AST 2009

Applications of Semantic Technologies

4th International AST Workshop
(1st workshop: AST 2006)
(2nd workshop: AST 2007)
(3rd workshop: AST 2008)

located at the Informatik 2009
October 2nd, 2009
Lübeck, Germany

Organised in cooperation with the Knowledge Representation Fachgruppe of the German Informatics Society (GI)
and the Semantic Technology Institute Germany, STI Germany.

Supported by NeOn, Theseus, SOA4All, X-Media, Graduate School IME and STI Germany.

Objectives Top

Semantic Web is a major international research effort with the goal to make web content available for intelligent knowledge processing. It draws on standard and novel techniques from various disciplines within Computer Science, including Knowledge Management, Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Internet Technology, Software Agents, eCommerce, etc. The methods and tools developed and integrated for this purpose – often called Semantic Technologies – are generic and have a very large application potential outside the domain of the Semantic Web.

Such applications are currently being investigated in various disciplines within Computer Science, including Ambient Intelligence, Software Engineering, Cognitive Systems, Corporate Intranets, Knowledge Management, Bioinformatics, etc. We believe that Semantic Technologies provide methods and tools which will persist in these and other application areas for the foreseeable future.

This event is supported by

Program Top

The workshop language is english.

Topics of Interest Top

This workshop shall bring together researchers and practitioners who work on applications of Semantic Technologies. It shall further the cross-fertilization between application areas and aid the technology transfer from foundational research into practice. The workshop shall cover diverse application areas of Semantic Technologies, including, but not limited to, the following.

• Ambient Intelligence
• Cognitive Systems
• Information Integration
• Multimedia Data Management
• Software Engineering
• Service-Oriented Computing
• Machine Learning
• eScience
• Information Extraction
• Grid Computing
• Peer-to-Peer Systems
• eCommerce
• eGovernment
• Bioinformatics
• Digital Libraries
• Sensor Web
• Semantic Web for Life Sciences
• eHealth
• Social Sciences
• Mobile Computing
• and any other application area of Semantic Technologies

Invited Speaker Top

Workshop Organising Committee Top

Program Committee Top

• Sören Auer, University of Leipzig, Germany
• Franz Baader, TU Dresden, Germany
• Bernhard Bauer, University of Augsburg, Germany
• Christoph Beierle, University of Hagen, Germany
• Stephan Bloehdorn, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• François Bry, University of Munich, Germany
• Johannes Busse, ontoprise GmbH, Germany
• Elmar Dorner, SAP AG, Germany
• Andreas Friesen, SAP AG, Germany
• Thomas Fuhr, Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg, Germany
• Gerhard Goos, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• Jens Hartmann, encoway GmbH Bremen, Germany
• Mark Hefke, FZI Karlsruhe, Germany
• Wolfgang Hesse, University of Marburg, Germany
• Knut Hinkelmann, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland
• Gabriele Kern-Isberner, University of Dortmund, Germany
• Harald Kosch, University of Passau, Germany
• Daniel Krause, L3S Hannover, Germany
• Holger Lausen, seekda GmbH, Austria
• Thorsten Liebig, University of Ulm, Germany
• Luc Moreau, University of Southampton, UK
• Meenakshi Nagarajan, Wright State University Dayton Ohio, USA
• Daniel Oberle, SAP AG, Germany
• Ulrich Reimer, University of Applied Sciences, St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Stefan Schlobach, VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Germany
• Michael Sintek, DFKI Kaiserslautern, Germany
• Steffen Staab, University of Koblenz, Germany
• Robert Tolksdorf, FU Berlin, Germany
• Valentin Zacharias, FZI Karlsruhe, Germany
• Guo-Qiang Zhang, CWRU Cleveland Ohio, USA
• Jürgen Ziegler, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Submission and Proceedings Top

Submissions must not exceed 15 pages (shorter papers are also welcome) and must comply with the requirements laid out under http://www.gi-ev.de/service/publikationen/gi-edition-lecture-notes-in-informatics-lni-2005/autorenrichtlinien/.
Submissions shall be in english language - if you would prefer to submit a german paper please consult with the organisers first. Please submit your manuscript using the submission website. Please make sure you select the correct workshop - Applications of Semantic Technologies - when submitting the paper!

Submissions will be reviewed. Accepted publications will appear as part of a book, bearing an ISBN number.

Important Dates Top

• Deadline for paper submissions: 26th of April, 2009
• Notification of acceptance: 25th of May, 2009
• Camera-ready versions: June 15th, 2008.
• Workshop day: October 2nd, 2009