2nd
Call for Papers
MTSR 2013: 7th Metadata and Semantics Research Conference -
November 19-22, 2013, Alexander Technological Educational Institute (ATEI) of Thessaloniki, Greece (mtsr2013.teithe.gr)
Dear
Colleagues,
It is our
pleasure to circulate the 2nd Call for Papers of the 7th Metadata and Semantics
Research Conference (MTSR 2013) (mtsr2013.teithe.gr)
Keynote
Speakers
Dr Stefan
Gradmann
is a full Professor in the Arts department of KU Leuven (Belgium) as well as
director of the University Library
“Towards a Semantic Research Library: Digital
Humanities Research, Europeana and the Linked Data Paradigm”
Dr Michail
Salampasis is
Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics at Alexander TEI of
Thessaloniki
Scope
and topics
Contributions are welcome on every
topic related to Metadata and their relationships with Ontologies, Semantic
Web, Knowledge Management and Software Engineering, including but not limited
to:
I. Foundations
- Typology of metadata and metadata uses
- The value and cost of metadata
- Quality evaluation in the use of Metadata
- Metadata reusability
- New or revised metadata schemas or application profiles
- Metadata standardization
- Empirical studies on metadata and/or ontologies usage
II. Languages and Frameworks for Metadata Management
- SGML, XML, UML in theory and practice
- Languages and Frameworks for Ontology Management
- Metadata and the Semantic Web
- Metadata and Knowledge Management and Software Engineering
- Metadata application of Semantic Web technologies
- Ontologies and Ontology-based Knowledge Management Systems
III. Case Studies
- Metadata and ontologies for librarianship, management of historical archives and archeological research
- Metadata and ontologies for the design of innovative products and processes
- Metadata and ontologies for health, biological and clinical information management
- Metadata and ontologies in finance, tourism and public administrations
- Metadata and ontologies in industry, education, agriculture, food and environment
IV. Technological Issues
- Technologies for Metadata and ontology storage and integration
- Technologies for Metadata extraction and navigation, querying and editing of ontologies
- Technologies for Learning Objects management
Paper submission - Publications
- full papers (12 pages) reporting complete research
- short papers (6 pages) presenting ongoing or preliminary research
- posters (4 pages);
- demos (4 pages);
- European and National projects (6 pages).
Papers should be original and not previously submitted to other
Conferences or Journals. All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of
relevance, originality, importance and clarity following a double-blind peer
review process. Submitted papers have to follow the LNCS proceedings formatting
style and guidelines. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to register to
the Conference and present their work in the form of either oral presentation
or poster presentation. The Conference welcomes Workshops and Tutorial on any
issues concerning metadata, ontologies, semantic Web,
knowledge management, software engineering and digital libraries.
Revised and
extended versions of best papers will be
published in selected international journals, including the International
Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (Inderscience), and Program:
Electronic library and information systems (Emerald) (list incomplete).
The
proceedings will be abstracted/indexed in: Scopus, EI-Compendex, DBLP, Google
Scholar, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the
inclusion in ISI Proceedings.
Awards:
Best paper award.
This award will be presented to the authors of the best full paper submitted
and presented to the conference.
Best
student paper award. The 7th MTSR’13 conference
sponsors a paper competition to recognize excellence in a conference paper
contribution whose primary author is a student (normally at a PhD or MRes
level). The student is required to present the paper at the MTSR2013
conference. Submissions are evaluated on their originality, scientific merits,
structure, and clarity of composition.
Tracks
currently being organized:
- Cultural Collections & Applications
- Agriculture, Food & Environment
- Health Information Systems and Digital Libraries
- Open Repositories, Research Information Systems and Data Infrastructures
- Special workshop on Project Networking
Important
Dates
June
20th 2013: Paper submission
July
31st 2013: Acceptance/rejection notification
August
20th 2013: Camera-ready papers due
November
19th – 22nd 2013: Conference at Alexander Technological Educational Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece
Program Chairs
- Emmanouel Garoufallou (Chair), Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Jane Greenberg (Co-Chair), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Organization Chairs
- Rania Siatri, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Paolo Manghi, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, CNR, Italy
- Nikos Houssos, National Documentation Centre, Greece
- R.J. Hartley, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Special Tracks Chair
- Panos Balatsoukas, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Steering Committee
- Miguel-Ángel Sicilia, University of Alcalá, Spain
- Nikos Manouselis, Agro-Know Technologies, Greece
- Fabio Sartori, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
- Juan Manuel Dodero, University of Cádiz, Spain
“We look forward to see you in Thessaloniki, one of the most beautiful and popular cities in
Southeastern Europe”
_____________Dr Emmanouel Garoufallou
Lecturer, Department of Library Science and Information Systems,
Alexander Technological Educational Institution (ATEI) of Thessaloniki,
P.O. BOX 141, GR-574 00, Thessaloniki, GREECE
Webpage: http://www.libd.teithe.gr
Tel.: +30-2310791236, Fax: +30-2310791185
E-mail: mgarou@libd.teithe.gr, garoufallou@gmail.com, garoufallou@yahoo.co.uk
Skype: garoufallou.emmanouel
Twitter: garoufallouemm
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