CFPs and the lists

Hmmm. So I am enjoying the new regime without CfPs on the LOD list (many thanks, Phil!). However, I now find myself thinking I will unsubscribe from the SemWeb list, since it is almost all CfPs, few, if any, of which I want. I think this may be an unintended consequence (although probably

Re: Where are the Linked Data Driven Smart Agents (Bots) ?

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Ruben Verborgh wrote: > Hi Juan, > > Seems like we mostly agree—short remarks below. > > > One thing is science. Another is engineering. > > Perhaps we need Semantic Web Engineering conferences then as well! > That's why you have

Re: Where are the Linked Data Driven Smart Agents (Bots) ?

Ruben, One thing is science. Another is engineering. Part of the scientific process is defining an experiment and doing the evaluation. If we don't know the right evaluation metrics (I agree with you that we don't), then that is the current challenge we, as a semantic web scientific community,

Re: Where are the Linked Data Driven Smart Agents (Bots) ?

HI Krzysztof, > this is all about finding the right balance Definitely—but I have the feeling the balance is currently tipped very much to one side (and perhaps not the side that delivers the most urgent components for the SemWeb). > as we also do not want to have tons of 'ideas' > papers

Re: Where are the Linked Data Driven Smart Agents (Bots) ?

As such, it is hard to publish a paper on this at any of the main venues (ISWC / ESWC / …). This discourages working on such themes. Hence, I see much talent and time going to incremental research, which is easy to evaluate well, but not necessarily as ground-breaking. Yes! I could not agree