Information Retrieval List Digest 209 (April 18, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-209 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 April 18, 1994 Volume XI, Number 16 Issue 209 ********************************************************** II. JOBS 1. CS Research Assistant, U. of Glasgow 2. Apple Computer ATG Summer Internships III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. ToC: Information Processing & Management, 30:4 B. Meetings 1. Boston Forum II 2. Workshops on Neural Networks in IR 3. CIKM '94 IV. PROJECTS C. Abstracts 1. Correction: IR-Related Dissertation Abstracts ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: keith@dcs.gla.ac.uk Re: Research Assistant, CS, U. of Glasgow UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING SCIENCE RESEARCH ASSISTANT (1B) Applications are invited from a Computing Science graduate (or a graduate with equivalent experience) for an R.A. position on a EU-funded three years basic research project FERMI: Formalisation and Experimentation on the Retrieval of Multimedia Information. Further details can be found on World Wide Web, the URL of the relevant page is http://www.dcs.glasgow.ac.uk/fermi/ Preference will be given to candidates with some knowledge of formal logic, probability theory and computer-based IR techniques. The successful applicant will be responsible for prototyping some of the results of the research. Applicants should be prepared to travel within Europe since the project has partners in France, Germany and Italy. It is intended to make an appointment for at least two years. Consideration will be given to applicants wishing to work part-time. An application, enclosing C.V. and the names and addresses of two referees, should be sent to: Professor C. J. van Rijsbergen University of Glasgow Department of Computing Science Glasgow, G12 8QQ. Salary Scale: 12,828 - 15,186 pounds Closing Date: 6 May, 1994 Enquiries: 041 330 4463 E-mail: anne@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk ********** II.2. Fr: Apple Computer ATG InfoTech Re: Apple Computer ATG Summer Internships The InfoTech project in Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group has two summer internship positions available for the summer of 1994. Starting dates are flexible, but the positions will last for approximately three months. POSITION 1: Job description: Work with senior researchers to design and implement client application for an experimental client/server information access system. REQUIRES: * graduate or upper-division undergraduate student in Computer Science or related field * C++ and Macintosh user interface programming experience (must be able to write a standalone application) PREFERRED: * interest in user-centered design * exposure to a variety of common interface components * familiarity with at least one relevance-ranking information retrieval system (e.g. SMART, WAIS, AppleSearch) POSITION 2: Job description: Work with senior researchers to design and implement components of a robust toolbox for information access systems. REQUIRES: * graduate or upper-division undergraduate student in Computer Science * C++ programming experience * eagerness to help design, build and evaluate large, complex systems PREFERRED: * experience with database implementation * knowledge of data-compression algorithms * familiarity with full-text indexing and search methods Please send resumes to as plain ASCII text only; do not send Postscript, uuencoded or BinHexed files. You may also send surface mail to the address below, or fax us at (408)-974-5505. Clearly indicate the position for which you feel most qualified. This announcment expires on June 30, 1994; do not respond after that date. Apple Computer, Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. InfoTech Project Apple Computer ATG One Infinite Loop, MS 301-4A Cupertino, CA 95014 ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Information Processing & Management Re: Table of Contents, 30:4 Volume 30, Number 4 1994 Carolyn Watters 455 Shifting the Information Paradigm from Michael A. Shepherd Data-Centered to User-Centered Ai-Mei Chang 473 A Hyperknowledge Framework of Decision Clyde W. Holsapple Support Systems Andrew B. Whinston Andrew Large 499 A Comparison of Information Retrieval Jamshid Beheshti from Print and Cd-ROM Versions of an Alain Breuleux Encyclopedia by Elementary School Andre Renaud Students Jacques Savoy 515 A Learning Scheme for Information Retrieval in Hypertext Ye-Sho Chen 535 The Simon-Yule Approach to P. Pete Chong Bibliometric Modeling Morgan Y. Tong H. Chen 557 Explaining and Alleviating Information A.K. Danowitz Management Indeterminism: A Knowledge- K.J. Lynch Based Framework S.E. Goodman W.K. McHenry Book Reviews D.M. Hildebrandt 579 The Electronic Journal: The Future of Serials-Based Information by Brian Cook (Ed.) Lee Ratzan 580 Three Views of the Internet by A.M. Cunningham and W. Wicks (Eds.) Linda Schamber 581 Information Retrieval Today by F.W. Lancaster and A.J. Warner Chun Wei Choo 582 Organizational Decision Making and Information by M. Browne William Brace 584 Research Library--Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. A Selection of Papers Presented at the International Seminars, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Center, Kanazawa, Japan, 1982-1992 by W.J. Welsh (Ed.) 585 Books Received ********** III.B.1. Fr: Donald T. Hawkins Re: Boston Forum II BOSTON FORUM II A Trend Analysis Meeting for the Electronic Information Industry Boston, MA, 11-13 July 1994 This meeting lasts two and a half days, divided into three sessions. Session 1 -- with Session Leaders Stephen Arnold of Arnold & Associates of Kentucky, and Martin Dillon of OCLC, Columbus Ohio -- concentrates on updating participants concerning technology impact: hardware, software, storage, networks and systems. Session 2 -- with Session Leaders Harry Collier of Infonortics, England, and Patrick Gibbins of Maris Multimedia, England -- covers markets and market realities for electronic information. During the afternoon period, attendees at the Forum will take part in an extensive case study. Session 3 -- with Session Leaders Arthur Elias of Information Management, Columbus, Ohio, and Larry Block of Block Associates, Florida -- covers economics, pricing and conditions of supply. Attendance at the Forum is limited to a maximum of 75 participants. Registration fee is $790 (with an early-bird discount prior to 1 June). Maximum value will be obtained by senior managers and executives, decision makers, strategists and policy makers concerned with the delivery of information in electronic form to different market sectors. The companies involved will be mainly in the publishing, database production or electronic delivery areas, in-house or external. For a detailed brochure and order form, contact Harry Collier of Infonortics at 100142,2211@compuserve.com ********** III.B.2. Fr: Johannes C. Scholtes <100322.250@CompuServe.COM> Re: Workshops on Neural Networks in Information Retrieval Neural Networks and Information Retrieval in a Libraries Context Amsterdam , The Netherlands Friday June 24, 1994 and Friday September 16, 1994 M.S.C. Information Retrieval Technologies BV, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is currently undertaking a study on Neural Networks and Information Retrieval in a Libraries Context, in collaboration with the Department of Computational Linguistics of the University of Amsterdam and the Department of Information Technology and Information Science at Amsterdam Polytechnic. This study is funded by the European Commission as a complementary measure under the Libraries Programme In this study the general application of artificial neural net (ANN) technology to information retrieval (IR) problems is investigated in a libraries context. Typical applications of this technology are advanced interface design, current awareness, SDI, fuzzy search and concept formation. FOR WHOM: INTERESTING FOR ALL: - Computer Companies - Information Management and Supply Companies - Government Agencies - Libraries - Universities and Polytechniques THAT ARE INTERESTED IN: - Neural Networks - Information Retrieval - Libraries Sciences - Natural Language Processing - Advanced Computer Science - Data compression FOR APPLICATIONS SUCH AS: - Current Awareness - Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) - Information Filtering - Automatic Contents Based Information Distribution - Categorization - Advanced Interface Design - Fuzzy Retrieval (Information recognized by Optical Character Recognition and Speech Recognition). - Retrieval Generalization - Thesaurus Generation - Information Compression - Juke box staging FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: M.S.C. Information Retrieval Technologies BV Dr Johannes C. Scholtes Dufaystraat 1 1075 GR AMSTERDAM The Netherlands Telephone:+31 20 679 4273 Fax:+31 20 6710 793 Internet:100322.250@compuserve.com or scholtes@msc.mhs.compuserve.com Compuserve:MHS: SCHOLTES@MSC or 100322,250 PROGRAM: JUNE 24, 1994 *Welcome and Introduction: Dr Ir Johannes C. Scholtes, President of MSC Information Retrieval Technologies B.V. *Tutorial Neural Networks (Back Propagation Kohonen Feature Maps): Dr Ir Johan Henseler, Forensic Laboratories, Head of Section Computer Criminality *Information Retrieval Application in Libraries: Dr E. Sieverts, Professor at Amsterdam Polytechnique. Library Program *Presentation Findings & State of the Art Report *Directions for (Commercial) Applications: Dr Ir Johannes C. Scholtes *Panel Discussion SEPTEMBER 16, 1994 *Welcome and Introduction: Dr Ir Johannes C. Scholtes. President of MSC Information Retrieval Technologies B.V. *Achievements: Dr Ir Johannes C. Scholtes. President of MSC Information Retrieval Technologies B.V. & Dr E. Sieverts. Professor at Amsterdam Polytechnique Library Program *Problem Issues: Dr E. Sieverts. Professor at Amsterdam Polytechnique. Library Program. *Commercial Implications by Dr Ir Johannes C. Scholtes. President of MSC Information Retrieval Technologies B.V. ********** III.B.3. Fr: Timothy Finin Re: NIST '94 C I K M ' 9 4 Third International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'94) November 29 - December 2, 1994 National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland Sponsored by: ACM SIGART and ACM SIGIR, in cooperation with: AAAI, NIST, UMBC, NSF, Purdue University, and Rutgers University. THE CONFERENCE: CIKM provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on information and knowledge management, as well as recent advances on data and knowledge bases. The purpose of the con ference is to identify challenging problems facing the development of future knowledge and information systems, and to shape future directions of research by soliciting and reviewing high quality, applied and theoretical research findings. An important part of the conference is the Workshops program which focuses on timely research challenges and initiatives. FOCUS: The topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following areas: o Application of knowledge representation techniques to semantic modeling * Development and management of heterogeneous knowledge bases * Automatic acquisition of data and knowledge bases (especially raw text) * Object-oriented DBMS * Optimization techniques * Transaction management * High performance OLTP systems * Security techniques * Performance evaluation * Hypermedia * Unconventional applications * Parallel database systems * Physical and logical database design * Data and knowledge sharing * Interchange and interoperability * Cooperation in heterogeneous systems * Domain modeling and ontology-building * Knowledge discovery in databases * Information storage and retrieval and interface technology * Concurrent engineering and computer integrated manufacturing * Digital Libraries * Multimedia Databases. PAPER AND WORKSHOP SUBMISSION: Authors are invited to submit papers and workshop proposals to the Program Chair at the following address: Nabil R. Adam, Professor and Chair Dept. of MS/CIS GSM - Rutgers University 180 University Ave. Newark, NJ 07102 E-mail: cikm94@adam.rutgers.edu Tel: (201) 648-5239 All papers and workshop proposals should reach the program chair by May 1, 94. Authors must send eight (8) DOUBLE-SIDED copies of each paper, not exceeding 5,000 words, accompanied by a cover let ter containing a list of all authors, their affiliations, telephone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and fax numbers. All submissions will be reviewed and judged with respect to quality and relevance. IMPORTANT DATES: Papers & Workshop Submission: ................. May 1, 1994. Notification of acceptance: ................... July 1, 1994. Camera Ready Copies Due: ...................... September 1, 1994. MORE INFORMATION: More information on CIKM-94 can be obtained in a variety of ways. 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