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--></style></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Call for Papers: 2020 Principle and Practice of Data and Knowledge Acquisition Workshop (PKAW2020), 11-12 July 2020, Yokohama, Japan<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>PKAW2020 is a workshop under IJCAI/PRICAI2020<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>PKAW (Principle and Practice of Data and Knowledge Acquisition Workshop) was established in 1980s as an integral part of PRICAI (Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence). PKAW2020 will be held as a workshop of the joint conference IJCAI/PRICAI2020 at Yokohama, Japan. Wide range of multidisciplinary topics concerning knowledge acquisition from data and/or human experts together with data acquisition, data representation etc. are greatly welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"MS Mincho";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>IMPORTANT DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>-<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Submission Due: April 25, 2020 (Final paper submission will close at 11:59 PM GMT)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>-<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Notification: May 25, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>-<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Camera Ready Due: June 5, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>-<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Workshop Date: July, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>TOPICS OF INTEREST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> All aspects of knowledge acquisition, data engineering and management for intelligent systems, including (but not restricted to):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Fundamental views on knowledge that affect the knowledge acquisition process and the use of knowledge in knowledge engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Algorithmic approaches to knowledge acquisition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Tools and techniques for knowledge acquisition, knowledge maintenance and knowledge validation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Evaluation of knowledge acquisition techniques, tools and methods<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Languages and frameworks for knowledge and knowledge modelling information systems or decision support systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Methods and techniques for sharing and reusing knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Ontology and its role in knowledge acquisition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Mining the Semantic Web, the Linked Data and the Web of Data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Hybrid approaches combining knowledge engineering and machine learning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Innovative user interfaces <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>- Data acquisition<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>- Data analytics and mining <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>- Multimedia data acquisition and analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>- Data representation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>- Big data acquisition and analysis<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>- Learning from big data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Crowd-sourcing for data generation and problem solving<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Software engineering and knowledge engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'> - Algorithms, tools and techniques for machine intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>- Knowledge acquisition applications tested and deployed in in real-life settings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>PAPER SUBMISSION:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>PKAW will not accept any paper that, at the time of submission, is under review for, has already been published in, or has already been accepted for publication in, a journal or another venue with formally published proceedings. If part of the work has been previously published, authors are strongly encouraged to cite and compare/contrast the new contributions with the parts that were already published before. The paper must substantially extend the previously published work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"MS Mincho";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>All papers for the review should be submitted electronically using the conference management tool in PDF/DOC format and formatted using the Springer LNAI template or IJICAI template. The paper should be between 10 to 15 pages long. Camera ready for accepted papers should be submitted using only the Springer LNAI template. For Springer LNAI format templates, please see the Springer’s website:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines">http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Page limit:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Full paper: 12-15 pages<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Short paper: 8 pages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Submission will be through the Easychair conference management system:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pkaw2020">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pkaw2020</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>POST-PROCEEDINGS PUBLICATION:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>The post-proceedings of PKAW2020 will be published in the LNAI series of Springer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Honorary Chairs:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Prof. Paul Compton, University of New South Wales, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Prof. Hiroshi Motoda, Osaka University, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Advisory Committee:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Prof. Maria R Lee, Shih Chien University, Taiwan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Prof. Kenichi Yoshida, University of Tsukuba, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Prof. Byeong-Ho Kang, University of Tasmania, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Prof. Deborah Richards, Macquarie University, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Workshop Co-chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>A/Prof. Quan Bai, University of Tasmania, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Prof. Hiroshi Uehara, Akita Prefectural University, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Publicity Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Dr. Soyeon Caren Han, University of Sydney, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Dr. Son Tran, University of Tasmania, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>A/Prof. Weiwei Yuan, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Dr. Takayasu Yamaguchi, Senior Research Engineer, NTT DOCOMO, Inc., Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Webmaster:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>•<span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Mr. Shiqing Wu, University of Tasmania, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>CONTACT:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>A/Prof. Quan Bai:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:quan.bai@utas.edu.au" title="mailto:quan.bai@utas.edu.au">quan.bai@utas.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Prof. Hiroshi Uehara:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:uehara@akita-pu.ac.jp" title="mailto:uehara@akita-pu.ac.jp">uehara@akita-pu.ac.jp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black'>Dr. Takayasu Yamaguchi:<span class=apple-converted-space> 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