The event began in 2004, as the European Semantic Web Symposium.
The goal of the event is "to bring together researchers and practitioners dealing with different aspects of semantics on the Web".
[1] Topics covered at the conference include linked data, machine learning, natural language processing and information retrieval, ontologies, reasoning, semantic data management, services, processes, and cloud computing, social Web and Web science, in-use and industrial, digital libraries and cultural heritage, and e-government.
[2] Past and future ESWC conferences include:[3] Best Student Paper: The Problem with XSD Binary Floating Point Datatypes in RDF by Jan Martin Keil & Merle Gänßinger[5] Best Student Paper: Matthäus Zloch, Maribel Acosta, Daniel Hienert, Stefan Dietze and Stefan Conrad: A Software Framework and Datasets for the Analysis of Graph Measures on RDF Graphs[7] Best Student Paper: Sarven Capadisli, Amy Guy, Christoph Lange, Sören Auer and Tim Berners-Lee: Linked Data Notifications[9] Elena Cabrio, Serena Villata and Fabien Gandon: A Support Framework for Argumentative Discussions Management in the Web[12]
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