistic models of uncertainty, graphical models and independence, similarity-based reasoning, preference modeling and handling, computational models of argument, argumentation systems * Logics in Databases and AI: Classical and non-classical logics, logic programming, description logics, spatial and temporal logics, probability logic, fuzzy logic * Mathematical Foundations: Discrete structures and algorithms, graphs, grammars, automata, abstract machines, finite model theory, information theory, coding theory, (parameterised) complexity theory, randomness * Security in Information and Knowledge Systems: Identity theft, privacy, trust, intrusion detection, access control, inference control, secure Web services, secure Semantic Web, risk management * Semi-Structured Data and XML: Data modelling, data processing, data compression, data exchange * Social Computing: Collective intelligence and self-organizing knowledge, collaborative filtering, computational social choice, Boolean games, coalition formation, reputation systems * The Semantic Web and Knowledge Management: Languages, ontologies, agents, adaption, intelligent algorithms, ontology-based data access * The WWW: Models of Web databases, Web dynamics, Web services, Web transactions and negotiations, Social Networks, Web Mining Invited Speakers —--------------- * Georg Gottlob, University of Oxford * Phokion Kolaitis, University of California Santa Cruz and IBM Research * Andrei Popescu, University of Sheffield * Uli Sattler, University of Manchester Important Dates —-------------- All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC-12 (AoE, "anywhere on earth"). Submission server opens 01.09.2023 Abstract submission deadline (long and short papers) 24.11.2023 Paper submission deadline (long and short papers) 01.12.2023 Acceptance notifications 29.01.2024 Camera-ready versions of accepted papers due 08.02.2024 Early registration deadline 08.03.2024 Late registration deadline 01.04.2024 Conference 8–11.04.2024 Submission Guidelines —-------------------- For long papers, the page limit is 16 plus additional pages of references. For short papers, the maximum number of pages is 10 plus additional pages of references. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Papers must be typeset using the Springer LaTeX2e style llncs for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (see https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… and https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/192386…). Submissions that deviate substantially from these guidelines may be rejected without review. Initial submissions must be in PDF format, but authors should keep in mind that the LaTeX2e source must be submitted for the final versions of accepted papers. Submissions in alternate formats, such as Microsoft Word, cannot be accepted for either initial or final versions. The submissions will be judged for scientific quality and for suitability as a basis for broader discussion. Submission is via the EasyChair link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=foiks24. Publication —---------- The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science. After the symposium, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended journal versions of their papers for a FoIKS 2024 special issue in the journal Knowledge Engineering Review (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/knowledge-engineering-review). Further details will be provided on the conference website. Program Committee Chairs —----------------------- Arne Meier Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany Magdalena Ortiz TU Wien, Austria and Umeå University, Sweden Local Chair —---------- Jonni Virtema University of Sheffield, UK Contact —------ All questions about submissions should be emailed to foiks24(a)easychair.org. https://foiks2024.github.io/ _________________________ Dr. Lucía Gómez Álvarez Computational Logic Group Institute for Artificial Intelligence Faculty of Computer Science TU Dresden GERMANY

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CfP: FoIKS 2024, 13th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems, 8 - 11 April 2024, Sheffield (UK). Abstract deadline: 24th November 2023

by Lucia Gomez Alvarez

*Call for Papers* —---------------- 13th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems – FoIKS 2024 https://foiks2024.github.io/ Abstract submission deadline: 24.11.2023 Paper submission deadline: 01.12.2023 The FoIKS symposia provide a biennial forum for presenting and discussing theoretical and applied research on information and knowledge systems. The goal is to bring together researchers with an interest in this subject, share research experiences, promote collaboration and identify new issues and directions for future research. FoIKS 2024 solicits original contributions (as well as extensions of previously published contributions) dealing with any foundational aspect of information and knowledge systems. This includes submissions that apply ideas, theories or methods from specific disciplines to information and knowledge systems. Examples of such disciplines are discrete mathematics, logic and algebra, model theory, information theory, (parameterized) complexity theory, algorithmics and computation, statistics, and optimisation, among, of course, many others. The FoIKS symposia are a forum for intensive discussions. Speakers will be given sufficient time to present their ideas and results within the larger context of their research. Furthermore, participants will be asked to prepare a first response to another contribution in order to initiate discussion. Suggested topics —--------------- The suggested topics include, but are not limited to: * Database Design: Formal models, dependencies and independencies * Big Data: Models for data in the Cloud, programming languages for big data, query processing * Dynamics of Information: Models of transactions, concurrency control, updates, consistency preservation, belief revision * Information Fusion: Heterogeneity, views, schema dominance, multiple source information merging, reasoning under inconsistency * Integrity and Constraint Management: Verification, validation, consistent query answering, information cleaning * Intelligent Agents: Multi-agent systems, autonomous agents, foundations of software agents, cooperative agents, formal models of interactions, negotiations and dialogue, logical models of emotions * Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval: Machine learning, data mining, formal concept analysis and association rules, text mining, information extraction * Knowledge Representation, Reasoning and Planning: Non-monotonic formalisms, probabilistic and non-probabilistic models of uncertainty, graphical models and independence, similarity-based reasoning, preference modeling and handling, computational models of argument, argumentation systems * Logics in Databases and AI: Classical and non-classical logics, logic programming, description logics, spatial and temporal logics, probability logic, fuzzy logic * Mathematical Foundations: Discrete structures and algorithms, graphs, grammars, automata, abstract machines, finite model theory, information theory, coding theory, (parameterised) complexity theory, randomness * Security in Information and Knowledge Systems: Identity theft, privacy, trust, intrusion detection, access control, inference control, secure Web services, secure Semantic Web, risk management * Semi-Structured Data and XML: Data modelling, data processing, data compression, data exchange * Social Computing: Collective intelligence and self-organizing knowledge, collaborative filtering, computational social choice, Boolean games, coalition formation, reputation systems * The Semantic Web and Knowledge Management: Languages, ontologies, agents, adaption, intelligent algorithms, ontology-based data access * The WWW: Models of Web databases, Web dynamics, Web services, Web transactions and negotiations, Social Networks, Web Mining Invited Speakers —--------------- * Georg Gottlob, University of Oxford * Phokion Kolaitis, University of California Santa Cruz and IBM Research * Andrei Popescu, University of Sheffield * Uli Sattler, University of Manchester Important Dates —-------------- All deadlines are at 23:59 UTC-12 (AoE, "anywhere on earth"). Submission server opens 01.09.2023 Abstract submission deadline (long and short papers) 24.11.2023 Paper submission deadline (long and short papers) 01.12.2023 Acceptance notifications 29.01.2024 Camera-ready versions of accepted papers due 08.02.2024 Early registration deadline 08.03.2024 Late registration deadline 01.04.2024 Conference 8–11.04.2024 Submission Guidelines —-------------------- For long papers, the page limit is 16 plus additional pages of references. For short papers, the maximum number of pages is 10 plus additional pages of references. All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Papers must be typeset using the Springer LaTeX2e style llncs for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (see https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… and https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/192386…). Submissions that deviate substantially from these guidelines may be rejected without review. Initial submissions must be in PDF format, but authors should keep in mind that the LaTeX2e source must be submitted for the final versions of accepted papers. Submissions in alternate formats, such as Microsoft Word, cannot be accepted for either initial or final versions. The submissions will be judged for scientific quality and for suitability as a basis for broader discussion. Submission is via the EasyChair link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=foiks24. Publication —---------- The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science. After the symposium, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended journal versions of their papers for a FoIKS 2024 special issue in the journal Knowledge Engineering Review (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/knowledge-engineering-review). Further details will be provided on the conference website. Program Committee Chairs —----------------------- Arne Meier Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany Magdalena Ortiz TU Wien, Austria and Umeå University, Sweden Local Chair —---------- Jonni Virtema University of Sheffield, UK Contact —------ All questions about submissions should be emailed to foiks24(a)easychair.org. https://foiks2024.github.io/ _________________________ Dr. Lucía Gómez Álvarez Computational Logic Group Institute for Artificial Intelligence Faculty of Computer Science TU Dresden GERMANY

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FOIS 2023 Online: Call for Participation

by Lucia Gomez Alvarez

===== Call for Participation to online FOIS 2023 conference, showcases and demos ===== Program: https://fois2023.griis.ca/online-conference/ Registration: https://event.fourwaves.com/fr/fois2023/inscription (free registration for students) ==================================================================================== 13th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2023) September 18-20, 2023 (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. FOIS 2023 will have distinct tracks for foundational issues, ontology applications and methods, and domain ontologies. FOIS aims to be a nexus of interdisciplinary research and communication for 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. Program ==================== Monday September, 18th EDT (UTC -4) CEST (UTC +2) 08:15-08:30 14:15-14:30 FOIS online Welcome Zoom 08:30-10:30 14:30-16:30 Session 1: Foundational concepts (Chair: Laure Vieu) Zoom 10:30-11:00 16:30-17:00 Coffee break gather.town 11:00-12:00 17:00-18:00 Ontology showcases and demos gather.town Tuesday September, 19th 08:30-09:00 14:30-15:00 Invited talks special session (TBC) Zoom 09:00-10:30 15:00-16:30 Session 2: Methodological issues (Chair: TBA) Zoom 10:30-11:00 16:30-17:00 Coffee break gather.town 11:00-12:00 17:00-18:00 ESAO panel Zoom Wednesday September, 20th 09:00-10:30 15:00-16:30 Session 3: Domain ontologies (Chair: TBA) Zoom 10:30-11:00 16:30-17:00 Coffee break gather.town 11:00-12:00 17:00-18:00 IAOA General Assembly Zoom 12:00-12:15 18:00-18:15 Closing Zoom Details: https://fois2023.griis.ca/onlinesession/ Registration fees ==================== Online presenter: 500 CAN / 340 EUR Listener - regular fee (academia or industry): 100 CAN / 70 EUR Listener - reduced fee (student or participant from less developed country): free More information: https://fois2023.griis.ca/registration/ Conference Organization ======================= General Chair: Antony Galton, University of Exeter, UK PC Chairs: Nathalie Aussenac-Gilles, IRIT-CNRS Toulouse, France Torsten Hahmann, University of Maine, USA Local Organization Chair: Jean-François Ethier, University of Sherbrooke, Canada Online Chair: Cassia Trojahn, IRIT Université Toulouse 2, France Demo & Showcase Chairs: Sergio de Cesare, University of Westminster, UK Tiago Prince Sales, University of Twente, Netherlands Publicity Chairs: Lucia Gomez Alvarez, TU Dresden, Germany Selja Seppälä, University College Cork, Ireland Organization: https://fois2023.griis.ca/conference-organization/ _________________________ Dr. Lucía Gómez Álvarez Computational Logic Group Institute for Artificial Intelligence Faculty of Computer Science TU Dresden GERMANY

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CfP - Ordinal Methods for Knowledge Representation and Capture (OrMeKR @ K-CAP 2023)

by Tom Hanika

***** 1st CALL FOR PAPERS*****: First international workshop on *Ordinal Methods for Knowledge Representation and Capture (OrMeKR)* in conjunction with *The Twelfth International Conference on Knowledge Capture (K-CAP 2023)* December 5th, 2023, Pensacola, Florida, USA *Submission Deadline: October 15th, 2023* 1.1 Abstract and Scope: ─────────────────────── The concept of order (i.e., partial ordered sets) is predominant for perceiving and organizing our physical and social environment, for inferring meaning and explanation from observation, and for searching and rectifying decisions. Compared to metric methods, however, the number of (purely) ordinal methods for capturing knowledge from data is rather small, although in principle they may allow for more comprehensible explanations. The reason for this could be the limited availability of computing resources in the last century, which would have been required for (purely) ordinal computations. Hence, typically relational and especially ordinal data are first embedded in metric spaces for learning. Therefore, in this workshop we want to collect and discuss ordinal methods for capturing and representing knowledge, their role in inference and explainability, and their possibilities for knowledge visualization and communication. We want to reflect on these topics in a broad sense, i.e., as a tool to arrange, compare and compute ontologies or concept hierarchies, as a feature in learning and capturing knowledge, and as a measure to evaluate model performance. 1.2 Topics of Interest ────────────────────── • Ordinal Aspects for Knowledge Representation and Knowledge Bases • Knowledge Visualization using Order Relations • Ordinal Representation and Analysis of Ontologies • Data Fidelity and Reliability of Ordinal Methods • Theory and Application of Order Dimension and Related Notions • Ordinal Knowledge Spaces and Ordinal Exploration • Scaling and Processing Ordinal Information • Metric Structures in Order Relations • Algorithms for querying Large Ordinal Data • Knowledge Discovery in metric-ordinal Heterogeneous Representation • Ordinal Pattern Structures and Motifs • Methods for Representation Learning of Order Relations • Drawing of Hierarchical Graphs and Knowledge Structures • Non-Linear Ranking in Recommendation Applications • Linear Ordered Knowledge and Learning • Scheduling and Planning • Applications of Ordinal Methods to Scientific Knowledge (e.g., from domains such as Biology, Physics, Social Sciences, Digital Humanities, etc.) • Methodologically Related Fields such as Directed Graphs, Formal Concept Analysis, Conceptual Structures, Relational Data, Recommendation, Lattice Theory, with a Clear Reference to Order Relations and Knowledge 1.3 Important Dates (all dates are AoE) ─────────────────────────────────────── • Submission: October 15, 2023 • Author Notification: October 29, 2023 • Camera Ready: November 12, 2023 1.4 Submission Guidlines and Conditions ─────────────────────────────────────── OrMeKR will focus on contributions to the theory and application of ordinal methods in the realm of knowledge representation and capture. The workshop welcomes *report papers* (summaries of past work concerning ordinal methods), *research papers* (novel results), *position papers* (discussing issues concerning the usefulness of ordinal methods in KR), and *challenge papers* (describing limitations and open research questions). • Submissions should have a minimum of 5 pages and shall not exceed 8 pages. • Submission must use the provided CEUR Template: <https://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de/ormekr2023/ceur.zip> • The workshop is not double-blind, hence authors should list their names and affiliations on the submission. • Accepted Papers will be published in CEUR Workshop Proceedings corresponding to K-CAP. • Authors of accepted workshop papers will present their work in plenary sessions during the workshop on December 5th. • Submissions should be emailed to: *[ormekr2023(a)cs.uni-kassel.de]* 1.5 Organizing Committee ──────────────────────── • Tom Hanika ⁃ Institute for Computer Science, University of Hildesheim, Germany ⁃ Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany • Dominik Dürrschnabel ⁃ Knowledge & Data Engineering Group, University of Kassel, Germany • Johannes Hirth ⁃ Knowledge & Data Engineering Group, University of Kassel, Germany 1.6 Program Committee ───────────────────── • Agnès Braud, Université de Strasbourg, France • Diana Christea, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania • Pablo Cordero, University of Malaga, Spain • Bernhard Ganter, TU Dresden, Germany • Rokia Missaoui, University of Quebec in Outaouais, Canada • Robert Jäschke, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany • Giacomo Kahn, Université Lumière Lyon 2, France • Léonard Kwuida, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland • Sebastian Rudolph, TU Dresden, Germany • Gerd Stumme, University of Kassel, Germany • Francisco J. Valverde-Albacete, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

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Final call for papers for FOCI 2023

by Domingo

(apologies for cross-posting) Final Call for Papers Foundations of Computational Intelligence (FOCI 2023) The 2023 IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computational Intelligence (FOCI 2023) will take place as part of the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2023), which is a flagship annual meeting organized by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. It serves as a primary forum for multidisciplinary research in computational intelligence. SSCI 2023 will be held in Mexico City from December 5th to 8th, 2023. The conference proceedings of the SSCI 2023 will be included in the IEEE Xplore and indexed by all major databases. IEEE FOCI’23 provides an ideal forum for those who are interested in the foundational issues of computational intelligence to exchange their ideas and present their latest findings. Participants of FOCI’23 will also benefit from the interaction at one location with the participants of several other symposia running concurrently at IEEE SSCI 2023, each highlighting various aspects of computational intelligence. As a whole, this international event will attract top researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world to discuss the latest advances in the field of computational intelligence. Topics 1. Fuzzy Logic: Non-standard fuzzy sets; Granular computing; Computing with words; Aggregation/fusion; Fuzzy sets and statistics; Uncertainty; Decision-making; General theoretical issues; Generalisation in neural, fuzzy and evolutionary learning; Fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory; Lattice theory and multi-valued logic; Approximate reasoning; Type-2 fuzzy logic; Rough sets and random sets; Fuzzy mathematics; Fuzzy measure and integral; Possibility theory and imprecise probability 2. Neural Networks and other machine learning techniques: Neural computation; Self-organizing maps; Recurrent networks; Multilayer perceptrons; Deep Learning, convolutional neural networks, GANs.; Autoencoders; Evolutionary neural networks; Neural networks for pattern recognition; Neural netwoks for prediction and optimization; Neural networks for principal component analysis; General regression neural networks; Neural networks as/and fuzzy systems; Radial basis functions; Learning theory; Reinforcement learning; Generalization in neural networks 3. Evolutionary Computation: Theoretical foundations of bio-inspired heuristics; Exact and approximation runtime analysis; Fixed budget computations; Black box complexity; Self-adaptation; Population dynamics; Fitness landscape and problem difficulty analysis; No Free Lunch Theorems; Statistical approaches for understanding the behaviour of bio-inspired heuristics; Computational studies of a foundational nature 4. All bio-inspired search heuristics will be considered for all problem domains including: Combinatorial and continuous optimization; Single-objective and multi-objective optimization; Constraint handling; Dynamic and stochastic optimization; Co-evolution and evolutionary learning Paper submission Each paper should be between 4 and 6 pages, inclusive of figures, tables, and references. All papers must be submitted using the IEEE conference template, found at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html To submit your paper, click on “Submit a contribution to SSCI 2023” in https://conf.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl (requires registration) using the symposium code FOCI. In addition, SSCI 2023 offers a “Presentation-Only” option, which requires a two-page abstract. Accepted submissions will be presented orally at the conference and listed in the final program, but will not be available in IEEE Xplore. For more details, please follow the instructions at https://attend.ieee.org/ssci-2023/paper-submission/ Important dates Paper Submissions: July 31, 2023 (no further extensions!) Paper Acceptance: August 31, 2023 Camera-ready Paper: September 20, 2023 Early Registration: September 20, 2023 Conference dates: December 5-8, 2023 Symposium Chairs Domingo López-Rodríguez, University of Malaga, Spain Leonardo Franco, University of Florida, USA Chao Qian, Nanjing University, China

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