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* CALL FOR PAPERS
* The 4th Joint International Semantic Technology Conference (JIST 2014)
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* http://language-semantic.org/jist2014/
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* November 9-11, 2014 (Sun - Tue)
* Chiang Mai, Thailand
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The Joint International Semantic Technology Conference (JIST) is a regional federation of Semantic Technology related conferences. The mission of JIST is to bring together researchers in Semantic Technology research community and other areas of semantic related technologies to present their innovative research results or novel applications of semantic technologies.

JIST 2014, under the theme "Open Data and Semantic Technology", solicits the submission of original research papers on Semantic Web and other semantic technologies, as well as papers on applications of semantic technologies.


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* Topics of Interest for Regular Technical Sessions

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

** Ontology and Reasoning
- Ontology modeling, reuse, extraction, and evolution
- Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment
- Ontology evaluation
- Searching and ranking ontologies
- Reasoning over Semantic Web data
- New formalisms (such as probabilistic approaches)
- Lightweight semantics (linked data, microformats, etc.)

** Management of Semantic Web Data
- Languages, tools, and methodologies for Semantic Web data
- Database, IR, and AI technologies for Semantic Web data
- Robust and scalable knowledge management and reasoning on the Web
- Machine learning and information extraction on the Web
- Cleaning, assurance, and provenance of Semantic Web data, services, and processes

** Linked Data
- Publication of Linked Data
- Consumption of Linked Data
- Reasoning with Linked Data
- Search, query, integration, and analysis on Linked Data
- Integration and mash-up of Linked Data
- Mining of Linked Data
- Domain specific applications (eGovernment, disaster, life science etc.)

** Big Data and Semantics
- Ontology engineering for big data
- Ontology based data integration
- Big data verification using semantics
- Mapping big data and ontology

** Social Semantic Web
- Semantics for social media data
- Social network analysis with Semantic Web Technologies
- Querying, mining and analysis of social semantic data
- Social Semantic Web applications
- Semantic Web technologies for collaboration and cooperation
- Representing and reasoning about trust, privacy, and security

** Semantic Social Media
- Building ontologies for social networks
- Emergent semantics of social networks
- Semantics for sentiment/opinion analysis
- Sentiment analysis techniques on social media
- Applications of sentiment analysis

** Semantics and NLP
- Semantic Text Analysis
- Pragmatic and Discourse Analysis
- Syntactic and Semantic Mapping
- Automatic Annotation

** Semantic Multimedia
- Semantic multimedia metadata, ontology and management
- Multimedia content analysis and processing
- Multimedia-enriched Semantic Web
- Semantic multimedia applications
- Semantic annotations and recommendations

** Applications of the Semantic Web
- Semantic Web for large scale applications
- Semantic Web for desktops or personal information management
- Semantic Web for multimedia, sensors, and situational awareness
- Semantic Web for P2P, services, agents, grids, and middleware
- Semantic Web for software and systems engineering
- Mobile Semantic Web
- Interface for Semantic Web

* Topics for In-Use Track

Topics of Interest, but are not limited to

- Analysis and evaluation of semantic tools
- Semantic Web ontologies/ datasets used in practice
- Mobile applications based on semantic technology
- Semantic technology in new application domains:
- eGovernment
- eHealth
- Smart City
- Biomedical and Life Sciences
- Sensor Networks
- Telecommunications
- Cultural Heritage
- Financial Services
- Energy and Utilities
- Manufacturing
- Digital Libraries
- Learning and Education
- Personal Information Management
- Service Science, etc.

* Submission

Submissions to JIST 2014 should describe original, significant research on the semantic technologies. Submissions to JIST 2014 are expected to present their claimed contribution, with clear evidence to support their claims. All submissions will be critically reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. To assess submissions, reviewers will judge their relevance to semantic technologies, their originality, the technical soundness of their proposed approach and the readability of the submission.

Submissions must be in PDF format, using the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Submissions must be no longer than *16* pages for REGULAR TECHNICAL SESSIONS and *6* pages for IN-USE TRACK. Accepted papers will be published in an LNCS post-proceedings.

Submissions that exceed this limit may be rejected without review. JIST 2014 will not accept submissions that are under review for or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. All submissions must be submitted via the EasyChair system at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jist2014

Selected papers from the main conference and workshops will be invited to extend the work for submission to a special issue of the Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology (MIJST). (ISI Impact Factor: 0.456 (2012), SJR: 0.255 (2012))

* Important Dates

- Submissions Deadline: 23:59 (Hawaii Time), August 14, 2014 (Extended)
- Notification of Acceptance: September 5, 2014
- Camera-ready Deadline: September 12, 2014

- Poster Paper Submissions: September 10, 2014
- Poster Paper Notification: September 19, 2014
- Poster Paper Camera-ready: September 26, 2014

- Workshop Paper Submissions: Decided by workshop proposer
- Workshop Paper Notification: September 26, 2014
- Workshop Paper Camera-ready: September 30, 2014

- Conference: November 9-11, 2014

General Chairs
- Jeff Pan, University of Aberdeen, UK
- Vilas Wuwongse, ASIAN University, Thailand

Program Chairs
- Thepchai Supnithi, NECTEC, Thailand
- Takahira Yamaguchi, Keio University, Japan

Organized by: JIST Steering Committee

Co-hosted by:
- National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand
- Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
- Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thailand
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), Korea