2nd CFP Log-IC 2011: Second International Workshop on Logic-Based Interpretation of Context: Modeling and Applications

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Second Call for Papers
Log-IC 2011
Second International Workshop on Logic-Based Interpretation of Context:
Modeling and Applications

In conjunction with LPNMR 2011
Vancouver
16-19 May 2011
http://log-ic2011.deri.ie
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Context interpretation and context-based reasoning are key factors in 
the development of intelligent autonomous systems in a variety of 
applications. The ability to represent contextual factors, interpret 
them and combine them with other sources of knowledge are some of the 
challenges to enable intelligent systems achieve correct behavior.
Much work has been done in application areas that make use of contextual 
information, such as pervasive computing, logic-based sensor fusion and 
data integration, distributed problem solving and societal issues in 
Multi-Agent Systems. As well, theoretical foundations for context-based 
reasoning have been studied.

However, there is still a great deal to do in context modeling, since 
generic context models for context-aware application development need to 
be further explored, as does the role of context reasoning in particular 
regarding distributed evaluation and in conjunction with more recently 
emerging areas such as ontologies, including Semantic Web data, social 
features and reasoning about mental states, as well as approaches to 
belief change. While implemented context-representation models are 
generally ad-hoc, domain-dependent and do not support powerful 
inference, declarative logic-based models often fail to provide a 
representation of context-dependent data that is both general and with 
good computational properties.

Context-dependent data can arise from different sources; for example it 
may be gathered by sensors or collected from different knowledge sources 
in different formats. The incompleteness and heterogeneous nature of 
such data and the need for state-based context interpretation in dynamic 
systems suggest that non-monotonic reasoning techniques could be a 
powerful tool for effective context-dependent reasoning. Since in many 
applications the data stems from distributed sources, we encourage 
submissions addressing distributed reasoning mechanisms. Likewise, 
declarative approaches to societal reasoning or agent coordination may 
provide the backbone for contextual reasoning in various application 
domains. Given the increasing interest in hybrid knowledge 
representation formalisms as basis of the Semantic Web, we also invite 
submissions where hybrid formalisms combining Description Logics and 
Logic Programming as the basic representation framework for reasoning 
with (distributed) contexts are proposed.

This workshop will provide a forum for researchers investigating 
context-aware applications and context-based or distributed reasoning 
with the goal of sharing and comparing their views on the efficacy of 
different context representation and context interpretation frameworks. 
Log-IC 2011 will also propose targeted discussions on the topic.


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Topics
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Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):

- Surveys of frameworks for context representation and reasoning
- Relating logic-based context models to other representation frameworks
- Formal aspects of context representation and interpretation
- Distributed reasoning formalisms and algorithms
- Paraconsistent reasoning and context interpretation
- Dealing with uncertainty in context modeling
- Logic-supported sensor fusion
- Belief revision and context-awareness
- Argumentation in context-dependent decision support
- Social features of contextual reasoning
- Ontologies and nonmonotonic reasoning in context representation
- Hybrid formalisms for reasoning within contexts or including
   sub-symbolic contexts
- Contextual aspects in agent coordination
- Nonmonotonicity and context evolution
- Data integration for context-awareness
- Applications, including (but not limited to) Activity Recognition,
   Diagnosis, Query Answering, Early Warning, in various application
   domains, such as Health Care, Assisted Living, Robotics, etc.

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Submissions
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Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and must be formatted according 
to the Springer LNCS/LNAI format. Regular papers (included application 
papers) should not exceed 12 pages overall. The limit for short papers 
and system descriptions is 6 pages in the same format. We also encourage 
position papers on early-stage research (for poster or short 
presentations) of at most 3 pages.

Paper submission is by the EasyChair conference system: to submit a 
paper, visit http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=log-ic2011 and 
upload a PDF version of the paper. Proceedings will be published online 
after the workshop; publication as CEUR workshop proceedings on 
CEUR-WS.org is intended.


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Important dates
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Paper submissions:                      March 21st, 2011
Notification of Acceptance:             April 18th, 2011
Camera-ready versions:                  April 30th, 2011
Workshop:                               May   16th, 2011

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Workshop Officials
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Organization Committee:

Alessandra Mileo
Digital Enterprise Research Institute
NUIG, Galway
Ireland

Michael Fink
Institute of Information Systems
TU Wien, Vienna
Austria


Program Chairs:

Alessandra Mileo, University of Galway, Ireland
Michael Fink, Vienna University of Technology, Austria


Program Committee:

- Sebastian Bader, University of Rostock, Germany
- Marcello Balduccini, Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, NY, USA
- Chitta Baral, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
- Leopoldo Bertossi, Carleton University, Canada
- Roberto Bisiani, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
- Gerhard Brewka, University of Leipzig, Germany
- Pedro Cabalar Fernandez, Corunna University, Galicia, Spain
- Marina de Vos, University of Bath, UK
- James P. Delgrande, SFU, Canada
- Wolfgang Faber, University of Calabria, Rende (CS), Italy
- Stijn Heymans, SemanticBits LLC, Herndon, VA, USA
- Joao Leite, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
- Jorge Lobo, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA
- Bernd Ludwig, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
- Wendy MacCaull, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada
- Robert Mercer, University of Western Ontario, Canada
- Tommie Meyer, Meraka Institute, Pretoria, South Africa
- Axel Polleres, University of Galway, Ireland
- Enrico Pontelli, New Mexico State University, Las Cruzes, NM, USA
- Marie-Christine Rousset, University of Grenoble, France
- Chiaki Sakama, Wakayama University, Japan
- Torsten Schaub, University of Potsdam, Germany
- Tran Cao Son, New Mexico State University, Las Cruzes, NM, USA
- Hans Tompits, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Paolo Torroni, University of Bologna, Italy
- Kewen Wang, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
- Nic Wilson, University College, Cork, Ireland
- Stefan Woltran, Vienna University of Technology, Austria