HSWI 2015 - 3rd International Workshop on Human Semantic Web Interaction (HSWI)

To advance and consolidate the development of Semantic Web (SW) technologies and applications, a strong interdisciplinary approach is required. Amongst others, SW technologies imply new challenges for user interaction - and especially end user interaction - beyond those already posed by Web technologies and interactive systems in general. Some of the challenges to Semantic Web Interfaces are:
SW technologies provide a new set of innovative functionalities, which require equally innovative interfaces to be enjoyed
Interfaces are required for datasets of which the schemas are not yet fully known at design time
UIs for datasets where there is as much information in the links between the resources as in the resources themselves
Interfaces need to be able to deal with different levels of granularity of data and information.
UIs for information that is automatically derived from potentially incomplete and imperfect data
Control over data/information delivery, due to size and complexity of data sources
The HSWI workshop aims to explore and evaluate good practices in interface design, and ultimately feed into possible recommendations for standardizing and consolidating knowledge and good practices into a set of guidelines for semantic web developers, to ensure the usability and reasonably functional user experiences of the next generation of Semantic Web applications.
Program
To be announced.
Topics of Interest
HSWI invites papers on, but not strictly limited to, the following topics (unordered):
Semantic Web applications and tools addressing the needs of end users, both for creating and consuming Semantic Web data
Requirements for supporting the design and implementation of user interfaces for semantic applications
Natural Language Interfaces
Interaction styles and requirements, including new/emergent types of interactions
Models for specifying structure and behavior of semantic interfaces
Lessons learned from developing, evaluating and using semantic interfaces
Defining Semantic Interfaces: concepts, requirements
Literature reviews and methodologies in the scope of Human-Semantic Web Interaction
Stakeholders perspectives
Sensemaking
Semantic search interfaces
Use Cases/Case Studies, best practices, evaluations
New web based interaction technologies (Gesture, Touch, Mind-Web Interfaces, etc.)UI/UX
Paradigms for semantic applications on mobile devices, taking into account on-board sensors (think: SIRI/Google Now on steroids)
Visualization in semantic interfaces