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Call for Workshops and Tutorials at the 28th International Conference on Conceptual Structures (ICCS 2023) September 11 - 13, 2023, Berlin, Germany

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About ICCS

The International Conferences on Conceptual Structures (ICCS) focus on the formal analysis and representation of conceptual knowledge at the crossroads of artificial intelligence, human cognition, computational linguistics, and related areas of computer science and cognitive science. The ICCS conferences evolved from seven annual workshops on conceptual graphs, starting with an informal gathering hosted by John F. Sowa in 1986. Recently, graph-based knowledge representation and reasoning (KRR) paradigms have been getting more and more attention. With the rise of quasi-autonomous AI, graph-based representations provide a vehicle for making machine cognition explicit to human users. ICCS 2023 will take place in Berlin, Germany, in September 2023. Scholars, students and industry participants from different disciplines will meet for several weeks of conferences, workshops, summer schools, and public events to engage with the broad topics, issues and challenges related to knowledge in the 21st century.

Submissions are invited on significant, original, and previously unpublished research on the formal analysis and representation of conceptual knowledge in artificial intelligence (AI). All papers will receive mindful and rigorous reviews that will provide authors with useful critical feedback. The aim of the ICCS 2023 conference is to build upon its long-standing expertise in graph-based KRR and focus on providing modelling, formal and application results of graph-based systems. In particular, the conference welcomes contributions that address graph-based representation and reasoning paradigms (e.g. Bayesian Networks (BNs), Semantic Networks (SNs), RDF(S), Conceptual Graphs (CGs), Formal Concept Analysis (FCA), CP-Nets, GAI-Nets, Graph Databases, Diagrams, Knowledge Graphs, Semantic Web, etc.) from a modelling, theoretical and application viewpoint.

Call for Workshops/Tutorials

We invite proposals for workshops or tutorials to be held on the first day of ICCS 2023 (September 11, 2023) in Berlin, Germany. Proposals should address current and emerging topics related to the formal analysis and representation of conceptual knowledge (cf. also the list of topics in the CfP). Workshops and tutorials provide an opportunity to discuss novel topics in an interactive atmosphere. They can concentrate in-depth on research topics, but can also be devoted to application issues.

Duration and Format

We welcome both full- and half-day workshop/tutorial proposals and encourage a program that is both varied and interesting. We specifically encourage innovative formats for workshops that go beyond traditional paper presentations, for example, including a challenge for participants to solve, or jointly working on a specific problem or document at the venue. Combinations of half-day tutorial and workshop are also possible, thus providing the option to introduce a topic and then to discuss relevant research.

ICCS 2023 will be an on-site conference, thus all contributors are required to present their work locally in Berlin.

Important Dates

• Proposal deadline: May 5, 2023
• Notification of acceptance: May 12, 2023
• Tutorial/Workshop day: September 11, 2023

Proposal/Submission Details

Proposals for workshops/tutorials should (at least) provide the following information:

• A brief description of

  • the specific issues that will be addressed,
  • the reasons why the workshop/tutorial is of relevance,
  • the main research areas involved,
  • and what the workshop/tutorial will add to the conference (e.g., do you expect papers of a theme that would not fit the main conference?).

• Specifically for workshops, formats (e.g., regular papers, extended abstracts, oral-only

  • information on the workshop chairs and the expected program committee,
  • a draft of the Call for Papers, including information on accepted

  presentations of relevant recently published or submitted contributions, etc.) presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions, challenge sessions,

  • and the expected format of the workshop (e.g., invited talks,

  or other ideas for ensuring an interactive atmosphere).

• Specifically for tutorials, please add some details on the person(s) who gives the tutorial and the expected length.

• In the case of a combined tutorial-workshop, please clearly indicate the format.

• Any special requirements regarding logistics (e.g., poster stands, audio equipment), if applicable.

Please send your applications or questions to Robert Jäschke (contact@iccs-conference.org). We are looking forward to your proposals.