RW2010

Reasoning Web Summer School 2010 is the 6th annual Summer School on Reasoning and Semantic Web.

It takes place from August 30 - September 3, 2010 in Dresden, Germany.

This edition will focus on the use of "Semantic technologies for software engineering". Courses will present a range of techniques and formalisms which bridge semantic-based and software engineering tools. The tutorials will also be published in a tutorial volume of "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)", published by Springer.

COURSES:

1. Dr. Anni-Yasmin Turhan, Technische Universität Dresden: Reasoning in EL and in Description Logics in general
2. Prof. Wlodek Drabent, University of Warsaw: Hybrid reasoning with rules and ontologies
3. Prof. Jeff Pan, Aberdeen University: Scalable DL reasoning
4. Prof. Steffen Staab, Universität Koblenz: Semantic Model-Driven Engineering
5. Prof. Michael Schroeder, Technische Universität Dresden: Semantic search engines
6. Krzystof Miksa, Comarch, Krakow: Combining ontologies with domain specific languages: a case study from network configuration software
7. N.N., SAP Research Dresden: Semantic service engineering in the TEXO and Aletheia projects
8. Prof. Jürgen Ebert, Hannes Schwarz, Universität Koblenz: Bridging Query Languages in Semantic and Graph Technologies
9. Dr. Andreas Friesen, Dr. Jens Lemcke, SAP Research Karlsruhe: Semantic business process engineering

REGISTRATION:

The registration fee is 470 EUR. It covers:

• Summer school fee, including all lunches
• Reception
• Dinner at an historic style restaurant Sophienkeller in Dresden
• Excursion by boat on the Elbe river to Pillnitz castle
• LNCS volume

Registration will be possible after successful application.

APPLICATION:

The number of participants of the summer school is limited. Participation depends on prior application and a reviewing process. The applications (2-page position papers) have to be submitted by June 20, 2010 according to the instructions on http://reasoningweb.org/2010/ApplicationRegistration.html

Applications shall be submitted via EasyChair and then reviewed. Please, register with EasyChair and submit the position paper via the site https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=rw2010participants

After acceptance, participants can register on the summer school web site. Details on the registration procedure and on the accommodation in Dresden are available there.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

• José Júlio Alferes, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
• Michael Altenhofen, SAP Research CEC Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Uwe Aßmann, Technical University Dresden (Germany)
• Colin Atkinson, University of Mannheim (Germany)
• François Bry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany)
• Diego Calvanese, Free University of Bozen (Italy)
• Carlos Damásio, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
• Thomas Eiter, Vienna University of Technology (Austria)
• Andreas Friesen, SAP Research CEC Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University (Canada)
• Jakob Henriksson, Intelligent Automation, Inc. (USA)
• Carsten Lutz, University of Bremen (Germany)
• Jan Maluszynski, University of Linköping (Sweden)
• Daniel Oberle, SAP Research CEC Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Renate Schmidt, University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
• Michael Sintek, DFKI GmbH, Kaiserslautern (Germany)

REASONING WEB SCHOOL STEERING COMMITTEE:

• Uwe Assmann
• Cristina Baroglio (chair)
• François Bry
• Norbert Eisinger
• Nicola Henze
• Massimo Marchiori
• Axel Polleres (deputy chair)

LOCAL ORGANISATION:

• Andreas Bartho, Technische Universtität Dresden, Germany, andreas.bartho@tu-dresden.de (main contact)
• Christiane Wagner, Technische Universtität Dresden, Germany, christiane.wagner@tu-dresden.de
• Uwe Aßmann, Technische Universtität Dresden, Germany, uwe.assmann@tu-dresden.de