ISWC 2018

Deadlines

21
Jan

2018

Tutorial

21
Jan

2018

Workshop

30
Mar

2018

Abstract

6
Apr

2018

Paper

6
Apr

2018

Submission

25
May

2018

Notification

8
Jun

2018

Demo

8
Jun

2018

Poster

15
Jun

2018

Camera-Ready

Metrics

Submitted Papers

254

Accepted Papers

64

Tracks

3

Venue

Asilomar Conference Grounds, Monterey, California, United States of America

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ISWC is the premier venue for presenting innovative systems and research results related to the Semantic Web and Linked Data, attracting a large number of high quality submissions every year and participants from both industry and academia. ISWC brings together researchers from different areas, such as artificial intelligence, databases, natural language processing, information systems, human computer interaction, information retrieval, web science, etc., who investigate, develop and use novel methods and technologies for accessing, interpreting and using information on the Web in a more effective way.

Besides the main technical program, ISWC will host several workshops on topics related to the general theme of the conference. The role of the workshops is to provide a setting for focused, intensive scientific exchange among researchers and practitioners interested in a specific topic. As such, workshops are the primary venues for the exploration of emerging ideas as well as for the discussion of novel aspects of established research topics.

Topics

Submissions

All submissions should be submitted in English via Easy Chair as a single PDF file not longer than 4 (four) pages containing the following sections:

Title and Acronym
Workshop Type: established/emerging
Abstract: 200 word summary of the workshop purpose
Topics: What topics of interest will be covered by the workshop? (Bulleted list; no longer than half a page)
Motivation (emerging only): Why is the topic timely and of particular interest to ISWC participants? (One to three paragraphs)
Continuation (established only): Why is it worthwhile to continue the workshop in 2018? Discussion may include novel topics that are emerging, external developments that prompt new challenges, etc. Workshops should also argue why they continue to be relevant and maintain a focused identity versus the main conference. (No longer than half a page)
Past Workshops (established only): describe the development of the workshop series over the past 3-5 years. Provide quantitative information on submissions and attendance. (No longer than a page)
Workshop Format: The intended mix of events, such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demos and general discussion (Either a tabular schedule or a one paragraph summary)
Audience (emerging only): Who and how many people are likely to attend? (One paragraph)
Community (emerging only): Demonstrate that there is an existing community interested in the topic e.g., by providing references for recent papers related to the core topic of the workshop, and/or a discussion why the workshop would attract submissions. (No longer than half a page)
Chair(s): Name, affiliation, email address, homepage and short (one paragraph) biography of each chair, explaining the chair’s expertise in the workshop topic and experience in organising relevant events.
Program Committee: Names and affiliations of potential PC members (at least 50% of PC members should have confirmed).
Proposed Length: Half-day or full-day?

We strongly advise having more than one chair, preferably from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic, ideally with a mix of both junior and senior researchers. We also strongly advise to have a maximum of five workshop organisers. We welcome workshops with an innovative structure and a diverse programme which attracts various types of contributions and ensures rich interactions. We highly encourage workshops with open review procedure (i.e., publicly available submissions and reviews, non-anonymous reviews). Proposed workshops should have a core theme that is much more selective than the broader scope of the main conference. We may reject or propose to merge workshops that overlap significantly with other workshops in terms of theme. Accepted workshops will be required to prepare a workshop web page containing their call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organisation and timelines. While the ISWC workshop and local chairs will assist with the local organisation of the workshop, the workshop organisers will be responsible for conducting their own reviewing process, for publicity of their workshop, and for publishing electronic proceedings. Workshop attendees must pay the ISWC workshop registration fee as well as the conference registration fee. At least two workshop organisers must be registered before the early registration date ends and ultimately attend the conference and participate in the workshop (the free registration counts towards the two registrations required). At the discretion of the chairs, workshops may be cancelled if organisers have not registered in a timely manner or if a workshop has received too few submissions.’

Important Dates

Workshop & Tutorial proposals January 21, 2018
Workshop & Tutorial proposals notifications February 15, 2018
Abstracts (Research, In-use, and Resource tracks) March 30, 2018
Papers (Research, In-use, and Resource tracks) April 6, 2018
Doctoral Consortium submissions April 13, 2018
Author rebuttal phase May 7-11, 2018
Doctoral Consortium notifications May 14, 2018
Paper notifications (Research, In-use, and Resource tracks) May 25, 2018
Doctoral Consortium camera-ready submissions May 28, 2018
Industry papers June 1, 2018
Workshop papers June 1, 2018
End of Early Registration period June 1, 2018
Poster & Demo submissions June 8, 2018
Camera-ready papers (Research, In-use, and Resource tracks) June 15, 2018
Industry papers notifications June 22, 2018
Poster & Demo notifications July 13, 2018
Workshop papers notifications July 13, 2018
End of Standard Registration period July 15, 2018
Industry papers camera-ready papers July 20, 2018
Poster & Demo camera-ready submissions July 24, 2018
Workshops & Tutorials October 8-9, 2018
Main conference October 10-12, 2018