==== SEMANTiCS - 20th International Conference on Semantic Systems Amsterdam, Netherlands Call for Workshops and Tutorials September 17 - 19, 2024 https://2024-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_ws ====

SEMANTiCS 2024 is a major venue for research and industrial innovation and features a workshop and tutorial program addressing the diverse practical interests of its audience. This program is intended to offer a rich diversity of topics to conference attendees and local participants seeking to pick up new skills and stay up-to-date regarding the latest developments in the community. We encourage submissions of proposals on all topics in the general areas of SEMANTiCS 2024 and proposals bridging or introducing new perspectives and/or challenges in these areas. Workshops and tutorials may incorporate panel discussions, lightning talks, meetings, networking or hands-on sessions, hackathons and other practical formats where applicable. Rooms for business or project meetings are available upon request as well.

=Important Dates= Important Dates for Workshops * Proposals WS Deadline: March 22, 2024 (11:59 pm, AoE) * Notification of Acceptance: March 29, 2024 (11:59 pm, AoE) * Workshop website is online: April 15th, 2024

Suggested Dates for Workshop Organizers (with Call for Papers) * Submission WS papers Deadline: June 14, 2024 (11:59 pm, AoE) * Notification of Acceptance: July 05, 2024 (11:59 pm, AoE)

Important Dates for Tutorials (and other meetings, e.g. seminars, show-cases, etc., without call for papers) * Proposals Tutorial Deadline: June 11, 2024 (11:59 pm, AoE) * Notification of Acceptance: June 18, 2024 (11:59 pm, AoE)

Submission via Easychair on https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sem24

=Scope & Goals= Workshops and tutorials at SEMANTiCS 2024 allow your organisation or project to advance and promote your topics and gain increased visibility. The workshops and tutorials will be announced on the SEMANTiCS website and they will be seen by all participants. SEMANTiCS 2024 workshops and  tutorials can be incubators for industrial and scientific communities that form and share a particular research and development agenda and they will provide a forum for presenting contributions and findings to a diverse and knowledgeable community. Furthermore, the event can be used as a dissemination activity in the scope of large research projects or as a closed format for research/commercial project consortia meetings.

=Proceedings= For the proceedings, we offer two options:

Option A: In case you want to maintain an already existing series or want to have one of your own, please organize the proceedings yourself.

Option B: In case you do not have enough contributions/page volume to create proceedings of your own, we offer to publish your papers as part of the SEMANTiCS side event proceedings. Side events proceedings will include posters & demos and (optional) contributions from workshops.

In case you want to make use of Option B, please get in touch with the workshop & tutorial chairs or drop us a note via Easychair.

=Setup and Requirements= SEMANTiCS 2024 workshops and tutorials may be either half or full day long. Workshops and tutorials take place on the days before and/or after the main SEMANTiCS 2024 EU conference (17th of September 2024). Further details will be communicated in due time.

Organizers of workshops and tutorials will be granted three free tickets (only for the workshop & tutorial day) for organization purposes or keynotes. Participants of workshops and tutorials will only be charged a reduced fee to cover the basic costs.

Workshop and tutorial proposals must include the following information:

* outline of the themes and goals of the event, including a title and a brief abstract (less than 200 words) intended for the SEMANTiCS 2024 website. * a statement addressing why the event is important, why the event is timely, and how it is relevant to SEMANTiCS 2024 and the field of Semantic Web. For the tutorials, why the presenters are qualified for a high-quality introduction of the topic. * related workshops and conferences, i.e., specifying if this is a continuation of a workshop series or a new workshop. Please provide information about past versions (in any) and other related workshops (including URLs and submission/acceptance counts, if available). * a statement addressing the quality assurance criteria that will be used by the event organizers to select the papers for the workshops and the presenters for the tutorials (e.g., peer review or review/evaluation by event organizers). If a peer review process is chosen as a quality assurance criterion for the workshops, the organizers will be responsible for their own reviewing process. Workshop organizers will be responsible also for their own publicity (e.g., website, timelines and call for papers) and proceedings production. * structure of the event and plans for generating and stimulating discussion; how will the interaction be organized in case of a hybrid event. * expected number of event participants and (in case of previously held events) number of registered attendees and website for previous editions of the event. * a description of the intended audience and the expected learning outcomes. * desired prerequisite knowledge of the audience. * proposed duration of the event (i.e., half or full day), different sessions if applicable (final time slot will be assigned in accordance with the SEMANTiCS program). * any equipment, room capacity, or other logistic constraints. * full contact information of all organizers of the event and main contact person; a brief description of each organizer's background, including relevant past experience in organizing events.

Proposals for workshops and tutorials must be submitted via Easychair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=sem24 (as a short paper type)

=Review and Evaluation Criteria= Workshop and tutorial proposals will be reviewed by the SEMANTiCS 2024 Workshop & Tutorial Chairs, as well as by the SEMANTiCS 2024 organizing committee, according to the following criteria:

* The potential to advance the state of Semantic Web research and practice * The quality assurance criteria proposed by the organizers to select high-quality presenters for tutorials * The organizers' experience and ability to lead a successful event * Timeliness and expected interest in the event topics * The balance and synergy between all SEMANTiCS 2024 events

=Topics of interest include (but are not limited to)= * Web Semantics & Linked (Open) Data * Enterprise Knowledge Graphs, Graph Data Management * Machine Learning Techniques for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. reinforcement learning, deep learning, data mining and knowledge discovery) * Interplay between Large Language Models, generative AI and Knowledge Graphs (e.g., Retrieval Augmented Generation) * Knowledge Management (e.g. acquisition, capture, extraction, authoring, integration, publication) * Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management, Ontology engineering * Reasoning, Rules and Policies * Natural Language Processing for/using Knowledge Graphs (e.g. entity linking and resolution using target knowledge such as Wikidata and DBpedia, foundation models) * Crowdsourcing for/using Knowledge Graphs * Data Quality Management and Assurance * Mathematical Foundation of Knowledge-aware AI * Multimodal Knowledge Graphs * Semantics in Data Science * Semantics in Blockchain environments * Trust, Data Privacy, and Security with Semantic Technologies * IoT, Stream Processing, dealing with temporal data * Conversational AI and Dialogue Systems * Provenance and Data Change Tracking * Semantic Interoperability (via mapping, crosswalks, standards, etc.) * Linked Data storage, triple stores, graph databases * Robust and scalable management, querying and analysis of semantics and data * User interfaces for the Semantic Web & its management * Explainable and Interoperable AI * Decentralised and Federated Knowledge Graphs (e.g., Federated querying, link traversal) * Application of Semantically-Enriched and AI-based Approaches, such as, but not limited to: Knowledge Graphs in Bioinformatics, Medical AI and Preventive Healthcare; Clinical Use Case of semantic-enabled AI-based Approaches; AI for Environmental Challenges; Semantics in Scholarly Communication and Scientific Knowledge Graphs; AI and LOD within GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) institutions; Knowledge Graphs & hybrid AI for predictive maintenance and Industry 4.0/5.0; Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage; LegalTech, AI Safety, EU AI Act; Economics of Data, Data Services, and Data Ecosystems

We especially invite contributions that illustrate the applicability of the topics mentioned above for industrial purposes and/or illustrate the business relevance of their contribution for specific industries. Workshop proposals on emerging themes and open challenges for the topics listed above are encouraged.

In case you have additional questions concerning the submission process, please do not hesitate to contact us via Easychair.

We are looking forward to your contribution!

Workshop and Tutorial Chairs Daniel Garijo & Andrea Mannocci