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"Semantic Search - Fact and Fiction" Workshop

IKS is proud to announce the second IKS Workshop. We will be meeting in Rome on November 12th and 13th, 2009. The purpose for this workshop will be to define "semantic search", and to get a handle on what people want from it.

At the first IKS workshop on requirements, semantic search emerged as one of the major themes that always raises high expectations, but few people can explain what “semantic search” is, as opposed to any other form of search. In Rome, we want to approach this question from two angles:


a) what have we got - in terms of software tools - to search for content? - We invite those who have working systems which they would like to sell or develop further.
b) what kind of information do we expect from our CMS and our databases? - We invite those who have a CMS, but agree that their system is not “semantic” enough yet, and know what they would like to have.
 
The outcome of the workshop should be a better understanding of the state of the art in WORKING semantic search systems, and a good understanding of what IKS should provide to make better semantic search possible. Note that we are not in the business of developing semantic solutions per se, but we are in the business of making useful techniques available to CMS's which comply with the IKS Architecture, i.e. “The Stack”.
 
If you would like to get involved with IKS, we would be glad to have you! Please see this post for information about joining IKS, and the places we really need help.

Agenda

Thursday November 12, 2009

Time
 Topic
14:00 - 15:00

Welcome drinks
15:00 - 16:00

Keynote Speech

Peter Mika, Yahoo!

"The role of semantics in Search"
16:00 - 17:00

IKS Key Themes Presentations

- SRFG/wb - Building the Stack - addressing issues of "tightly vs. Loosely coupled architecture"

- DFKI/Tilman - "Architecture for intelligent user interfaces" - challenging the top two layers of the stack

- CNR/Valentina - "Ontologies and Rules for CMS"

- SRDC/Gokce - "Traditional content stores vs knowledge bases"

- Day/Bertrand - "IKS Semantic Search Prototype" - where we are and where we are going.
17.15 - 18:30

Semantic Search Demonstrations

  1. Deri (Axel Polleres and Juergen Umbrich)
  2. Trialox (Reto Bachmann-Gmür)
  3. Kiwi (Rolf Sint)
20:00 - 22:00

Dinner

 Friday November 13, 2009

Time
 Topic
10:00 - 13:00

Semantic Search Demonstrations

  1. Yahoo! Research (Peter Mika)
  2. Salsadev (Stéphane Gamard)
  3. Scribo / Nuxeo (Olivier Grisel and Stefane Fermigier)
  4. Zemanta (Tomaž Šolc)
  5. Trezorix (Sander van der Meulen)
  6. Sourcesense (Tommaso Teofili)
  7. Semantic Technology LAB (Aldo Gangemi and Alfio Massimiliano Gliozzo)
  8. Semantic MediaWiki (Tran Duc Thanh, Markus Kroetsch - Karlsruher Instiut für Technologie)
     

(moderated by Stephane Croisier from Jahia )
13:00 - 14:30 Networking Lunch
14:30 - 16:00

Joint Proposal for Semantic Seach Benchmarks

(moderated by Wernher Behrendt)

 

Accommodation

We have pre-reserved over 50 rooms at the following hotels. However, everyone will need to make their own booking sending an e-mail to this address: roberto[AT]bramante-travel.it . Please specify the preferred hotel, the room type, dates of arrival and departure.

THE DEADLINE FOR DOING THIS IS 22th OCTOBER
KEYWORD: IKS

The first two hotels are very close to DIS where the IKS meeting will be held.

Hotel Genova, ****
www.hotel-genova-rome.com
Single b.b. Euro 88,00 per room, per night
DUS b.b. Euro 100,00 per room, per night.
Double b.b. Euro 120,00 per room, per night.
The hotel is located very close (0, 3 km.- 2 minutes walking) to central railway station Roma Termini

Antico Palazzo Rospigliosi, ****
www.hotelrospigliosi.com
Single b.b. Euro 100,00 per room, per night
DUS b.b. Euro 110,00 per room, per night.
Double b.b. Euro 130,00 per room, per night.
The hotel is located very close (0, 5 km.- 8 minutes walking) to central railway station Roma Termini

Hotel Artdeco, ****
www.travel.it/roma/artdeco
Single b.b. Euro 85,00 per room, per night
Double b.b. Euro 100,00 per room, per night.
The hotel is located very close (0, 8 km.- 10 minutes walking) to central railway station Roma Termini

 

Travel Information

HOW TO GET TO DIS (Via Ariosto, 25) FROM FIUMICINO AEROPORTO:

  • By TAXI: since the location is within the Aurelian walls, it should cost 40/50 €.    
  • By TRAIN: there is a train every 30 minutes from the airport to the Rome main railway station "Termini". The train name is "Leonardo Express" and costs 11 Euros. The DIS is 2 metro stations away from Termini: take the metro line A, direction Anagnina, get off at metro station Manzoni, then 400 meters walking.

 

November 12th, 2009 2:00 PM   through   November 13th, 2009 4:00 PM

V. Ariosto n° 25
Rome, RM 00185
Italy

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