2nd International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2003)

 [ Sanibel Island sunset, original photo copyright 1997 David Meardon ]

Further Information

Program + Invited Talks + Posters + Demos
Proceedings (LNCS 2870)
Materials (New!)
Registration
Visa Information
Tutorials
Workshops
Venue and Transportation
Call for Papers
Paper Submissions
Annotation of Papers
Industrial Track Call
Call for Sponsors
Call for Workshop Proposals
Call for Tutorial Proposals
Call for Demos
Call for Posters
Poster Instructions
Poster Submissions
Senior Program Committee
Program Committee
Semantic Web Challenge
Wireless Internet Connectivity
Calendar

Sponsors
See the Sponsor chairs




 [ Network Inference ]

 [ OntoWeb ]

 [ DERI ]

 [ Springer ]
Gold
Gold
Gold
 [ SWWS ]

 [ OntoText ]












 [ Elsevier ]

 [ Exeura ]

 [ France Telecom ]

 [ Esperonto ]

 [ Nokia ]

 [ Enigmatec ]

 [ Semagix ]

 [ SWAP ]

 [ Mondeca ]

 [ Advanced Knowledge Technologies ]
Chairs

General Chair
Dieter Fensel
Institute for Computer Science (IFI)
University of Innsbruck
Technikerstrasse 25
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
dieter.fensel@uibk.ac.at
Program Chairs
Katia Sycara
Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science 
Carnegie Mellon University 
Newell-Simon Hall 1602D
Pittsburgh, PA  15213
USA
katia@cs.cmu.edu 

John Mylopoulos
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
6 King's College Road
Pratt Building, Room PT290G,
Toronto, Ontario  M5S 3H5
Canada
jm@cs.toronto.edu
Local Chair
Jeff Bradshaw
Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Human & Machine Cognition
The University of West Florida
40 South Alcaniz Street
Pensacola, FL  32501
USA
jbradshaw@ihmc.us

 

Contacts
 

Tutorial Chair

Asunción Gómez-Pérez
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Spain
asun@fi.upm.es

Industrial Program Chair

Christoph Bussler
Oracle Corporation
Redwood Shores, CA  94065
USA
Chris.Bussler@Oracle.com

Workshop Chairs

Sheila McIlraith
Knowledge Systems Laboratory
Gates Sciences Building, 2A-248
Stanford University
Stanford, CA  94305-9020
USA
sam@ksl.stanford.edu
Dimitris Plexousakis
Department of Computer Science, University of Crete
and
Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH)
GR 711 10 Heraklion, Crete
Greece
dp@ics.forth.gr

Demo Chair

Jeff Heflin
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
Lehigh University
19 Memorial Drive West
Bethlehem, PA  18015
USA
heflin@cse.lehigh.edu

Sponsor Chairs
Ying Ding
Institute of Computer Science 
University of Innsbruck 
Technikerstr. 13, A-6020 Innsbruck 
Austria
ying.ding@uibk.ac.at

Massimo Paolucci
Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science 
Carnegie Mellon University 
Pittsburgh, PA  15213
USA
paolucci@cs.cmu.edu
Metadata Chair
Steffen Staab
AIFB, University of Karlsruhe 
D-76128 Karlsruhe
Germany
sst@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de

Publicity Chair

Mike Dean
BBN Technologies / Verizon
1827 S. Liberty Dr.
Liberty Lake, WA  99019
USA
mdean@bbn.com

Financial Chair

Jérôme Euzenat
INRIA Rhône-Alpes
655 avenue de l'Europe, 
Montbonnot Saint Martin, 
38334 Saint-Ismier
France
Jerome.Euzenat@inrialpes.fr

Poster Chair

Raphael Malyankar
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
USA
r.malyankar@computer.org

Registration Chair

Atanas Kiryakov
Sirma AI, Ltd.
38A Christo Botev Blvd.
Sophia 1000
Bulgaria
Atanas.Kiryakov@sirma.bg
 

2nd International
Semantic Web Conference
(ISWC2003)

20-23 October 2003

Sundial Resort, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA

OntoWeb supported by the Semantic Web Science Association in cooperation with the OntoWeb network, the IST
DARPA DAML program,
and our key corporate sponsor
 [ Network Inference ]

ISWC is a major international forum at which research on all aspects of the Semantic Web is presented. ISWC2003 follows the 1st International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2002) which was held in Sardinia, Italy, 9-12 June 2002.

ISWC2003 will be held in Florida (USA) from 20-23 October 2003, in conjunction with K-CAP 2003: The Second International Conference on Knowledge Capture.

 

Tutorials

A day of Semantic Web tutorials is planned for Monday, 20 October 2003.

The following tutorials have been accepted following the Call for Tutorials:


Conference

ISWC2003 will include three days of technical sessions related to all aspects of the Semantic Web. The program includes both technical and survey/overview papers, as well as descriptions of working Semantic Web systems, position statements, and reports on work in progress.

The Program lists the papers accepted following the Call for Papers.


Workshops

A day of Semantic Web workshops is planned for Monday, 20 October 2003.

The following workshop proposals have been accepted following the Call for Workshop Proposals:


Venue and Transportation

ISWC2003 will be held at the Sundial Resort on beautiful Sanibel Island.

Hotel reservations can be made online. Enter the promotion code ISWC to get the conference rate of $125/night (1-bedroom) or $230/night (2-bedroom). These rates are available for reservations made by 4 September 2003.

The Sundial Resort is full as of September 21. The Sanibel Inn is within walking distance. The Holiday Inn is also nearby.

Major airports serving Sanibel include Ft. Myers (RSW - about 15 miles away), Tampa (TPA - about 150 miles), and Miami (MIA - about 170 miles). From Ft. Myers, the hotel recommends Sanibel Taxi (phone: +1 239-472-4160). Costs are approximately $40 + $15/person over 2 people.

The hotel check-out time is 11am day of departure.


Semantic Web Challenge

The winning applications of the Semantic Web Challenge 2003 will be announced and demonstrated at ISWC2003.

See http://challenge.semanticweb.org for additional information.


Register now!

Online registration is now available.


Sponsoring Possibilities

Are you a company willing to sponsor this event or give a demo? Sponsoring companies are are given the opportunity to present their software in the demo session. Please see the Call for Sponsors and contact Ying Ding (ying@cs.vu.nl) and Massimo Paolucci (paolucci@cs.cmu.edu).


Wireless Internet Connectivity

We plan to again provide wireless Internet connectivity in the main conference area. Bring your IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi) card!


Resources related to ISWC

http://iswc2003.semanticweb.org/: this site
http://iswc2002.semanticweb.org/: ISWC 2002
http://www.semanticweb.org/SWWS/: SWWS-1
http://www.ontoweb.org/: Ontoweb thematic network
http://www.daml.org/: DAML


http://iswc2003.semanticweb.org
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