I-Know 2015 - 15th International Conference on Knowledge Technologies and Data-driven Business

15th International Conference on Knowledge Technologies and Data-driven Business
21-23 October 2015, Graz, Austria
http://www.i-know.at/
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Important Dates
Full Paper Submissions (8 pages)
* Abstract Submission Deadline: June 8, 2015
* Paper Submission Deadline: June 22, 2015
* Notification of Acceptance: July 20, 2015
* Camera-Ready Paper: August 10, 2015
Poster & Demonstration Submissions (4 pages)
* Submission Deadline: June 22, 2015
* Notification of Acceptance: July 20, 2015
* Camera-Ready Version: August 10, 2015
I-KNOW proceedings will be published by ACM ICPS
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Conference Theme: Cognitive Computing and Data-Driven Business
i-KNOW 2015 aims at advancing research at the intersection of disciplines such as knowledge discovery, semantics, information visualization, visual analytics, social (semantic) and ubiquitous computing. The goal of integrating these approaches is to create cognitive computing systems that will interact naturally with humans, learn from their experiences and generate and evaluate evidence-based hypotheses. That is, we interpret cognitive computing as the convergence of various knowledge technologies research fields. On the other hand, data-driven business represents the business perspective on cognitive computing and takes application specific knowledge (such as semantics) into account.
We are specifically interested in the integration of data-centric and user-centric approaches and welcome contributions from both ends of the spectrum.
Special Track on Advances in Information Retrieval: from boolean retrieval to knowledge discovery and Big Data
Chairs: Michael Granitzer, Benno Stein
The field of Information Retrieval (IR) shaped the last decade on how humans search and work with information. Global players such as Google demonstrate the enormous impact of retrieval technology on the society its use of information. With the I-Know Special Track on "From Boolean Retrieval to Knowledge Discovery and Big Data" we want to reflect the achievements in Information Retrieval in terms of research and industrial uptake. We aim to analyse their impact and influence on today's world and probably extrapolate upcoming trends. We invite researchers to contribute by submitting research papers analysing past developments and an outlook on how they might impact future trends. Following the IR methodology, contributions should be based on a thorough analysis of particular sub-fields in Information Retrieval in terms of already published research or empirical analyses. See the following examples for possible topics to get an idea of a special and interesting contribution that you could provide:
* From ad-hoc retrieval to question-and-answering
* From TFIDF to Learning-to-Rank
* From known-item search to personalisation
* From mono-lingual to cross-lingual retrieval
* From Alta-Vista to Google
* From ELIZA to Watson
* From LSI to Deep Learning
* From keywords to Word2Vec
* From SERPs to straight answers
* From forming to cluster labeling
* From Cranfield to living labs
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Conference Organizers:
General Chairs
* Stefanie Lindstaedt, Know-Center and Graz University of Technology, Austria
* Harald Sack, Hasso-Plattner Institute for IT-Systems Engineering, Germany
* Tobias Ley, Tallinn University, Estonia
Organization & Dissemination Chair
* Nina Simon, Know-Center Graz, Austria
Program Chairs Knowledge Discovery, Analytics & Information Visualization
* Jörn Kohlhammer, FHG IGD, Germany (to be confirmed)
* Roman Kern, Know-Center Graz, Austria
* Vedran Sabol, Know-Center Graz, Austria
* Wolfgang Kienreich, Know-Center Graz, Austria
* Christin Seifert, University of Passau, Germany
Program Chairs Social & Ubiquitous Context-aware Computing
* Denis Helic, Graz University of Technology, Austria
* Viktoria Pammer, Know-Center and Graz University of Technology, Austria
* Elisabeth Lex, Know-Center and Graz University of Technology, Austria
* Christoph Trattner, Know-Center Graz, Austria
Program Chairs Science 2.0 & Open Science
* Klaus Tochtermann, ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics, Germany
* Isabella Peters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics, Germany
* Peter Kraker, Know-Center Graz, Austria
* Elisabeth Lex, Know-Center and Graz University of Technology, Austria
Poster & Demonstration Chair
* Jörg Simon, Know-Center Graz, Austria