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WETICE2006:DEADLINE EXTENSION: International Workshop on Semantic Technologies in Collaborative Applications STICA06
by Elena Paslaru Bontas 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

*** Apology for multiple cross-postings *** ======================================================== DEADLINE EXTENSION - NEW SUBMISSION DATE: 24.2.2006 *** ALL IEEE WETICE WORKSHOPS HAVE EXTENDED THEIR SUBMISSION DEADLINES: THERE ARE TWO MORE WEEKS TO PREPARE A SUBMISSION TO THE STICA06 WORKSHOP *** ======================================================== Last Call for Papers STICA06 1st International Workshop on Semantic Technologies in Collaborative Applications STICA06 at the 15th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE-2006) The University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K. (26th-28th June 2006) http://nbi.inf.fu-berlin.de/conf/STICA06 ========================================================== MOTIVATION ================== With distributed information systems and the Internet continually increasing in significance, collaboratively creating and managing information has become an essential requirement for the success of (virtual) organizations. This situation has led to a plethora of platforms supporting cooperation as well as joint information access among geographically dispersed user communities that have emerged in the last decades: collaborative information spaces, tele-cooperation, autonomous agents or, more recently, various Web-related forms of communication and cooperation such as discussion forums, community portals, Wikis and blogs. A fundamental requirement for an effective collaboration is the availability of technologies and tools which provide an explicit and unambiguous representation of the shared information and a feasible management of such semantics-enhanced information repositories. The emergence of the Semantic Web has marked an important stage in the evolution of semantic technologies. In this context the knowledge components i.e. ontologies are formalized using Web-suitable, but in the same time semantically unambiguous representation languages, are accessible and can be shared and reused across the World Wide Web. The Semantic Web offers new opportunities for the next generation of collaborative applications: it provides us with novel means to classify information items i.e. by means of ontologies which formally represent the consensual understanding of the application users w.r.t. a particular domain of interest. Taking advantage of this technology, the first promising implementations of Semantic Web-based collaboration platforms such as Semantic Web portals, semantic Wikis and blogs, to name only a few, have been proposed. This workshop aims at contributing to this young application field by providing a forum for practitioners and researchers to present innovative approaches to applying Semantic Web technologies in collaborative environments and to discuss the opportunities and challenges related to this topic. OBJECTIVES ================ The primary objective of this workshop is to gather researchers and practitioners working in different emerging aspects of semantics-enabled collaboration, ranging from discovering new application scenarios, proposing new methods to apply Semantic Web and related emerging technologies to current environments, pointing out issues that still need to be solved, and reporting results and experiences gained during the deployment of collaborative methods and the realization of support systems. TOPICS OF INTEREST ================= We invite original academic and industry contributions which report on issues related to semantic collaboration. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: -- Methodologies for collaboratively creating and managing shared information -- Collaborative ontology engineering -- Semantic collaboration applications -- Collaborative Semantic Web portals -- Semantic community support systems -- Semantic Wikis -- Semantic Blogging -- Semantic Mindmapping and Conceptmapping -- Case studies, lessons learned and experience reports on semantics-aware collaborative applications -- Studies on the value added to collaboration by semantic technologies -- Future research directions in the area of semantic collaboration ORGANIZERS ================= Robert Tolksdorf, Elena Paslaru Bontas Simperl, Klaus Schild Freie Universität Berlin AG Netzbasierte Informationssysteme Takustr. 9 D-14195 Berlin Germany {tolk|paslaru|schild}(a)inf.fu-berlin.de SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS ================== Submission of papers takes place electronically. Detailed submission instructions are announced on the homepage of the workshop at http://nbi.inf.fu-berlin.de/conf/STICA06. The papers should be submitted in PDF format and should not exceed 6 pages in IEEE format (this will also be the page limit for the proceedings). All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by a minimum of three people. The accepted papers and the summary report on the workshop will be published in the post-conference proceedings and directly mailed to the registered authors by the IEEE Computer Press after the conference. Please note that in order for an accepted paper to be published in the conference proceedings at least one of its authors is required to register and present the paper at WETICE-2006. IMPORTANT DATES ================== Deadline for paper submission: ** NEW ** February 24, 2006 Decision to paper authors: April 7, 2006 Final version of accepted papers due to IEEE: May 12, 2006 WETICE-2006 Workshops and On-site registration: June 26-28, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------ Dipl. -Inform. Elena Paslaru Bontas Simperl Netzbasierte Informationssysteme Institut für Informatik Freie Universität Berlin paslaru(a)inf.fu-berlin.de

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Yet another conference
by Jakob Voss 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

Hi I just read at wiki-standards(a)wikisym.org about the http://recentchangescamp.org/ (Feb 3 thru Feb 5, 2006) - it was not a real scientific conference but relevant if you are interested in the big picture of social changes, wiki practise in general etc. You should have a look at it! Jakob

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Wikipedia research job offer in Frankfurt, Germany (in German)
by Jakob Voss 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Stellenausschreibung: Suche für das von der DFG geförderte Forschungsprojekt mit dem Titel: "Konstitution und Erhalt von Kooperation am Beispiel von Wikipedia" Mitarbeiter/in (Basis BAT IIa, 50%) für 24 Monate ab 01.03.2006 oder 01.04.2006 am Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Institut für Gesellschafts- und Politikforschung der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt. Die Befristung erfolgt nach den Regeln des Hochschulrahmengesetzes. Anforderungen: gute Kenntnisse der soziologischen Theorie, Methodenkenntnisse, möglichst Erfahrung mit Computerprogrammen zur Inhaltsanalyse und Interesse an Netzwerkanalyse. Ideal wären zusätzlich Programmierkenntnisse in Perl und MySQL. Aufgaben: Datenbeschaffung und –aufbereitung, Erstellung und Pflege von Programmen. Durchführung von computergestützten Inhaltsanalysen, Entwicklung von Interviewleitfäden, Führen von leitfadengestützten Interviews, Auswertung der Interviews. Im Rahmen des Projekts kann an einer Dissertation gearbeitet werden. Die Universität tritt für die Gleichberechtigung von Frauen und Männern ein und fordert deshalb nachdrücklich Frauen zur Bewerbung auf. Schwerbehinderte werden bei gleicher Qualifikation bei Stellenbesetzungen vorrangig berücksichtigt. Bitte senden Sie Bewerbungen möglichst per E-Mail bis 18.02.2006 an PD Dr. Christian Stegbauer stegbauer(a)soz.uni-frankfurt.de Adresse: PD Dr. Christian Stegbauer Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften Institut für Gesellschafts- und Politikforschung Robert-Mayer-Str. 5 60054 Frankfurt

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[CFP] SemWiki2006: From Wiki To Semantics (Workshop@ESWC)
by Max Völkel 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

[Apologies for multiple copies] Full call for papers at [http://semwiki.org/2006/cfp.html] Contact: voelkel(a)fzi.de ---- CALL FOR PAPERS SemWiki2006 1th Workshop: 'From Wiki to Semantics' http://semwiki.org co-located with the 3rd Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) [http://www.eswc2006.org/] Budva, Montenegro 11th - 14th June, 2006 === Executive Summary === SemWiki2006 is the first workshop on Semantic Wikis. It aims to explore and collect the different ideas and motivations that have lead to the recent emergence of so-called "Semantic Wiki" systems. === Workshop Topics === Semantic Wikis try to combine the strengths of Semantic Web (machine processable, data integration, complex queries) and Wiki (easy to use and contribute, strongly interconnected, collaborativeness) technologies. Goals are diverse and include: o simple annotations of existing Wiki content; o tools that guide users from informal knowledge contained in texts to more formal structures; o full-fledged tools for ontology editing where the text is no longer in the focus of the system. In the future, Semantic Wiki systems might play an important role for "knowledge acquisition", enabling non-technical users to contribute to the Semantic Web. === Important Dates (all dates GMT) === o Abstract submission for papers, poster, demo, position papers: 7 March 2006 o Full submission for papers, poster, demo, position papers: 28 March 2006 o Notification to authors: 20 April 2006 o Camera-ready version: 30 April 2006 o Workshop in Budva, Montenegro, half-day: 11/12th June 2006 The workshop will be held as a half-day workshop at the European Semantic Web Conference on the 11th or 12th of June in Budva, Montenegro. === Call for Contributions === We invite submissions as full and short papers, as well as posters/demos. Papers should describe original, unpublished research and must not be under review by another conference, journal, or workshop. Authors of the highest quality contributions will be invited to present their work at the workshop (probably 20 minutes). Since Semantic Wikis are a very practical topic, we are also very interested in poster and demo submissions. Posters and Demos should describe prototypical implementations of systems related to the workshop topics. Highest quality submissions will be presented in a separete poster/demo session. Contributions should adhere to the following formats: o Papers 5-15 pages, LNCS o Posters/Demos 2-5 pages, LNCS o Short/Position Papers: 2-5 pages, LNCS In this workshop, we will explore a new form of publication, the so-called "ABCDE "-format. This format has been proposed recently by User:Anita de Waard (Elsevier) and allows authors to annotate their articles directly with semantic markup. This semantic markup will be used in the electronic workshops proceedings to facilitate searching and browsing. A specialised Latex template will be provided by the workshop organisers that allows to easily add these annotations. You can start using the Springer LNCS template and later switch to LNCS-ABCDEF (which will be published on this website). === Publication === Pre-proceedings will appear at the time of the conference online and in print. === Topics of Interest (include but are not limited to) === Topics of Interest (include but are not limited to) o Semantic Extensions of Wikis o Text-Based Semantic Authoring o Acquisition of Formal Knowledge from Structured Text o Collaborative Authoring of Formal Knowledge o Continuous and Integrated Knowledge Usage and Refinement o Creating semantic content from text within * Semantic Portals, * Personal Knowledge Management Systems, and * Ontology Authoring Environments. o Possible Application Areas of Semantic Wikis === Organisation === Workshop co-ordinators o Sebastian Schaffert, Salzburg Research (AT) o Max Völkel, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (DE) o Stefan Decker, National University of Ireland in Galway (IE) A planned further outcome is a collaboratively authored "white paper" on Semantic Wikis. === Programme Committee (Preliminary) === o Steffen Staab, Universität Koblenz-Landau (DE) o David Karger, MIT (US) o Hideaki Takeda, NII, (JP) o Jean Rohmer, Thales (FR) o Martin Hepp, DERI Innsbruck (AT) o Anita De Waard, Elsevier (NL) o York Sure, AIFB Karlsruhe (DE) o Flavio De Paoli, Università di Milano (IT) o Eyal Oren, DERI (IE) o Paolo Castagna, HP Bristol Labs (UK) o Malte Kiesel, DFKI (DE) o Denny Vrandecic, AIFB Karlsruhe (DE) o Heiko Haller, AIFB Karlsruhe (DE) o Shishir Garg, France Telecom (US) o Kim Tighe, HP Galway (IE) o Björn Decker, Fraunhofer IESE (DE) o Bertin Klein, DFKI Kaiserslautern (DE) o Sören Auer, Universität Leipzig (DE) o David Aumüller, Universität Leipzig (DE) o Peter Mika, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL) o Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH (US) o Michael Erdmann, Ontoprise (DE) o Adam Souzis, Liminal Systems o Ludger van Elst, DFKI (DE) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Complete information, including Programme Committee, instructions for submission, description of the workshop, etc. are to be found at: http://www.semwiki.org

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2 New Drafts: Wikipedia Leadership and History
by Joseph Reagle 04 Feb '06

04 Feb '06

Comments on these drafts are most welcome! http://reagle.org/joseph/blog/career/phd/f05?showcomments=yes * Wikipedia's Heritage: Vision, Pragmatics, and Happenstance - moving on from my earlier consideration of print publishers in Four Short Stories about the Reference Work, I consider recent digital encycopedic works: This essay explores development of globally available digital reference works from their first imaginings to contemporary cases. My hope in undertaking such a project is to identify technical and social aspects of digital reference work production that can contribute to an understanding of a prominent contemporary exemplar, the Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia. Why did it take over 50 years for the vision of "[w]holly new forms of encyclopedias" (Bush 1945: 8 to be realized? The answer, presented in this essay, was that it required an alignment of a coherent goal, technical practicality, and serendipity: vision, pragmatics, and happenstance. ... * Do as I do: leadership in the Wikipedia In this paper I consider how notions of leadership operate in collaborative on-line cultures. In particular, I consider the seemingly paradoxical, or perhaps merely playful, juxtaposition of informal tyrant-like titles (e.g., "Benevolent Dictator") in otherwise seemingly egalitarian voluntary content production communities such as the Wikipedia. To accomplish this, I first introduce the Wikipedia as an open content community and review existing literature on the role of leadership in such communities. I then relate ethnographic and archival data on how leadership is understood, performed, and discussed in the Wikipedia community. I conclude by integrating concepts from existing literature and my own findings into a theory of leadership and note other communities and leaders against which this theory could be tested. ... -- Regards, http://www.mit.edu/~reagle/ Joseph Reagle E0 D5 B2 05 B6 12 DA 65 BE 4D E3 C1 6A 66 25 4E

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