Information Retrieval List Digest 341 (January 20, 1997) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-341.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 January 20, 1997 Volume XIV, Number 3 Issue 341 ********************************************************** II. JOBS 1. The World College of Journalism and Communications: LIS, Associate Professor III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. JASIS February 1997 TOC 2. JASIS Call for Papers B. Meetings 1. HIM '97 2. COLING/ACL-98 IV. PROJECTS C. Fellowships, Grants, & Scholarships 1. NSF-JSPS Short-Term Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan 2. NSF-STA Short-Term Fellowship Program for Japan ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Lai Ting-Ming Re: The World College of Journalism and Communications: LIS, Associate Professor Department of Library and Information Studies The World College of Journalism and Communications Taipei, Taiwan The Department of Library and Information Studies at the World College of Journalism and Communications invites applications for a full-time, tenure track, Associate Professor position to begin Fall Semester, 1997. The DLIS faculty seeks a colleague who has a broad interest in and perspective on the information field. A Ph.D. degree in Information Science, Computer Science, or related field and fluency in Chinese are required. The successful candidate will teach primarily in the core of required computer-relevant courses of undergraduate program. Applicants should submit the following materials before May 31, 1997: 1. a letter of interest 2. curriculum vita; 3. copy of the Ph.D. diploma; 4. copies of transcripts of graduate studies; 5. publication list. Applications should be addressed to: Dr. Ting-Ming Lai, Chairman Department of Library and Information Studies The World College of Journalism and Communications No.1, Lane 17, Mucha Rd. Sec.1 Taipei 11603 Taiwan Phone: 886-2-236-8225-601 Fax: 886-2-236-1722 E-mail: tmlai@cc.wcjc.edu.tw ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Richard Hill Re: JASIS February 1997 TOC JASIS (Journal of the American Society for Information Science) VOLUME 48 NUMBER 2 FEBRUARY 1997 CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE Bert R. Boyce 95 RESEARCH Extending Theory for User-Centered Information Services: Diagnosing and Learning from Error in Complex Statistical Data Alice Robbin and Lee Frost-Kumpf 96 Integrating Structured Data and Text: A Relational Approach David A. Grossman, Ophir Frieder, David O. Holmes, and David C. Roberts 122 Evaluation of Search Results: A New Approach Vladimir G. Voiskunskii 133 Comparing Boolean and Probabilistic Information Retrieval Systems across Queries and Disciplines Robert M. Losee 143 A Graphical, Self-Organizing Approach to Classifying Electronic Meeting Output Richard E. Orwig, Hsinchun Chen, and Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr. 157 Science-Technology Coupling: The Case of Mathematical Logic and Computer Science Roland Wagner-D=F6bler 171 BRIEF COMMUNICATION Describing Technological Paradigm Transitions: A Methodological Exploration Danny P. Wallace and Connie Van Fleet 184 COVER Top: Rolodex index cards, a more primitive (however handy) form of data storage and retrieval. Bottom: Art Resource, NY. Scroll showing the family tree of Scottish kings and queens and their descendants. 14th century British Library, London, UK. A ``tree'' is used as a metaphor for seeking information. Who came first and who is related to whom--the tree takes us backward and forward in time.--Adrienne Weiss, Designer Richard Hill Executive Director, American Society for Information Science 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 Voice: (301) 495-0900 rhill@asis.org http://www.asis.org ********** III.A.2. Fr: Mark Evan Rorvig PhD Re: JASIS Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS Perspectives Issue of the J. of the American Society for Information Science VISUAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL INTERFACES Contributions are requested for a Perspectives Issue of JASIS on Visual Information Retrieval Interfaces (VIRIs) to be edited by Mark E. Rorvig and Lois Lunin, Associate Editor for JASIS Perspectives. VIRI technology has been enabled in the past three years by a combination of advances in processor speeds and rendering methods. A primary facet of VIRI systems is their tolerance for high recall searches since the goal of a VIRI is the exposition of relationships among items found in the retrieved set, rather than the presentation to searchers of ever longer lists of items, all probably relevant. Although a few system precursors of VIRIs have been available since the late 1980s, in the last three years more than fifty such systems have emerged, at least three of which have entered the commercial marketplace. Two workshops on VIRI technology have been held in conjunction with Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) International Conferences in Research and Development in Information Retrieval (ICRDIR) in 1995 and 1996. PAPERS ARE SOUGHT IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: History of VIRIs and precursor systems Reports of current systems either in place or in development Theoretical foundations of VIRIs (metrics, visual displays of data relationships, co-citation maps) Evaluation techniques applicable to VIRIs SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH MAY, 1997. Send submissions or requests for further information to Mark E. Rorvig. Mark E. Rorvig, Associate Professor School of Library and Information Sciences University of North Texas P.O. Box 13796 Denton, Texas 76203-6796 Off: 817-565-2445 Home: 817-484-8445 Fax: 817-565-3101 rorvig@lis.unt.edu mrorvig@jove.acs.unt.edu ********** III.B.11. Fr: Re: HIM '97 CALL FOR PAPERS HYPERTEXT - INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - MULTIMEDIA (HIM'97) September 29 - October 2, 1997 Dortmund, Germany In Cooperation with German Informatics Society (GI) Austrian Computer Society (OCG) Swiss Informaticians Society (SI) Hypertext, Information Retrieval and Multimedia are essential for designing and building current and future information systems that meet the demands of a wide range of applications and users. Thus, there is a clear need for combining the work of the three subfields in order to develop integrated HIM systems. The HIM conference strives to be a forum for this integration by bringing together researchers from the different communities. The first HIM conference took place at Konstanz in 1995. It was a joint effort of the three GI special interest groups on Hypertext, Information Retrieval and Electronic Multimedia Documents, following prior individual series of conferences in the three subfields. With almost 200 participants and publications from each of the three subfields as well as contributions presenting integrated approaches, HIM '95 was a great success. A variety of recently appearing, popular information systems can be seen as variations of HIM systems. The World Wide Web, Digital Libraries, Teleteaching, Video on Demand or Personalized Information Systems are examples of these new applications. TOPICS: HIM '97 seeks original papers on significant contributions to the broad fields of Hypertext, Information Retrieval and Multimedia covering the underlying theories, models, and implementations. Work dealing with the handling of all types of information in HIM systems is welcome. Papers describing approaches for the integration of the three subfields are especially relevant. We encourage discussions of experimental studies, tests of usability, explorations of information systems behavior, reports on large-scale system performance, and demonstrations of advanced approaches. Relevant papers should address (at the theoretical, methodological, system or application level) the analysis, design or evaluation of functions such as o Representation and Transformation o Storage and Compression o Versioning o Authoring and Cooperation o Presentation o Content Analysis o Browsing o Retrieval and Filtering o User Interaction for the following types of documents and databases: o Monomedia documents (text, graphics, image, audio, video) o Composite documents o Multimedia documents o Hypermedia documents o Active documents o Distributed documents and databases PAPER SUBMISSIONS: HIM is a bilingual conference, with German and English as conference languages. Papers may be written in either language, but must have an abstract in English. The length of the paper should not exceed 5000 words. Submit 4 copies to: Prof. Dr. Norbert Fuhr Computer Science VI University of Dortmund D-44221 Dortmund Germany Delivery address (for courier services): August-Schmidt-Str. 12 D-44227 Dortmund e-mail: fuhr@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de DEMONSTRATIONS: Demonstrations provide an excellent opportunity for first-hand, interactive experience with HIM systems. Presentations of experimental as well as commercial systems are welcome. Demonstrators will have to bring their own hardware equipment, but Internet access will be available. Persons interested in giving a demonstration should send a short proposal (up to 3 pages) to the Demonstrations Chair: Thomas R"olleke Computer Science VI University of Dortmund D-44221 Dortmund Germany e-mail: roelleke@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de DATES: April 11,1997 : Submission of papers May 30, 1997 : Submission of demonstration proposals July 1, 1997 : Author notification August 1, 1997 : Final manuscript due September 29, 1997 : Tutorials September 30 - October 2, 1997 : Conference CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT: J"org Westbomke University of Dortmund Computer Science I D-44221 Dortmund Germany Tel.: (+49) 231-755-6326 Fax: (+49) 231-755-6555 e-mail: him97@ls1.informatik.uni-dortmund.de You get latest information under http://ls1-www.informatik.uni-dortmund.de/HIM97/ ********** III.B.4. Fr: P. Isabelle Re: COLING/ACL-98 COLING/ACL-98 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT I am pleased to announce that the 17th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING-98) and the 36th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL-98) will be combined into a single major event: COLING/ACL-98. This landmark conference will take place during the week of August 10-14, 1998 on the main campus of the Universite de Montreal (Quebec, Canada). More information, including a call for papers, will be published in due course. Pierre Isabelle Chair, COLING/ACL-98 Organizing Committee ********************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.C.1. Fr: Maria Zemankova Re: NSF-JSPS Short-Term Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan Application target date: March 15, 1997 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has been asked to nominate a select group of American scientists and engineers to receive Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowships for 7-60 day research visits to Japan. The JSPS fellowships are meant to enable foreign researchers to carry out collaborative projects with counterparts in Japanese universities and inter-university research institutes. NSF hopes to nominate individuals that are established leaders in their respective research fields and that can provide coordination and networking to significantly advance U.S.-Japan collaboration in areas of direct interest to NSF. A typical fellowship recipient would work on a clearly defined research project in conjunction with a host researcher at a Japanese university laboratory. NSF nominees will also be expected to visit and interact with other Japanese laboratories in order to identify where the best work is being done in their field in Japan and to establish or strengthen personal contacts that will facilitate future collaborations and exchanges. Note that the JSPS fellowships are paid for and administered by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The NSF Japan and Korea Program receives applications and nominates selected candidates; JSPS makes the final decision. Applications to NSF will be internally evaluated and nominations will be made on the basis of NSF program priorities. The target date for applications to NSF is March 15, 1997. Research visits of 7-60 days starting any time between June 1, 1997 and March 31, 1998 can be considered under this cycle. Researchers may also apply for fellowships directly to JSPS through potential Japanese hosts. Such applications are considered in May and September for visits of 14-60 days starting any time in the following Japanese fiscal year (April 1 - March 31). FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, SEE http://www.twics.com/~nsftokyo/home.html Inquiries may be made by e-mail (JKPinfo@nsf.gov), phone (703-306-1701) or FAX (703-306-0474). ********** IV.C.2. Fr: Maria Zemankova Re: NSF-STA Short-Term Fellowship Program for Japan Application target date: March 15, 1997 STA SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR JAPAN The National Science Foundation (NSF) has been asked to nominate a select group of American scientists and engineers to receive Science and Technology Agency of Japan (STA) fellowships for 1-3 month research visits to Japan. The STA fellowships are meant to enable foreign researchers to carry out collaborative projects with counterparts in Japanese government laboratories and public research corporations. NSF hopes to nominate individuals that are established leaders in their respective research fields and that can provide coordination and networking to significantly advance U.S.-Japan collaboration in areas of direct interest to NSF. A typical fellowship recipient would work on a clearly defined research project in conjunction with a host researcher at a Japanese laboratory. NSF nominees will also be expected to visit and interact with other Japanese laboratories in order to identify where the best work is being done in their field in Japan and to establish or strengthen personal contacts that will facilitate future collaborations and exchanges. Note that the STA fellowships are paid for and administered by the Science and Technology Agency of Japan. The NSF Japan and Korea Program receives applications and nominates selected candidates; STA makes the final decision. Applications to NSF will be internally evaluated and nominations will be made on the basis of NSF program priorities. Priority will be given to individuals who have not previously received an STA (or parallel JSPS) Short-Term Fellowship. The target date for applications to NSF is March 15, 1997. Research visits of 1-3 months starting any time between June 1, 1997 and March 31, 1998 can be considered under this cycle. Researchers may also apply for fellowships directly to STA through potential Japanese hosts. Deadlines for such applications are January 20 for visits starting anytime between April and the following March, and June 20 for visits starting between October and the following March. Program details and an application form are given below, and also in the attached Word file. 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