Semantic Web Company Newsletter, 12/2008

[Deutscher Titel: Semantic Web Company Newsletter, 12/2008 (Text übersetzen: Deutsch)]

Semantic Web Company Newsletter, 17 Dezember, 2008

EDITORIAL

• Meet Up in Berlin, 20th of March 2009!

VOICES

• Bo Hu: Semantic Web in Cancer Research
• Michael Koch: “Social Networking Services are addressing a basic human need.”

SWC UPDATE

• Web Awareness Barometer 2008: Please participate in our survey!
• I-Semantics 2009 – Call for Papers
• t3n Semantic Web Special
• SWC is hiring!

MARKET SCAN

• Instore web 3.0 scouting
• Powerset Gives Microsoft Semantic Search Tools
• Mark Greaves of Vulcan sees business opportunities in the Semantic Web

TECHNOLOGY SCAN

• SemantiNet Announces Support for Yahoo! Fire Eagle and Yahoo! Search BOSS
• Reference Ontology for Semantic Service Oriented Architectures
• OpenLink Bolsters Semantic Web Vision via Virtuoso (Cloud Edition) for Amazon EC2

BLOG SCAN

• Can Graphd Scale to Meet Semantic Web Demands?
• Zemanta talks Linked Data with SDK and commercial API
• Kosmix – searching for optimism

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• The Semantic Web: Semantics for Data and Services on the Web

EVENT TIPS

• ICWIS 09 – Int. Conference on Web Intelligence, Thursday, 08. January 2009 to Saturday, 10. January 2009, Chennai / India
• Data Governance Conference Europe 2009, Monday, 02. February 2009 to Wednesday, 04. February 2009, London / UK
• SIWN2009: Systemics and Informatics World Network, Monday, 23. March 2009 to Wednesday, 25. March 2009, Leipzig / Germany
• WM 2009: Professionelles Wissensmanagement – Erfahrungen und Visionen, Mittwoch, 25. März 2009 bis Freitag, 27. März 2009, Solothurn / Switzerland

Read the full newsletter online

© Semantic Web Company – Owner, Editor: Semantic Web Company. All rights reserved

SIG KM NEWSLETTER, 11/2008

[Deutscher Titel: SIG KM NEWSLETTER, 11/2008 (Text übersetzen: Deutsch)]

SIG KM NEWSLETTER, Issue November 2008
++ Newsletter of the German Special Interest Group on Knowledge Management ++

1. Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the “Fachgruppe Wissensmanagement der GI, Held in conjunction with LWA 2008 (in German)
2. Call for Papers: German Workshop on Experience Management GWEM’09, Held in conjunction with WM 2009 in Solothurn, Switzerland, Extended deadline: November 14
3. Call for Papers: 8th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, ICCBR’09, Deadline: February 16, 2009
4. Call for Participation: Second Computer Cooking Contest 2009
5. Call for Papers: Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning at FLAIRS 2009, Deadline: November 23
6. Call for Papers: Special issue of the AIJ on Preferences, Statement of interest: due to December, 15
7. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Special Issue, Deadline: December 15
8. Open PhD and PostDoc positions, FH St. Gallen
9. Open postdoc position in computational biology, Seattle USA
10. Deadline Extensions of the 5th Conference on Professional Knowledge Management (in German)
11. Call for Workshop Proposals: 8th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, Deadline: January 12, 2009

Read the full newsletter online. (see Newsletter > Previous KM issues)

© Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Fachgruppe Wissensmanagement

Goodyear Professor Position in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management @ Kent State University

[Deutscher Titel: Goodyear Professorenstelle in Informationsarchitektur und Wissensmanagement @ Kent State University (Text übersetzen: Deutsch)]

Kent State University
Goodyear Professor (Tenure Track or Professor of Practice)
in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management
School of Library and Information Science

• Applications will be accepted until the position is filled; review of applicants will begin December 1, 2008.

The School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University is pleased to announce the creation of the distinguished Goodyear Professorship in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management. The Professorship is possible because of the generous support of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. The Professor would be expected to provide academic leadership in the Information Architecture and Knowledge Management program and to serve as a liaison in knowledge management to the business community. The successful candidate’s portfolio must include an outstanding record of academic or professional accomplishments in knowledge management.

For more information go to the job offer.

links for 2008-09-22 [knowledgemanagement @ delicious.com]

• XinXii.com – Marktplatz für eigene Texte und Dokumente
  XinXii (abgeleitet vom chinesischen xìnxi = Information) ist ein Web 2.0 Marktplatz für nutzergenerierte Inhalte, über den jeder seine eigenen (digital vorliegenden) Werke kostenfrei einstellen und zum kostenpflichtigen Download anbieten kann. XinXii macht es möglich, dass jeder Autor binnen Minuten zu seinem eigenen Verleger werden kann.
  (tags: Products)
• WikiServiceAt
  dem Spezialisten für die Einrichtung deutschsprachiger WikiWeb-Systeme insbesondere als Kommunikationsplattformen und für den Aufbau von Online-Communities.
  (tags: Consultings Products)
• Wissensmanagement 2.0 – Wissensmanagement und Web 2.0 vereint
  reflektieren für das Wissensmanagement interessante Trends, Tools, Konzepte und Best Practices von Web 2.0,
  … betrachten WM 2.0 auch mit Humor.
  (tags: Weblogs Portals Jobs DiscussionGroups Events)
• WICI – World Intellectual Capital Initiative
  a private/public sector collaboration that has three major goals. The first is to develop a voluntary global framework for measuring and reporting on intellectual assets and capital.
  (tags: Communities Weblogs DiscussionGroups Articles)
• European Federation of Financial Analysts’ Societies: Commission on Intellectual Capital
  EFFAS supports the growing attention and commitment of its member societies to Intellectual Capital Reporting, which is an issue of the greatest importance for investment professionals.
  (tags: Societies/Assoc. Communities)
• personalmagazin, Heft 09/2008: Reizüberflutung am Arbeitsplatz
  Die Dämme sind gebrochen, die Infoflut überschwemmt die Arbeitswelt. Das gefährdet die Gesundheit und die Produktivität der Mitarbeiter. … mitten im Web-2.0-Zeitalter, sind die Belastungen durch die Informationsflut noch größer geworden. …
  (tags: Journals/Magazines Articles)
• List of Enterprise Microblogging Tools: Twitter for the Intranet
  With the popularity to Twitter and other Microblogging tools, we should expect to see a flurry of simliar tools for project and program mangaement for the enterprises.
  (tags: Weblogs Products)

PhD positions at The Robert Gordon University’s Knowledge Based Systems Group

[Deutscher Titel: Doktorandenstellen in der Knowledge Based Systems Gruppe der Robert Gordon Universität (Text übersetzen: Deutsch)]

RGU’s Knowledge Based Systems Group conducts research in Case-Based Reasoning, Constraint Programming, Knowledge Discovery from Text and Decision Support Systems. The group is currently seeking applications from high quality BSc or MSc graduates interested in PhD opportunities through the SICSA studentships. Please visit

http://www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/docs/resdeg/advert.htm

for RGU’s Computing PhD Opportunities and Application Process.

Closing date: 31 July 2008