Call for Research & Innovation Papers SEMANTiCS 2017 - The Linked Data Conference 13th International Conference on Semantic Systems

Amsterdam, Netherlands September 11 -14, 2017 http://2017.semantics.cc

The Research & Innovation track at SEMANTiCS welcomes the submission of papers on novel scientific research and/or innovations relevant to the topics of the conference. Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatting (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and must not exceed 8 pages in lenght for full papers and 4 pages for short papers, including references and optional appendices. Research & Innovation Papers are published within ACM ICP Series.

Important Dates (Research & Innovation) Abstract Submission Deadline: May 17, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) Paper Submission Deadline: May 24, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) Notification of Acceptance: July 3, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time) Camera-Ready Paper: August 14, 2017 (11:59 pm, Hawaii time)

For details please go to: https://2017.semantics.cc/calls or contact the Research and Innovation Chairs: Catherine Faron Zucker, faron [@] i3s.unice.fr, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis Rinke Hoekstra, rinke.hoekstra [@] vu.nl, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/University of Amsterdam

As in the previous years, SEMANTiCS’17 proceedings will be published by ACM ICP (pending).

SEMANTiCS 2017 will especially welcome submissions for the following hot topics: *Data Science (special track, see below) *Web Semantics, Linked (Open) Data & schema.org *Corporate Knowledge Graphs *Knowledge Integration and Language Technologies *Data Quality Management *Economics of Data, Data Services and Data Ecosystems

Following the success of previous years, the ‘horizontals’ (research) and ‘verticals’ (industries) below are of interest for the conference:

Horizontals *Enterprise Linked Data & Data Integration *Knowledge Discovery & Intelligent Search *Business Models, Governance & Data Strategies *Semantics in Big Data *Text Analytics *Data Portals & Knowledge Visualization *Semantic Information Management *Document Management & Content Management *Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management *Smart Connectivity, Networking & Interlinking *Smart Data & Semantics in IoT *Semantics for IT Safety & Security *Semantic Rules, Policies & Licensing *Community, Social & Societal Aspects

Data Science Special Track Horizontals *arge-Scale Data Processing (stream processing, handling large-scale graphs) *Data Analytics (Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Network Analytics) *Communicating Data (Data Visualization, UX & Interaction Design, Crowdsourcing) *Cross-cutting Issues (Ethics, Privacy, Security, Provenance)

Verticals *Industry & Engineering *Life Sciences & Health Care *Public Administration *e-Science *Digital Humanities *Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAM) *Education & eLearning *Media & Data Journalism *Publishing, Marketing & Advertising *Tourism & Recreation *Financial & Insurance Industry *Telecommunication & Mobile Services *Sustainable Development: Climate, Water, Air, Ecology *Energy, Smart Homes & Smart Grids *Food, Agriculture & Farming *Safety, Security & Privacy *Transport, Environment & Geospatial

For details please go to: https://2017.semantics.cc/calls