Science and the Web 2.0

5 September 2012
Graz, Austria
http://i-know.tugraz.at/i-science/science-2-0

Science 2.0 deals with the involvement of the web in science. It spans from the utilization of Web 2.0 tools and technologies in research to a more open and sharing approach to science. Some definitions of Science 2.0 even include notions of a methodological change due to the abundance of data, and the nature of the socio-technical systems on the web. For this special track, we would like to address four issues in Science 2.0 that have proven both promising and challenging at the same time:

1. The management of scientific data, both primary and secondary data (such as publication metadata, and other scientific content on the web) as a precondition for Science 2.0.
2. The recommendation of people and resources as a consequential next step in an exponentially growing scientific environment.
3. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of science based on data from scholarly communication on the web.
4. The change in scientific practices due to the involvement of Science 2.0 tools and technologies in the research process and the effects this has on science itself.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Definition of data schemes and interoperability formats
• Semantic Web standards for Science 2.0
• Social mining and metadata extraction in academic resources
• Metadata quality and quality assessment
• Design and architecture of data sharing facilities
• Systems design accounting for standardized data sets
• Applications for recommendation in science
• Specific challenges for recommendation in science
• Information retrieval in academic papers
• Recommendation algorithms and quality indicators
• Changes in scientific practices due to Web 2.0
• Methodological issues and interdisciplinarity in Science 2.0
• Opportunities and threats for researchers and research organizations
• Applications in and for Science 2.0
• Awareness-support for Science 2.0 activities
• Crowd-sourcing in science
• Robust methods for dealing with noisy crowd sourced data

Important Dates

30 April 2012: Submission of full papers (8 pages) and demos (4 pages)
31 May 2012: Notification of acceptance
30 June 2012: Camera ready version (8 pages)
5 Sept.-7 Sept. 2012: i-KNOW 2012 Conference

Submission Procedure

We are inviting research papers of up to 8 pages including references and an optional appendix. Furthermore, we invite demos for the special track. Demo submissions should consist of a 4 page description that allows us to judge the quality of your demonstration. The Conference Proceedings of i-KNOW 2012 will be published by ACM ICPS.

Paper Submission Details: http://i-know.tugraz.at/i-science/paper-submission

In case of problems or questions concerning the submission of papers, please contact the track chairs at pkraker[at]know-center.at

Notification of Acceptance and Publishing

Authors of accepted papers will be notified by 31 May 2012. Accepted papers and demos will be included in the Conference Proceedings. The Conference Proceedings of i-KNOW 2012 will be published by ACM ICPS. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for i-KNOW 2012 before the deadline for camera ready versions (30 June 2012) in order to get the paper published in the conference proceedings.

Chairs of Science 2.0

The organization team of the Science 2.0 Special Track consists of the following people:

• Peter Kraker, Know-Center Graz (Austria)
• Roman Kern, Know-Center Graz (Austria)
• Kris Jack, Mendeley (UK)

Program Committee (preliminary)

• Hendrik Drachsler, Open Universiteit Nederland (Netherlands)
• Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
• Olivier Ferret, CEA Saclay Nano-INNOV (France)
• Michael Granitzer, University of Passau (Germany)
• Greg Grefenstette, Exalead (France)
• Paul Groth, VU University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
• Denis Gillet, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
• Min-Yen Kan, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
• Daniel Lemire, LICEF Research Center (Canada)
• Isabella Peters, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (Germany)
• Jason Priem, University of North Carolina (United States)
• Wolfgang Reinhardt, University of Paderborn (Germany)
• Katrin Weller, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (Germany)
• Fridolin Wild, The Open University (UK)

In the last few weeks I have put a lot of time and effort to help organising a number of events. Each of them would deserve its own post, but due to time constraints (both on my side and with some of the deadlines coming up already), I will only give a quick overview right now and follow up on them later:

• First things first: I am thrilled to announce that there will be a Special Track on Recommendation, Data Sharing, and Research Practices in Science 2.0 at this year’s I-KNOW conference! The special track provides an interdisciplinary forum for international scientists to discuss theoretical and practical aspects of Science 2.0. We are looking for contributions in the form of full papers (8 pages). I posted the full CfP over at TELeurope. Submission deadline is April 30.
• Barcamp Graz gets a new edition this year. It will be on May 7 & 8 and will feature the usual suspects: a WissensCamp on knowledge management, a PolitCamp on the political side of Web 2.0 (with a focus on the recent developments in North Africa and Open Government), an iCamp on all things iPhone and iPad, and a Designcamp. More information on barcamp.at. To get a rough overview of what a barcamp is, see the corresponding post from last year.
• The Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning will take place in Chania, Greece on the beautiful island of Crete from May 30 to June 3. Due to public demand, this year’s focus will be on methodology. My involvment is just beginning with the student committee currently forming. We are playing around first ideas for activities. The deadline for student applications is March 18, and the deadline for tutor applications is March 30. For more information see the website.

And there is even more in the pipeline: currently we are busy setting up a challenge in the area of Open Data at I-KNOW 2011. So stay tuned for updates and hopefully I will see you at one or the other event!

The I-KNOW is Europe’s largest conference on knowledge management and knowledge technologies. This year, the I-KNOW celebrates its 10th anniversary, featuring a rich conference program over three days, encompassing an English speaking scientific track and a German speaking forum for practicioners.

I would like to direct your attention to two specific slots at this year’s conference. First of all, there will be a session entitled Technologies for Science 2.0 (Sep 1, 14:00-16:00). The session will focus on the technological side of Science 2.0 and includes a talk from Jan Reichelt (founder and director of Mendeley).
Secondly, the Wissensmanagement Forum is organising an International Student Cooperation Event (Sep 2, 14:00-16:00). We will be giving everyone the chance to present his or her PhD topic in a 5 minutes madness talk and get feedback from like-minded colleagues. Then, we would like to discuss with you typical questions that come up when doing a PhD, like “How do I stick to a topic?”, “What should I focus on?” etc. Afterwards there will be time to socialize and establish new contacts. I am looking forward to seeing you there!

Please write to conny.christl@wm-forum.org if you would like to make a presentation. The I-KNOW 2010 will take place at from September 1-3 at Messe Congress Graz (Austria). It will be held concurrently with I-SEMANTICS  2010, the International Conference on Semantic Systems.