Information Retrieval List Digest 137 (November 10, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-137 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 11:02:46 PST Reply-To: "Information Retrieval List" Sender: "Information Retrieval List" From: IRLIST Subject: IR-L Digest, Vol.IX, No.41, Issue 137 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 November 10, 1992 Volume IX, Number 41 Issue 137 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES A. Meeting Announcements/Calls for Papers 1. Symposium: Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Network 2. ACL-93 Call for Papers 3. ACL-93 Call for Student Papers 3. ACL-93 Call for Student Papers 4. CAIS/ACSI '93 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.A.1. Fr: Dave Rodgers Re: Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks... ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PRESSES In Collaboration With: The American Mathematical Society The National Science Foundation Scholarly Publishing on the Electronic Networks, the New Generation: Visions and Opportunities in Not-for-Profit Publishing Hands-on Network Tutorials; New Experiments; Electronic Text Issues; Copyright & Licensing December 5-8, 1992, The Washington Vista Hotel, Washington, DC This three-day symposium is specifically aimed at university presses, learned and professional society publishers, librarians, and academic faculty and researchers interested in beginning electronic publications. The symposium assumes basic ability to use electronic mail for messaging. The symposium's objective is to promote information-sharing and discussion among people interested in developing the potential of the networks, particularly for formal scholarly electronic publishing, with particular emphasis on not-for- profit models. It will also focus on discussions about developing collaborative plans for sharing networked publishing expertise among the academic publishing chain. Participants will discuss some of the latest research and development from the not-for-profit sector, including work funded by the National Science Foundation and prominent societies and consortia. Date: December 5-8, 1992. Location: The Washington Vista Hotel, 15th and M Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20005; Sunday session at University College, the University of Maryland, College Park, MD E-mail address for inquiries: symposium@e-math.ams.org Coordinators: Ann Okerson, Association of Research Libraries David Rodgers, American Mathematical Society. Planning committee of the Association of American University Presses Fee: $375.00 Participants: Limited to 100 registrants How to register: Please fax or mail in your registration form to ARL. A $100 deposit is required to secure space in the symposium, and full payment is due by November 20th. ARL, Office of Scientific & Academic Publishing, 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Attention: Electronic Publishing Symposium. Phone: (202) 232-2466; FAX: (202) 462-7849. E-Mail address: symposium@e-math.ams.org. Contact at ARL: Virginia Blodgett. ********** I.A.2. Fr: Don Walker Re: ACL-93 CALL FOR PAPERS ACL-93 CALL FOR PAPERS 31st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics June 22-26, 1993 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, USA TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original, and unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics, including, but not limited to, pragmatics, discourse, semantics, syntax, and the lexicon; phonetics, phonology, and morphology; interpreting and generating spoken and written language; linguistic, mathematical, and psychological models of language; language-oriented information retrieval; corpus-based language modelling; machine translation and translation aids; natural language interfaces and dialogue systems; message and narrative understanding systems; and theoretical and applications papers of every kind. REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe unique work; they should emphasize completed work rather than intended work; and they should indicate clearly the state of completion of the reported results. A paper accepted for presentation at the ACL Meeting cannot be presented at another conference. Self-references which reveal the authors' identity (e.g., ``We previously showed [Smith, 1991] . . .'') should be avoided as far as possible, since reviewing will be ``blind''. FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit four copies of FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit four copies of preliminary versions of their papers, not to exceed 3200 words (exclusive of references). To facilitate blind reviewing, two title pages are required. The first (one copy only, unattached) should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), complete addresses, a short (5 line) summary, and a specification of the topic area. The second (4 copies, heading the copies of the paper) should omit author names and addresses. Submissions that do not conform to this format will not be reviewed. As well, authors are strongly urged to email the title page (in directly readable ASCII form, with author information). Send to: Lenhart Schubert ACL-93 University of Rochester Department of Computer Science Rochester, NY 14627, USA fax: +1-716-461-2018 acl93@cs.rochester.edu SCHEDULE: Preliminary papers are due by 6 January 1993. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 March 1993. Camera-ready copies of final papers prepared in a double-column format, preferably using a laser printer, must be received by 1 May 1993, along with a signed copyright release statement. STUDENT SESSIONS: Following the ACL-91/92 successes, there will again be special Student Sessions organized by a committee of ACL graduate student members. ACL student members are invited to submit short papers describing innovative work in progress in any of the topics listed above. The papers will be reviewed by a committee of students and faculty members for presentation in workshop-style sessions. There is a separate call for papers; to get one or for other information contact Linda Suri or Sandra Carberry, University of Delaware, Computer & Information Science, 103 Smith Hall, Newark, DE 19716, USA; +1-302-831-2712; +1-302-831-8458 fax; suri@cis.udel.edu or carberry@cis.udel.edu. OTHER ACTIVITIES: The meeting will include a program of tutorials coordinated by Philip Cohen, SRI International, Artificial Intelligence Center, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; +1-415-859-4840; pcohen@ai.sri.com. Some of the ACL Special Interest Groups may arrange workshops or other activities. CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Local arrangements are being chaired by Terry Patten, Ohio State University, Computer & Information Science, 2036 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; +1-614-292-3989; patten@cis.ohio-state.edu. Anyone wishing to arrange an exhibit or present a demonstration should send a brief description together with a specification of physical requirements (space, power, telephone connections, tables, etc.) to Robert Kasper,Ohio State University, Linguistics, 222 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; +1-614-292-2844; kasper@ling.ohio-state.edu. ACL INFORMATION: For other information on the conference and on the ACL more generally, contact Don Walker (ACL), Bellcore, MRE 2A379, 445 South Street, Box 1910, Morristown, NJ 07960-1910, USA; +1-201-829-4312; walker@bellcore.com. 1993 LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE: The 57th Linguistic Institute, sponsored by the LSA and co-sponsored by the ACL, will be held at The Ohio State University, in Columbus, Ohio, from June 28 until August 6, 1993, beginning right after the annual meeting of ACL. It will feature a number of computational linguistics courses, as described in the September 1992 issue of The FINITE STRING. For more information and application forms, see the June 1992 issue of the LSA Bulletin, or contact Linguistic Institute, Department of Linguistics, 222 Oxley Hall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; +1-614-292-4052; +1-614-292-4273 fax; linginst@ling.ohio-state.edu. ********** I.A.3. Fr: Don Walker Re: ACL-93 STUDENT SESSIONS -- CALL FOR PAPERS ACL-93 CALL FOR STUDENT PAPERS Student Sessions at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics 22 - 26 June, 1993 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio, USA PURPOSE: The goal of these sessions is to provide a forum for student members to present their work in progress and receive feedback from other members of the computational linguistics community, particularly senior researchers. The sessions will be workshop-style, consisting of short paper presentations and discussion. The papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings. Note that having student sessions for the presentation of ongoing work in NO way influences the treatment of student-written papers submitted to the main conference. Rather, the student sessions will provide an entirely separate track emphasizing students' work in progress rather than completed work. REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe original, unpublished work in progress that demonstrates insight, creativity, and promise. Topics of interest are the same as for the main conference. Authors must have ACL Student Membership (or be students even though paying the regular member rate because they earn a regular income) at the time of the conference. For membership information contact Don Walker at the address below. Because of differences in focus (complete results vs. work in progress) and submission format, papers submitted to the main conference can not be considered for the student sessions. Students may, of course, submit DIFFERENT papers to BOTH the main conference and the student sessions, and papers on different aspects of a particular problem or project are acceptable. Self-references which reveal the authors' identity should be avoided as much as possible (e.g., write ``[Smith, 1991] showed that ...'' instead of ``We previously showed [Smith, 1991] ...''), since reviewing will be ``blind''. FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Submitted papers are limited to 3 pages (including a mandatory abstract, references, figures, and appendices) and must be laid out in the conventional double-column conference format, with typeface no smaller than 10 pt. For LaTeX users, the ``aaai'', ``kr89'', and ``ijcai91'' styles are recommended. Each page must have a 1" margin on all sides. To accommodate a blind-review process, the author and institution information must not be included in the paper submissions. Rather, a SEPARATE cover page must be supplied, including the title of the paper, name(s) of the author(s), postal addresses, email addresses (if available), phone numbers, and a copy of the abstract. MEDIUM OF SUBMISSION: Authors have the option of submitting their papers by hardcopy only, by email only, or by both hardcopy and email. Email submissions are encouraged. EMAIL ONLY SUBMISSION: LaTeX, Postscript, or ASCII formats are acceptable. For portability, email submissions should use a standard font, such as computer modern, and 8.5"x11" or A4 size pages. Authors submitting a LaTeX source file should include any style files used by the source file. NOTE: the cover page must be mailed in a separate email message from the paper. Email submissions should be sent to: acl93-student-submit@cis.udel.edu HARDCOPY ONLY SUBMISSION: Four copies of the paper and one copy of the cover page should be sent to: Linda Suri (ACL Student Sessions) Department of Computer and Information Sciences 103 Smith Hall University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716, USA HARDCOPY AND EMAIL SUBMISSION: the guidelines for EMAIL ONLY SUBMISSION should be followed, and one copy of the paper and one copy of the cover page should be sent to Suri at the address above. SCHEDULE: Submissions in either format must be RECEIVED by 1 FEBRUARY 1993. Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged by 5 FEBRUARY 1993. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 MARCH 1993. Camera-ready copies of final papers must be received by 1 MAY 1993. STUDENT SESSIONS INFORMATION: If you have questions about the student sessions, contact Linda Suri or Sandra Carberry at the postal address above, by phone at +1-302 831-2712, by fax at +1-302 831-8458, or by sending email to suri@cis.udel.edu or carberry@cis.udel.edu. CONFERENCE INFORMATION: For registration forms and other information on the conference and on the ACL more generally, contact Don Walker (ACL), Bellcore, MRE 2A379, 445 South Street, Box 1910, Morristown, NJ 07960-1910, USA; +1-201 829-4312; walker@bellcore.com. ********** ********** I.A.4. Fr: Mike Shepherd Re: CAIS/ACSI'93 CAIS/ACSI'93 21st Annual Conference Canadian Association for Information Science Information as a Global Commodity -- Communication, Processing and Use St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada July 12-14, 1993 The annual CAIS/ACSI conference provides a national and international forum for the presentation and discussion of research and development in information science. The focus of this year's conference is on information as a global commodity and, as such, includes, but is not limited to the following: Communication and networking Evaluating systems and content Producing and packaging Transborder data issues Standards and protocols Information in developing countries Research issues Assessing value and adding value. STUDENTS: Student presentations or posters are encouraged and an award will be given to the best student presentation. CONTRIBUTIONS: The format of this year's conference will include keynote speakers, presentations, panel discussions, and demonstrations or tutorials. Papers will be fully refereed and proceedings will be available at the conference. Papers are limited to eight single-spaced pages. Anyone interested in participating should send a paper or proposal outlining the type of presentation (demonstration, poster, panel, or tutorial), by 1 March 1993, to: Dr. Carolyn Watters Dept. of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Science Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 3J5 email: watters@cs.dal.ca fax: 902-494-5130 IMPORTANT DATES: 1 March 1993 - papers and proposals 15 April 1993 - notification of acceptance 1 June 1993 - camera-ready copy of papers due. For further information abut Antigonish, accommodations and local arrangements, please contact. Ernst Schuegraf Box 55, St. Francis Xavier University Dept. of Mathematics and Computing Sciences Antigonish, Nova Scotia Canada Canada B2G 1C0 email: schuegraf@essex.stfx.ca FAX: 902-867-5153 Phone: 902-867-2269 ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. 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