:: Semantic-Based Resource Discovery, Retrieval and Composition

SAC 2007 - The 22nd ACM Symposium on Applied Computing Seoul, Korea, March 11 - 15, 2007 Technical Track Semantic-Based Resource Discovery, Retrieval and Composition Submission Deadline Extended
Scope Submission Important Dates Program Committee Organisation	SCOPE This track aims at gathering researchers from various fields, spanning from web/mobile services discovery and composition, to intelligent multimedia retrieval, to planning in artificial intelligence, to matchmaking in electronic commerce. We envisage the following topics as central for the track: retrieval of resource descriptions knowledge management supply chain formation web/mobile service discovery and composition node discovery in P2P networks matchmaking of resource request and resource providers planning and scheduling semantic-based resource negotiation semantic annotation for multimedia information integration semantic grid All these topics share as central the notion of *Semantically-annotated Resource* in general searching problems with respect to a request. A resource is a broad term comprising goods in electronic commerce, information available in remote sites, services announced through Internet, learning objects, digital images, to mention a few. Whatever their nature, the term "resource" is used in a general sense for whatever might be identified atomically and univocally. Hence, the problem of resource matching and retrieval arises in several scenarios. The front-end of a resource is always a description of what the resource is, what it provides, who can access it, possibly with side economic constraints. All this information can be semantically annotated, either directly in XML, or using some upper strata for defining standard terms as in ebXML, or OWL-S. While semantic annotation rules out ambiguities of Natural Language, the problem raises about how well a single resource fits a particular request, or whether there is a pool of resources which - suitably composed - cover a request. Side economic conditions in resource descriptions, such as cost, method of payment, payments delay, can make compositions difficult to be properly formed, while economic constraints in resource request usually filter out some solutions. back to TOP SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit original papers related, but not limited to, the proposed track topics. Submissions fall into the following categories: Original and unpublished research work Reports of innovative computing applications in the arts, sciences, engineering, and business areas Reports of successful technology transfer to new problem domains Reports of industrial experience and demos of new innovative systems Peer groups with expertise in the track focus area will blindly review submissions to that track. Accepted papers will be published in the annual conference proceedings. Do not submit the same paper to multiple tracks. For more information please visit SAC 2007 Website. Authors of accepted papers must be prepared to sign a copyright statement and must pay the registration fee and guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference. To submit a paper, authors need to: register at http://sac.cs.iupui.edu/SAC2007/ submit the paper abstract at http://sac.cs.iupui.edu/SAC2007/SubmitAbstract.aspx?TrackID=111 submit the paper at http://sac.cs.iupui.edu/SAC2007/ The preferred format for the submission is the ACM SIG Proceedings Template - http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html - The body of the paper should not exceed 4,000 words (approximately 5 pages according to the above style). Registration is required for paper and poster inclusion in the Conference Proceedings, and for event attendance. back to TOP IMPORTANT DATES The proposed schedule of important dates for the track is as follows: ~~Sept. 8, 2006~~ -- Sept. 15, 2006 - Paper Submission deadline [EXTENDED] October 16, 2006 - Notification of acceptance October 30, 2006 - Camera-ready version deadline March 11 - 15, 2007 - Track Date back to TOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE (To be completed) Rama Akkiraju - IBM Watson Research Center - USA Marco Aiello - University of Trento - Italy Daniela Berardi - University of Rome "La Sapienza" - Italy Flavius Frasincar - Eindhoven University of Technology - Nederlands Michael C. Jaeger - TU Berlin - Germany Tomasz Kacmarek - The Poznan University of Economics - Poland Ignazio Palmisano - University of Bari - Italy Giovanni Semeraro - University of Bari - Italy back to TOP ORGANIZATION Tommaso Di Noia - Technical University of Bari - Italy Eugenio Di Sciascio - Technical University of Bari - Italy Francesco M. Donini - University of Tuscia - Italy Massimo Paolucci - DoCoMo Euro-Labs - Germany back to TOP
Information Systems Laboratory Politecnico di Bari Bari - Italy http://sisinflab.poliba.it

SCOPE
This track aims at gathering researchers from various fields, spanning from web/mobile services discovery and composition, to intelligent multimedia retrieval, to planning in artificial intelligence, to matchmaking in electronic commerce. We envisage the following topics as central for the track:
All these topics share as central the notion of Semantically-annotated Resource in general searching problems with respect to a request. A resource is a broad term comprising goods in electronic commerce, information available in remote sites, services announced through Internet, learning objects, digital images, to mention a few. Whatever their nature, the term "resource" is used in a general sense for whatever might be identified atomically and univocally. Hence, the problem of resource matching and retrieval arises in several scenarios. The front-end of a resource is always a description of what the resource is, what it provides, who can access it, possibly with side economic constraints. All this information can be semantically annotated, either directly in XML, or using some upper strata for defining standard terms as in ebXML, or OWL-S. While semantic annotation rules out ambiguities of Natural Language, the problem raises about how well a single resource fits a particular request, or whether there is a pool of resources which - suitably composed - cover a request. Side economic conditions in resource descriptions, such as cost, method of payment, payments delay, can make compositions difficult to be properly formed, while economic constraints in resource request usually filter out some solutions.

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SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit original papers related, but not limited to, the proposed track topics. Submissions fall into the following categories:
Peer groups with expertise in the track focus area will blindly review submissions to that track. Accepted papers will be published in the annual conference proceedings.

Do not submit the same paper to multiple tracks. For more information please visit SAC 2007 Website.

Authors of accepted papers must be prepared to sign a copyright statement and must pay the registration fee and guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference.
To submit a paper, authors need to:
1. register at http://sac.cs.iupui.edu/SAC2007/
2. submit the paper abstract at http://sac.cs.iupui.edu/SAC2007/SubmitAbstract.aspx?TrackID=111
3. submit the paper at http://sac.cs.iupui.edu/SAC2007/
The preferred format for the submission is the ACM SIG Proceedings Template - http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html - The body of the paper should not exceed 4,000 words (approximately 5 pages according to the above style).
Registration is required for paper and poster inclusion in the Conference Proceedings, and for event attendance.
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IMPORTANT DATES
The proposed schedule of important dates for the track is as follows:
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE (To be completed)
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ORGANIZATION
- Tommaso Di Noia - Technical University of Bari - Italy
- Eugenio Di Sciascio - Technical University of Bari - Italy
- Francesco M. Donini - University of Tuscia - Italy
- Massimo Paolucci - DoCoMo Euro-Labs - Germany
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SAC 2007 - The 22nd ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Technical Track

Semantic-Based Resource Discovery, Retrieval and Composition

Submission Deadline Extended

SCOPE

SUBMISSION

IMPORTANT DATES

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (To be completed)

ORGANIZATION

Semantic-Based Resource
Discovery, Retrieval and Composition