Elsevier Sponsors 2012 Semantic Web Challenge

Elsevier Sponsors 2012 Semantic Web Challenge PR Newswire AMSTERDAM, November 29, 2012 AMSTERDAM, November 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Winners Announced at International Semantic Web Conference Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Semantic Web Challenge (SWC). Determined by a jury of leading experts from both academia and industry, winners were announced at the International Semantic Web Conference held in Boston, MA, this month. The challenge and allocated prizes were sponsored by Elsevier. SWC contestants competed in any of two challenge categories: 'Open Track' and 'Billion Triples Track'. Open Track contestants are required to submit applications that utilize the semantics (meaning) of data and applications are designed to operate in an open web environment where information sources are under diverse ownership and control; Billion Triples Track contestants have to reason with a pre-supplied, very big data set of mixed quality. Of this year's 24 submissions, the panel of experts selected 4 Open Track Challenge winners and 1 Billion Triples Track winner. Open Track challenge: st1 prize: "Event Media" by Houd Khrouf, Vuk Milicic and Raphaël Troncy from EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France - This application demonstrates how to use semantic web technology to more efficiently and easily integrate multiple online and social media content sources that evolve over time.