Conference Program
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Location: Building U2 - Room U2-07
Via dell'innovazione - Piazza della scienza
(map of area)
Wednesday, 7th June
12:00 - 13:30 REGISTRATION
13:30 - 14:00 Opening session
14:00 - 15:40
Flexibility in Database Management and Querying (I)
Chair: Henrik Legind Larsen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Project-Join-Repair: An Approach to Consistent Query Answering Under Functional Dependencies,
Jef Wijsen
Algebra-based identification of tree patterns in XQuery,
Andrei Arion, Véronique Benzaken, Ioana Manolescu, Yannis, Papakonstantinou, Ravi Vijay
Materialization-based Range and k-Nearest Neighbor Query Processing Algorithms,
Jae-Woo Chang, Yong-Ki Kim
Relaxation Paradigm in a Flexible Querying Context,
Patrick Bosc, Allel HadjAli, Olivier Pivert
A Functional Model for Data Analysis,
Nicolas Spyratos
15:40 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 18:20
Information Retrieval and Filtering (I)
Chair: Keith van Rijsbergen, University of Glasgow, UK
A Hierarchical Document Clustering Environment based on the Induced Bisecting k-Means,
F. Archetti, P. Campanelli, E. Fersini, E. Messina
Query Phrase Suggestion from Topically Tagged Session Logs,
Eric C. Jensen, Steven M. Beitzel, Abdur Chowdhury, Ophir Frieder
Why using structural hints in XML retrieval?,
Karen Sauvagnat, Mohand Boughanem, Claude Chrisment
A Fuzzy Extension for the XPath Query Language,
Alessandro Campi, Sam Guinea, Paola Spoletini
Towards Flexible Information Retrieval Based on CP-Nets,
Fatiha Boubekeur, Mohand Boughanem, Lynda Tamine-Lechani
Highly Heterogeneous XML Collections: How to retrieve precise results?,
Ismael Sanz, Marco Mesiti, Giovanna Guerrini, Rafael Berlanga Llavori
Evaluation of system measures for incomplete relevance judgment in IR,
Shengli Wu, Sally McClean
18:30 WELCOME COCKTAIL
Thursday 8th June
9:00 - 10:00 PLENARY LECTURE
Problems and Challenges in the Integration of Semantic Services,
Stefano Ceri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
10:00 - 10:20 COFFEE BREAK
10:20 - 12:20
Flexibility in Database Management and Querying (II)
Chair: Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Flexible Querying using Structural and Event Based Multimodal Video Data Model,
Hakan Öztarak, Adnan Yazιcι
Reverse Nearest Neighbor Search in Peer-to-Peer Systems,
Dehua Chen, Jingjing Zhou, Jiajin Le
On Tuning OWA Operators in a Flexible Querying Interface,
Sławomir Zadrożny, Janusz Kacprzyk
Towards a flexible visualization tool for dealing with temporal data,
Guy De Tré, Nico Van de Weghe, Rita De Caluwe, Philippe De Maeyer
Data Stream Synopsis Using SaintEtiQ,
Quang-Khai Pham, Noureddine Mouaddib, Guillaume Raschia
Approximate querying of XML fuzzy data,
Patrice Buche, Juliette Dibie-Barthélemy, Fanny Wattez
12:20 - 13:40 LUNCH BREAK
13:40 - 15:00
Vagueness and Uncertainty in XML Querying and Retrieval
Special session organized by Gabriella Kazai, Mounia Lalmas, and Gabriella Pasi
XML-structured documents: retrievable units and inheritance,
Stephen Robertson, Wei Lu, Andrew MacFarlane
Term Disambiguation in Natural Language Query for XML,
Yunyao Li, Huahai Yang, H. V. Jagadish
Using Structural Relationships for Focused XML Retrieval,
Georgina Ramírez, Thijs Westerveld, Arjen P. de Vries
XML Fuzzy Ranking,
Evangelos Kotsakis
15:00 - 16:00
Multimedia Information Access
Special session organized by Rita De Caluwe and Guy De Tré
Using a Fuzzy Object-Relational Database for Colour Image Retrieval,
Carlos D. Barranco, Juan M. Medina, Jesús Chamorro-Martínez, José M. Soto-Hidalgo
Structural and Semantic Modeling of Audio for Content-based Querying and Browsing,
Mustafa Sert, Buyurman Baykal, Adnan Yazici
Similarity Between Multi-valued Thesaurus Attributes: Theory and Application in Multimedia Systems,
Tom Matthé, Rita De Caluwe, Guy De Tré, Axel Hallez, Jörg Verstraete, Marc Leman, Olmo Cornelis, Dirk Moelants, Jos Gansemans
16:00 - 16:20 COFFEE BREAK
16:20 - 18:20
User Modelling and Personalization (I)
Chair: Gloria Bordogna, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Robust Query Processing for Personalized Information Access on the Semantic Web,
Peter Dolog, Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Holger Wache
Navigating Multimodal Meeting Recordings with the Meeting Miner,
Matt-Mouley Bouamrane, Saturnino Luz
Personalized Web Recommendation Based on Path Clustering,
Yijun Yu, Huaizhong Lin, Yimin Yu, Chun Chen
The Lookahead Principle for Preference Elicitation: Experimental Results,
Paolo Viappiani, Boi Faltings, Pearl Pu
Improving the User-System Interaction in a Web Multi-Agent System using Fuzzy Multi-granular Linguistic Information,
E. Herrera-Viedma, C. Porcel, A.G. Lopez-Herrera, S. Alonso, A. Zafra
Using Dynamic Fuzzy Ontologies to Understand Creative Environments,
Silvia Calegari, Marco Loregian
20:00 GALA DINNER
Friday June 9th
9:00 - 10:00 PLENARY LECTURE
The Changing Face of Web Search,
Prabhakar Raghavan, Yahoo! Research, USA.
10:00 - 10:20 COFFEE BREAK
10:20 - 11:20
Knowledge representation and reasoning (I)
Chair: Slawomir Zadrozny, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Using Knowledge Representation Languages for Video Annotation and Retrieval,
M. Bertini, G. D'Amico, A. Del Bimbo, C. Torniai
Fuzzy Ontologies for the Semantic Web,
Elie Sanchez, Takahiro Yamanoi
Three-Dimensional Representation of Conceptual Fuzzy Relations,
Jose A. Olivas, Samuel Rios
11:20 - 12:20
Knowledge and Data Extraction (I)
Chair: Rita De Caluwe, University of Ghent, Belgium
Discrimination-based criteria for the evaluation of classifiers,
Thanh Ha Dang, Christophe Marsala, Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier, Alain Boucher
Enhancing short text retrieval in databases,
Marín, M.J. Martín-Bautista, M. Prados, M.A. Vila
Information theoretic approach to information extraction,
Giambattista Amati
12:20 - 13:40 LUNCH BREAK
13:40 - 15:00
Information Retrieval and Filtering (II)
Chair: Stephen Robertson, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK
A Flexible News Filtering Model Exploiting a Hierarchical Fuzzy Categorization,
Gloria Bordogna, Marco Pagani, Gabriella Pasi, Robert Villa
Search Strategies for Finding Annotations and Annotated Documents: the FAST Service,
Maristella Agosti, Nicola Ferro
Assisted Query Formulation using Normalised Word Vector and Dynamic Ontological Filtering,
Heinz Dreher, Robert Williams
Fuzzy Query Answering in Motor Racing Domain,
Stefania Bandini, Paolo Mereghetti, Paolo Radaelli
15:00 - 15:20 COFFEE BREAK
15:20 - 17:20
Intelligent Information Extraction from Texts
Special session organized by Luis Iraola, Carolina Gallardo, and Jesus Carde~nosa
A hybrid approach for relation extraction aimed at the semantic web,
Lucia Specia, Enrico Motta
An XML Framework for a Basque Question Answering System,
Olatz Ansa, Xabier Arregi, Arantxa Otegi, Andoni Valverde
Ontology-Based Application Server to the Execution of Imperative Natural Language Requests,
Flávia Linhalis, Dilvan de Abreu Moreira
Annotating Documents by their Intended Meaning to Make them Self Explaining: an Essential Progress for the Semantic Web,
Hervé Blanchon, Christian Boitet
Evaluating the effectiveness of a knowledge representation based on ontology in Ontoweb System,
Tania C. D. Bueno, Sonali Bedin, Fabricia Cancellier, Hugo C. Hoeschl
17:20 - 18:20
Knowledge and Data Extraction (II)
Chair: Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Mining Interest Navigation Patterns Based on Hybrid Markov Model,
Yijun Yu, Huaizhong Lin, Yimin Yu, Chun Chen
Partition-Based Approach to Processing Batches of Frequent Itemset Queries,
Przemyslaw Grudzinski, Marek Wojciechowski, Maciej Zakrzewicz
Cooperative discovery of interesting action rules,
Agnieszka Dardzińska, Zbigniew W. Raś
Flexible Shape-Based Query Rewriting,
Georges Chalhoub, Richard Chbeir, Kokou Yetongnon
Saturday 10th June
9:00 - 10:20
Knowledge representation and reasoning (II)
Chair: Guy De Tré, Ghent University, Belgium
Question Answering with Imperfect Temporal Information,
Steven Schockaert, David Ahn, Martine De Cock, Etienne E. Kerre
Analysis and Validation of Information Access through Mono, Multidimensional and Dynamic Taxonomies,
Giovanni Maria Sacco
The Flow Control of Audio Data Using Distributed Terminal Mixing in Multi-Point Communication,
Young-Mi Kim, Dae-Joon Hwang
Flexible Intensional Query-answering for RDF Peer-to-Peer systems,
Zoran Majkić
10:20 - 10:40 COFFEE BREAK
10:40 - 11:40
User Modelling and Personalization (II)
Chair: Elie Sanchez, Université de la Méditeranée, France
Dynamically Personalized Web Service System to Mobile Devices,
Sanggil Kang, Wonik Park, Young-Kuk Kim
On Semantically-Augmented XML-based P2P Information Systems,
Alfredo Cuzzocrea
Optimal Associative Neighbor Mining using Attributes for Ubiquitous Recommendation Systems,
Kyung-Yong Jung, Hee-Joung Hwang, Un-Gu Kang
11:40 - 13:00
Knowledge and Data Extraction (III)
Chair: Daniel Ortiz-Arroyo, Aalborg University, Denmark
UNL as a Text Content Representation language for Information Extraction,
Jesús Cardeñosa, Carolina Gallardo, Luis Iraola
Face Detection Using Sketch Operators and Vertical Symmetry,
Hyun Joo So, Mi Hye Kim, Yun Su Chung, Nam Chul Kim
Multi-Module Image Classification System,
Wonil Kim, Sangyoon Oh, Sanggil Kang, Dongkyun Kim
13:00 END OF THE CONFERENCE
