ODBASE 2016 - 15th International Conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics

The conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics for Large Scale Information Systems (ODBASE’16) provides a forum on the use of ontologies and data semantics in novel applications. Of particular relevance to ODBASE are papers that bridge traditional boundaries between disciplines such as databases, social networks, mobile systems, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, and computational linguistics. We also encourage the submission of research and practical experience papers concerning scalability issues in ontology management, information integration, and information extraction, as well as papers that examine the information needs of various applications.
Given the 20th anniversary of CooPIS, ODBASE’16 also invites submissions on the application of semantics and semantic modelling to enable co-operation between information systems. This year, we would also welcome additional submissions on the challenge of achieving autonomic integration.
ODBASE’16 intends to draw a highly diverse body of researchers and practitioners by being part of the Federated conferences Event "On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2016 (OnTheMove'16)" that co-locates three conferences: ODBASE'16, C&TC'16 (International Symposium on Secure Virtual Infrastructures), and CoopIS'16 (International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems).
ODBASE 2016 will consider two categories of papers: research and experience. Research papers must contain novel, unpublished research results. Experience papers must describe performance of existing and real-world scalable systems; preference will be given to papers that describe software products or systems that are in use in the community and/or the industry.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Specific areas of interest to ODBASE’16 include but are not limited to:
Management of Semantically Expressive Information
Semantic data modeling
Semantic integration, including ontology matching, merging, etc.
Ontology engineering and metadata management
Ontology-based data management
Governance aspects such as workflows, roles and responsibilities in semantic information management
Large Scale and Complex Information Management and Analysis
Semantic indexing, search and query answering in large volumes of data
Annotation, extraction, summarization, and integration of heterogeneous data resources
Semantic data mining
Semantic social network analysis
Semantic services for big data
Semantic information extraction
Semantics in event-driven architectures
Applications, Evaluations, and Experiences of applying ontology and database techniques including but not limited to the following domains:
Semantic Web and Linked Data
Semantic Web and the Internet of Things (IoT)
Crowdsourcing, human computation, and the People Web
Online Social Networks
Personalisation and Digital Content interaction
Hypertext, Multimedia, and Hypermedia
Enterprise-wide Information Systems
eCommerce, eScience, and Virtual Organizations
Ubiquitous and Mobile Information Systems
Information and Data Governance
Cloud Computing
Information Assurance and Security
Biomedical and Healthcare Domain