Call for Papers I-Know 05 Special Track on "Knowledge Discovery and Semantic Technologies 2005" June 29th 2005, Graz, Austria
Introduction The I-KNOW '05 Special Track on Knowledge Discovery and Semantic Technologies addresses the emerging fields of knowledge discovery and information retrieval technologies for the Semantic Web. Original papers are solicited in all areas of Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval with focus on semantic information. Submissions will be reviewed by a board of international experts. Topics include: * Knowledge discovery and web mining techniques * Knowledge discovery from unstructured and multimedia data * Clustering and classification techniques * Ontologies and knowledge representation * Multimedia and cross media retrieval * Information and knowledge extraction * Information summarization * Modelling and retrieval of semantic metadata * Knowledge discovery in the semantic web * Semantic Agent Technologies * Intelligent network agents * Natural language processing * Topic detection and tracking Submissions might also address applications of knowledge discovery and semantic technologies in areas such as search engines, decision support, e-learning, healthcare, mobile and pervasive computing, or bioinformatics. Target Group The topics mentioned above are addressed at researchers and developers as well as at innovative practitioners and providers in the fields of knowledge discovery and semantic technologies. The special track will be held in English. Submission Categories Papers: Mon 24 Jan 2005 Papers should be at most eight (8) printed pages. Papers must present previously unpublished, original results. Accepted papers will be published within the J.UCS conference proceedings of the I-Know '05 Conference. At least one author of an accepted paper must attend the special track to present the work. Submission Instructions Please prepare your submission according to I-Know style guidelines. All submissions, regardless of category, should include title, author(s), abstract, keywords, body, and references. Submissions are to be made electronically in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) or MS Word format. Submissions are treated as confidential communications during the review process, so submission does not constitute public disclosure of any ideas therein. Submissions should contain no information or materials that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication, and should cite no publications that are proprietary or confidential at the time of publication. Submission Procedure Please submit your contribution via http://www.i-know.at/submission. In case of problems or questions concerning the submission of papers, please contact the track chairs at [EMAIL PROTECTED] via email. Important Dates * 24 January 2005 - Submission of full paper (8 pages) * 14 March 2005 - Notification of acceptance * 18 April 2005 - Revised camera-ready paper (8 pages) * 29 June 2005 - KDaST 2005 special track Publication Accepted papers will be published within the I-KNOW '05 conference proceedings in cooperation with J.UCS and Springer Co. Pub. Additional Information For additional information please consult the I-KNOW '05 conference website at http://www.i-know.at or the website of the special track on Knowledge Discovery and Semantic Technologies at http://www.i - -know.at/KDaST or contact the KDaST organizers at [EMAIL PROTECTED] via email.