SeDeS 2012 - Third International Workshop on Semantics and Decision Making (SeDeS12)

Decision support has been gradually evolved in both the fields of theoretical decision support studies and practical assisting tools for decision makers since 1960’s. The goal of decision support is to enhance decision processes in an accurate and efficient manner. Its application fields vary from business processes, business information management, system analysis, robotics, medical decision support, programming, project management, eGovernment & eBusiness, eLearning & eTraining, market analysis, judicial support, smart objects and ubiquitous systems.
Ontology Engineering (OE) brings new synergy to decision support. It will change (and actually now is changing) the decision support landscape, as it will enable new breeds of decision models, DSS applications and systems to be developed. Its realm will be significantly extended. By enabling digital intelligence in everyday decision support flows with interoperability and shareability, decision tasks and decision making processes in our workplaces, our homes, our businesses and even our own routine lives, could be simplified in a more efficient, more accurate way and more comfortable way.
SeDeS presents the latest innovations and achievements of academic/business/governmental communities on Decision Support Systems (DSS). The workshop focuses on theory, systems, computer aided methods, models, algorithms, techniques, methodologies and applications related to supporting decision making.
Goals and Topics
The main goal of this workshop is to give an opportunity to researchers who are interested in decision support systems and using modern semantic technologies to meet and exchange research and implementation ideas. Research results concerning both theories and practices can be articulated. It also provides researchers an excellent opportunity to present their research ideas and experimental results in paper format. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) theoretical and/or empirical exploration of semantics and/or decision support, as well as case studies and experience reports related to:
Theory/principles of decision support
Decision trees
Decision tables
Bayes networks
Decision models
Fuzzy studies
Rough set decision making
Ontology and Decision Support System (DSS) for business intelligence (BI)
Decision models of business information
Business process modelling
Event controlling
Business rule modelling
Business service modelling
Workflow modelling
Group Decision Making
Policy making
eGovernment modelling
eBusiness modelling
Pattern negotiation and analysis
Group analysis methodologies and algorithms
Ontologies for business decision support systems
Competency ontology
eLearning and Training
Business processes
Ontology-based data mining
Ontology-based data clustering
Ontology-based searching
Ontology matching
Industrial experiences
DSS for smart house
DSS for smart city
Decision support for ubiquitous systems
eGovernment
eBusiness
Mechanical DSS models
Model visualization
Intended Audience
The workshop is aimed at researchers and practitioners in the cross field of ontology engineering and decision support. The approach is to analyse and design semantic decision support models and semantic DSS. Attendees familiar with ontology engineering and decision support have the opportunity to update and deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area. Attendees less familiar have an ideal opportunity to learn about the approach from world experts in the area, and adopt or adapt the many benefits of the approach.
Workshop co-chairs
Dr. Yan Tang, STARLab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Jan Vanthienen, LIRIS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Important Dates (2012)
Abstract Submission deadline: May 18, 2012
Paper Submission deadline: May 25, 2012
Acceptance Notification: July 2, 2012
Camera-Ready due: July 16, 2012
Author Registration due: July 16, 2012
SeDeS’12 Workshop: September 10 - 11, 2012