Call for Papers

The Sixth IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (IEEE ICSC 2012)
September 19th- 21st, 2012
Palermo, Italy

The field of Semantic Computing addresses the derivation of semantic information from content and the connection of semantics to knowledge, where "content" may be anything including video, audio, text, processes, services, hardware, networks, etc.

The Sixth IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2012) continues to foster the growth of a new research community. The conference builds on the success of the past ICSC conferences as an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present research that advances the state of the art and practice of Semantic Computing, as well as identifying emerging research topics and defining the future of the field. The event is located in Palermo, Italy on the Piazza borsa hotel. The technical program of ICSC 2012 includes workshops, invited keynotes, paper presentations, panel discussions, industrial 'show and tells', demonstrations, and more. Submissions of high-quality papers describing mature results or ongoing work are invited.

SUBMISSIONS
Authors are invited to submit Regular Papers (8-page technical paper), Short Papers (4-page technical paper), Demonstration Papers and Posters (2 page technical paper), and Workshop and Special Session Proposals. More information is available on the ICSC 2012 web page. The Conference Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. Distinguished quality papers presented at the conference will be selected for publication in internationally renowned journals.

AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE (but are not limited to):
Semantics based Analysis

Natural language processing
Image and video analysis
Audio and speech analysis
Data and web mining
Behavior of software, services and networks
Services and networks
Security
Privacy
Analysis of social networks


Semantic Integration

Metadata and other description languages
Database schema integration
Ontology integration
Interoperability and service integration
Semantic programming languages and software engineering
Semantic system design and synthesis


Applications using Semantics

Search engines and question answering
Semantic web services
Content-based multimedia retrieval and editing
Context-aware networks of sensors, devices and applications
Devices and applications
Digital library applications
Machine translation
Music description
Medicine and Biology
GIS systems and architecture


Semantic Interfaces

Natural language interfaces
Multimodal interfaces
Human centered computing


IMPORTANT DATES:

Feb 20th, 2012: Special Session Proposals
Feb 20th, 2012: Workshop Proposals
May 04th, 2012: Regular & Short Paper Submission
May 04th, 2012: Demo Descriptions & Posters
June 28th, 2012: Notification Date
July 15th, 2012: Camera-Ready & Registration