LOG-IC 2009 - First International Workshop on Logic-Based Interpretation of Context: Modelling and Applications Log-IC 2009

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Category LOG-IC 2009

Deadline: June 08, 2009 | Date: September 14, 2009

Venue/Country: Potsdam, Germany

Updated: 2010-06-04 19:32:22 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

First International Workshop on Logic-Based Interpretation of Context: Modelling and Applications

In conjunction with LPNMR 2009

Potsdam, Berlin

14-19 September 2009

Context interpretation and context-based reasoning are key factors in

the development of intelligent autonomous systems in a variety of

applications. The ability to represent contextual factors, interpret

them

and combine them with other sources of knowledge are some of the

challenges to enable intelligent systems achieve correct behavior.

Much work has been done in application areas that make use of

contextual information, such as pervasive computing, logic-based

sensor fusion and data integration. As well, the theoretical

foundations for context-based reasoning have been studied.

However, there is still a great deal to do in context modeling, since

generic context models for context-aware application development need

to be further explored, as does the role of context reasoning with

more recently emerging areas such as ontologies, including the

semantic web, and approaches to belief change.

While implemented context-representation models are generally

domain-dependent and do not support powerful inference, declarative

logic-based models fail to provide a representation of context-dependent

data that is both general and with good computational properties.

Context-dependent data can arise from different sources; for example

it may

be gathered by sensors or collected from different knowledge- or

databases.

The incompleteness and heterogenous nature of such data and the need

for state-based context interpretation in dynamic systems suggest that

nonmonotonic reasoning techniques can be a powerful tool for effective

context-dependent reasoning. Given the increasing interest in hybrid

knowledge representation formalisms as basis of the Semantic Web, we

also

invite proposals that assume hybrid formalisms combining Description

Logics

and Logic Programming as the basic representation framework for

reasoning

with (distributed) contexts.

Objectives

This workshop will provide a forum for researchers investigating

context-aware applications and context-based reasoning with the goal

of sharing and comparing their views on the efficacy of different

context representation and context interpretation frameworks.

Log-IC 2009 will also propose targeted discussions on the topic.

Holding the workshop in conjunction with LPNMR has the additional

advantage of reaching out to the logic programming community,

facilitating collaboration between different formalisms for context-

based reasoning and enhancing nonmonotonicity combined or compared

with other approaches to context interpretation.

Topics

Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):

- Surveys of frameworks for context representation

- Relating logic-based context models to other representation frameworks

- Formal aspects of context representation and interpretation

- Paraconsistent reasoning and context interpretation

- Dealing with uncertainty in context modelling

- Logic-supported sensor fusion

- Belief revision and context-awareness

- Argumentation in context-dependent decision support

- Ontologies and nonmonotonig reasoning in context representation

- Hybrid formalisms for reasoning within (distributed) contexts

- Nonmonotonicity and context evolution

- Data integration for context-awareness

- Applications: Independent-Living Systems, Activity Monitoring, Smart

Environments, Context-Based Interaction

Submissions

Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and must be formatted according

to the Springer LNCS/LNAI format. Regular papers (included application

papers) should not exceed 8 pages overall. The limit for short papers

and system descriptions is 4 pages in the same format.

To submit a paper, send the PDF version of the paper to both Program

Chairs. Proceedings will be published online after the workshop.

Important dates

Paper submissions: 8th June 2009

Notification of Acceptance: 24th July 2009

Workshop: 14-18 September 2009 (exact date to be determined)

Workshop Officials

Organization Committee:

James P. Delgrande

School of computing Science

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

Alessandra Mileo

Dept. of Informatics, Systems and Communication

University of Milan-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

Davide Merico

Dept. of Informatics, Systems and Communication

University of Milan-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

Alessandra Latini

Dept. of Informatics, Systems and Communication

University of Milan-Bicocca

Milano, Italy

Program Chairs:

Alessandra Mileo, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy, email: alessandra.mileodisco.unimib.it

James P. Delgrande, Simon Fraser University, Canada, email: jimcs.sfu.ca

Program Committee:

- Marcello Balduccini, Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, NY, USA

- Stefania Bandini, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy

- Leopoldo Bertossi, Carleton University, Canada

- Roberto Bisiani, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

- Gerhard Brewka, University of Leipzig, Germany

- Pedro Cabalar Fernandez, Corunna University, Galicia, Spain

- Amedeo Cesta, ISTC-CNR, Rome, Italy

- Marina de Vos, University of Bath, UK

- James P. Delgrande, SFU, Canada

- Wolfgang Faber, Department of Mathematics, University of Calabria

- Stijn Heymans, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

- Jorge Lobo, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA

- Robert Mercer, University of Western Ontario, Canada

- Tommie Meyer, Meraka Institute, Pretoria, South Africa

- Alessandra Mileo, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy

- Pascal Nicolas, University of Angers, France

- Axel Polleres, University of Galway, Ireland

- Torsten Schaub, University of Potsdam, Germany

- Hans Tompits, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

- Kewen Wang, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

- Nic Wilson, University College, Cork, Ireland

- Stefan Woltran, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Further information about the workshop will soon be available online.

Please check http://www.cs.uni-potsdam.de/lpnmr09/ or http://www.nomadis.unimib.it/

for news.