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The2009 IEEE Summer School on Semantic
Computing will be held in Berkeley, California
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The2009
IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing will be held in Berkeley,
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The
field of Semantic Computing addresses the derivation and matching of
the semantics of computational content to that of naturally expressed
user intentions in order to retrieve, manage, manipulate or even create
content, where "content" may be anything including video, audio, text,
process, service, hardware, network, community, etc.
This connection between content and user intentions is made via
(1) Semantic Analysis, which analyzes content with the goal of
converting it to machine processable semantics; (2) Semantic
Integration, which integrates content and semantics from multiple
sources; (3) Semantic Applications, which utilize content and semantics
to solve problems; and (4) Semantic Interface, which interprets users'
intentions expressed in natural language or other communicative forms.
The reverse connection converts the intentions of users to create
content via analysis and synthesis techniques.
The ultimate success of
Semantic Computing requires new, synergized technologies be developed from natural language processing, data and knowledge
engineering, software engineering, computer systems and networks,
communication, signal processing, pattern recognition, etc. Example
areas of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
Natural language
processing
Image and video analysis
Audio and speech
analysis
Analysis of structured and semi-structured data
Analysis of
behaviors of software, services and networks
Analysis of social
networks
Data and web mining
Description languages
Database schema integration
Ontology
integration
Interoperability and service integration
Semantic programming languages and software
engineering
Semantic system design and synthesis
Search
engines
Question answering
Semantic web services
Multimedia
databases
Context-aware networks of sensors, devices and
applications
Semantic GIS systems
Human centered
communications
Semantic trusted computing
Natural language interface
Multi-modal interface
Some areas of Semantic Computing have appeared as isolated pieces in
various disciplines such as computational linguistics, artificial
intelligence, multimedia, database and services computing. Semantic
Computing glues these pieces together into an integrated theme and
addresses their synergetic interactions.
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