[topicmapmail] CFP: WWW2002 Workshop on Real World RDF and Semantic Web Applications

Vipul Kashyap vipul_kashyap@yahoo.com
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 20:27:16 -0500


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First WWW 2002 Workshop on Real World RDF and Semantic Web Applications

 

In Conjunction with WWW 2002

7 May 2002

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

 

http://paul.rutgers.edu/~kashyap/workshop.html

 

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Special Book on Workshop Proceedings in the series

"Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications"

by IOS Press

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SCOPE

 

The Semantic Web is a key initiative being promoted by the World 

Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as the next generation of the current 

web. The objective of this workshop is to discuss commercial 

applications that make immediate advances and to gain insight 

into the evolution of semantic web technology. Early commercial 

applications that make use of machine-understandable metadata 

range from information retrieval to Web-enabling of old-tech IBM 

3270 sessions. Current developments include metadata-based 

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) systems, data modeling 

solutions, and wireless applications.

 

Machine-understandable metadata is emerging as a new foundation 

for component-based approaches to application development. Within 

the context of reusable distributed components, Web services 

represent the latest architectural advancement. RDF Servers enable 

these two concepts to be synthesized providing powerful new 

mechanisms for quickly modeling, creating and deploying complex 

applications that readily adapt to real world needs. At the same 

time, we welcome submissions that describe applications which are 

trying to achieve the above goal through the use of other 

specifications such as WSDL, UDDI, SOAP, ebXML, XML, possibly in 

conjunction with transformation languages such as XSLT, RuleML, etc.

 

We invite submissions that discuss real applications (piloted, 

deployed, robust prototypes) attacking real world problems in the 

Semantic Web arena today instead of the future. This potentially 

means very pragmatic decisions (e.g., executable agents that run in 

the context of graph-based application models) caused by the 

limitations of today's technology (e.g., are there robust/scalable 

RDF parsers, stores, and inference engines?). Submissions that also 

address issues related to the business aspects, e.g., is there a 

market ?, is there a sustainable value proposition ?, what is the 

business model, etc., will receive special consideration. 

 

TOPICS

 

- Applications (prototypes, pilots, deployed) based on the RDF Model 

  and Semantics 

- Semantic Web applications (prototypes, pilots, deployed) based on 

  XML and various variants 

- Web Services based applications (prototypes, pilots, deployed) 

  based on WSDL, SOAP, UDDI, ebXML and other related standards 

- Enterprise Application and Data Integration, and the Semantic Web 

- E-Commerce and the Semantic Web 

- Implementations of Semantic Web applications on component models 

  such as J2EE and .NET 

- Model driven approaches for Semantic Web Applications 

- Architectures for Semantic Web Applications (distributed objects, 

  agents) 

- Scalability, Extensibility and Robustness of Semantic Web 

  Applications 

- Information accuracy of Semantic Web Applications (e.g., precision, 

  recall, classification accuracy) 

- Tools for creating Semantic Web components (ontologies, mappings,
etc.) 

- Tools for creating Web Services 

- Return on Investment for Semantic Web Applications 

- Sustainable Business Models for Semantic Web Applications 

- Integrated Application Development environments for the Semantic Web

 

...and other aspects of realizing the vision of the Semantic Web!

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

15 March           Submission Deadline

5 April               Notification of Acceptance

15 April             Final Camera Ready Version

May 7               Workshop

 

SUBMISSION

 

Please submit your paper by e-mail to vipul_kashyap@yahoo.com AND 

shklar@cs.rutgers.edu. If you are unable to do so for any reason, please


let us know at the above e-mail address.

 

PUBLICATION

 

A Special Book will be published with Workshop Proceedings after the 

Conference. This will be a part of the series "Frontiers in Artificial 

Intelligence and Applications" by IOS Press

 

 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

 

Co-Chair: Vipul Kashyap,            Research Scientist, USA

Co-Chair: Leon Shklar,               Information Architects, USA

Rafael Alonso,                           Sarnoff Corporation, USA

Yogi Arumainayagam,                Thomson Legal and Regulatory, USA

Abraham Bernstein,                   Stern School of Business, NYU, USA

Cliff Behrens,                             Telcordia Technologies, USA 

Klemens Boehm,                       ETH, Zurich, Switzerland 

Munir Cochinwala,                      Telcordia Technologies, USA

Mike Dean,                                BBN Technologies, USA

Stefan Decker,                           Stanford University, USA 

Umesh Dayal,                            HP Labs, Palo Alto, USA 

Johannes Ernst,                         R-Objects, USA

Ora Lassila                                Nokia Research, USA

Alexa McCray                            National Library of Medicine,
NIH, USA

Brian McBride                            HP Labs, Bristol, UK 

Amit Sheth                                Voquette, and LSDIS Lab, UGA,
USA 

Surya Sripada                            Boeing, USA


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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>First WWW 2002 Workshop on Real World RDF and =
Semantic Web
Applications</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In Conjunction with WWW 2002</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>7 May 2002</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
  font-family:Arial'>Honolulu</span></font><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
 style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font =
size=3D2
  face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hawaii</span></font><font
 size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>http://paul.rutgers.edu/~kashyap/workshop.html</span><=
/font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>------------------------------------------------------=
------------------------</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Special Book on Workshop Proceedings in the =
series</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&quot;Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and
Applications&quot;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>by IOS Press</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>------------------------------------------------------=
-------------------------</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>SCOPE</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Semantic Web is a key initiative being promoted =
by the
World </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as the next generation of =
the
current </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>web. The objective of this workshop is to discuss =
commercial
</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>applications that make immediate advances and to gain
insight </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>into the evolution of semantic web technology. Early
commercial </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>applications that make use of machine-understandable
metadata </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>range from information retrieval to Web-enabling of =
old-tech
IBM </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3270 sessions. Current developments include =
metadata-based </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) systems, =
data
modeling </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>solutions, and wireless =
applications.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Machine-understandable metadata is emerging as a new
foundation </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>for component-based approaches to application =
development.
Within </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>the context of reusable distributed components, Web =
services
</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>represent the latest architectural advancement. RDF =
Servers
enable </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>these two concepts to be synthesized providing =
powerful new </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>mechanisms for quickly modeling, creating and =
deploying
complex </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>applications that readily adapt to real world needs. =
At the
same </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>time, we welcome submissions that describe =
applications
which are </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>trying to achieve the above goal through the use of =
other </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>specifications such as WSDL, UDDI, SOAP, ebXML, XML,
possibly in </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>conjunction with transformation languages such as =
XSLT, RuleML,
etc.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We invite submissions that discuss real applications
(piloted, </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>deployed, robust prototypes) attacking real world =
problems
in the </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Semantic Web arena today instead of the future. This
potentially </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>means very pragmatic decisions (e.g., executable =
agents that
run in </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>the context of graph-based application models) caused =
by the
</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>limitations of today's technology (e.g., are there
robust/scalable </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>RDF parsers, stores, and inference engines?). =
Submissions
that also </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>address issues related to the business aspects, e.g., =
is
there a </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>market ?, is there a sustainable value proposition ?, =
what
is the </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>business model, etc., will receive special =
consideration. </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>TOPICS</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Applications (prototypes, pilots, deployed) based =
on the
RDF Model </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; and Semantics </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Semantic Web applications (prototypes, pilots, =
deployed)
based on </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; XML and various variants </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Web Services based applications (prototypes, =
pilots,
deployed) </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; based on WSDL, SOAP, UDDI, ebXML and other =
related
standards </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
  =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Enterprise</span></font><fon=
t
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Application
and Data Integration, and the Semantic Web </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- E-Commerce and the Semantic Web </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Implementations of Semantic Web applications on =
component
models </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; such as J2EE and .NET </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Model driven approaches for Semantic Web =
Applications </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Architectures for Semantic Web Applications =
(distributed
objects, </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; agents) </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Scalability, Extensibility and Robustness of =
Semantic Web </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; Applications </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Information accuracy of Semantic Web Applications =
(e.g.,
precision, </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; recall, classification accuracy) =
</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Tools for creating Semantic Web components =
(ontologies,
mappings, etc.) </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Tools for creating Web Services </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Return on Investment for Semantic Web Applications =
</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Sustainable Business Models for Semantic Web =
Applications </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>- Integrated Application Development environments for =
the
Semantic Web</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>...and other aspects of realizing the vision of the =
Semantic
Web!</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>IMPORTANT DATES</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>15 March =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Submission =
Deadline</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>5 =
April&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Notification of Acceptance</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>15 April =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Final =
Camera Ready Version</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>May =
7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp; Workshop</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>SUBMISSION</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Co-Chair: Vipul Kashyap, =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Research =
Scientist, </span></font><font
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Co-Chair: Leon Shklar, =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp; Information Architects,
</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
  Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Rafael =
Alonso,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sarnoff
Corporation, </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
  font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Yogi Arumainayagam, =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp; Thomson Legal and
Regulatory, </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
  font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Abraham =
Bernstein,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stern </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>School</span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> of </span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Business</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>NYU</span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cliff Behrens, =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Telcordia
Technologies, </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
  10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Klemens Boehm, =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ETH, =
</span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Zurich</span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Switzerland</span></font><fo=
nt
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Munir Cochinwala, =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Telcordia
Technologies, </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
  10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mike =
Dean,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BBN Technologies, =
</span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Stefan Decker, =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp; </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Stanford
  University</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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  style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> =
</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Umesh Dayal, =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp; HP Labs, </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Palo =
Alto</span></font><font
 size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Johannes Ernst, =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
R-Objects, </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ora Lassila&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
</span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Nokia
  Research</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
 font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
  style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Alexa =
McCray&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Library of
Medicine, </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
  font-family:Arial'>NIH</span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
 style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font =
size=3D2
  face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Brian =
McBride&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HP Labs, =
</span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bristol</span></font><font
 size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>UK</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Amit =
Sheth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
Voquette, and
LSDIS Lab, UGA, USA </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Surya =
Sripada&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
</span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Boeing</span></font><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>USA</span></font></p>

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