LDAC2024 - Linked Data
in Architecture
and Construction
Call for Participation
LDAC presents a forum for technical and applied research on the usage of semantic web, linked data and web of data technologies for architecture and construction (design, engineering, construction, operation).
The workshop aims at gathering researchers, industry stakeholders, and standardization bodies of the broader Linked Building Data (LBD) community. The workshop series has been held yearly since 2012, taking place in numerous locations and venues, sometimes co-located with AEC or web technology conferences and sometimes as independent events. The workshop welcomes industry participation and brings together experts from the AEC field with computer scientists and software developers familiar with (semantic) web technologies.
Three Tracks
In 2024, the workshop will again be organised as a fully stand-alone event, in combination with a summer school and in one single location in Bochum, Germany. As in the past years, the workshop covers work from three perspectives: research, technical discussions and industry developments. In short, LDAC welcomes stakeholders from research and practice and serves as a common communication platform to advance and innovate the use of linked data in architecture and construction.
Semantics Scope
LDAC aims at providing a forum for technical discussion on the topic of handling data in architecture and construction. A large part of the workshop is concerned with the use of (semantic) web technologies. Research is welcomed on the use of ontologies and vocabularies for representing building data, 3D geometry, product data, geospatial data, infrastructure data, HVAC data, sensor data, and so forth.
Call for Papers (PDF)Focus on Data
Additionally, the workshop welcomes work on how to combine these highly semantic datasets with other data sets, which in the case of architecture and construction consist mainly of geometry and sensor data streams. Using different data storage techniques (semantic data stores, time series databases, key-value stores), the purpose of the LDAC workshop is to investigate ways in which data can be combined into a complete and holistic set of available building data.
Industry Practice
Practical techniques of combining datasets in the current web-based and data-driven world are explored: Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Digital Twins, Building Information Modelling. A number of industry cases are invited, presenting interesting ideas, use cases, solutions or experience reports related to practical applications at any stage of construction lifecycle.
Topics
Workshop Topics
Workshop topics include the following. These are indicative topics, similar other topics are welcome as well.
Linked Building Data
- Linking building data: product, properties, 3D, sensor data modelling
- GIS - BIM integration using linked data approach
- Knowledge graphs for existing buildings
- Building-related ontologies: BRICK, IFC, BOT, OMG/FOG, OPM, DOT
- Infrastructure modelling: rail, road, infra
Graphs
- Graph data modelling
- Publishing Building Data on the Web
- Graph analytics and semantic data lakes
- Visualization of construction data
Ontologies and Inference
- Ontology Engineering
- Mapping and alignment of data or ontologies
- Semantic enrichment for AEC Industry
- Semantic web services: RDF, JSON-LD
- Semantic query systems
- Reasoning, rule systems, machine learning
Systems
- Operational system integration
- Semantic Digital Twins
- Linked building data management over time and stakeholders
- Security and access control with RDF data
Submission
Submission
Submission and publication of LDAC articles are handled through the EasyChair platform and the CEUR-WS Proceedings publication platform.
Important Dates
Registration opens:
January 19, 2024 January 31, 2024
Abstract submission deadline (optional - no review):
January 19, 2024 January 31, 2024
Paper submission deadline:
February 02, 2024 February 16, 2024
Poster track submission deadline:
February 18, 2024 March 28, 2024
Notification of acceptance:
March 15, 2024
Final paper submission:
April 19, 2024
LDAC Summer School: 10-14 June 2024
LDAC Workshop: 13-14 June 2024
EasyChair
Scientific research papers and PhD posters are both welcome for submission in the LDAC2024 Easychair platform. Make your submission in PDF at https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ldac2024# before the poster or paper submission deadline. Please follow the CEUR WS Proceedings template (Word, LaTeX) in one-column format, both for the research papers and the posters, and make a submission directly via EasyChair in PDF. This can also be prepared using the template file in Overleaf, as mentioned in http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/.
Paper Review Procedure
Research paper submissions will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee. All accepted papers will be published as part of a separate volume of the CEUR-WS proceedings separated by full papers (10-14 pages) and short papers (5-9 pages). This does not include the industry contributions, which follow a different industry track procedure, nor the poster presentations, which can be submitted in a separate poster track. All CEUR-WS proceedings are scopus-indexed.
Poster Review Procedure
To present a poster at LDAC2024, you have to submit an extended abstract of your work via the EasyChair platform. Extended abstracts for the PhD poster track must contain max. 500 words describing the content of the work to be presented in the poster. Please follow the CEUR WS Proceedings template (Word, LaTeX) in one-column format. Submissions are reviewed by the program committee regarding their topicality and quality. They will not be published in the workshop proceedings.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
All CEUR-WS proceedings are scopus-indexed. Previous proceedings can be found here:
- LDAC 2023 - CEUR-WS Proceedings Vol. 3633
- LDAC 2022 - CEUR-WS Proceedings Vol. 3213
- LDAC 2021 - CEUR-WS Proceedings Vol. 3081
- LDAC 2020 - CEUR-WS Proceedings Vol. 2636
- LDAC 2019 - CEUR-WS Proceedings Vol. 2389
- LDAC 2018 - CEUR-WS Proceedings Vol. 2159
For more information or questions, you can contact the organisers at ldac2024[AT]linkedbuildingdata.net.
Programme Committee
- Jakob Beetz
- Calin Boje
- Lasitha Chamari
- Andrea Cimmino
- Goncal Costa
- Aaron Costin
- Alex Donkers
- Diellza Elshani
- Raúl García-Castro
- Philipp Hagedorn
- Maxime Lefrancois
- Dimitris Mavrokapnidis
- Claudio Mirarchi
- Jyrki Oraskari
- Pieter Pauwels
- Ekaterina Petrova
- María Poveda-Villalón
- Ana Roxin
- Oliver Schulz
- Madhumitha Senthilvel
- Alvaro Sicilia
- Daniele Spoladore
- Walter Terkaj
- Edlira Vakaj
- Jeroen Werbrouck
- Sven Zentgraf
Program
The LDAC program includes a Workshop with Poster Track and Industry Track, as well as a Summer School.
The LDAC 2024 workshop is organised as a two-day plenary event. This includes keynote presentations, plenary research paper sessions, a poster session, and an industry track.
Preliminary Program
The following program is being planned. More details will follow later; the schedule is still subject to change.
Summer School
This year, there will again be an LDAC Summer School, directly preceding the workshop, and in the same location. The LDAC Summer School will take place 10-12 June, in Bochum, Germany. This Summer School focuses entirely on the use of linked data and semantic web technologies for the built environment. In this summer school, experts and researchers in the use of these technologies for the AEC industry will share their knowledge and expertise to a limited audience of 40 participants. The summer school targets starting PhD students and starting industry professionals within the AEC industry. Coding experience is highly recommended.
Industry Track
As part of the workshop, we invite companies to present interesting cases, innovation, research, and development related to Linked Data in Architecture and Construction in an industry fair. Do you have relevant software to present to workshop participants, or are you in an AEC organisation that deploys, requires or consumes linked data, then this is your place to be. The industry fair will take place over the two workshop days and allows you to talk to industry representatives, researchers and summer school participants during the breaks and sessions.
Participation in the industry fair is available through the the Sponsoring Packages of LDAC.
Poster Track
For the LDAC2024 Workshop, we introduce a new PhD poster track to present and demonstrate ongoing research and development related to Linked Data in Architecture and Construction. Posters will be presented in a separate session where attendees can move between posters, encouraging in-depth discussions with other participants and experts in the field. We particularly encourage early-career PhD researchers to submit a poster with their research approaches and results. A poster presentation may also include a live demonstration of research prototypes alongside the poster.
Registration
Registration
Registration for summer school and workshop is open!
What is included
You can register either for the workshop only, or for the summer school and workshop. By default, a ticket to the summer school includes access to the workshop, because the workshop sessions are of use to summer school participants (advanced lectures), and the hackathon final presentations are scheduled during the workshop! Indeed, the summer school and workshop programs are overlapping, in order to make the week program as useful as possible for everyone.
Process
Your registration for the Summer School is subject to approval by the SSoLDAC Organizing Committee. This is to make sure that participants have the correct expectations and fitting background information.
Registration for the Summer School happens on a first come, first serve basis. The number of summer school participants is limited to 40.
Prices
The following registration options are available:
- Early bird Workshop (until 22 April - extended): 250.00 EUR
- Early bird Summer School + Workshop (until 22 April - extended): 500.00 EUR
- Regular Workshop (after 22 April - extended): 300.00 EUR
- Regular Summer School + Workshop (after 22 April - extended): 600.00 EUR
Venue
Venue and Travel Information
The LDAC2024 Summer School and Workshop will take place in the innovation quarter MARK 51°7 at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB)
Venue
The LDAC2024 Summer School and Workshop venue is located in the center of the Ruhr metropolitan region in Germany. With almost 70 hectars in size and the motto "knowledge creates economy" the emerging innovation quarter focuses on bringing together research and industry - right adjacent to Bochum's city centre. While the LDAC Summer School is hosted in the RUB Maker Space, a place where innovation is created in the form of prototypes and discussions, the LDAC Workshop takes place in the Research Centre for the Engineering of Smart Product Service Systems (ZESS), which aims at forming cooperations between research and practice. The Chair of Computing in Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of RUB provides the local organization.
With almost 40,000 students, 20 faculties, 12 collaborative research centers and more than 135 spin-offs (since 2019) the Ruhr University Bochum is one of the biggest universities in Germany, providing excellent research, teaching and transfer-orientation in Bochum, right in the centre of the Ruhr metropolitan region.
Travel from Dortmund Airport
The nearest airport is the Dortmund airport (DTM) in Dortmund. From Dortmund airport, public transportation is available to Bochum central station with bus and regional trains via Dortmund central station. From Bochum central station, tram lines 302, 305, and 310 take you to the LDAC2024. Public transportation tickets are available via VRR.
Travel from Düsseldorf Airport
Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) is within short distance of Bochum as well. As a central airport in the Ruhr area, there are many international connections and public transportation to Bochum is frequent. The trip from Düsseldorf to Bochum is available from the DUS airport train station directly via regional trains to Bochum central station. From Bochum central station, tram lines 302, 305, and 310 take you to the LDAC2024. Public transportation tickets are available via VRR.
ZESS directions
RUB Makerspace directions
Accomodation
For accommodation during the LDAC2024 we recommend the listed accommodations. In addition to the three hotels in the city centre of Bochum, there is also the possibility to book rooms at reasonable prices in the guest house of the Landesspracheninstitut (LSI)/state language institute of the Ruhr University Bochum. When choosing a hotel, you should make sure that a tram stop on line 302 is nearby so that you can get to the ZESS and Makerspace venue quickly. All accommodation within walking distance of the main railway station is therefore well located. It is necessary to travel by bus from the LSI.
- Mercure Hotel Bochum City: https://www.mercure-hotel-bochum.de/en/
- B&B Hotels Bochum https://www.hotel-bb.com/en
- Nena Apartmens Alleestr. https://www.nena-apartments.de
- Accommodation in the guest house of the state language institute (LSI) of Ruhr-University Bochum: https://www.lsi-bochum.de/en/accommodation
Organisation
Organisation
The LDAC Workshop and Summer School are organised by a group of Local Organisers, an LDAC Team, and a Summer School Organiser's Team.
Local Organisation
LDAC Committee
Support
Support
You can support LDAC2024 through one of the options in the sponsoring package (silver, gold, diamond). If you are interested, then please get in touch via ldac2024[AT]linkedbuildingdata.net. Also any other message related to this website or to LDAC review procedures and organisation can be sent to this address.
Funding
Diamond sponsors
Gold sponsors
Silver sponsors
Organisational Support
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