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<div style="text-align: center;">Indian Statistical Institute Platinum Jubilee Events <br>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">International Conference on
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">SEMANTIC WEB AND DIGITAL LIBRARIES</span>
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(ICSD 2007)
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd">http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/icsd</a></span>
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Documentation Research and Training Centre
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Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, INDIA
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February 21-23, 2007
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">THEME</span>
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The proliferation of digital resources poses an unprecedented
challenge to information professionals in generating efficient
information services. Most patrons approach the Internet for the
digital content but have no clue how to retrieve pertinent information
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and this has led to a demand for organized information services and
resulted in digital library and institutional repositories.
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Technology and tools have to be deployed for harnessing the content
and for retrieval of information from the mass of unorganized
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resources. Semantic Web Technologies is an area that has invoked much
research interest and aims at efficient information representation and
retrieval. The aim of semantic web is to build conceptual relations
for machine interpretation that eventually will lead to efficient
knowledge mapping and organization techniques. However, research
in
Semantic Web is being understood and experimented in different
area differently and one of the most pertinent applications would be in
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area of Information Retrieval. Search and retrieval mechanism in
Digital Libraries (DL) are moving slowly towards becoming semantic.
Interoperability between digital libraries has to be based on Semantic
Web principles, in order to achieve meaningful user-machine
interaction.
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Documentation Research and Training Centre(DRTC), Indian Statistical
Institute(ISI), Bangalore, has a long research interest in knowledge
organization techniques including its seminal contribution in the form
of Prof. S.R. Ranganathan's faceted approach to classification.
In recent times DRTC has applied the classical theory to
practical
modeling in the area of Information Retrieval. The team at
DRTC has experimented with application of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
techniques in IR and has demonstrated systems in automatic
classification and indexing. With this experience and as part of the
Indian Statistical Institute Platinum jubilee
celebrations,
DRTC/ISI announces International conference
on Semantic Web and
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Digital Libraries. The objective is to bring together the best
expertise in the areas of Semantic Web and Digital Libraries from
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leading initiatives worldwide.
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Themes include: (but not limited to)
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* Digital Libraries
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* Digital Resource Organization
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* Technology issues in Digital Services
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* Design of Digital Information Services
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* Retrieval issues in digital environment
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* Standards and Specifications for Digital objects
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* Metadata standards, Interoperability and Crosswalks
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* Knowledge Organization and Ontologies
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* Semantic Web Technologies and Digital Libraries
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* Semantic Web and Information Retrieval
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* Architecture for Semantic Web
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* Technology and Semantic Web Modeling tools
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* Intelligent Agents in Semantic Retrieval
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* Semantic Portals and Semantic Web Services
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* Vocabulary and Taxonomy development
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* Tools and Techniques for managing digital repositories
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* Digital Resource Management Strategies
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* Content Development: Policies
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* Content Development: tools and techniques
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* Technology issues in Digital Services
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* Resource Media and formats
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* Multilingual Digital Libraries
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* Patron interaction and facilitation tools
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* Digital Library applications and case studies
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* Digital Library and Semantic Web Projects and Case Studies
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">FORMAT</span>
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The conference aims to explore the topics in themes and sub themes
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through tutorials, workshops, demonstrations, Invited talks and
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presentations. Eminent researchers and academicians will be invited to
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deliver theme papers and invited talks on select topics.
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">CALL FOR PAPERS</span>
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Original papers in English are invited on a theme related to those
mentioned above. An international review panel will review the
papers
based on originality of the work, quality and relevance to the
main theme of the conference. Peer reviewed and accepted
papers will be
published in the conference proceedings. The papers
should follow the submission instructions that will be furnished
along with acceptance
note and also on the conference website.
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">IMPORTANT DATES</span>
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<li>Expression of interest to submit paper with abstract: August 15, 2006 </li>
<li>Submission of full papers: September 15, 2006
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<li>Notification of acceptance of paper with comments: October 31, 2006
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<li>Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments: November 30, 2006
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION</span>
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<li>Early Bird Registration: December 15, 2006 (Last Date)</li>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Rs. 5000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates);
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<div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">USD 150 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC)
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<li> After December 15: <br>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Rs. 6000/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates);
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<div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">USD 175 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC)
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<li>Tutorial:
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<div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">Rs. 1500/- (Indian & SAARC Delegates);
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<div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">USD 40 (Foriegn Delegates other than SAARC)
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">CONTACT & ENQUIRIES</span>: (with CC to gmail address)
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Dr. A.R.D.Prasad, </span>(Conference Convenor)
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Associate Professor,
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Documentation Research and Training Centre,
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Indian Statistical Institute,
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8th Mile, Mysore Road, Bangalore - 560 059
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Karnataka, INDIA
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Phone: 91-80-28483002/3/4 extn no. 496 or 490
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Fax : 91-80-28484265
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email: <a href="mailto:icsd@drtc.isibang.ac.in">icsd@drtc.isibang.ac.in</a>
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<a href="mailto:icsd2007@gmail.com">icsd2007@gmail.com</a><br clear="all">
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