SIG KM NEWSLETTER Issue February 2003 Newsletter of the German Special Interest Group on Knowledge Management http://www.fgwm.de Subscribe or unsubscribe via http://www.fgwm.de Send contributions to: fgwm@dwm.uni-hildesheim.de TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. WM 2003: Community Meetings & Registration 2. Call for Papers: Workshop on Knowledge Management for Distributed Agile Processes (KMDAP'03) 3. Call for Papers: 26th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI-2003) 4. Call for Papers: IJCAI'03 Workshop on Knowledge Management and Organizational Memory 5. Call for Papers: Five Workshops at the 5th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR'03) 6. Call for Papers (in German only): 4. Oldenburger Fachtagung Wissensmanagement Potenziale, Konzepte, Werkzeuge 7. The First European Summer School on Ontological Engineering and the Semantic Web (SSSW-2003) 8. Assistant Professor Faculty Position at the Univ. of Hannover, Germany 9. Ph.D. and PostDoc Position at the Learning Lab Lower Saxony, Germany ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 1. Professional Knowledge Management (WM 2003): Community Meetings & Early Registration Deadline Approaching WM 2003 ------- Second Conference on Professional Knowledge Management Experiences and Visions 2 - 4 April 2003 http://wm2003.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/ Professional Knowledge Management is imperative for the success of enterprises. A decisive factor for the success of KM-projects is the co-ordination of elements such as corporate culture, enterprise organisation, human resource management and information and communication technology. The adequate alignment and balancing of these factors is currently little understood - especially the role of IT, which is often regarded only as an implementation tool, though it can be a driver by making new KM-solutions possible. The conference gathers representatives of practical and research fields in order to discuss experiences, professional applications and visions through presentations, workshops, tutorials and an accompanying industry-exhibition. The main focus of the conference is put on the realization of KM-strategies with the aid of innovative IT-solutions, such as the intelligent access to organizational memories, or the integration of business processes and KM. Also of interest are integral attempts of KM, dealing with questions of integration of people, organisations and IT. Registration ------------ Please note that the early registration deadline is Feb. 21, 2003. Register online via: http://wm2003.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/ Community Meetings ------------------ During the conference, the following community meetings will take place: - Wednesday, April 2, 2003, 18:10: Community Meeting "Gesellschaft für Wissensmanagement e.V." - Wednesday, April 2, 2003, 18:30: Community Meeting "GI Fachgruppe Wissensmanagement" - Thursday, April 3, 2003, 18:15: Presentation of the Research Cluster Knowledge Management http://kmclust.uni-koblenz.de ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 2. Call for Papers: Workshop on Knowledge Management for Distributed Agile Processes (KMDAP'03) Call for Papers 1st Workshop on Knowledge Management for Distributed Agile Processes: Models, Techniques, and Infrastructure (KMDAP '03) for the Twelfth IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WET ICE '03). June 9-11, 2003, University of Linz, Linz, Austria http://www.dwm.uni-hildesheim.de/homes/schaaf/WETICE03/ Workshop Description -------------------- Knowledge Management (KM) is currently receiving increasing attention in diverse areas such as medicine and systems engineering. Here, special focus is put on process-oriented Knowledge Management, where abstract activity descriptions serve as the primary means to capture, organize, and distribute knowledge items that are relevant during individual, actual process steps. Most approaches developed so far rely on static processes as well as on documents indexed by formalized meta-data and additional ontologies. However, these approaches are inadequate for highly dynamic and volatile processes, whose steps cannot be planned in advance, and during which new, unanticipated "knowledge needs" frequently arise. Such processes handle mostly informal documents and rely on face-to-face communication between participants. Typical examples of such processes occur in domains like medical diagnostics and disaster management. In Software Engineering, the realization that software development processes are inherently dynamic inspired an entire new discipline focusing on "Agile Software Development Processes". These human-centered methodologies are being increasingly applied in the past couple of years. However, trading off explicit knowledge captured in documentation for tacit interpersonal knowledge poses new challenges, especially in the case of distributed settings, where support by proper Knowledge Management techniques is essential. The main goals of this workshop are to bring together practitioners and researchers from the areas of Knowledge Management and Agile Processes from different domains to discuss the current state of ongoing research efforts and to share their practical experiences with adaptation of modern Knowledge Management techniques by agile teams. Topics of Interest ------------------ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - Knowledge management support systems for agile teams - How to remain agile while applying KM techniques relying on explicit knowledge representation? - KM techniques that help making processes more agile - KM to improve agile processes (self-adaptive processes) - Collaborative ontology construction and mediation - Knowledge assets of agile teams - Knowledge elicitation in distributed agile processes - Proactive knowledge distribution - Cooperative adaptation of knowledge in agile processes - Managing tacit knowledge - Inter-project knowledge integration and management - Knowledge visualization for agile teams - Knowledge annealing In the context of this workshop, our notion of distribution is a wide one, encompassing any situation where direct face-to-face communication between (current or former) process participants is somehow inhibited. Concerning the notion of agility, a number of interpretations have been developed by different industries (e.g., see [2] for the Software Industry). For the purpose of this workshop, we adopt the encompassing view from [1], where business agility is defined as "the ability to demonstrate flexible, efficient and swift responses to changing circumstances by maximizing physical and human resources." [1] Gartner UK Ltd.: "The Age of Agility", Report prepared by Gartner for BT, July 2002 [2] http://www.agilemanifesto.org Paper Submission ---------------- Papers (maximum: 6 pages in 10-pt Times, single-spaced) can be submitted for review in PDF or RTF format. Papers longer than 6 pages will not be reviewed. Please submit your papers via e-mail to: Harald Holz e-mail: holz@informatik.uni-kl.de Authors will be requested to take part in the peer review process and will be asked to review other submissions. In order to ensure an anonymous review process, please try to avoid including any information in the body of the paper or references that would identify the authors or their institutions. Instead, please provide the names and contact information of the authors in your submission e-mail. This information can also be added to the final camera-ready version for publication at a later stage. Publication ----------- Accepted papers will be published in the post-conference proceedings (publisher: the IEEE Computer Press). Final camera-ready copies may not exceed six pages and must conform to the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines, http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm Each accepted paper should have at least one author register and present the paper at WETICE-2003 to get the paper published in the Proceedings. Important Dates --------------- Paper submission deadline: March 7, 2003 Notification of acceptance: April 11, 2003 Final camera ready copies of accepted papers due to IEEE: May 16, 2003 Advance registration by: May 16, 2003 Workshop: June 9-11, 2003 Workshop Location ----------------- Linz is the Upper Austrian state capital, third largest city in Austria, and located on both sides of the Danube. For more information on Linz, please see: http://www.hotelreservationandinformation.com/cityguide.phtml?city=Linz&stateprovince=&country=Austria For more information on Austria, please see: http://www.austria-tourism.at/index_e.html Organizing Committee -------------------- Harald Holz, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Grigori Melnik, University of Calgary, Canada Martin Schaaf, University of Hildesheim, Germany Program Committee -------------------- Klaus-Dieter Althoff, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Germany Ralph Bergmann, University of Hildesheim, Germany Ansgar Bernardi, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH, Germany Ward Cunningham, Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc., USA Mehmet Goeker, Kaidara Software Inc., USA Scott Henninger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Frank Maurer, University of Calgary, Canada Charles Petrie, Stanford University, USA Michael M. Richter, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Steffen Staab, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University, USA Please contact Harald Holz (holz@informatik.uni-kl.de) with questions and/ or suggestions. ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 3. Call for Papers: 26th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI-2003) Call for Papers 26th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI-2003) http://www.ki2003.de September 15-18, 2003 University of Hamburg, Germany The conference invites original research papers in all areas of AI. Besides papers on the foundations of AI we also welcome reports on innovative applications. TOPICS Possible Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Agent Technology, Automated Reasoning, Case-Based Reasoning, Cognitive Modeling, Configuration and Diagnosis, Decision Support Systems, Image Understanding, Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Management, Machine Learning, Multi Media, Natural Language Processing, Ontologies, Neural Networks, Planning and Scheduling, Reasoning under Uncertainty, Robotics, Semantic Web, Soft Computing, Temporal and Spatial Reasoning, Vision A special focus of the conference is on Multi Modality. Papers in this area are particularly welcome. SUBMISSION Important Dates Submission of electronic abstracts and papers: April 7, 2003 Notification for conference papers: June 2, 2003 Camera-Ready copies for conference papers: June 30, 2003 Submission Guidelines Conference submissions is electronic in postscript format. Submitted papers must not exceed 15 pages and should conform to Springer LNCS style (see details for paper Submission on the conference web-page). The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer series "Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence". At least one author of each accepted paper must register for and present the work at the conference. INVITED SPEAKERS Jennings, Nick, University of Southampton Keim, Daniel, University of Konstanz Sandewall, Eric, University of Linköping Studer, Rudi, University of Karlsruhe Wahlster, Wolfgang, DFKI Saarbrücken ORGANIZATION ------------ GENERAL CHAIR: Bernd Neumann, University of Hamburg PROGRAM CHAIR: Rudolf Kruse, University of Magdeburg PROGRAM COMMITTEE Andre, Elizabeth, University of Augsburg Baader, Franz, University of Dresden Brauer, Wilfried, TU München Bramer, Max, University of Portsmouth Brewka, Gerhard, University of Leipzig Buhmann, Joachim, University of Bonn Burkhard, Hans-Dieter, HU Berlin Bürckert, Hans-Jürgen, DFKI Saarbrücken Dubois, Didier, IRIT, Toulouse Eklund, Peter, University of Queensland Fensel, Dieter, University of Innsbruck Freksa, Christian, University of Bremen Görz, Gunter, University of Erlangen Günter, Andreas, University of Hamburg Habel, Christopher, University of Hamburg Herzog, Otthein, University of Bremen Jensen, Finn, University of Aalborg Kirn, Stefan, TU Ilmenau Köhler, Jana, IBM Research Laboratory, Z’rich Lakemeyer, Gerhard, RWTH Aachen Mßntaras, Ramon Lopez de, University of Barcelona Menzel, Wolfgang, University of Hamburg Mertsching, University of Hamburg Miksch, Silvia, TU Wien Milne, Rob, Intelligent Applications, Livingston Nagel, Hans Hellmut, University of Karlsruhe Nauck, Detlef, BT Exact, Ipswich Nebel, Bernhard, University of Freiburg Neumann, Bernd, University of Hamburg Niemann, Heinrich, University of Erlangen Puppe, Frank, University of Würzburg Ritter, Helge, University of Bielefeld Rojas, Paul, University of Berlin Rollinger, Claus, University of Osnabrück Saitta, Lorenza, Universita de Torino Studer, Rudi, University of Karlsruhe Wolkenhauer, Olaf, UMIST Manchester Wrobel, Stefan, Fraunhofer AIS, Bonn Wysotzki, Fritz, TU Berlin WORKSHOP CHAIR: Christopher Habel, University of Hamburg POSTER CHAIR: Wolfgang Menzel, University of Hamburg EXHIBITION CHAIR: B„rbel Mertsching, University of Hamburg ORGANIZATION CHAIR: Andreas G’nter, University of Hamburg CONTACT KI2003 Fachbereich Informatik Universität Hamburg Andreas Günter Vogt-Kölln-Strasse 30 Tel.; +49(0)4042883-2456/ -2451 22527 Hamburg info@ki2003.de www.ki2003.de ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 4. Call for Papers: IJCAI'03 Workshop on Knowledge Management and Organizational Memory IJCAI'03 Workshop on Knowledge Management and Organizational Memory Call for papers http://www-sop.inria.fr/acacia/WORKSHOPS/IJCAI2003-OM/call.html Submission deadline: 1 March 2003 Knowledge Management (KM) is one of the key progress factors in organizations. It involves explicit and persistent representation of knowledge of (geographically) dispersed groups of people in the organization, so as to improve the activities of the organization. Although KM is an issue in human resource management and enterprise organization beyond any specific technology questions, there are important aspects that can be supported or even enabled by intelligent information systems. Especially AI and related fields provide solutions for important parts of the overall KM problem. - Identification and analysis of a company's knowledge-intensive work processes (e.g., product design or strategic planning). Knowledge Engineering and Enterprise Modeling techniques can contribute to this topic. The analysis of information flow and involved knowledge sources allows to identify shortcomings of business processes, and to specify requirements on potential IT support. - In an organization, know-how may relate to problem solving expertise in functional disciplines, experiences of human resources, and project experiences in terms of project management issues, design technical issues and lessons learned. The coherent integration of this dispersed know-how in a corporation, aimed at enhancing its access and reuse, is called "corporate memory" or "organizational memory" (OM). It is regarded as the central prerequisite for IT support of Knowledge Management and is the means for knowledge conservation, distribution, and reuse. An OM enables organizational learning and continuous process improvement. Activities underlying knowledge management in an organization can comprise detection of needs, construction, distribution, use and maintenance of the corporate memory. It demands abilities to manage disparate know-how and heterogeneous viewpoints, to make it accessible and suitable for adequate members of the organization. When the organization knowledge is distributed on several experts and documents in different locations all over the world, the Internet or an Intranet inside the organization and World Wide Web (WWW) techniques can be a privileged means for acquisition, modelling, management of this distributed knowledge. Papers are welcome in any area concerning knowledge management or corporate memory or organizational memory. Examples of interesting topics are: - Dimensions of knowledge management: organization, competence, methodology... - Enterprise modeling - Artificial Intelligence methods or techniques for construction of computational corporate memories (knowledge bases, case bases, intelligent documentary systems, agent-based systems...) - Business Intelligence Solutions for KM - Intranet Solutions for KM - Document Management Solutions for KM - MultiMedia solutions for KM - Content Management solutions for KM - Architectures for KM/OM systems - Integration of formal and informal knowledge in KM/OM - Integration of knowledge from different groups in an organization - Exploitation of Intranet/Internet for knowledge management - Knowledge sharing between different groups in an organization (possibly via Internet/Intranet) - Cooperative (possibly WWW-based) building, adaptation and evolution of a corporate memory - WWW-based repositories for sharable ontologies and reusable problem-solving methods - Ontologies for knowledge management and WWW-based ontology servers - Assessment of concrete applications for knowledge management - Case studies of building KM/OM in enterprises - Active, context-dependent knowledge supply Submission Instructions ----------------------- Contributions are invited in the form of a full paper (max. 20 pages). The title page should include name, affiliation, and e-mail address of the contributor. Papers will be judged on their contribution to the discussion, and some will be selected for presentation. Papers have to be submitted electronically (in PostScript or HTML or pdf) to ijcai03-KM@sophia.inria.fr Rose Dieng-Kuntz (Rose.Dieng@sophia.inria.fr) and Nada Matta ( nada.matta@utt.fr). The proceedings will be published on the WWW and as a report. Note: Participants are expected to register for the main IJCAI conference in addition to the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES ------------------------------- Deadline for the submission of full papers (max 20 pages): March 1, 2003. Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 4, 2003 Deadline for the receipt of camera-ready papers: May 9, 2003 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------- Jean Paul Barthès Address: University of Technology of Compiegne, Departement of Genie Informatique, BP.60319 60203 Compiègne Cedex France Phone: +33 3 44 23 44 66 Fax: +33 3 44 23 44 77 E-mail: barthes@utc.fr Rose Dieng-Kuntz (Co-Chair) Address: INRIA Acacia Project, 2004 route des Lucioles, BP 93 06902 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex FRANCE Phone: +33 4 92 38 78 10 Fax: +33 4 92 38 77 83 E-mail: Rose.Dieng@sophia.inria.fr Knut Hinkelmann Address: University of Applied Sciences Solothurn Riggenbachstrasse 16 4600 Olten Switzerland Phone: +41-62-286 00 80 Fax: +41-62-296 65 01 Email: knut.hinkelmann@fhso.ch Ann Macintosh Address: International Teledemocracy Centre Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT United Kingdom Phone: ++44 (0) 131 455 2421 FAax +44 (0) 131 455 2282 E-mail: ann.macintosh@aiai.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.teledemocracy.org Nada Matta (Co-Chair) Address: Université de Technologie de Troyes (GSID/Tech-CICO) 12, rue Marie Curie BP. 2060, 10010 Troyes Cedex France Tel: (+33) 3 25 71 58 65 E-mail: nada.matta@utt.fr WWW: http://tech-cico/ Ulrich Reimer E-mail: ulrich.reimer@bauer-partner.com Carla Simone Address: Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione Universita' di Milano Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8 20126 Milano Italy phone: +39 02 6448 7821 fax: +39 02 6448 7839 E-mail: simone@mail.disco.unimib.it PROGRAM COMMITTEE Andreas Abecker, DFKI, Germany Jean-Paul Barthès (UTC-Compiègne, France) Jeff Conklin, CogNexus Institute and George Mason University (USA) John Debenham, University of Technology, (Sydney, Australia) John Domingue, Open University, (UK) Jean-Louis Ermine, CEA, (Paris, France) Fabien Gandon, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Knut Hinkelmann, University of Applied Sciences Solothurn Robert Jasper, Intelligent Results (USA) Myriam Lewkowicz, Tech-CICO, UTT (Troyes, France) Ann Macintosh, International Teledemocracy Centre, UK Frank Maurer, Calgary University, Canada Ulrich Reimer, Myriam Ribière, Motorola (France) David G. Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University (Israel) Carla Simone, University of Torino (Italy) Steffen Staab, University of Karlsruhe, (Germany) Gertjan van Heijst, Oryon, The Netherlands Manuel Zacklad, Tech-CICO, UTT (Troyes, France) ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 5. Call for Papers: Five Workshops at the 5th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR'03) The organizing committee of the Fifth International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR 03) is delighted to announce that this year the workshop program will consist of five workshops: Workshop 1: Case-Based Reasoning in the Health Sciences Contact: Cindy Marling and Isabelle Bichindaritz Website: http://oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu/~marling/iccbr03/workshop.html Workshop 2: Long-Lived CBR Systems Lifecycle models and their impact on CBR systems regarding usage, structure, and maintenance Contact: Markus Nick and Mirjam Minor Website: http://www.iccbr.org/2003/index-ws2.html Workshop 3: Mixed-Initiative Case-Based Reasoning Contact: David Aha Website: t.b.a. Workshop 4: Applying CBR to Time Series Prediction Contact: Rushed Kanawati Website: http://www-lipn.univ-paris13.fr/~kanawati/CbrSeqWS Workshop 5: From Structured Cases to Unstructered Problem Solving Episodes For Experience-Based Assistance Contact: Beatrice Fuchs and Alain Mille Website:http://bat710.univ-lyon1.fr/~bfuchs/ws-iccbr03/ ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 6. Call for Papers (in German only): 4. Oldenburger Fachtagung Wissensmanagement Potenziale, Konzepte, Werkzeuge Call for Papers 4. Oldenburger Fachtagung Wissensmanagement Potenziale, Konzepte, Werkzeuge 12.-13. Juni 2003 Universität Oldenburg Fachbereich Informatik, Abt. Wirtschaftsinformatik und OFFIS e.V., Oldenburg, siehe auch http://wi-ol.de Themengebiet der Veranstaltung: ------------------------------ Ziel der Fachtagung ist der Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen Wissenschaftlern, Anwendern, Systemanbietern und Beratern auf dem Gebiet des betrieblichen Wissensmanagements. Eine wichtige Rolle bei der Entfaltung des vollen Potentials von Wissensmanagementsystemen nimmt die synergetische Kombination von Aspekten des Wissensmanagement mit innovativen Anwendungen ein, z.B. Aus den Bereichen"mobile Dienste" oder "Peer-to-Peer" (P2P). Neue und etablierte wissensintensive Anwendungen in einem betrieblichen Wissensmanagementsystem zusammenzufassen, ist eine komplexe Aufgabe. Zur Bewältigung dieser Aufgabe werden bewährte und anwendbare Konzepte und Modelle benötigt, die Erfahrungen aus dem Wissensmanagement formalisieren und beim Entwurf der Systeme anleiten. Den steigenden Anforderungen an Wissensmanagement-Anwendungen und -Konzepte und an den Betrieb von Wissensmangementsystemen muss durch umfassende und intelligente Softwareunterstützung entsprochen werden, sei es durch spezielle Wissensmanagementwerkzeuge und die sinnvolle Kombination von Standardsoftware. Beiträge werden u.a. zu folgenden Themen erbeten: Potenziale, innovative Anwendungen im Wissensmanagement - Mobiles Wissensmanagement - Wissensakquisition und Informationsbereitstellung - Kontext-sensitive, personalisierte Wissensmanagement-Anwendungen - Communities und Wissensmanagement - Kollaborative Anwendungen im Wissensmanagement - Peer-to-Peer-Wissensmanagement Konzepte, Modelle, Vorgehensweisen - Integration von Wissensmanagement und - E-Learning-Systemen - Management-Support-Systemen - Unternehmensportalen - ... - Praxiserfahrungen bei - Einführung - Betrieb - Bewertung und Controlling von Wissensmanagementsystemen - Prozess-orientiertes Wissensmanagement - Wissensmanagement über Informations-Architekturen - Modellierungssprachen und -werkzeuge im Wissensmanagement Werkzeuge, Komponenten, Technologien - Groupware- und Workflowsysteme im Wissensmanagement - Dokumentenmanagement- und Conentmanagementsysteme im Wissensmanagement - Werkzeuge für Aufbau und Pflege von Informations- und Wissensräumen - Information Brokerage, Push-Technolgien, intelligente Agenten als Werkzeuge zur Informationsvermittlung - Information-Retrieval, Knowledge-Mining Beiträge -------- Der Call for Papers richtet sich an Wissenschaftler und Praktiker, die bereits Anwendungserfahrungen mit Technologien des Wissensmanagements gesammelt haben. Die geplante Vortragsdauer beträgt 30 Minuten inkl. Diskussion. - Beiträge aus der Wissenschaft sollten einen Umfang von 12.000 Zeichen nicht unter- und 24.000 Zeichen nicht überschreiten. Sie werden durch ein Programmkomitee begutachtet. - Für Beiträge aus der Industrie wird um die Zusendung einer aussagefähigen Zusammenfassung des Inhalts, einer Präsentation o.ä. gebeten. Alle eingereichten Beiträge sollten einen Titel und die Anschrift der Autoren und Autorinnen enthalten und im PDF oder MS-Word-Format eingereicht werden. Alle Vorträge werden in einem Tagungsband dokumentiert, der zur Veranstaltung verfügbar ist. Termine ------- 14.03.2003 Einsendeschluß für wissenschaftliche Beiträge 14.04.2003 Fertigstellung des Programms und Benachrichtigung über die Plazierung 05.05.2003 Abgabe des Beitrages für die Tagungsdokumentation 13.-14.6.2003 4. Oldenburger Fachtagung Wissensmanagement Programmkomitee --------------- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Frank, Universität Koblenz Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dimitris Karagiannis, Universität Wien Prof. Dr. Hermann Krallmann, Technische Universität Berlin Prof. Dr. Franz Lehner, Universität Regensburg Prof. Dr. Franz-Josef Radermacher, Universität Ulm Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bodo Rieger, Universität Osnabrück Prof. Dr. Herbert Stoyan, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Tagungsleitung -------------- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Gronau Universität Oldenburg, Fachbereich Informatik Abteilung Wirtschaftsinformatik Escherweg 2 26121 Oldenburg Tel. 04 41/ 97 22-1 50 Sekr. 04 41/ 97 22-2 01 Fax 04 41/ 97 22-2 02 E-Mail: gronau@wi-ol.de ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 7. The First European Summer School on Ontological Engineering and the Semantic Web (SSSW-2003) THE FIRST EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL ON ONTOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AND THE SEMANTIC WEB (SSSW-2003) http://minsky.dia.fi.upm.es/summerschool/ VENUE Cercedilla, near Madrid, Spain. DATE 21-26, July 2003 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Enrico Motta (Director) Asun Gomez-Perez (Co-Director) Arthur Stutt (Project Co-ordinator) INTRODUCTION The OntoWeb Network Consortium (www.ontoweb.org) is pleased to announce the first European Summer School on Ontological Engineering and the Semantic Web. This summer school, presented by leading researchers in the field, is the first opportunity anywhere in the world for postgraduate students to equip themselves with the range of theoretical and practical skills necessary for full engagement with the challenges involved in developing Ontologies and Semantic Web applications. With this in mind, candidates will need to book early to avoid disappointment. The school will be limited to 50 participants. APPROACH To avoid a passive learning experience we will augment theoretical material with practical workshops. Furthermore, we will ensure that the theoretical sessions are complementary to each other by linking them to a mini-project. Work on developing and presenting this project in cooperation with other participants will serve as a means of consolidating the knowledge and skills gained from lectures and practical sessions. Participants will be provided with a copy of all course lectures and access to a PC with all necessary tools and environments pre-installed. COURSE TOPICS Knowledge Representation and Ontologies Semantic Web Services Language Technologies for the Semantic Web The Semantic Web and Knowledge Management TUTORS Asun Gomez-Perez and Mike Uschold: Knowledge Representation and Ontologies John Domingue and Terry Payne: Semantic Web Services Paul Buitelaar and Fabio Ciravegna: Language Technologies for the Semantic Web Hans Akkermans and Steffen Staab: Semantic Web Technology for Knowledge Management INVITED SPEAKERS Carole Goble: Introduction to the Semantic Web Nicola Guarino: Knowledge Representation and Ontologies Dieter Fensel: Semantic Web Services Richard Benjamins: Semantic Web Technology for Knowledge Management SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Hans Akkermans, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands) Richard Benjamins, iSOCO (Spain) Paul Buitelaar, DFKI-Language Technology (Germany) Fabio Ciravegna, University of Sheffield (UK) Ying Ding, Leopold Franzens Universität (Austria) John Domingue, The Open University (UK) Dieter Fensel, University of Innsbruck (Austria) Carole Goble, University of Manchester (UK) Asun Gomez-Perez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) Nicola Guarino, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy) Frank van Harmelen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands) Jim Hendler, University of Maryland at College Park (USA) Atanas Kiryakov, Sygma, (Bulgaria) Mounia Lalmas, Queen Mary University of London, (UK) Enrico Motta, The Open University (UK) Mark Musen, Stanford University Medical Center (USA) Nigel Shadbolt, University of Southampton, UK Terry Payne, University of Southampton (UK) Guus Schreiber, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) Steffen Staab, University of Karlsruhe (Germany) Arthur Stutt, The Open University (UK) Mike Uschold, Boeing (USA) Bob Wielinga, University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) BENEFITS OF ATTENDING SSSW-2003 will provide a stimulating and enjoyable environment in which participants will benefit not only from the formal and practical sessions but also from informal and social interactions with established researchers and peers relatively new to the area. After completing the course, participants will: * Understand the motivation behind, and history of, efforts to build a Semantic Web * Be able to critique research papers on the Semantic Web * Be able to use a range of tools to build Semantic Web applications * Be able to identify possible new lines of research ACCOMMODATION AND SOCIAL EVENTS Cercedilla is a small village in the mountains near Madrid. The school will be held in the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid's student house. The student house has a range of facilities to make your stay more pleasant including en suite bathrooms, swimming pool, bars and restaurants in the village. There will be an afternoon excursion to a local tourist destination. Both this and a gala dinner will be included in the cost. PARTICIPANTS We welcome applicants from anywhere in the world. Normally applicants will be first or second year postgraduate students in relevant disciplines with some knowledge of ontological or knowledge engineering and/or the development of applications for the World Wide Web. COST OF SUMMER SCHOOL INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION, MEALS AND EXCURSION Euros 625 TRAVEL AND LOCAL INFORMATION The nearest airport is Madrid-Barajas. Participants will be able to use local rail links from Madrid to Cercedilla. We hope to arrange a coach for participants. Further information about how to reach Cercedilla is on the web site. REGISTRATION If you are interested in SSSW-2003 then please fill in the online registration form at our web site: http://minsky.dia.fi.upm.es/summerschool/ CONTACTS Enrico Motta - e.motta@open.ac.uk Asun Gomez-Perez - asun@fi.upm.es Arthur Stutt - a.stutt@open.ac.uk ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 8. Assistant Professor Faculty Position at the Univ. of Hannover, Germany The Department of Computer Science at the University of Hannover is seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor Faculty Position to start in summer 2003. The Department seeks a faculty member with theoretical and practical expertise in Semantic Web Technologies and related areas, including web based teaching and learning, knowledge management, knowledge representation, web services or peer-to-peer systems. We invite outstanding candidates with a Ph.D. degree in computer science (no longer than 5 years ago) and a strong record of accomplishments to apply. Applicants should have a strong publication record, experience in the acquisition of third party funded research projects, as well as teaching experience. The successful candidate will strengthen and extend the research program pursued at the Information Systems Institute and the Learning Lab Lower Saxony, participate in graduate teaching, and supervise Ph.D. students. The position shall qualify applicants for appointment as associate / full professor, salary will be paid according to W1, with a contract for three years, extendable to three more years. The University of Hannover is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages women to apply. Applications with curriculum vitae, publication list, concise statement of research and teaching activities and interests as well as the names and addresses (including e-mail) of three references should be sent by March 20, 2003 to University of Hannover Computer Science Department Dean's Office Appelstrasse 4 D-30167 Hannover Germany The official job opening announcement will be available at http://www.uni-hannover.de/campus/job/juprof.htm. I'd be happy to answer questions about our department and our research group from potential faculty applicants. -- Wolfgang Nejdl Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nejdl tel. +49 511 762-19710 Information Systems Institute fax. +49 511 762-19712 Knowledge Based Systems http://www.kbs.uni-hannover.de/ Learning Lab Lower Saxony http://www.learninglab.de/ University of Hannover, Appelstraße 4, 30167 Hannover, Deutschland ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 9. Ph.D. and PostDoc Position at the Learning Lab Lower Saxony, Germany The Research Group KBS at L3S (Learning Lab Lower Saxony) seeks applications for an open Ph.D. and PostDoc Position available in the recently started EU/IST funded project ELENA. The goal of ELENA is to design and implement smart learning spaces enhanced by Ambient Intelligence and Semantic Web Technologies (see our project homepage at http://www.elena-project.org/). Central design principles of the ELENA infrastructure are dynamic learner profiles and heterogeneous learning services implemented on top of both peer-to-peer and server-based information networks. The newly opened position (two positions have already been filled) will focus on distributed and peer-to-peer information spaces as well as intelligent search engine technology using both textual as well as metadata information. The prospective student or PostDoc is expected to hold a master's degree or equivalent degree (e.g. German diploma) in computer science or a Ph.D., respectively. The salary amounts to German BAT IIa or Ib (which is roughly 35.000 to 41.000 Euro gross income per year depending on age and marital status). Potential candidates may find more detailed information at http://www.learninglab.de/ and may contact and send their application (no later than March 31) by email to Prof. Wolfgang Nejdl Learning Lab Lower Saxony University of Hannover nejdl@learninglab.de or using standard mail service to Dr. Christoph Strutz Learning Lab Lower Saxony EXPO Plaza 1 30539 Hannover Germany ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* .........................................................................