ICSD - International Conference for Digital Libraries and the Semantic Web

Many languages are in serious danger of being lost and if nothing is done to prevent it, half of the world's approximately 6,500 languages will disappear in the next 100 years. Language data are central to the research of a large social science community, including linguists, anthropologists, archeologists, historians, sociologists, and political scientists interested in the culture of indigenous people. The death of a language entails the loss of a community's traditional culture, for the language is a unique vehicle for its traditions and culture.

The conference is based on two broad topics, Semantic Web and Digital libraries and the convergence of both the technologies.

The ICSD Organizers are happy to announce that this year's edition is going to host SWAP2009, the 6th Workshop on Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives (SWAP2009).

The Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives Workshop series (2004 Ancona, 2005 Trento, 2006 Pisa, 2007 Bari, 2008 Rome) aims at bringing together researchers and participants interested in Semantic Web technologies. Although we expect mostly Italian speakers, international contributions are encouraged and the official language is English.

HOW TO REACH TRENTO

By car or coach

You can reach Trento by the following roads: Strada Statale dell'Abetone e del Brennero; Autostrada del Brennero - A22 motorway, phone (+39) 0461 980085; Superstrada della Valsugana for those coming from Venice; and Strada Statale 45 bis (Gardesana Occidentale) for those coming from Brescia.
By train

Two main lines reach Trento: the Brennero line (from Rome to Innsbruck) and the Valsugana line (from Venice to Trento). Timetable details from Ferrovie dello Stato

*** June 8, 2009***: Submission (Papers, Posters & Workshops)
July 31, 2009: Notification
August 20, 2009: Camera-ready copy
Tuesday, September 8, 2009: Workshop on "Advanced Technologies for Digital Libraries"
Wednesday, September 9, 2009: Workshop on "Multilinguality in Information Access to Digital Libraries User Needs and Evaluation of multilingual resources use"
Wednesday, September 9, 2009: Tutorial on "Semantic Digital Libraries"
Thursday-Friday, September 10-11, 2009 - : International Conference for Digital Libraries and the Semantic Web (ICSD 2009)

Confirmed Invited Speakers

• Prof. Fausto Giunchiglia, Department of Engineering and Information Science, University of Trento
  Title: "Faceted lightweight ontologies"
• Dr. Julien Masanes, European Archives, France
  Title: "Big data, with hindsight"
• Prof. Sankar. K Pal, Indian Statistical Institute, India
  Title: "Soft Computing, Information, Granules and Applications in Web Intelligence"

ICSD2009 is proud to host the tutorial on Semantic Digital Libraries by Dr. Sebastian KRUK. Wednesday, September 9, 2009.

• Program
• Schedule

Technical Programme

10 September 2009