[agents] 2nd SPIM workshop at ISWC 2011

[Thomas Lukasiewicz]

[Apologies for possible multiple posts]
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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2nd Workshop on

Semantic Personalized Information Management: Retrieval and Recommendation (SPIM 2011)

in conjunction with ISWC2011, October 23-27, 2011, Bonn, Germany

Deadline for paper submission: August 15, 2011

Web: http://www.dai-labor.de/spim2011/


MOTIVATIONS
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Search engines implementing the canonical search paradigm are adequate for most ad-hoc keyword-based search tasks,
but they reach limits when user needs have to be satisfied in a personalized way. With the advent of the Semantic Web,
new opportunities emerge for semantic information retrieval systems to better match user needs. Next generation search
engines should implement a novel search paradigm, where the user perspective is completely reversed: from finding to being found.
Recommender Systems may help to support this new perspective, because they have the effect of pushing relevant objects to potentially
interested users. An emerging approach is to use Semantic Web technologies to model information about users, their needs and preferences,
their context and relations, and to incorporate data from other resources like Linked Open Data.
The aim of the workshop is to investigate whether and how this large amount of wide-coverage and linked semantic knowledge can
significantly improve the search/recommendation process in those tasks that cannot be solved merely through a straightforward matching
of queries and documents.

The list below provides the topics of interest of this workshop.


TOPICS
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* Systems that create, exploit, and evaluate semantic technologies for improving PIM
* Exploiting Linked Open Data for PIM
* Semantic search: information retrieval, extraction and filtering
* Semantic exploratory browsing
* Semantic recommender systems
* Personalized search: ranking integration, privacy issues, novelty and serendipity
* Ontology-based user modeling and user model aggregation
* Personalized interaction in mobile, ubiquitous and context-aware computing
* Use of semantic technologies in UI/HCI
* Hybridizing Semantic Web and Machine Learning techniques for PIM
* New personalization algorithms for large semantic data sets
* Applications for SPIM


FORMAT/SUBMISSION
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We welcome work at all stages of development: papers can describe applied systems, empirical results or theoretically grounded positions.
All papers must represent original and unpublished work that is not currently under review. Papers will be evaluated according to their significance,
originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the
workshop.
Submissions must adhere to the Springer LNCS format (see the example document with author instructions), and be made through the EasyChair conference system.

Full papers: 10-12 pages. Original mature research
Short papers: 6-8 pages. Original ongoing research
Posters: 4 pages. Original ongoing research or research ideas of visual nature
Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings and will be published on the workshop webpage and on CEUR-WS.org site.


IMPORTANT DATES
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Submissions due: August 15, 2011
Notification: September 5, 2011
Camera-ready: September 12, 2011


Workshop day: TBA
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Workshop Organizers and Program Chairs
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* Marco de Gemmis, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
* Ernesto William De Luca, Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany
* Tommaso Di Noia, Technical University of Bari, Italy
* Aldo Gangemi, Italian National Research Council (ISTC-CNR), Italy
* Michael Hausenblas, National University of Ireland (NUIG), Ireland
* Pasquale Lops, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
* Thomas Lukasiewicz, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
* Till Plumbaum, Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany
* Giovanni Semeraro, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy


PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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* Fabian Abel, TU Delft, The Netherlands
* Claudio Bartolini, HP Labs, Palo Alto, USA
* Marco Brambilla, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
* Andrea Cali, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
* Charles Callaway, University of Haifa, Israel
* Ivan Cantador, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
* Pablo Castells, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
* Federica Cena, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
* Philipp Cimiano, University of Bielefeld, Germany
* Mathieu D’Aquin, Knowledge Media institute of the Open University in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
* Marco de Gemmis, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
* Ernesto William De Luca, Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany
* Tommaso Di Noia, Technical University of Bari, Italy
* Nicola Fanizzi, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
* Bettina Fazzinga, Università della Calabria, Italy
* Miriam Fernandez, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
* Tim Furche, Oxford University Computing Laboratories, United Kingdom
* Aldo Gangemi, Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technology, Italy
* Michael Hausenblas, DERI – Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Ireland
* Tom Heath, Talis Information Ltd, United Kingdom
* Dominikus Heckmann, DFKI, Germany
* Eelco Herder, L3S Research Center, Germany
* Dietmar Jannach, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany
* Pasquale Lops, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
* Thomas Lukasiewicz, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
* Till Plumbaum, Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany
* Georg Ruß, University of Magdeburg, Germany
* Alan Said, Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany
* Giovanni Semeraro, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
* Wolf Siberski, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany


CONTACTS
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For any queries please contact:
Web: http://www.dai-labor.de/spim2011/
E-mail: spim at lists.dai-labor.de
Twitter: @SPIMWS