33rd International Conference on Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases EJC 2023
Maribor, Slovenia, 5 June – 9 June 2023 

https://ejc2023.um.si/

Paper Submission: http://ejc.komazawa-u.ac.jp/ejc2023review/

Submission Deadline: 15 January 2023 31 January 2023 (Extended)

The European Japanese Conference on Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases (EJC) series initially started as a cooperation initiative between Japan and Finland in 1982. The practical operations were then organised by professor Setsuo Ohsuga in Japan and professors Hannu Kangassalo and Hannu Jaakkola in Finland (Nordic countries). The geographical scope has expanded and today covers Europe and other countries. 

Workshop characteristics
Facilitates discussion, allows enough time for presentations and limits the number of participants (50) and papers (30).  

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: 

1. Conceptual modelling: Modelling and specification languages; Domain-specific conceptual modelling; Concepts, concept theories and ontologies; Conceptual modelling of large and heterogeneous systems; Conceptual modelling of spatial, temporal, and biological data; Methods for developing, validating and communicating conceptual models. 

2. Knowledge and information modelling and discovery: Knowledge discovery, knowledge representation and knowledge management; Advanced data mining and analysis methods; Conceptions of knowledge and information; Modelling information requirements; Intelligent information systems; Information recognition and information modelling. 

3. Linguistic modelling: Models of HCI; Information delivery to users; Intelligent informal querying; Linguistic foundation of information and knowledge; Fuzzy linguistic models; Philosophical and linguistic foundations of conceptual models. 

4. Cross-cultural communication and social computing: Cross-cultural support systems; Integration, evolution and migration of systems; Collaborative societies; Multicultural web-based software systems; Intercultural collaboration and support systems; Social computing, behavioural modelling and prediction. 

5. Environmental modelling and engineering: Environmental information systems (architecture); Spatial, temporal and observational information systems; Large-scale environmental systems; Collaborative knowledge base systems; Agent concepts and conceptualisation; Hazard prediction, prevention and steering systems. 

6. Multimedia data modelling and systems: Modelling multimedia information and knowledge; Content-based multimedia data management; Content-based multimedia retrieval; Privacy and context enhancing technologies; Semantics and pragmatics of multimedia data; Metadata for multimedia information systems. 

Publication: 

All papers (full/short/position) accepted and presented in the conference are published in the conference preprint (e-book having ISSN / ISBN) by the local organisers (distributed in the conference) and after the conference in the final journal-paper publication.  

After the conference, authors have the opportunity to improve their papers based on the feedback at the conference. The final publication is published in the Series “Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence” by IOS Press (Amsterdam). The books “Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases Vol. n” are edited by the Editing Committee. It has the right to propose obligatory improvements as a precondition to the publication. It has the right to withdraw papers that do not follow the given guidelines and technical style.  

In all editorial issues, please contact the editing committee. 

Important dates: 

  • Submission deadline: 15 January 2023 31 January 2023 (Extended)
  • Acceptance letters sent by email: 30 March 2023 
  • Final paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings: April 2023 
  • IOS Press version: 10 September 2023  

Local arrangements: 

  • Prof. Tatjana Welzer and Assist. Prof. Marko Hölbl 
    University of Maribor, Slovenia. 

Organisation 

Program Committee (Paper processing, Conference contents) 

  • Prof. Yasushi Kiyoki, Co-Chairman 
    Keio University, Japan 
  • Yukiko Chen 
    Kanagawa Institute of Technology 
  • Marina Tropmann-Frick, Co-Chairman 
    University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany 

Organizing Committee Chairs 

  • Prof. (Emeritus) Hannu Jaakkola; Organizing General Chair 
    Tampere University, Finland
  • Prof. Xing Chen 
    Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan 
  • Representatives of the local organizer. 

Editing committee (Publication) 

  • Marina Tropmann-Frick, , Co-Chairman 
    University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany
  • Prof. (Emeritus) Hannu Jaakkola 
    Tampere University, Finland 
  • Prof. Naofumi Yoshida; Paper Management 
    Komazawa University, Japan 
  • PC Chairs 
  • Representative of the local organizer 

Programme Coordination Committee 

  • Naofumi Yoshida; Chairman, Paper Management and Marketing 
    Kamazawa University, Japan   
  • Tatjana Welzer-Druzovec; Co-Chair, EJC Web Portal 
    University of Maribor  
  • Tatiana Endrjukaite 
    Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latvia