Information Retrieval List Digest 314 (July 8, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-314 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 July 8, 1996 Volume XIII, Number 27 Issue 314 ********************************************************** I. QUERIES 1. Patent on Hypertext Indexing and Retrieval II. JOBS 1. U. Texas, Austin: Dean, GSLIS 2. CNI: Assistant Systems Coordinator III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. The Information Society Journal: Moving to Indiana U. 2. Machine Translation (journal) B. Meetings 1. SIGIR '96 2. LITA/LAMA National Conference C. Miscellaneous 1. US Researchers - NSF Target Date Change ********************************************************** I. QUERIES I.1. Fr: Yanhong Li Re: Patent on Hypertext Indexing and Retrieval I have a pending patent on hypertext indexing and retrieval which is fundamentally different from the traditional search engines and is much better and faster. I am wondering if any company is interested in this kind of patent. Thanks Yanhong Li yli@cs.buffalo.edu ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Mary Lynn Rice-Lively Re: UT@Austin: Dean, GSLIS DEAN Graduate School of Library and Information Science The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS). The Dean is expected to provide creative and visionary leadership for continuing and enhancing the School's national ranking as an outstanding program in library and information studies and for leading the School in nationally recognized research initiatives such as those connected with digital libraries, multimedia, and other new forms of information technology. The Dean is the chief executive officer of the School and reports to the Provost of the University. In addition to outstanding credentials in teaching and research, candidates should possess the following qualifications: -- An earned doctorate and the ability to meet standards for appointment at the rank of professor (with tenure) in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science -- Recognition in funded research at the national level with an interest in helping faculty and students focus and extend their research programs -- Experience and skill in general development fundraising -- A strong appreciation for and commitment to the multiple disciplines and cultures which intermingle in library and information science: archival enterprise and electronic records, preservation and conservation, informatics, and library and information service environments of all kinds which range from public to private and commercial venues. -- Strong skills in communication and the management of change with the ability to build on the strong working environment present in the school -- Ability to represent the school strongly and creatively within the University and within the wider academic and professional arena Candidates with backgrounds in all appropriate fields are welcome. The University of Texas at Austin is the oldest and largest of The University of Texas System's 15 component institutions. It has a main campus of 357 acres and 110 buildings, 48,500 students, 2300 faculty members and a staff of more than 10,000. Austin is located on the Colorado River at the eastern edge of the beautiful Texas Hill Country, and boasts a pleasant, mild climate, a diverse culture, and an economy based primarily on state government, the University, and a number of high technology industries. The GSLIS is one of the 14 colleges and schools that comprise the University, with approximately 475 graduate students, 18 tenure track and more than twenty adjunct faculty. It offers the Ph.D. and MLIS degrees, post-master's and continuing education studies, and supports various professional certification programs. The MLIS degree is presently divided into five tracks: Librarianship, Learning Resources, Information Science, Archival and Records Enterprise, and Preservation and Conservation. The school has strong relationships with such other units on campus as the Colleges of Communication, Education, and Business, the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the Computation Center, and the University's libraries, as well as with government and business agencies in the area; and it is in the process of implementing an Executive MLIS program. The GSLIS is especially intent on the integration of information technology into its vision of library and information services and supports this with a well-equipped and growing information processing facility, special information technology courses and education, and a curriculum which contains information technology components in all areas. Applications and nominations will be accepted until August 15, 1996; after this date the Committee may request and consider credentials from candidates nominated by responsible sources. Nominations and applications should be accompanied by a letter discussing relevant experience and accomplishments, a curriculum vitae, and the names of four references. These materials should be sent to: Professor Francis Miksa, Chair Consultative Committee for the Selection of the Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Graduate School of Library & Information Science The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712-1276 The University of Texas at Austin is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. ********** II.2. Fr: Paul Evan Peters Re: CNI: Assistant Systems Coordinator (New Position) ASSISTANT SYSTEMS COORDINATOR Washington, DC (Dupont Circle) association working on the scholarly and intellectually productive uses of the Internet. Opportunity to assist in the operation and enhancement of Internet discussion list, Web, FTP, gopher, and search/retrieve servers; also, to assist in the maintenance and upgrading of Unix, MacOS, DOS, and Windows operating systems. Strong communication skills and experience with Internet technologies required. Some travel required. Team setting. College degree preferred. Minimum salary $28,000.00. Email, fax, or mail cover letter, resume, names and contact information for three references, and salary history to Jackie Eudell: jackie@cni.org; fax 202-872-0884; or, Coalition for Networked Information, 21 Dupont Circle, NW, #800, Washington, DC 20036. EOE. Paul Evan Peters Executive Director fax 202-872-0884 Coalition for Networked Information 202-296-5098 21 Dupont Circle ftp://ftp.cni.org/ Washington, DC 20036 gopher://gopher.cni.org:70/ USA http://www.cni.org/CNI.homepage.html ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Rob Kling Re: The Information Society Journal: Moving Offices to Indiana U. THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (journal) is moving from the University of California to Indiana University - Bloomington If you are sending a manuscript to TIS for review and possible publication, (or reviewing an articles) please send your materials to Indiana University (below). However, if you wish to contact the Editor-in-Chief (Professor Rob Kling), you can reach him by phone, fax or email at UC Irvine until July 15, 1996 and at Indiana University after July 25. Professor Rob Kling Editor in Chief, The Information Society Center for Social Informatics School of Library and Information Science 10th and Jordan Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405-1801 email - internet: rkling@indiana.edu (after July 25) Phone: 812-855-9763; Fax: 812-855-0078 Contact by phone, fax or email until July 15. Professor Rob Kling University of California, Irvine Irvine, Ca 92717 tel: (714) 824-5160 fax: (714)824-8096 (until July 15) email - internet: kling@ics.uci.edu http://www.ics.uci.edu/~kling TIS's web page (http://www.ics.uci.edu/~kling/tis.html) will also move to Indiana University by the end of July. ********** III.A.2. Fr: harold@ccl.umist.ac.uk (Harold Somers) Re: Machine Translation (journal) MACHINE TRANSLATION Announcement and Call for Papers The journal "Machine Translation" has a new editor and editorial board. Editor: Harold Somers, Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, Manchester Book Review Editor: Doug Arnold, Department of Language & Linguistics, University of Essex, Colchester While respecting its historical link with the field of MT, "Machine Translation" is changing and broadening its scope of interest to encompass all branches of Computational Linguistics and Language Engineering, wherever they incorporate a MULTILINGUAL aspect. We therefore welcome submissions to the journal on THEORETICAL, DESCRIPTIVE OR COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS of any of the following topics: * machine translation and machine-aided translation * human translation theory and practise * multilingual text composition and generation * multilingual information retrieval and natural language interfaces * multilingual dialogue systems and message understanding systems * corpus-based and statistical language modelling * connectionist approaches to translation * compilation and use of bi- and multilingual corpora * discourse phenomena and (human or machine) translation * contrastive linguistics * software localization and internationalization * speech processing, especially for speech translation * computational implications of non-Roman character sets * language engineering for minority languages * history of machine translation We would also welcome your suggestions about other features you would like to see in this journal, for example, special issues, squibs, topical comment. See our web pages at http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/harold/MTjnl Submission of manuscripts: For information about submission, contact the Editorial office, Machine Translation, Kluwer Academic Publishers, PO Box 17, NL-3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands; tel. (+31) 78 639 2911; fax 2254; e-mail editdept@wkap.nl; From North America contact Machine Translation Editorial office, PO Box 230, Accord, MA 02018-0230. Any other comments or queries to Harold Somers (MT journal), Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD; fax +44 161 200 3099; e-mail harold@ccl.umist.ac.uk ********** III.B.1. Fr: sigir96@ubilab.ubs.ch (SIGIR '96) Re: SIGIR '96 SIGIR '96 Call for Participation 19th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval Held at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland August 18 - August 22, 1996 Organized by: UBILAB, Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich In co-operation with: ACM AICA-GLIR (Italy) BCS-IRSG (UK) CEPIS-EIRSG (Europe) GI (Germany) IPSJ (Japan) OECG (Austria) SI (Switzerland) ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: SIGIR '96 is an international research conference on information retrieval (IR) theory, systems, and applications. The ACM SIGIR conference occurs annually, alternating between locations in North America and elsewhere (e.g. Europe). It attracts a broad range of professionals including theoreticians, developers, publishers, researchers, educators, and designers of systems, interfaces, information bases, and related applications. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: SATURDAY: Tour to Mt. Pilatus and Lucerne SUNDAY: Tutorials: (- Algorithmic and Cognitive Approaches for Information Retrieval - The Use of Logic in Information Retrieval Modelling - Building and Applying Digital Libraries - Evaluation of IR Systems - Models in Information Retrieval). Get-together. MONDAY: Newcomers' breakfast. Keynote address: Andy Hopper on "The Network Computer." Four sessions of contributed papers Poster session and demonstrations. Evening reception TUESDAY: Seven sessions of contributed papers. Panel session: Test collections. Banquet at the Kongresshaus. WEDNESDAY: Four sessions of contributed papers. Guided tour of Zurich. THURSDAY: Post-conference research workshops on (- Foundations of Advanced Information Visualization for Information Retrieval Systems - Courseware, Training and Curriculum in Information Retrieval - Research in Information Retrieval and the Practical Needs of Research and Cultural Libraries - Cross-Linguistic Information Retrieval Workshop - Networked Information Retrieval). FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION: http://www.ubilab.ubs.ch/sigir96/welcome.html. Questions should be addressed to sigir96@ubilab.ubs.ch. ********** III.B.2. Fr: Marie-Louise Settem Re: U. S. RESEARCHERS -- NSF TARGET DATE CHANGE The proposal submission target date for the NSF Database and Expert Systems Program has been extended: THE NEW TARGET DATE IS SEPTEMBER 15, 1996 (for winter 1997 funding) The next target date is February 15, 1997 (for summer 1997 funding). For more information, see the web page listed in my signature block. The Database and Expert Systems welcomes proposals in Information Retrieval. I plan to attend SIGIR '96 in August, and I hope to meet many of you then. Barbara Blaustein Internet: bblauste@nsf.gov Database and Expert Systems Program Bitnet: bblauste@nsf National Science Foundation Phone: 703-306-1926 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1115 Fax: 703-306-0599 Arlington, VA 22230 URL: http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iris/DBEShome.html ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. Send subscription requests and submissions to: NCGUR@UCCMVSA.UCOP.EDU Editorial Staff: Clifford Lynch calur@uccmvsa.ucop.edu Nancy Gusack ncgur@uccmvsa.ucop.edu The IRLIST Archives is set up for anonymous FTP. Using anonymous FTP via the host ftp.dla.ucop.edu, the files will be found in the directory /data/ftp/pub/irl, stored in subdirectories by year (e.g., data/ftp/pub/irl/1993). 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