Editorial

Special Issue of the 2nd International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grid

Geoffrey C. Fox1 and Hai Zhuge2

1Community Grids Laboratory, School of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN47404, USA

2China Knowledge Grid Research Group, Institute of Computing Technology, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, Beijing, China

The International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grid (SKG) is a cross-area international forum on semantic computing, knowledge networking, and grid computing. SKG promotes cross-area research and pushes the development of relevant areas. Themes include the following aspects:

  • Semantics and Semantic Grid.
  • Knowledge and Knowledge Grid.
  • Advanced Networking Model.
  • Systems, Tools and Applications.

The 1stconference SKG2005 was successfullyinaugurated in Beijing, China [1]. The conference co-chairs were H. Zhuge and D. D. Roure. The program Co-Chairs were G. C. Fox and J. Liu. D. Harel presented an invited keynote “What's the Semantics of Modeling Nature?”. G.C. Fox presented the theme talk “Services for the Semantic Grid”. H.Zhuge presented the theme talk “The Knowledge Grid and Its Methodology”. The proceedings of the conference was published by IEEE Computer Society. The acceptance rate of regular paper is 12%. The special issue of SKG2005 was published inConcurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience [2].

SKG2006 was held in Guilin, China [3]. The conference chairs were I.Foster, J.Hendler and G.C. Fox. The program chairs were H.Zhuge and T.Ishida. X.Sun served the associate program chair. K.Abererrepresentedinvited keynote “Structure and Dynamics of Emergent Semantics Systems”. G.C.Fox presented theme talk “Implications of Web 2.0 for the Semantic Grid”. T.Ishida presented theme talk “Use of the Language Grid for Collaborative Work”.H.Zhuge presented theme talk “Completeness of Query Operations on Resource Spaces”.Submissions come from Australia, China (mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan), France, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, UK, and USA. The acceptance rate of regular research paper was 18%.

This special issue includesseven papers mainly selected from the regular papers of SKG2006. The paper titled “Semantic Knowledge Facilities for a Web-based Recipe Database System Supporting Personalization” introduces a Web-based recipe database system Dish_Master, which uses Knowledge Grid technologies [4]. The paper titled “Semantic Patterns for User-Interactive Question Answering” introduces a user-interactive Question Answering (QA) system where auseful semantic pattern is used [5]. The paper titled“XML Metadata Services” introduces a hybrid information service to manage both stateless and transient metadata on services [6]. The paper titled “Efficient Global Checkpointing Algorithms for Mobile Agents” proposes checkpointing algorithms for mobile agent systems [7]. The paper titled “Semantic Representation of Scientific Text for the e-Science Knowledge Grid” proposes an approach to use fuzzy cognitive map to represent the semantics of texts by extracting keywords from texts [8]. The Resource Space Model is a semantic data model based on classification semantics. The paper titled “Resource Space View Centric Viewpoint Tour”proposes a view mechanism for finding and reusing legacy resource spaces according to users’idiosyncratic resource interests [9]. The Semantic Link Network is a solution to the Semantic Web. The paper titled “The Modeling Language for the Semantic Link Network” presents the modeling language for the Semantic Link Network. The proposed metamodel and UML profile for Semantic Link Network are important parts of the Semantic Link Network model [10].

SKG has significantly pushed the development of research and practice onKnowledge Grid and Semantic Grid. We expect this special issue play an important role in pushing to promote relevant cross-area research.

References

  1. SKG2005 website:
  2. SKG2005 special Issue Editorial:
  3. SKG2006 website:
  4. L. Wang, Q. Li, G. Dong, and Y.Li, Semantic Knowledge Facilities for a Web-based Recipe Database System Supporting Personalization, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, in this issue.
  5. Tianyong Hao, D. Hu W. Liu and Q. Zeng, Semantic Patterns for User-Interactive Question Answering, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, in this issue.
  6. M.S.Aktas, S.Oh, G.C. Fox, and M.Pierce, XML Metadata Services, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, in this issue.
  7. J. Yang, J.Cao, and W. Wu, Efficient Global Checkpointing Algorithms for Mobile Agents, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, in this issue.
  8. X. Luo, N. Fang, B. Hu, K.Yan and H. Xiao, Semantic Representation of Scientific Text for the e-Science Knowledge Grid, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, in this issue.
  9. J. Liu and X. Li, Resource Space View Tour Mechanism, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, in this issue.
  10. H. Zhuge, K. Yuan, J. Liu, J. Zhang and X. Wang, The Modeling Language for the Semantic Link Network, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, in this issue.