Call for Participation: 2nd Asian Semantic Web School (ASWS2008), Bangkok, Thailand, Dec 1-6, 2008

[Ilona Zaremba]

Thank you for contacting me.

I have resend the call once again.

Regards,
Ilona

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> On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:42:09 +0200
>  Ilona Zaremba <ilona.zaremba at sti2.at> wrote:
>> ********************************************************************
>> * 2nd Asian Semantic Web School (ASWS2008)                        *
>> * Jointly located with ASWC2008                                   *
>> * Bangkok, Thailand, Dec 1-6, 2008 (http://www.asws2008.org/)      *
>> ********************************************************************
>>
>> The 2nd Asian Semantic Web School aims to teach its
>> attendees how to apply semantic technologies in their own projects
>> and environments. The school is targeted at young researchers and
>> other interested parties affiliated to academia or industry. It is
>> particularly our goal to bring together international experts in the
>> field and to invite the leading research groups in Korea to be part
>> of the program.
>>
>> Course Topics
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Presentations by international experts in the field will
>> introduce the core technologies of semantic computing:
>>
>> - Standard knowledge representation languages such as Resource
>> Description Framework (RDF) or Web Ontology Language (OWL), including
>> tools for exploiting their reasoning capabilities.
>> - Methodologies, methods and tools to build and manage ontologies.
>> - The current directions in Semantic Web Services, in particular the
>> Web Service Modeling Ontology (WSMO) and the related Web Service
>> Modeling Language (WSML) and Web Service Execution Environment (WSMX).
>>
>> Tutorials, hands-on sessions and exercices
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Tutorials, hands-on sessions and exercises will provide additional
>> insights into the aforementioned topics and guide the students in
>> applying the  technologies in specific situations. These learning
>> modules will be complemented by invited talks which report on the
>> deployment of semantic technologies in real-world business scenarios,
>> handed over by representatives of well-known international companies.
>> The participants will be involved in projects, in which they will
>> develop prototypical Semantic Web applications in small teams on the
>> basis of a pre-defined scenario specification.
>>
>> Co-located events
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> The school will be co-located with
>> the Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC2008) in Bangkok, Thailand.
>> It will take place one week prior to the main conference.
>>
>> Important Dates
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> If you want to participate in ASWS2008, please register at
>> http://www.asws2008.org/index.php?id=6 and fill in the required 
>> information.
>> The deadline for submission is July, 31 and we will notify you by
>> August, 7. The successful applicants will be expected to pay the
>> registration fee, 500 euros, before September, 30. The fee covers all
>> tuition, teaching materials, hands-on sessions, use of computers,
>> room and board, from Sunday evening (November, 30) to Saturday lunch
>> (December, 6), an excursion, and a social dinner.
>>
>>     * June, 9: Application opens
>>     * July, 31: Application closes
>>     * August, 7: Notification of acceptance
>>     * August, 7: Registration opens
>>     * September, 30: Registration fees paid
>>     * November, 30: Arrival of participants
>>     * December, 1: First day of school
>>     * December, 6: Last day of the school
>>     * December, 8: ASWC 2008
>>
>>
>> Organizing Committee
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Elena Simperl, STI Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Austria
>> Marco Ronchetti, University of Trento, Italy
>> Vilas Wuwongse, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
>>
>> Invited Speakers and Tutors (to be completed)
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Peter Haase, Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe
>> Michael Kerrigan, STI Innsbruck
>> Devika P. Madalli, Indian Statistical Institute
>> Peter Mika, Yahoo!Research
>> Daniel Olmedilla, L3S Research Center & Hannover University
>> Marco Ronchetti, University of Trento
>> Pavel Shvaiko, University of Trento
>> Elena Simperl, STI Innsbruck
>> Katharina Siorpaes, STI Innsbruck
>> Denny Vrandecic, Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe
>>
>>
>> Sponsoring
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> The Asian Semantic Web School is supported by the EASTWEB
>> project (http://latemar.science.unitn.it/EASTWEB). A limited amount
>> of fellowships is available for Asian students. The fellowships cover
>> the school's fees. Interested students should apply sending their CV
>> per email to Marco Ronchetti at marco.ronchetti at unitn.it by July,
>> 31, and will be notified by August, 7.
>>
>> Contact
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> For any further information, please visit http://www.asws2008.org/ or
>> send an email to Elena Simperl at elena.simperl at sti2.at.
>>
> 
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Ilona Zaremba
STI Innsbruck
University of Innsbruck
Technikerstrasse 21a
A-6020 Innsbruck
Tel.: +43/512/507/96851
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E-mail: ilona.zaremba at sti2.at