Indian-summer school on Linked Data
Leipzig, Sep 12-18, 2011
The Linked Data methodology is a light-weight approach to facilitate the transition from the document Web to the Web of Data and ultimately a Semantic Web. With a wide availablility of Linked Data tools and knowledge bases, a steadily growing R&D community, industrial applications, the Linked Data paradigm already became crucial bulding block of the Web architecture.
ISSLOD is primarily intended for postgraduate (PhD or MSc) students, postdocs, and other young researchers investigating aspects related to the Semantic Data Web. The Summer School will also be open to senior researchers wishing to learn about Semantic Web issues related to their own fields of research.
ISSLOD is organized by the EU-FP7 project "LOD2 - Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data". Lecturers comprise distinguished experts from LOD2 member organizations as well as invited speakers, the majority of which will - apart from their lectures - also be present for the duration of the school to interact with students. Interaction with senior researchers and establishing contacts within young researchers is a main focus of the school, which will be supported through social activities and an interactive, amicable atmosphere.
ISSLOD takes place in late summer with hopefully still a lot of Indian Summer (i.e. Altweibersommer/Бабье лето) sunshine rays.
Programme
Monday, Sep 12
- 12:00 Welcome and lunch
- 13:30-15:00 Introduction to Linked Data, Chris Bizer
- 15:30-17:00 Link Generation for the Data Web, Robert Isele
- 20:00 Welcome reception
Tuesday, Sep 13
- 9:00-10:30 The Linked Data Life-Cycle, Sören Auer
- 11:00-12:30 From unstructured information to Linked Data, Axel Ngonga
- Lunch
- 13:30-15:00 Pattern-based ontology transformation, Vojtech Svatek
- 15:30-17:00 Student project work
- 18:00 City tour
Wednesday, Sep 14
- 9:00-10:30 Linked Data Management and SPARQL Querying, Olaf Hartig
- 11:00-12:30 Student project work
- Lunch
- 13:30-15:00 Exploration and Collaborative Authoring of Linked Data with Semantic Wikis, Sebastian Tramp
- 15:30-17:00 Developing Linked Data Applications with the LOD2 Stack, Norman Heino
- 18:00-20:00 Student poster session with drinks and snacks
Thursday, Sep 15
- 9:00-10:30 Linked Semantic Multimedia, Harald Sack
- 11:00-12:30 Ontology Reasoning, Enrichment and Repair, Jens Lehmann
- Lunch
- 13:30-15:00 Text Mining and Annotation on the Data Web, Sebastian Hellmann/Pablo Mendes
- 15:30-17:00 Student project work
- 18:00 Excursion to Lake Cospuden with Barbeque
Friday, Sep 16
- 9:00-10:30 Distributed Semantic Social Networking, Timofey Ermilov
- 11:00-12:30 Student project work: final presentations
- Lunch and farewell
Application
Since the number of attendees will be limited, applications for participation have to be made via Easychair at: http://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isslod2011
The programme of the school will include a poster session where students can present and discuss their ongoing research with lecturers and colleagues. Applications shall include a remark on whether a poster will be presented along with a short abstract.
Applications should be submitted in PDF format not exceeding 2 pages (min. font size 11pt) and contain the following information:
- Name, contact details
- Affiliation
- Motivation for participation
- Summary of profile
- Willing to present a poster? (yes/no, if yes, include a short poster abstract)
- Supervisor (if applicable)
- Publications (if applicable)
Application Deadline: 30 July 2011
Notifications: 5 August 2011
Student Grants
There will be a limited number of student grants available. Student grants will cover registration fees as well as accomodation costs for the summer school. In case you are interested in applying for this grant, please apply normally for the summer school as outlined above and indicate in your application that you are interested in the student grant. The declaration of interest for the grant should be accompanied by a short justification confirming that the attendance could not be financed by other means such as project funds.
Registration
Details of the registration process will be announced on the Web site, after the application deadline. We will keep the registration fee low (175 EUR) and provide reasonable accomodation packages (less than 40 EUR per night) for students. Registration costs include lunches and the social events.
Organization Committee
- Sören Auer
- Jens Lehmann
- Amrapali J. Zaveri
- Nadine Jänicke
