http://2016.semantics.cc

1. @SemanticsConf
#SEMANTiCS2016

2. Semantics Conference
● Meeting place for professionals who
make semantic computing work, and
understand its benefits and know its
limitations
● Attracts: information manager, IT-
architects, knowledge workers,
innovation manager, software
engineers, & researchers

3. A Brief History
● In November 2005
→ first conference of its kind for Central Europe (in Vienna)
I-Semantics (2007-2012) → well established conference within the
sector
→ Initiated by Semantic Web School (now SemanticWeb
→ Company), The Austrian Computer Society, Salzburg
→ NewMediaLab & DERI Innsbruck (now STI Innsbruck)

4. Tassilo Max Headroom ;)
SEMANTiCS Conference
Series- where does it
come from and where
does it go to...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5OrfrtfNGXRa0VFaUQ0YS02dmM/view?usp=sharing

5. ● Venue: Leipzig
● Date: September 12-15, 2016
● Hosted by: Leipzig University
● Co-organized by: Institute for Applied Informatics (InfAI) e.V., FH St.
Pölten, Semantic Web Company
Details

6. Sponsoring & Media Partner

7. Programme

9. This afternoon 17:30 - 19:00

10. Hot Topics
● Data Quality Management
● Data Science (Data Mining, Machine Learning, Network Analytics)
● Semantics on the Web, Linked (Open) Data & schema.org
● Corporate Knowledge Graphs
● Knowledge Integration and Language Technologies
● Economics of Data, Data Services and Data Ecosystems

11. The ‘Horizontals’ (Research) & ‘Verticals’ (Industries)
Horizontals
● Enterprise Linked Data
& Data Integration
● Knowledge Discovery
& Intelligent Search
● Business Models, Governance
& Data Strategies
● Big Data & Text Analytics
● Data Quality Management
● ...
Verticals
● Industry & Engineering
● Life Sciences & Health Care
● Public Administration
● Galleries, Libraries, Archives
& Museums
● Education & eLearning
● ...

12. Award Ceremonies
During the Conference Dinner at Moritzbastei
● European Linked Open Data Contest, 13.09.2016, 20:00
● European Linked Enterprise Data Contest, 13.09.2016, 20:00
Awarding/Closing Session on 14.09.2016, 17:15 Audimax:
● Vocabulary Carnival Prince
● Best Paper Award
● Best Poster & Demo Award
○ Votes are being collected at the registration desk till 14.09., 14:00
● Best Innovation and Transfer Project
Awarding on 15.09.2016, DBpedia Day
● Citations & reference challenge
● DBpedia Excellence in Engineering

13. ❖Vocabulary Carnival
❖Sponsoring Chair
❖Local Chair
Calls & Committee

14. Leipzig University - Campus Augustusplatz
Venue

15. Organizing Team
Ogarit Uhlmann & Christiane Wolf Sandra Bartsch & Julia Holze
Supported by helping hands from
Agile Knowledge and the
Semantic Web Group (AKSW)

16. Conference Map

17. Evening Side Events
13.09. 2016, entrance 19:30
● CONFERENCE DINNER
● Venue: Moritzbastei Leipzig

18. Guided City Tour

19. Daniel Rosenberg
University of Oregon
Food for thought ...
“Facts are ontological,
evidence is epistemological,
but data is rhetoric.”
Source: Rosenberg, Daniel (2013). Data before the fact. In:
Gitelman, Lisa (Ed.). Raw Data is an Oxymoron. Cambridge: MIT
Press, 15-40

20. Research & Innovation
Track (ACM)
85 submissions
18 full papers accepted
8 short papers accepted
21,2% acceptance rate (for
full papers)
93 PC members
21 senior PC members
Poster & Demo
Track (CEUR)
47 submissions
39 posters accepted
82,9% acceptance rate
42 PC members
Conference Statistics
Industry & Use Case Track
65 submissions
43 presentations accepted
66,1% acceptance rate
26 PC members
Amrapali J
Zaveri
Anna
Fensel
Michael
Martin
Martí
Cuquet
Andreas
Blumauer
Christian
Dirschl

21. SEMANTiCS 2016 - Visitor Analysis
213 registered participants (by 01.09.2016)
from 27 countries