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The 8th Workshop on Knowledge Engineering and Software Engineering (KESE2012) a.k.a KESE8
Aims and Scope
Knowledge Based Systems (KBS) have been successfully developed in various domains based on techniques and tools from Knowledge Engineering (KE). The classic KE approach to system modelling uses mostly symbolic logic-based symbolic knowledge representation methods, which are more specific from Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a broad sense, that has recently included computational intelligence techniques. Since most of the implementations of today KBS are software based, Software Engineering (SE) methods and tools play an important role in their development. Moreover, recent developments in SE emphasize the importance of the use of formalized symbolic representations in the software development process.
This stimulates the synergy between KE methods and SE methods and tools. Thus, declarative software engineering techniques have been established in many areas, such as knowledge systems, logic programming, constraint programming, and lately in the context of the Semantic Web, business rules as well as business processes.
The eight workshop on Knowledge Engineering and Software Engineering (KESE8) is held at the
ECAI 2012 (THE European Conference on Artificial Intelligence) organized by European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence in Montpellier, France,
and wants to bring together researchers and practitioners from both fields of software engineering and knowledge engineering, as well as the Semantic Web community. The intention is to give ample space for exchanging latest research results as well as knowledge about practical experience. Moreover the workshop endeavors to promote the use of KE techniques in SE problems, where significant benefits can be derived from their use. The general goal of the workshop is to show how the KE techniques can provide practical solutions in SE issues. On the other hand, the influence of SE methods and tools on the practical design of KBS within KE.
The principal focus of the Workshop is on methods of Knowledge Engineering rooted in the symbolic logic-based representations and their novel applications in Software Engineering. Moreover, a synergistic use and development of these KE methods together with recent formalized and declarative SE methods, including Model-Driven Architecture and Development, ontological modelling as well as Business Process modelling is emphasized. Finally, the studies of the impact of these SE methods on the classic KE development processes are welcomed.
The previous KESE Workshops were held at the German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI) since 2005 and on the Spanish AI Conference (CAEPIA) in 2011.
See the KESE workshop series page for more information.
Topics of Interest
Topics of the workshop are generally related to the applications of symbolic KE techniques in SE as well as the use of KE in the SE practice.
Specific topic the areasinclude but are not limited to:
Knowledge and software engineering for the Semantic Web
Ontologies in practical knowledge and software engineering
Business Rules design, management and analysis
Business Processes modelling in KE and SE
Practical knowledge representation and discovery techniques in software engineering
Agent-oriented software engineering
Knowledge base management in KE systems
Evaluation and verification of KBS
Practical tools for KBS engineering
Process models in KE applications
Software requirements and design for KBS applications
Declarative, logic-based, including constraint programming approaches in SE
Call for Tool Presentations
We are also strongly interested in tool presentations, so we regularly encourage the submission of tool presentation papers, i.e., system descriptions that clearly show the interaction between knowledge engineering and software engineering research.
Important Dates
19 Feb 2012: 1st call for papers sent
28 May 2012: workshop paper submission deadline
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28 Jun 2012: notification on workshop paper acceptance
07 Jul 2012: camera ready papers
22 Jul 2012: workshop proceedings to be sent to workshop chair
Call for Papers
Submission Details
Organization
The one-day workshop will be held with presentations of accepted papers. The submitted papers will be reviewed by three members of the program committee. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and present the contribution. A comfortable time slot for discussions will be given. Accepted contributions will appear as CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org).
Workshop organizers
Program Committee
Isabel María del Águila, University of Almeria, Spain
Klaus-Dieter Althoff, University Hildesheim, Germany
Joachim Baumeister, University Würzburg, Germany
Joaquín Cañadas, University of Almeria, Spain
Jesualdo Tomás Fernández-Breis, University of Murcia, Spain
Adrian Giurca, BTU Cottbus, Germany
José M. Juarez, University of Murcia, Spain
Jason Jung, Yeungnam University, Korea
Rainer Knauf, TU Ilmenau, Germany
Pascal Molli, University of Nantes - LINA, France
Grzegorz J. Nalepa, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
José Palma, University of Murcia, Spain
Alvaro E. Prieto, Univesity of Extremadura, Spain
José del Sagrado, University of Almeria, Spain
Dietmar Seipel, University Würzburg, Germany
Rafael Valencia-García, University of Murcia, Spain
KESE 8 schedule
Venue