Call for Papers

Semantics and Knowledge

Track Chairs

Geert-Jan Houben , Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Lora Aroyo , Google
Email: semantics-webconf2020@easychair.org

Knowledge graphs and other forms of structured data models with machine-interpretable semantics have been widely adopted online in support of more intelligent search services and in other applications. Simultaneously, we are seeing a significant fraction of web pages containing Semantic Web markup. Many of next-generation applications and IoTs/devices draw some of their power from such markup occurring not just in web pages but also in email and other communication. Linked, open data sets are also revolutionizing research in areas ranging from basic science and engineering to the social sciences and social goodness.

These successes have opened the doors to new challenges that are the focus of the Semantics and Knowledge track. The emphasis this year will be on the creation of large scale structured data, on bridging structured and unstructured data, and on new techniques for (human-assisted) semantic processing of large, real-world datasets. We are looking for research that is targeting Web-scale scenarios, and that is Web-based or at least minimally employs open world assumptions.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

  • Scalable Techniques for the Creation of Large, Web-based, Structured, Reusable, Knowledge Graphs, including Methods for Developing and Maintaining Shared Vocabularies/Ontologies
  • Semantic Annotation, Enhancement, Enrichments, and/or Integration of a Variety of Data, including Text, Multimedia and Sensor Data
  • Data Modeling and Inference using Semantic Data in Support of Enabling Intelligent System Behavior, Explanations and User-friendly Interaction
  • Provenance, Trust and Security and Privacy Issues in Managing Structured and Semantic Data
  • Applications of Semantic Technologies for Improving Search, Browsing, Personalization in Applications and Domains of Interest to the Web Community, e.g. News, Recommendations, Humanities, Social Sciences, Medical, etc.

Senior PC Members:

  • Anna Lisa GentileIBM
  • Carole GobleThe University of Manchester
  • Catherine Faron ZuckerUniversité Nice Sophia Antipolis
  • Claudia d'AmatoUniversity of Bari
  • Deborah McGuinnessRensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
  • Diana MaynardThe University of Sheffield
  • Elena DemidovaL3S Research Center
  • Elena SimperlUniversity of Southampton
  • Eva BlomqvistLinköping University
  • Hala Skaf-MolliUniversity of Nantes - LS2N
  • Ioana ManolescuINRIA Saclay--Île-de-France and Ecole Polytechnique
  • Irene CelinoCEFRIEL
  • Isabel CruzUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
  • Kalina BontchevaThe University of Sheffield
  • Katja HoseAalborg University
  • Kavitha SrinivasIBM
  • Kerry TaylorAustralian National University and University of Surrey
  • Maria Esther VidalUniversidad Simon Bolivar, Dept. Computer Science
  • Marie-Francine MoensKatholieke Universiteit Leuven
  • Tania TudoracheStanford University
  • Valentina PresuttiCNR - Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Tecnologies
  • Valentina TammaUniversity of Liverpool
  • Vanessa LopezIBM

PC Members:

  • Achim RettingerTrier University
  • Adam FunkUniversity Of Sheffield
  • Adrian M.P. BrasoveanuMODUL Technology GmbH
  • Agnieszka LawrynowiczPoznan University of Technology
  • Aidan HoganDCC, Universidad de Chile
  • Alessandro MoschittiAmazon
  • Amparo E. CanoThe Open University
  • Amrapali ZaveriMaastricht University
  • Ana RoxinUniversity of Burgundy, UMR CNRS 6306
  • Anca DumitracheVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Andreas HarthUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Fraunhofer IIS-SCS
  • Andreas HothoUniversity of Wuerzburg
  • Andriy Nikolovmetaphacts GmbH
  • Anna FenselSemantic Technology Institute (STI) Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck
  • Anna TordaiElsevier B.V.
  • Antske FokkensVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Armando StellatoUniversity of Rome, Tor Vergata
  • Axel PolleresVienna University of Economics and Business - WU Wien
  • Axel-Cyrille Ngonga NgomoPaderborn University
  • Bahar SateliConcordia University
  • Barbara PobleteUniversity of Chile
  • Beatrice MarkhoffLI - Université François Rabelais Tours
  • Ben TanTencent
  • Bianca PereiraInsight Centre for Data Analytics. National University of Ireland, Galway.
  • C. Lee GilesThe Pennsylvania State University
  • C. Maria KeetDepartment of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Carlos Buil ArandaUniversidad Técnica Federico Santa María
  • Caroline JayThe University of Manchester
  • Cassia TrojahnUT2J & IRIT
  • Cédric PruskiLuxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
  • Chiara Di FrancescomarinoFondazione Bruno Kessler-IRST
  • Chris BiemannU Hamburg
  • Chris WeltyGoogle
  • Christoph LofiDelft University of Technology
  • Christophe GuéretAccenture Labs
  • Claudio GutierrezUniversidad de Chile
  • Dagmar GromannUniversity of Vienna
  • Daniel GarijoInformation Sciences Institute
  • Daniele Dell'AglioUniversity of Zurich
  • Dezhao SongThomson Reuters
  • Dhavalkumar ThakkerUniversity of Bradford
  • Dimitris PlexousakisInstitute of Computer Science, FORTH
  • Domagoj VrgocPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Edgar MeijBloomberg L.P.
  • Emanuele Della VallePolitecnico di Milano
  • Ernesto Jimenez-RuizCity, University of London
  • Fabian M. SuchanekTélécom ParisTech University
  • Fernando BobilloUniversity of Zaragoza
  • Flavius FrasincarErasmus University Rotterdam
  • Fouad ZablithAmerican University of Beirut
  • Francesca FrontiniUniversité Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 Praxiling UMR 5267 CNRS - UPVM3
  • Gabriela MontoyaAalborg University
  • Gerardo SimariUniversidad Nacional del Sur and CONICET
  • Gianluca DemartiniThe University of Queensland
  • Giuseppe PirròSapienza University of Rome
  • Giuseppe RizzoLINKS Foundation
  • Gong ChengNanjing University
  • Guilin QiSoutheast University
  • Haofen WangShanghai Leyan Technologies Co. Ltd
  • Harald SackFIZ Karlsruhe, Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure & KIT Karlsruhe
  • Harry HalpinWorld Wide Web Consortium
  • Hemant PurohitGeorge Mason University
  • Hideaki TakedaNational Institute of Informatics
  • Ilaria TiddiVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Ioanna LytraEnterprise Information Systems, Applied Computer Science, University of Bonn
  • Irini FundulakiICS-FORTH
  • Jean-Paul CalbimonteUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland HES-SO
  • Jérôme EuzenatINRIA & Univ. Grenoble Alpes
  • John P. McCraeNational University of Ireland, Galway
  • Jose Manuel Gomez-PerezExpertSystem
  • Josiane Xavier ParreiraSiemens AG Österreich
  • Juan F. SequedaCapsenta Labs
  • Juan Manuel DoderoUniversidad de Cádiz
  • Kai-Uwe SattlerTU Ilmenau
  • Kemafor AnyanwuNorth Carolina State University
  • Kewen WangGriffith University
  • Laura HollinkVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Lei ChenThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Luciano SerafiniFondazione Bruno Kessler
  • Lucie-Aimée KaffeeUniversity of Southampton
  • Magdalena OrtizVienna University of Technology
  • Manolis KoubarakisNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Marcin SydowPJIIT and ICS PAS, Warsaw
  • Marco RospocherUniversità degli Studi di Verona
  • Maria Bermudez-EdoUniversity of Granada
  • Maria KoutrakiFIZ Karlsruhe, KIT
  • Maria MaleshkovaUniversity of Bonn
  • María Poveda-VillalónUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Maribel AcostaKarlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Marie-Christine RoussetUniversity of Grenoble Alpes
  • Martin RezkGoogle
  • Maud EhrmannEPFL, DHLAB
  • Maya RamanathIIT Delhi
  • Megan KatsumiUniversity of Toronto
  • Michel DumontierMaastricht University
  • Miguel A. Martinez-PrietoUniversity of Valladolid
  • Mihaela BorneaIBM
  • Milan StankovicSépage & STIH, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France
  • Nathalie PernelleLRI-Universit Paris SUD
  • Nicola FanizziDipartimento di Informatica, Università degli studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"
  • Nitish AggarwalRoku Inc.
  • Oana InelDelft University of Technology
  • Olaf HartigLinköping University
  • Olga Streibel
  • Olivier CuréUniversité Paris-Est LIGM
  • Oscar CorchoUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Paul GrothUniversity of Amsterdam
  • Payam BarnaghiUniversity of Surrey
  • Pedro SzekelyUSC/Information Sciences Institute
  • Petar RistoskiIBM Research-Almaden
  • Peter Haasemetaphacts
  • Philippe Cudre-MaurouxU. of Fribourg
  • Pieter ColpaertGhent University
  • Raghava MutharajuIIIT-Delhi, India
  • Raphaël TroncyEURECOM
  • Robert JäschkeHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • Roman KontchakovBirkbeck, University of London
  • Sabrina KirraneVienna University of Economics and Business - WU Wien
  • Saeedeh ShekarpourUniversity of Dayton
  • Satya SahooCase Western Reserve University
  • Sebastien FerreUniversite de Rennes 1
  • Serena VillataCNRS - Laboratoire d'Informatique, Signaux et Systèmes de Sophia-Antipolis
  • Seung-Won HwangYonsei University
  • Silvana CastanoUniversity of Milan
  • Simon WalkGraz University of Technology
  • Simona ColucciPolitecnico di Bari
  • Sören AuerTIB Leibniz Information Center Science & Technology and University of Hannover
  • Steffen StaabInstitut WeST, University Koblenz-Landau and WAIS, University of Southampton
  • Svitlana VolkovaPacific Nothwest National Laboratory
  • Sylvie RanwezLGI2P / Ecole des mines d'Alès
  • Takahiro KawamuraJapan Science and Technology Agency
  • Tassilo PellegriniUniversity of Applied Sciences St. Pölten
  • Thierry DeclerckDFKI GmbH
  • Trevor MartinUniversity of Bristol
  • Uldis BojarsIMCS – University of Latvia
  • Umberto StracciaISTI-CNR
  • Vadim ErmolayevZaporizhzhia National University
  • Valeria FiondaUniversity of Calabria
  • Vassilis PlachourasFacebook
  • Wei Emma ZhangThe University of Adelaide
  • Wei HuNanjing University
  • Weike PanShenzhen University
  • Xiaojun ChenCollege
  • Yazmin A. Ibanez-GarciaInstitute of Information Systems, TU Wien
  • Younghoon KimHanyang University
  • Zhichun WangBeijing Normal University
  • Ziqi ZhangSheffield University
  • Zohra BellahseneLIRMM