<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">[Updated] CfP: Hybrid 21st International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2022)</span></strong></p><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Hangzhou, China, October 23-27, 2022<br></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/</a></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) is the premier venue for presenting fundamental research, innovative technology, and applications concerning semantics, data, and the Web. It is the most important international venue to discuss and present the latest advances and applications of the semantic Web, knowledge graphs, linked data, ontologies and artificial intelligence (AI) on the Web. </span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">In this announcement:<br>1. Call for Workshops & Tutorials<strong> - Friday, 18</strong><strong>th March 2022</strong></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">2. Call for Semantic Web Challenge<strong> - Friday, 24th </strong><strong>March</strong><strong> 2022</strong></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">3. Call for Research papers - Friday, 28th April 2022<br>4. Call for In-Use papers - Friday, 28th April 2022<br>5. Call for Resource papers - Friday, 28th April 2022</span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">6. Call for Doctoral Consortium - Friday, 13th May 2022</span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">7. Call for Posters & Demos - Wednesday, 13th July 2022</span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br><strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">All deadlines are 23:59 AoE</span></strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> (Anywhere on Earth)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"></span><div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12px"><br></div><div style=""><div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;border-top:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1. Call for Workshops & Tutorials</span></div><div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">*******************************************<br>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.<br><br>We invite you to submit a proposal for workshops on a research topic of interest to ISWC attendees.<br><br>In addition to the regular research and workshop program, ISWC 2021 will feature a tutorial program addressing the diverse interests of its audience: Semantic Web practitioners that wish to learn about new technologies, novices to the Semantic Web interested in introductory tutorials to key Semantic Web / Linked Data topics, government and industry representatives focusing on the applicability of Semantic Web / Linked Data technologies in practical settings.<br><br>We hereby invite you to submit a tutorial proposal on a research topic relevant to the ISWC 2022 audience.<br><br></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Topics of interest and further details: </span><a href="https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/workshops-and-tutorials/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/workshops-and-tutorials/</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style=""><div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Deadline: Friday, 18th March, 2022, 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)</span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br></span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000" style="" face="arial, sans-serif">Workshops & Tutorials Chairs: </font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:600"> - Marta Sabou, </span>Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Austria<br style="box-sizing:border-box">   <a href="mailto:marta.sabou@wu.ac.at" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">marta.sabou@wu.ac.at</a></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000" style="" face="arial, sans-serif">- <span style="font-weight:600">Raghava Mutharaju, </span>IIIT-Delhi, India<br>   <a href="mailto:raghava.mutharaju@iiitd.ac.in" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none">raghava.mutharaju@iiitd.ac.in</a></font></p></div></div><div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12px"> </div></div><div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2. Call for Semantic Web Challenge</span></div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"></span><div style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">*******************************************<br></span><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">A great way to advance the state of the art in a given domain is to create competition. We invite you to propose an ISWC 2022 Challenge, in which you define an open competition on a problem of your choice within the Semantic Web domain.<br></span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Call for Semantic Web Challenge Proposals: <a href="https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/semantic-web-challenge-proposals/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/semantic-web-challenge-proposals/</a></span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Deadline: Friday, 24th March, 2022, 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<br></span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Semantic Web Challenge Chairs:</span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- Catia Pesquita,  LASIGE, Faculdade de Ciências, University of Lisbon<br>   <a href="mailto:clpesquita@fc.ul.pt" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">clpesquita@fc.ul.pt</a></span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- Daniele Dell’Aglio, Aalborg University, Denmark<br>   <a href="mailto:dade@cs.aau.dk" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">dade@cs.aau.dk</a></span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">3. Call for Research papers</span></p></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">*******************************************<br>The<em> research track</em> of ISWC 2022 solicits novel and significant research contributions addressing theoretical, analytical and empirical aspects of the Semantic Web. We welcome work that relates to the W3C Semantic Web recommendations (e.g., RDF, OWL, SPARQL, SHACL, etc.) that may also lie at the intersection of the Semantic Web and other scientific disciplines. Submissions to the research track should describe original, significant, and replicable research on the Semantic Web.  <br><br>Topics of interest and further details: <a href="https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/research-track/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/research-track/</a></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Deadline: Friday, 28th April, 2022, 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<br></span></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>Track Chairs:<br>- Aidan Hogan, Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Chile</span><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ahogan@dcc.uchile.cl" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">ahogan@dcc.uchile.cl </a> </span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Uli Sattler, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester<br><a href="mailto:Uli.Sattler@manchester.ac.uk" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">Uli.Sattler@manchester.ac.uk</a></span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">4. Call for In-Use papers<br>*******************************************<br>The track aims to give a stage to solutions for real-world problems in which Semantic Web and Knowledge Graph technologies play a crucial role. Real-world applications of these technologies in combination with machine learning, deep learning and other AI techniques are of particular interest. <br>The In-Use track thus seeks submissions describing applied and validated solutions such as software tools, systems or architectures that benefit from the use of Semantic Web and Knowledge Graph technologies (including, but not limited to, technologies based on the Semantic Web standards). Importantly, submitted papers should provide convincing evidence of use of the proposed application or tool by the target user group, preferably outside the group that conducted the development and, more broadly, outside the Semantic Web and Knowledge Graph research communities. </span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Topics of interest and further details: <a href="https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/in-use-track/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/in-use-track/</a><br>Deadline: Friday, 28th April, 2022, 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<br><br>Track Chairs:<br>- João Paulo A. Almeida, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil<br>- Hideaki Takeda, National Institute of Informatics, Japan<br>Contact: <a href="mailto:In-UseTrack-iswc2022@easychair.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">In-UseTrack-iswc2022@easychair.org</a></span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">5. Call for Resource papers<br>*******************************************<br>The ISWC 2022 Resources Track aims to promote the sharing of resources which support, enable or utilise semantic web research. Resources include, but not restricted to: datasets, ontologies/vocabularies, ontology design patterns, evaluation benchmarks or methods, software tools/services, APIs and software frameworks, workflows, crowdsourcing task designs, protocols, methodologies and metrics, that have contributed or may contribute to the generation of novel scientific work. In particular, we encourage the sharing of such resources following best and well-established practices within the Semantic Web community. As such, this track calls for contributions that provide a concise and clear description of a resource and its usage.  <br><br>Topics of interest and further details: <a href="https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/resources-track/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/resources-track/</a><br>Deadline: Friday, 28th April, 2022, 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<br></span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>Track Chairs:<br></span><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Valentina Presutti, LILEC Department, University of Bologna, Italy<br><a href="mailto:valentina.presutti@unibo.it" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">valentina.presutti@unibo.it</a></span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Maria Keet, Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa<br><a href="mailto:mkeet@cs.uct.ac.za" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">mkeet@cs.uct.ac.za</a></span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">6. Call for Doctoral Symposium<br>*******************************************<br></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The ISWC 2022 Doctoral Consortium (DC) will take place virtually as part of the 21st International Semantic Web Conference. This forum will provide PhD students an opportunity to:</span><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">present and discuss their research ideas in a supportive, formative and yet critical environment;</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">receive feedback from mentors, typically senior members of the Semantic Web research community, and peers;</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">explore career pathways available after completing their PhD degree, and finally</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">network and build collaborations with other members of the community.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The event is intended for students who have articulated a reasonably detailed research proposal, preferably supported by some preliminary results. The aim is to support the students in refining their proposal and suggest possible ways to improve their research plan and achieve results with prospective greater impact. While doctoral degrees can vary in format and conduct, we aim this Call for Papers to PhD candidates who will have already partially investigated some specific problems. Students will be required to submit a paper to the doctoral consortium, structured like a research proposal (see “Submission Details” below). All proposals submitted to the Doctoral Consortium will undergo a rigorous review process by the International Programme Committee, who will provide detailed and constructive feedback and select those submissions to be presented at the Doctoral Consortium. If accepted, students will have to register and attend the event, which will include a range of interactive activities.<br><br>Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers: <a href="https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/doctoral-consortium/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/doctoral-consortium/</a><br>Deadline: Friday, 13th May, 2022, 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)</span></p></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Track Chairs:<br></span><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- Olaf Hartig, Linköping University, Sweden<br>- Oshani Seneviratne, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA<br>Contact: <a href="mailto:DoctoralConsortium-iswc2022@easychair.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">DoctoralConsortium-iswc2022@easychair.org</a>  </span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></p><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2. Call for Posters and Demos</span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">*******************************************<br>The ISWC 2022 Posters and Demos Track complements the paper tracks of the conference by offering an opportunity to present late-breaking research results, on-going research or resource projects, and speculative or innovative work in progress. The Lightning Talks track will be open to all accepted Poster & Demo submissions, while a separate call will allow anyone else to submit a presentation proposal to the Lightning Track. </span></div><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The informal setting of the Posters and Demos Track encourages presenters and participants to engage in discussions about the work. Such discussions can be invaluable inputs for the future work of the presenters while offering participants an effective way to broaden their knowledge of emerging research trends and to network with other researchers.</span></p><p style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Call for Posters and Demos: <a href="https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/posters-and-demos/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/posters-and-demos/</a><br>Deadline: Friday, 13th July, 2022, 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<br><br></span></p></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><div style="font-family:inherit;border-top:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Follow us on social media:</span></strong></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Twitter: @iswc_conf #iswc_conf (<a href="https://twitter.com/iswc_conf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://twitter.com/iswc_conf</a>)</span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13612370" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13612370</a><br>- Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ISWConf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://www.facebook.com/ISWConf</a></span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iswc_conf/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">https://www.instagram.com/iswc_conf/<br><br></a></span></div></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:inherit"><strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The ISWC 2022 Organizing Team<br><a href="https://iswc2022.semanticweb.org/index.php/organizing-committee/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);outline:none">Organizing Committee – ISWC 2022 (semanticweb.org)</a></span></strong></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="font-family:inherit"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>