[sem-grd] CFP: GGF11 Semantic Grid Applications Workshop

[David De Roure <dder@ecs.soton.ac.uk>]

Hello,

Here is the Call for Papers for our workshop at GGF11 in Hawaii. 
The workshop theme is Semantic Grid Applications, to be broadly
interpreted as all use of Semantic Web technologies in Grid
computing projects.  The event is being held in conjunction with 
the GGF Applications Working Group.

Can you help publicise this workshop?  The various versions of
the CFP are linked from the home page 

	http://www.semanticgrid.org/GGF/

Specifically the Web version is on

	http://www.semanticgrid.org/GGF/ggf11semgrdcfp.html

and the text version is appended below and is also available on

	http://www.semanticgrid.org/GGF/ggf11semgrdcfp.txt
	
There's also a Word version of an A4 flyer that I've produced 
for GGF10.  This is edited down from the full CFP and is available 
on
	http://www.semanticgrid.org/GGF/ggf11sgws.doc

Please encourgae applications!  I look forward to seeeing you in 
Hawaii in June.

Thanks

-- Dave

                 GGF11 Semantic Grid Applications Workshop

                              Call for Papers

  Semantic Web technologies, such as the Resource Description Framework
  (RDF) for metadata representation, are increasingly being applied to
  Grid computing infrastructure and applications, facilitating
  interoperability and reuse of services, data and tools. The purpose of
  the GGF Semantic Grid Research Group (SEM-GRD) is to help Grid users
  and developers realize this added value from Semantic Web
  technologies.
  
  Following on from the successful Semantic Grid workshop at GGF9, the
  GGF Semantic Grid Research Group is holding its second workshop at
  GGF11, which will be in Honolulu June 4-9, 2004. The theme of the
  workshop is Semantic Grid Applications, reflecting the GGF11 emphasis
  on real Grids, and the event is being organized in conjunction with
  the Applications Working Group (APPS-RG). The workshop will be a
  combination of invited presentations and refereed submissions, and is
  aimed at practitioners and would-be practitioners of Grid computing
  benefiting from Semantic Web tools and techniques.
  
  We invite short and long papers describing Grid computing projects
  that are making use of Semantic Web technologies and concepts, whether
  this is within the Grid application or within the Grid computing
  environment. We are equally interested in papers that apply Semantic
  Web technologies to data, services (e.g. for description, discovery
  and composition), environments and collaborative tools. Topics of
  interest include applications with the following features:

    * Metadata (RDF and RDFS) to describe data and resources
    * Interoperability achieved through Semantic Web technologies
    * Integration of heterogeneous data sources
    * Metadata capture and semantic annotation
    * Metadata stores ("triplestores" and querying)
    * Tools for Semantic Grid
    * Use of Semantic Web technologies to support virtual organizations
    * Autonomic computing using Semantic Web technologies
    * Use of Semantic Web Services (e.g. using OWL-S)
    * Capturing and representing knowledge in PSEs
    * Development, deployment and management of ontologies (e.g. in OWL)
    * Integration using ontology mapping
    * Use of advanced techniques, e.g. agent-based computing, inference,
      planning.
       
  We also welcome demonstrations of Semantic Web technologies being
  applied to Grid computing, to be exhibited during a demos session at
  the workshop.
   
  The proceedings of the workshop will be published as a GGF
  Informational Document.
   
Workshop organizers

  The workshop is being held by the GGF Semantic Grid Research Group
  (SEM-GRD) in conjunction with the Applications Working Group
  (APPS-RG). The Workshop Co-Chairs are:
   
  David De Roure    Semantic Grid Research Group
  Geoffrey Fox      Grid Computing Environments 
                    and Semantic Grid Research Groups
  Carole Goble      Semantic Grid Research Group
  Simon J. Cox      Applications Working Group
   
  The submissions chair is Danius Michaelides and the proceedings chair
  is Luc Moreau. For further information please see the Web site or
  contact Danius Michaelides on dtm@ecs.soton.ac.uk
   
Submissions

  Papers should be typeset in 12pt single column format, for letter or
  A4 sized paper. Full papers should not exceed 10 pages; short papers
  (extended abstracts) may be up to 4 pages. Submission format for
  review is Word or PDF. Please submit papers to the submissions chair.
   
  We also welcome demonstrations. To propose a demonstration, please
  submit a URL referring to a one page proposal which may include
  hyperlinks to more detail. Demonstrations may be live or pre-recorded.
   
Important Dates

  Paper and demo submission: April 26, 2004
  Notification to authors:   May 5, 2004
  Final versions of papers:  May 21, 2004
   
  We welcome early or outline submissions at any time from authors who
  would like feedback from the organizers prior to the paper and demo
  submission deadline. We will provide feedback as quickly as possible.
  Please submit outlines, and any queries about the workshop, to Danius
  Michaelides from GGF10 onwards.
   
Program Committee

  Mark Baker       University of Portsmouth, UK
  Jim Blythe       Information Sciences Institute, USC
  William Johnston Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  Kerstin Kleese   CLRC Daresbury Laboratory, UK
  Libby Miller     ILRT, University of Bristol, UK
  Jim Myers        Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  Marlon Pierce    Indiana University
   
Registration

  The Workshop is open to anyone registered for GGF. Participants may
  also be able to register for the workshops only. Please see the main
  GGF web site.