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ICSC 2008

ICSC 2008

Second IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing
Santa Clara, CA, USA - August 4-7, 2008
Call for Demonstrations Proposals

The Demonstrations provide a forum for researchers as well as industry participants to demonstrate their working systems, applications, tools or base technologies to the conference atteendees. The goal of the Demonstrations is to show prototypes and products that use semantic technology and provide functionality based on semantics in context of semantic computing. For the submissions to this event it is very important to describe the demonstration setup, functionality and benefit to the viewer of the demonstration. Technical background discussion can be presented at the actual demonstration or can be submitted as an Industry track or regular conference paper; the focus of the demonstration is to show the functionality to viewers. It is expected that the demonstrations are highly interactive.

Topics for demonstrations include but are not limited to:

  • Content and Information Management
  • Knowledge Engineering
  • Data Mining
  • Semantic Database Theory and Systems
  • Service-oriented Architectures and Computing
  • Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services
  • Multimedia Semantics
  • Audio and Speech Processing
  • Natural Language Processing
  • User Interfaces


As noted in the main conference call for papers, systems and applications is one of the main topics of ICSC2008. Demonstrations are ideally demonstrating a system or application that clearly shows the benefit of using and deploying semantics and semantic technologies. In addition, tools and base technologies that implement or use semantic technology or semantic approaches are invited for demonstration.

Demonstration Setup
The Demonstrations are planned to be a single event during a conference reception function, open to all conference attendees, with the goal of open and constructive discussions. One table will be provided with power as well as an Internet connection. Posters can be put up behind or next to the tables (depending on the space) either on easels or the wall. Demonstrators must bring any additional equipment they require as no equipment will be provided by the conference.

Demonstration Submissions
Authors submitting papers to the Demonstrations must submit a 2-page paper that clearly outlines the demonstration that will be set up and the functionality a visitor to the demonstration can observe. The technical background, such as the architecture or algorithms, should not be described in detail; such a description would be better submitted to the Industrial Track or main conference paper track. All submissions must be in double-column IEEE format and follow the specific submission guidelines on the ICSC2008 web page.
The Conference Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press and the accepted demonstration submissions will be included in the conference proceedings.

Important Dates
Paper Submission: March 16th, 2008 (extended)
Notification: April 24th, 2008
Camera Ready: May 16th, 2008
Conference: August 4th-7th, 2008

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