[agents] JIST2012 - CALL FOR IN-USE TRACK PAPERS

[Kouji Kozaki]

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* CALL FOR IN-USE TRACK PAPERS
* The Joint International Semantic Technology Conference (JIST 2012)
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* http://www.ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp/jist2012/
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* December 2-4, 2012
* Nara, Japan
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* Submissions due: 23:59 (Hawaii Time), August 24, 2012
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* Call for Semantic Technology in Use Track Papers:

The In-Use track aims to explore implemented applications and tools, 
learned best practices as well as assessments and evaluations of applying 
semantic technology in real-world contexts, such as business, science, 
society, or government.
Therefore, papers will be evaluated on how the use of semantic technology 
impacts and provides utility to a wide range of users.

* Topics of Interest, but are not limited to

- Description of an implemented application of semantic technology in a 
  specific domain.
- Description of concrete problems in specific application domains, for 
  which semantic technology can provide a solution.
- Analysis and evaluation of usability and uptake of semantic tools
- Learned lessons and best practices from deploying and using an 
  application or service based on semantic technology
- Assessment of costs and benefits of implementing, deploying, using, and 
  managing semantic technology
- Analysis of risks and opportunities of using semantic technology in 
  organizations with respect to their businesses and customers
- Pragmatics of using or deploying semantic technology in real-world scenarios
- Comparison of semantic technology with alternative approaches that use 
  conventional or competing technologies
- Semantic technology in new application domains, including: eGovernment, 
  eHealth, smart cities, Life Sciences, Sensor networks, Media and 
  entertainment, Telecommunications, Cultural heritage, Financial services, 
  Energy and utilities, Manufacturing, Digital libraries, cloud applications, 
  Personal Information Management, etc.

* Submission

Submissions to JIST 2012 are expected to present their claimed contribution, 
with clear evidence to support their claims.
All submissions will be critically reviewed by at least three members of the 
program committee.

Submissions must be in PDF format, using the style of the Springer Publications 
format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). 

Submissions must be no longer than *6* pages. 
Submissions that exceed this limit may be rejected without review. 

JIST 2012 will not accept submissions that are under review for or have already 
been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. 

All submissions be submitted via EasyChair at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jist2012 

Accepted papers will be distributed to conference attendees and also published 
by Springer in the printed conference proceedings.
At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference 
and present the paper there. 

Authors of papers submitted to the In-Use track (whether accepted or not) are 
encouraged to also consider submitting their work to the Poster and Demo track. 
Please note that such submissions must be made separately to In-Use track 
submissions and must adhere strictly to the submission requirements for these 
tracks.

* Important Dates

Submissions due: 23:59 (Hawaii Time), August 24, 2012
Notification: October 5, 2012
Camera ready: October 19, 2012
Conference: December 2-4, 2012


* Organization

General Chair
- Riichiro Mizoguchi: Osaka University, Japan

Program Chairs
- Hideaki Takeda: National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan
- Yuzhong Qu: Nanjing University, China

In-Use Track Chair:
- Takahiro Kawamura: Toshiba Corp., Japan