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Call for Participation: Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing in the
Humanities (SOCH)

Service-Oriented Computing in the Humanities (SOCH)
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A joint workshop of the EPSRC Service-Oriented Software Research Network
(SOSoRNet) and the AHRC ICT Methods Network
Kingís College London, UK, 18-19 December 2006

We are pleased to invite participants to the above workshop.  Participants
should register by downloading the form from the SOSoRNet website
(http://sosornet.dcs.kcl.ac.uk) and returning it to Kiarash Mahdavi
([log in to unmask]) by 8th December 2006.  Registration is free but
places at the workshop are strictly limited to the first 50 participants.

The draft programme is as follows:

18th December 2006
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12:30 Arrival, registration, and lunch
13:30 Welcome
13:35 Introduction to SOSoRNet and the Methods Network
13:45 Keynote Address: Allen Renear, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
14:45 Service-Oriented Architecture in Archaeology: a joined up approach to
the pastî, Stuart Dunn, Kingís College London
15:15 Coffee
15:45 Demonstration of the IBHIS System, Mark Turner, Keele University
16:30 A service-oriented workflow for the ingest and preservation of complex
digital objects at the Arts and Humanities Data Serviceî, Andreas Mavrides,
Mark Hedges, Tobias Blanke, Kingís College London
17:00 Questions/Plenary Discussion
18:00 Buffet Reception
19:30 Close

19th December 2006
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09:30 Coffee
10:00 Keynote Address: David De Roure, University of Southampton
11:00 Coffee
11:30 ìWhy Music Information Retrieval Evaluation Needs A ëDo-It-Yourselfí
Service Frameworkî, J. Stephen Downie, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign
12:00 ìA Scalable Framework for Multimedia Knowledge Managementî, Yves
Raimond, Samer Abdallah, Mark Sandler, Mounia Lalmas
12:30 Questions/Plenary Discussion
13:00 Lunch and Close

We look forward to seeing you there!

Nicolas Gold and Lorna Hughes
Directors (respectively) of SOSoRNet and the Methods Network


About SOSoRNet
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SOSorNet (http://sosornet.dcs.kcl.ac.uk) is an EPSRC-funded network to bring
together people working in the various communities associated with
service-oriented software e.g. Grid, web services, application service
provision etc.  The aim is to promote the cross-fertilisation of ideas
between these communities.

SOSoRNet is organised by:

    * Nicolas Gold, King's College London (network director)
    * Pearl Brereton, Keele University
    * Keith Bennett, David Budgen, Durham University
    * Christos Tjortjis, Nikolay Mehandjiev, John Keane, Paul Layzell,
      Manchester University
    * Jie Xu, Leeds University

To join SOSorNet please email [log in to unmask] or
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What is SOSoRNet for?
- To share best-practice and research in service-oriented software systems
- To bring together academic researchers and industrial practitioners
- To promote cross-fertilisation of ideas between communities

Who is it for?
Anyone involved in service-oriented software development and use e.g.
- Grid researchers
- Application service providers
- Users and developers of web services

About AHRC ICT Methods Network
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The Methods Network is a multi-disciplinary partnership providing a national
forum for the exchange and dissemination of expertise in the use of
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for arts and humanities
research. The aims of the Methods Network are:

- To promote, support and develop the use of advanced ICT methods in arts
and humanities research and to support the cross-disciplinary network of
practitioners from institutions around the UK.
- To develop a programme of activities and publications on advanced ICT
tools and methods and to ensure the broadest participation of the community
by means of an open call for proposals for Methods Network activities.

Further information about the Methods Network can be found at:
http://www.methodsnetwork.ac.uk


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Dr J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Lecturer in Music
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, Great Britain
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Music/jpeh-s.html
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