The deadline for applications to attend the 12th Semantic Web Summer School, 
SSSW, has been extended to the 11th of April 2016.

THE 12TH SEMANTIC WEB SUMMER SCHOOL - SSSW 2016
Bertinoro, near Bologna, Italy.
17th - 23rd July, 2016
http://sssw.org/2016, i...@sssw16.org<mailto:i...@sssw16.org>, Twitter: 
@sssw2016

To ensure a high ratio between tutors and students the school will be limited 
to 60 participants. Applications to attend SSSW 2016 will now close on the 11th 
of April. To apply, please follow the process described at 
http://sssw.org/2016/?page_id=16

Preliminary programme is available at http://sssw.org/2016/?page_id=232

The groundbreaking SSSW series of summer schools started in 2003. It is now a 
well-established event within the research community and a role model for 
several other initiatives. Taking place in the beautiful village of Bertinoro, 
Italy the programme of the summer school is centred on research and the open 
challenges facing the semantic web and the related technologies. It includes 
lectures, invited talks, practical research work and projects, led by a set of 
tutors comprising leading researchers in the community and prestigious invited 
speakers. SSSW also represents a unique opportunity for networking with 
research and industry leaders (including former students of the school), 
including of course, an exciting social programme in one of the most beautiful 
locations in Italy.

SSSW is located in the beautiful location of Bertinoro, a small village near 
Bologna in Italy, and relies on an extended organising committee, with 
Valentina Presutti from CNR, Mathieu d’Aquin from the Open University and Oscar 
Corcho from UPM. Since Semantic Web technologies and practices are now well 
established, the focus of the school is on research,  and on the open 
challenges that are being faced by the scientific community related to the 
Semantic Web. Keeping the “mixed” approach pioneered in the previous editions 
of SSSW, invited speeches and lectures by some of the greatest researchers in 
the area are complemented with “Research in Practice” sessions where key 
research questions are being investigated and collectively discussed.

Work on developing and presenting a project in cooperation with other 
participants serves as a means of consolidating the knowledge and skills gained 
from lectures and practice sessions. It also introduces an element of 
competition among teams, as prizes are awarded to the best projects at the end 
of the week. As a wide range of skills are required when working in this area, 
a “hackday” will also be organised during the week, as a break from the 
research focus where participants will be able to apply and show off their 
technical skills too.

SSSW 2016 will provide a stimulating and enjoyable environment in which 
participants will benefit not only from the formal and practical sessions but 
also from informal and social interactions with established researchers and the 
other participants to the school. To further facilitate interaction and 
exchange of ideas, a poster session will also take place, which will provide an 
opportunity for attendees to present and obtain feedback on their research.

TOPICS

(Linked) Data Workflows
Web Data Management
Knowledge Discovery
Knowledge Extraction
Sense-Making
Cognitive/Human Computing
Semantic Web Applications
Semantic Web Technologies
Semantic Web Research Methods

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Mathieu d'Aquin (Director), m.daq...@open.ac.uk<mailto:m.daq...@open.ac.uk>
Oscar Corcho (Co-Director), ocor...@fi.upm.es<mailto:ocor...@fi.upm.es>
Valentina Presutti (Co-Director), 
valentina.presu...@cnr.it<mailto:valentina.presu...@cnr.it>

INVITED SPEAKERS AND TUTORS (more to be announced soon)

Claudia d’Amato, University of Bari
Mathieu d’Aquin, The Open University
Irene Celino, CEFRIEL
Oscar Corcho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Aldo Gangemi, LIPN University Paris 13 and ISTC-CNR Rome
Frank van Harmelen, VU University Amsterdam
Tomi Kauppinen, Aalto University
Axel Polleres, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Valentina Presutti, Semantic Technology Laboratory, CNR Rome
Marta Sabou, Vienna University of Technology
Marıa-Esther Vidal, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas

HOW TO APPLY

We welcome applicants from anywhere in the world. Normally, but not 
exclusively, applicants will be postgraduate students in relevant disciplines 
with some knowledge of semantic and web technologies. Some basic acquaintance 
with knowledge representation languages for the Semantic Web (RDF, OWL, etc.) 
is required.

The deadline for applications is the 11 April 2016. Please follow the 
instructions at http://sssw.org/2016/?page_id=16 to apply.

Accepted candidates are expected to arrive on Sunday, July 17th, between 3pm 
and 6pm and to participate fully in the activities of the school until its 
conclusion, at 2pm on Saturday, July 23rd. Applicants should keep in mind that 
we will not consider applications from students who cannot commit themselves to 
a full participation for the whole duration of the school. Students are also 
required to bring and present a  poster at the summer school, describing their 
own research.

Apart from activities directly related to lectures, the summer school schedule 
is rightly famous for its unrivalled social programme, which enables informal 
interaction between all participants to the school - i.e., students, tutors, 
invited speakers, school staff, etc. These events include a gala dinner, picnic 
at the swimming pool, a disco, and sport activities.

STUDENT GRANTS

We expect to provide a number of grants for students who would not otherwise be 
able to attend the school. More details about student grants will be published 
at a later date.

VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION

SSSW 2016 will be located at the University Residential Center located in the 
small medieval hilltop town of Bertinoro. This town is in Emilia Romagna, about 
50km east of Bologna at an elevation of 230m above sea level. It can easily be 
reached by train and taxi from Bologna.

Bertinoro is picturesque, with many narrow streets and walkways winding around 
the central peak. Sessions of the summer school will be held in an 
archiepiscopal castle that has been converted by the University of Bologna into 
a modern conference centre with computing facilities and Internet access.  From 
the castle you can enjoy a beautiful vista that stretches from the Tuscan 
Apennines to the Adriatic coast and the Alps over the Po Valley.

More information about the location is available at 
http://sssw.org/2016/?page_id=44

The cost of the summer school, including accommodation, meals and excursion 
will be 950€.

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