Cfp: Swap2006 October 27, 2006

3nd Italian Semantic Web Workshop
SEMANTIC WEB APPLICATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES (SWAP)
Pisa University, Italy 19-20 December 2006

http://www.swapconf.it/2006

INTRODUCTION

The Semantic Web is currently one of the most interesting and
ambitious challenges facing the scientific and technological community.
While great progresses have been made in terms of consolidation of base
tools and philosophy,
new aspects and issues are emerging as Semantic Web tools seek to find
their way into actual real world deployment.

In first place, it seems likely that there will not be a single flavor
of Semantic Web but rather several scenarios. This to respond to
different needs such as those ranging from world wide Database and
service integration to social cooperative annotations.

Then, to explain and reproduce the clear success of many Web 1.x-2.0
social networking and cooperation phenomena, there is the need for
research in the ares which embrace and mix very diverse topics.

To evoke the so much needed "web effect" on the use of Semantic Web
technology, it seems more and more likely that classic disciplines such
as Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Data Mining, Knowledge extraction
and Distributed Computing are to be mixed in real world Semantic Web
Applications with others such as Usability, Human Machine interaction,
possibly all the way to Economics, in broad sense, and Social Sciences.

This two-day workshop aims at creating the possibility for a meeting and
a debate among Italian and international researchers on Semantic
Web, with a special focus on aspects which might enable wide scale use
of Semantic Web technologies.

AUDIENCE

The workshop aims at being an occasion to meet for Italian researchers,
developers and interested people. However, contributions and
participants from other countries are invited and very welcome.

IMPORTANT DATES! (Updated)
27 October 2006 Paper submission
25 November 2006 Acceptance notifications
5 December 2006 Camera-ready
18 December 2006 Tutorial Day (New!)
19-20 December 2006 SWAP-2006

Official Website: http://www.swapconf.it/2006/callforpapers.php