From announce at dublincore.net Tue Feb 3 15:24:15 2015 From: announce at dublincore.net (DCMI Announce) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 12:24:15 -0800 Subject: [sigCR] =?utf-8?q?DC-2015_Call_for_Participation_-_2nd_notice=2C_?= =?utf-8?q?S=C3=A3o_Paulo=2C_Brazil?= Message-ID: *Apologies for cross-posting* Metadata and Ubiquitous Access to Culture, Science and Digital Humanities *DCMI 20th Anniversary International Conference & Annual Meeting* *September 1-5, 2015 ? S?o Paulo, Brazil* ================= *Conference Website:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2015 *Call for Participation:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2015/cfp *Track Policies:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2015/schedConf/trackPolicies ================= *Abstract:* The need for structured metadata to support ubiquitous access across the Web to the treasure troves of resources spanning cultures, in science, and in the digital humanities is now common knowledge among information systems designers and implementers. Structured metadata expressed through languages of description make it possible for us to 'speak' about the contents of our treasure troves. But, like all human languages, our languages of description both enable and isolate. The push to break out of the isolation of the metadata silos in which professionals inevitably design, implement and manage metadata in order to discover the intersections of our treasure troves drives much of today's discourse and emerging practice in metadata. The emergence of massively integrated Web presences such as Europeana and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) along with the reshaping of public access globally through mechanisms such as Linked Data and schema.org drive our conversations, our excitement, and our fears. *IMPORTANT DATES:* *Technical Program Deadlines:* *Peer-Reviewed Papers, Project Reports & Posters* --*Submission Deadline:* 28 March 2015 --*Author Notification:* 23 June 2015 --*Final Copy:* 28 July 2015 *Professional Program Deadlines * *Special & Panel Sessions* --*Proposal Deadline:* 28 March 2015 --*Author Notification: *25 April 2015 *Best Practice Posters & Demonstrations* --*Submission Deadline:* 14 July 2015 --*Author Notification:* Ongoing ================= *Join us in S?o Paulo, Brazil* Each of the past 20 years, the metadata community has gathered for DCMI's conference and annual meeting. The work agenda of the DCMI community is broad and inclusive of all aspects of innovation in metadata design, implementation and best practices. While the work of the Initiative progresses throughout the year, the annual meeting and conference provide the opportunity for DCMI "citizens" as well as newcomers, students, apprentices, and early career professionals to gather face-to-face to share experiences and knowledge. In addition, the gathering provides public- and private-sector initiatives beyond DCMI that are doing significant metadata work to come together to compare notes and cast a broader light into their particular metadata work silos. Through such a gathering of the metadata communities, DCMI advances its "first goal" of promoting metadata interoperability and harmonization. This year, the annual meeting and conference are being hosted by the Universidade Estadual Paulista--S?o Paulo State University (UNESP) and held in S?o Paulo, Brazil. ================= *CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:* --Universidade Estadual Paulista--S?o Paulo State University (UNESP) --Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) ================= *CONFERENCE CHAIRS:* --Pl?cida Santos, Professor Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil --Silvana Borsetti Gregorio Vidotti, Professor Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil --Fl?via Maria Bastos, CGB Coordinator General Coordination of Libraries Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil --Mariana Curado Malta CEISE/ISCAP - Polytechnic of Oporto, Portugal Algoritmi Center - University of Minho, Portugal From aida at acorweb.net Tue Feb 3 15:49:26 2015 From: aida at acorweb.net (Aida Slavic) Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:49:26 +0000 Subject: [sigCR] CFP: Classification and Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery - Lisbon, 29-30 October 2015 In-Reply-To: <54D133FD.4050307@acorweb.net> References: <54D133FD.4050307@acorweb.net> Message-ID: <54D13456.8030307@acorweb.net> *** Apologies for cross-posting *** ==== CALL FOR PAPERS ==== International UDC Seminar 2015 CLASSIFICATION AND AUTHORITY CONTROL: Expanding Resource Discovery DATE: 29-30 October 2015 VENUE: National Library of Portugal Campo Grande 83 Lisbon, Portugal WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2015/ CONTACT: seminar2015 at udcc.org Linked data practices and techniques have opened new possibilities in exploiting controlled vocabularies and improving resource discovery. Authority data held in library systems, including classification schemes find new ways of expanding its potential as shared knowledge structures across the linked data environment. The objective of this conference is to explore such a potential, expanding the value and use of classification as authority controlled vocabulary, from the local perspective to the global environment. We invite experts in authority control, classification schemes and linked data to provide overviews, illustrations and analysis of classification data management and exploitation. Contributions are welcome on high quality, innovative research and practice on the following topics: ? Classification as a component of subject authority control ? Classification authority data formats and modeling ? Classification and multilingual subject access ? Sharing classification data from authority files ? Classification data in the open linked data context CONTRIBUTIONS: Two kinds of contributions are invited: conference papers and posters. Authors should submit a paper proposal in the form of an extended abstract (1000-1200 words, including references, for papers; and 500-600 words for posters). The submission form is provided on the conference website. Proposals will be reviewed by the Programme Committee consisting of an international panel of experts. Each submission will undergo a blind review by at least three reviewers. The Conference proceedings will be published by Ergon Verlag and will be distributed at the conference. IMPORTANT DATES 28 February 2015 Paper proposal submission deadline 23 March 2015 Notification of acceptance & paper submission instructions 15 May 2015 Papers submission (camera ready copy) ORGANIZER: Classification & Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery is the fifth biennial conference in a series of International UDC Seminars organized by the UDC Consortium (UDCC). UDCC is a not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and distribute the Universal Decimal Classification and to support its use and development. UDC is one of the most widely used knowledge organization systems in the bibliographic domain. === From mll at uwm.edu Mon Feb 9 16:43:37 2015 From: mll at uwm.edu (Steven J Miller) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 21:43:37 +0000 Subject: [sigCR] CFP: JLM Special Issue: Controlled Vocabularies and the Semantic Web Message-ID: *Apologies for cross-posting* Journal of Library Metadata Special Issue: Controlled Vocabularies and the Semantic Web Call for Papers Ranging from large national libraries to small and medium-sized institutions, many cultural heritage organizations, including libraries, archives, and museums, have been working with controlled vocabularies in linked data and semantic web contexts. Such work has included transforming existing vocabularies, thesauri, subject heading schemes, authority files, term and code lists into SKOS and other machine-consumable linked data formats. This special issue of the Journal of Library Metadata welcomes articles from a wide variety of types and sizes of organizations on a wide range of topics related to controlled vocabularies, ontologies, and models for linked data and semantic web deployment, whether theoretical, experimental, or actual. Topics include, but are not restricted to the following: - Converting existing vocabularies into SKOS and/or other linked data formats. - Publishing local vocabularies as linked data in online repositories such as the Open Metadata Registry. - Development or use of special tools, platforms and interfaces that facilitate the creation and deployment of vocabularies as linked data. - Working with Linked Data / Semantic Web W3C standards such as RDF, RDFS, SKOS, and OWL. - Work with the BIBFRAME, Europeana, DPLA, CIDOC-CRM, or other linked data / semantic web models, frameworks, and ontologies. - Challenges in transforming existing vocabularies and models into linked data and semantic web vocabularies and models. Click here for a complete list of possible topics: http://tandf.msgfocus.com/c/13QCaxBT4l1hMFZ Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a proposal (approximately 500 words) including a problem statement, problem significance, objectives, methodology, and conclusions (or tentative conclusions for work in progress). Proposals must be received by March 1, 2015. Full manuscripts (4000-7000 words) are expected to be submitted by June 1, 2015. All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Please forward inquiries and proposal submissions electronically to the guest editors at perkintj at miamioh.edu. 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Miller, Senior Lecturer School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee mll at uwm.edu | 414-229-6640 From announce at dublincore.net Sat Feb 14 18:55:03 2015 From: announce at dublincore.net (DCMI Announce) Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:55:03 -0800 Subject: [sigCR] DCMI Webinar: VocBench 2.0: A Web Application for Collaborative Development of Multilingual Thesauri Message-ID: *********** Please excuse the cross postings *********** VocBench 2.0: A Web Application for Collaborative Development of Multilingual Thesauri *DCMI/ASIST Joint Webinar* ==================================================================== *:: Time:* 10:00am EST (World Clock: 15:00 UTC http://bit.ly/DCMI-Webinar-Stellato) *:: Presenters:* Caterina Caracciolo & Armando Stellato *:: Date:* Wednesday, 4 March 2015 *:: Registration:* http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCMI_Handbook/webinars#2015caracciolo ==================================================================== *ABOUT THE WEBINAR:* VocBench is a web-based platform for the collaborative maintenance of multilingual thesauri. VocBench is an open source project, developed in the context of a collaboration between the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) and the University of Rome Tor Vergata. VocBench is currently used for the maintenance of AGROVOC, EUROVOC, GEMET, the thesaurus of the Italian Senate, the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus of Harvard University, as well as other thesauri. VocBench has a strong focus on collaboration, supported by workflow management for content validation and publication. Dedicated user roles provide a clean separation of competencies, addressing different specificities ranging from management aspects to vertical competencies in content editing, such as conceptualization versus terminology editing. Extensive support for scheme management allows editors to fully exploit the possibilities of the SKOS model, as well as to fulfill its integrity constraints. VocBench has been open source software since version 2 -- open to a large community of users and institutions supporting its development with their feedback and ideas. During the webinar, Dr. Caracciolo and Dr. Stellato will demonstrate the main features of VocBench from the point of view of users and system administrators, and explain in what way you may join the project. *ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:* *Caterina Caracciolo*, PhD, has served as an Information Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) since 2006. Currently, she is responsible for the AGROVOC Concept Scheme, and participates in the GACS Working Group and the Wheat Data Interoperability Working Group (RDA). Her main interest lay in the area of semantics for data integration and sharing, with a special focus on data specific to the domains of agriculture, biodiversity, natural science and environment in the broad sense. She regularly serves on program committees for international conferences and publishes in conference proceedings and journals in the area of semantic web and information sharing in agriculture and biodiversity. She has worked in various EC-funded projects and served as also served as Work Package leader in the NeOn and SemaGrow projects. *Armando Stellato*, PhD, is Researcher at the University of Rome, Tor Vergata, where he carries on research and teaching in the fields of Knowledge Representation and Knowledge Based Systems. He is author of more than 70 publications on conferences and journals in the fields of Semantic Web, Natural Language Processing and related areas and has been member of the program committees of over 30 international scientific conferences and workshops. Currently his main interests cover Architecture Design for Knowledge Based Systems, Knowledge Acquisition and Onto-Linguistic interfaces, for which he participated to several EU funded projects, such as Crossmarc, Moses, Cuspis, Diligent, Neon, INSEARCH, SCIDIP-ES, AgInfra SemaGrow. Dr. Stellato is also consultant at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations as Semantic Architect, working on all aspects related to maintenance and publication of FAO RDF vocabularies such as AGROVOC, Biotech and Journal Authority Data and on the development of VocBench, an Application for Collaborative Management of RDF Vocabularies. For more information and to register, visit http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCMI_Handbook/webinars#2015caracciolo From announce at dublincore.net Sat Feb 14 19:56:25 2015 From: announce at dublincore.net (DCMI Announce) Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 16:56:25 -0800 Subject: [sigCR] Taxonomy Boot Camp: November 2 - 3, 2015 Message-ID: *** Please excuse the cross-posting *** *Taxonomy Boot Camp * *Sharing Solutions: Taxonomy Across Boundaries* ======================== *Event URL:* http://www.taxonomybootcamp.com/2015/ *Dates: *November 2 - 3, 2015 *Where: *JW Marriott Washington DC ? Washington, DC ======================== Taxonomies are powerful tools used by a wide range of professionals, from marketers to data scientists, for solving diverse problems from navigation to product information management. This year?s Taxonomy Boot Camp is about highlighting taxonomy's many faces and sharing practical solutions in different real-world environments Taxonomy Boot Camp is the only conference dedicated to exploring the successes, challenges, products, and development of taxonomies. Share your experiences, knowledge, and work with taxonomies, ontologies, folksonomies, content labeling systems, and other mechanisms for organizing information at this one-of-a-kind boutique learning and networking event. *Topics include but are not limited to:* - Taxonomy/ontology modeling and development best practices - Taxonomy governance & adoption - Techniques for maintaining taxonomies (analytics, testing, etc.) - Information architecture and user experience (navigation, content publishing, etc.) - Metadata modeling and management (role of taxonomy) - Auto-categorization and other tagging techniques - Taxonomy management/development software selection and use - Working collaboratively with stakeholders, content and IT teams - User research & usability - Implementation of taxonomies and metadata in specific content management applications (including DAM, CMS, SharePoint, etc.) - Getting buy-in and proving ROI of taxonomy - Big data & big taxonomies ? dealing with volume - Linked data, ontologies, semantic technology - Managing multi-lingual vocabularies To participate in Taxonomy Boot Camp as a possible speaker, or to suggest a speaker, please submit your proposal no later than March 27, 2015. Submit your speaking proposal now ! From Richard.Chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Tue Feb 17 03:13:52 2015 From: Richard.Chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:13:52 +0100 (CET) Subject: [sigCR] CFP AIAI 2015: 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (September 14-17, 2015 - Biarritz/Bayonne, France) In-Reply-To: <1292551937.5812970.1400140245662.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> References: <1619833220.1063422.1378673582388.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> <1292551937.5812970.1400140245662.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> Message-ID: <984453789.4478500.1424160832867.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> * Sorry for cross-posting * ************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS ************************************************* The 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI'15) http://aiai2015.sigappfr.org/ September 14-17, 2015 Bayonne/Biarritz - France Description and Objectives --------------------------- The importance of Artificial Intelligence is underlined by the fact that it is nowadays being embraced by a vast majority of research fields across different disciplines, from Engineering Sciences to Economics and Medicine, as a means to tackle highly complicated and challenging computational as well as cognitive problems. Being one of the main streams of information processing, Artificial Intelligence may now offer solutions to such problems using advances and innovations from a wide range of sub-areas that induce thinking and reasoning in models and systems. The Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations Conference (AIAI) is a major technical event in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing. The 11th AIAI Conference will be held in Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne (BAB) in France, from September 14th to 17th 2015. Its general focus is to present different perspectives on how Artificial Intelligence may be applied and offer solutions to real world problems, serving the study, analysis and modelling of theoretical and practical issues. The primary target of AIAI is to present highly novel research papers describing innovative algorithms, systems, tools and techniques, as well as proposing advanced prototypes in the area of Artificial Intelligence. General survey papers indicating future directions and professional work-in-progress reports are of equal interest. Acceptance will be based on quality, originality and practical merit of the work. AIAI is supported and sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). Topics ------- AIAI 2015 seeks contributions in the following areas: - Theoretical Advances Machine Learning Adaptive Control Data Fusion Reasoning Methods Knowledge Acquisition and Representation Planning and Scheduling Artificial Neural Networks Expert Systems Fuzzy Logic and Systems Genetic Algorithms and Programming Particle Swarm Optimisation Bayesian Models - Knowledge Engineering Data Mining and Information Retrieval Decision Support Systems Knowledge Management for e-Learning and Enterprise Portals Intelligent Information Systems Web- and Knowledge-Based Information Systems Ontologies - Multimedia, Graphics and Artificial Intelligence Multimedia Computing Multimedia Ontologies Smart Graphics Colour/Image Analysis Speech Synthesis - Signal Processing Techniques and Knowledge Extraction Computer Vision Human-Machine Interaction / Presence Learning and Adaptive Systems Pattern Recognition Signal and Image Processing Speech and Natural Language Processing - Artificial Intelligence Applications eBusiness, eCommerce, eHealth, eLearning Engineering and Industry Environmental Modelling Finance Telecommunications - Transportation Crisis and Risk Management Medical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering Political Decision Making Natural Language Processing Planning and Resource Management Project Management Emerging Applications Forensic Science - Trends in Computing Accessibility and Computers Affective Computing Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Autonomous and Ubiquitous Computing Distributed AI Systems and Architectures Grid-Based Computing Intelligent Profiling and Personalisation Robotics and Virtual Reality - Other AI and Ethical Issues Evaluation of AI Systems Social Impact of AI Paper Submission ---------------- Authors are invited to electronically submit original, English-language research contributions no longer than 10 pages formatted according to the well known LNCS Springer style, or experience reports. Submitted papers must present unpublished work, not being considered for publication in other journals or conferences. Paper submission deadline is April 26th, 2015. Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. Submitted papers will be refereed by at least three reviewers for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance. Notification and reviews will be communicated via email. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and included in the proceedings, which will be published by SPRINGER and they will be available on site. At least, one author must register and attend the conference to present the paper. Proceedings will be published by Springer in IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Series and indexed by major indexes. Paper submission is available online via: EasyChair for AIAI 2015 website. Important Dates ---------------- - Submission Deadline: April 26th, 2015 - Notification of Acceptance: May 29th, 2015 - Camera Ready: June 15th, 2015 - Paper Registration: June 17th, 2015 - Conference Dates: 14-17 September 2015 Special issues and Journal Publication --------------------------------------- Extended versions of selected papers will be published in several peer reviewed journals, such as: - Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering - International Journal of Neural Systems General Chairs --------------------- - Richard Chbeir, University of Pau and Adour Countries, France - Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Program Chairs ???????----------------------- - Ilias Maglogiannis, University of the Piraeus, Greece - Reda ElHajj, University of Calgary, Canada International Program Committee: -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From announce at dublincore.net Mon Feb 23 17:43:51 2015 From: announce at dublincore.net (DCMI Announce) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 14:43:51 -0800 Subject: [sigCR] DC-2015 Professional Program call for participation Message-ID: ***Apologies for cross-posting*** *DC-2015 -- DCMI 20th Anniversary International Conference & Annual Meeting* *September 1-5, 2015 ? S?o Paulo, Brazil* *Conference Theme: * *Metadata and Ubiquitous Access to Culture, Science and Digital Humanities* *==================================* *WEBSITE:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2015 *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2015/cfp *TRACK POLICIES:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2015/schedConf/trackPolicies *==================================* *:: DC-2015 Professional Program ::* *Professional Program Objectives* Each of the past 20 years, practitioners and researchers in metadata have gathered for DCMI's annual meeting and international conference. This year, we will be gathering in S?o Paulo, Brazil. The scope of interests for the Professional Program is broad and inclusive of all aspects of innovative metadata design, implementation, and best practices in all sectors from cultural heritage institutions to governments and commerce. While the work of the DCMI progresses throughout the year, the annual meeting and conference provide the opportunity for researchers, newcomers to metadata, students, apprentices, and early career professionals to gather face-to-face to share experiences and knowledge and to learn through *Tutorials*, *Workshops*, and *Special Sessions* tracks. In addition, the *Best Practice Posters & Demonstration* tracks offer the practitioner the opportunity to: - *showcase metadata work *underway or completed in their particular contexts, - *seek input* from the larger community on metadata matters of concern, - *compare notes* on innovative practice, and - *cast a broader light* into their particular metadata work silos. Through such a gathering of the metadata communities of practice, DCMI advances its "first goal" of promoting metadata interoperability and harmonization across the metadata ecosystem. *Submission & Session Languages* Proposals for Professional Program tracks may be in *Portuguese* or *English*. Depending on the language of the session presenters, simultaneous English/Portuguese or Portuguese/English translation will be provided. *Submissions and presentations by Portuguese speakers are strongly encouraged*. *Important Professional Program Deadlines* * Tutorials, Workshops, and Special Session* ---*Proposal Abstract Deadline:* 28 March 2015 ---*Proposer Notification*: 25 April 2015 *Best Practice Posters & Demonstrations* ---*Submission Deadline:* 14 July 2015 ---*Author Notification:* Ongoing *Questions Regarding the Professional Program?* -- *Questions in Portuguese: * Mariana Curado Malta - mariana(at)iscap(dot)ipp(dot)pt -- *Questions in English: * Stuart Sutton - sasutton(at)dublincore(dot)net; or Mariana Curado Malta - mariana(at)iscap(dot)ipp(dot)pt *==================================* *Conference Organizers:* --Universidade Estadual Paulista--S?o Paulo State University (UNESP) --Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) *==================================* *Please join us at DC-2015 in S?o Paulo, Brazil?* From aida at acorweb.net Tue Feb 24 09:02:27 2015 From: aida at acorweb.net (Aida Slavic) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:02:27 +0000 Subject: [sigCR] CFP Reminder: Classification and Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery - Lisbon, 29-30 October 2015 In-Reply-To: <54EC8414.4020804@acorweb.net> References: <54EC8414.4020804@acorweb.net> Message-ID: <54EC8473.60601@acorweb.net> *** Apologies for cross-posting *** ==== CALL FOR PAPERS (deadline 28 February) ==== International UDC Seminar 2015 CLASSIFICATION AND AUTHORITY CONTROL: Expanding Resource Discovery DATE: 29-30 October 2015 VENUE: National Library of Portugal Campo Grande 83 Lisbon, Portugal WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2015/ CONTACT: seminar2015 at udcc.org Linked data practices and techniques have opened new possibilities in exploiting controlled vocabularies and improving resource discovery. Authority data held in library systems, including classification schemes find new ways of expanding its potential as shared knowledge structures across the linked data environment. The objective of this conference is to explore such a potential, expanding the value and use of classification as authority controlled vocabulary, from the local perspective to the global environment. We invite experts in authority control, classification schemes and linkeddata to provide overviews, illustrations and analysis of classification data management and exploitation. Contributions are welcome on high quality, innovative research and practice on the following topics: ? Classification as a component of subject authority control ? Classification authority data formats and modeling ? Classification and multilingual subject access ? Sharing classification data from authority files ? Classification data in the open linked data context CONTRIBUTIONS: Two kinds of contributions are invited: conference papers and posters. Authors should submit a paper proposal in the form of an extended abstract (1000-1200 words, including references, for papers; and 500-600 words for posters). The submission form is provided on the conference website. Proposals will be reviewed by the Programme Committee consisting of an international panel of experts. Each submission will undergo a blind review by at least three reviewers. The Conference proceedings will be published by Ergon Verlag and will be distributed at the conference. IMPORTANT DATES 28 February 2015 Paper proposal submission deadline 23 March 2015 Notification of acceptance & paper submission instructions 15 May 2015 Papers submission (camera ready copy) ORGANIZER: Classification & Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery is the fifth biennial conference in a series of International UDC Seminars organized by the UDC Consortium (UDCC). UDCC is a not-for-profit organization, based in The Hague, established to maintain and distribute the Universal Decimal Classification and to support its use and development. UDC is one of the most widely used knowledge organization systems in the bibliographic domain. === From mzeng at kent.edu Thu Feb 26 16:10:27 2015 From: mzeng at kent.edu (ZENG, MARCIA) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:10:27 +0000 Subject: [sigCR] FW: 2 researcher positions (Semantic Web / Linked Open Data) (WTS-23) In-Reply-To: <63B2CFA46BCFAE46A33A8B988A628C537AF9A0AE@MailDB1.uni.glam.ac.uk> References: <63B2CFA46BCFAE46A33A8B988A628C537AF9A017@MailDB1.uni.glam.ac.uk> <63B2CFA46BCFAE46A33A8B988A628C537AF9A0AE@MailDB1.uni.glam.ac.uk> Message-ID: GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an institute of the Leibniz Association internationally active in research in social sciences and financed by the German federal and regional governments. The department Knowledge Technologies for the Social Sciences (WTS) is concerned with research and development of current issues regarding information and knowledge technologies in the domain of social sciences. Our research mainly focuses on Information Retrieval, Semantic Web, Linked Open Data, and Web Science. The department is closely linked with the Institute for Web Science and Technologies (WeST) of the University of Koblenz-Landau. Currently we are looking for two new colleagues at GESIS - Cologne by 1st of April 2015 * 1 Scientific associate / PhD student in the field of Semantic Web / Linked Open Data (TV-L EG 13, 75% working hours, doctoral dissertation is possible, limited to 4 years) and * 1 Scientific associate / PhD student in the field of Semantic Web / Linked Open Data (TV-L EG 13, 75% working hours, doctoral dissertation is possible, limited to 22 month) Your tasks will be: * Development and evaluation of a Linked Open Data infrastructure for a semantic linking between GESIS data and their connection to external data sources from the Web * Data modelling * Automatic link generation between RDF data sets * Enrichment of RDF data, e.g. by entity recognition and author disambiguation * Applied research in the field of Linked Open Data * Development of prototypes for search. Your profile: * Completed MSc in Computer Science or a related discipline * Strong skills in software engineering with Java, Web and XML technologies, database and search technologies, * Knowledge and experience in Semantic Web and Linked Open Data. GESIS guarantees that guidelines regarding employment laws for the disabled and handi-capped as well as laws and regulations governing part-time employment will be observed. GESIS is an equal opportunity employer and is certified by the European work & family audit. For further information concerning your job description please contact Dr. Benjamin Zapilko (Mail: benjamin.zapilko at gesis.org) or Dr. Philipp Mayr-Schlegel (Mail: philipp.mayr-schlegel at gesis.org). We only process online applications. Please apply until 15.03.2015 via . The application number for the positions is: WTS-23 Best, Philipp Mayr Become a sowiport user! Register here: http://sowiport.gesis.org/ -- Dr. Philipp Mayr Team Leader GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, D-50667 K?ln, Germany Tel: + 49 (0) 221 / 476 94 -533 Email: philipp.mayr at gesis.org Web: http://www.gesis.org New: sowiport search engine on VuFind http://sowiport.gesis.org/ New: SSOAR fulltext repository on DSpace http://ssoar.info/