[esip-semantictech] FW: 1st U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium, preliminary announcement (was: RE: First U.S. Semantics Symposium: Data and Location)
Mcgibbney, Lewis J (398M)
Lewis.J.Mcgibbney at jpl.nasa.gov
Wed Aug 30 09:22:38 EDT 2017
FYI
Dr. Lewis John McGibbney Ph.D., B.Sc.
Data Scientist II
Computer Science for Data Intensive Applications Group (398M)
Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398)
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On 8/30/17, 6:06 AM, "Hitzler, Pascal" <pascal.hitzler at wright.edu> wrote:
You are receiving this email because some time ago you indicated interest in attending the 1st U.S. Semantic Technologies Symposium (US2TS). Our planning for the event got delayed. However:
It is going to happen now.
March 1+2, at Wright State University, in Dayton, OH (two full days)
The goal of the event is to start consolidating the large but very fragmented community of people who are developing or applying Semantic Web Technologies (including ontologies, linked data, knowledge graphs, etc) in the U.S. and Canada.
The program will focus on facilitating information flow between the subcommunities, and to work towards joint efforts for creating more visibility for our methods and applications in the U.S.
The following people have already committed to help coordinate the program, to attend the event, and to be on the advisory committee for the event:
Achille Fukoue, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
Karl Grossner, World History Center, University of Pittsburgh
Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Chris Mungall, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
For those who desire so, there will also be an opportunity to present posters at the event and to submit technical or position papers for publication in informal proceedings.
We plan this to be a low-cost event, with no (or at most a very small) participation fee. We have an informal promise of substantial support by at least one sponsor.
Further details will be forthcoming shortly.
As we are still in the planning phase for the program, we would be happy about any feedback and suggestions for the program.
Stay tuned!
Pascal Hitzler, Wright State University (general/local chair)
Krzysztof Janowicz, University of California, Santa Barbara (program chair)
Xiaogang Ma, University of Idaho (sponsorships chair)
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Dr. Pascal Hitzler Data Semantics Laboratory
NCR Distinguished Professor Director for Data Science
Wright State University http://dssc.cs.wright.edu
http://www.pascal-hitzler.de http://daselab.org
pascal at pascal-hitzler.de http://www.semantic-web-journal.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hitzler, Pascal
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 3:48 PM
> To: Hitzler, Pascal <pascal.hitzler at wright.edu>
> Subject: RE: First U.S. Semantics Symposium: Data and Location
>
> You had indicated that you would be interested in attending the First U.S.
> Semantics Symposium (U3S). We just wanted to let you know that:
>
> * The event will *almost certainly* be held at the Westin Arlington Gateway
> on August 18 and 19 (full day on the 18th, half day on the 19th).
>
> * It looks like we should be able to secure some funding which should make it
> possible to waive registration fees, and to support some (or partially support
> quite a few) participants' travel costs.
>
> This is not a public announcement yet, you receive it because you indicated
> interest in the event, and so we wanted to give you an early notice about
> date and location.
>
> The response to our initial announcement was in fact much larger than
> expected, which is why it is taking us a bit longer to get things in place. That's
> a good problem to have of course :)
>
> We hope that we have a public anouncement within the next two weeks.
>
> If you have any questions or remarks about the event, please let us know.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Pascal.
>
> Organizing Committee:
>
> Pascal Hitzler, Wright State University (General Chair) Krzysztof Janowicz,
> University of California, Santa Barbara (Program Chair) Tom Narock,
> Marymount University (Local Arrangements Chair) Marshall Ma, Rensselaer
> Polytechnic Institute (Travel Stipends Chair) Michel Dumontier, Stanford
> University Jeff Heflin, Lehigh University
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hitzler, Pascal [mailto:pascal.hitzler at wright.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 8:38 AM
> > To: public-lod at w3.org; semantic-web at w3.org; public-owl-dev at w3.org;
> > public-sdw-wg at w3.org
> > Subject: First U.S. Semantic Symposium: Please indicate interest
> >
> > (apologies for cross-posting)
> >
> > [Summary: We intend to run an informal symposium to gather the U.S.
> > community interested in foundations and applications of Semantic Web
> > technologies. Please let us know by February 20 if you would be
> > potentially interested in participating. Long version below.]
> >
> > 1st U.S. Semantic Symposium (USSS) - Indication of Interest
> >
> > The Semantic Web is an inherently multi-disciplinary field. The
> > Artificial Intelligence community has contributed much in the way of
> > formal logic and knowledge representation. Similarly, the applied
> > computer science community, along with industry and government
> > agencies, have contributed with application development and testing.
> > With an ever-growing dependence on the web, natural science
> > researchers, geoscience and biology to name a few, have also taken an
> increasing interest in the Semantic Web.
> >
> > Yet, the division between computer science, natural science, and
> > academia/government/industry, has a downside. It limits the formation
> > of a coherent national agenda for exploring emerging trends in
> > Semantic Technologies. What are needed are community consolidation
> > and the building of a U.S.-based community research network.
> >
> > The goal of the 1st U.S. Semantic Symposium is to bring together the U.S.
> > Semantic Web community and begin forming such a research network. We
> > aim to achieve this by supporting communication across disciplinary,
> > organizational, and geographical boundaries. The Symposium will
> > provide a forum by which participants can share information and
> > ideas, coordinate ongoing or planned research activities, foster
> > synthesis and new collaborations, develop community standards, and
> > advance their science and education through communication and the
> sharing of ideas.
> >
> > To this end, the Symposium will be an informal gathering with plenty
> > of time for discussion and breakout sessions. We encourage anyone
> > with an interest in the Semantic Web, regardless of field, to attend.
> > Given the diversity of the field, we are at this time identifying the
> > size of the interested community in order to identify adequate
> > facilities and agenda. We anticipate a one-day symposium to be held in the
> Washington D.C. area during summer of 2016.
> >
> > Submit your intention to participate and Symposium agenda ideas to
> > Tom Narock [tnarock at marymount.edu], by February 20 if at all possible.
> >
> > Organizing Committee
> >
> > Michel Dumontier, Stanford University Jeff Heflin, Lehigh University
> > Pascal Hitzler, Wright State University Krzysztof Janowicz,
> > University of California, Santa Barbara Marshall Ma, Rensselaer
> > Polytechnic Institute Tom Narock, Marymount University
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Pascal Hitzler
> > Data Semantics Laboratory
> > Professor and Director for Data Science Dept. of Computer Science
> > and Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
> > pascal at pascal-hitzler.de http://www.pascal-hitzler.de
> > Semantic Web Journal: http://www.semantic-web-journal.net
> >
> >
> >
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