Information Retrieval List Digest 380 (November 10, 1997) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-380 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 November 10, 1997 Volume XIV, Number 42 Issue 380 ****************************************************************** II. JOBS 1. Rutgers U.: IR and Other LIS Positions 2. Nanyang Technological U., Singapore: Centre for Advanced IS: Research, Information Retrieval 3. Ubilab: Zurich: Research, Information Systems III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. FARNET's Washington Update 10/17/97 2. Information Retrieval with Asian Languages: Call for Papers 3. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship: Call for Papers 4. FARNET's Washington Update 10/24/97 5. FARNET's Washington Update 10/31/97 B. Meetings 1. SIGIR'98 2. Impact of the Internet on Communications Policy IV. PROJECTS D. Initiatives & Proposals 1. NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program, proposals due 1/30/98 ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Nicholas J. Belkin Re: Rutgers U.: IR and other LIS Positions RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY Campus at New Brunswick School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS) We seek applicants for several anticipated tenure-track Assistant Professor Positions to begin in Fall 1998. SCILS is a multidisciplinary professional school including three departmental faculties: Communication, Journalism / Mass Media, and Library and Information Studies. Our curricula emphasize international and organizational communication; traditional and emerging media; interactions of humans and technologies; and cultural issues of media, information and communication. These positions offer opportunities to participate in undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs, and an emerging emphasis in distance education. Salary highly competitive. (For information regarding positions emphasizing areas of communication, public relations, media studies, and research methods, please contact the school.) LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE: The Library and Information Studies faculty teach in three graduate programs: Master of Library Service (MLS), Master of Communication and Information Studies (MCIS), and the Ph.D. in Communication, Information and Library Studies. Successful applicants will have a completed doctorate, excellence in teaching, prior publications, and a developing line of original research. We seek candidates who teach and conduct research in one or more of the following areas: SYSTEMS: Library and Information Services; Information Technology; Digital Libraries; Multimedia; Human-Technology Interfaces; Information Retrieval; Library Automation; Health Informatics MANAGEMENT: Economics of Information; Managing Electronic Information Resources; Records Management; Information Policy PROCESSES: Classification; Knowledge Representation; Human-Computer Interaction; Information Seeking and Use; Organization of Information STRUCTURES: Social and Technological Information Issues and Effects; National and Global Information Infrastructure; Networked Information Environments; Media Ethics and Literacy Deadline for application is December 1, 1997, or until positions are filled. Send cover letter, vita, a representative sample of scholarship, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three references. Do not request reference letters. In a cover letter, please describe your areas of expertise; teaching experiences; the methodological and conceptual approaches you bring to your research; and discuss your fit within a multidisciplinary professional school. Todd Hunt, Acting Dean School of Communication, Information and Library Studies Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071 We strongly urge minority candidates to apply. ********** II.2. Fr: Khoo Soo Guan Re: Nanyang Technological U., Singapore: Centre for Advanced IS: Research, Information Retrieval Greetings from Singapore. There is an opening for a Post Doctoral Fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Information Systems, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, to do research in Information Retrieval. The position is for two years starting Dec 97 or Jan 98. I've been told that the monthly salary is about S$3,500 (US$1 = S$1.55) but is negotiable. Please let me know if you're interested. Best wishes, Chris Khoo School of Applied Science Nanyang Technological University Singapore ********** II.3. Fr: Maria.Barja@ubs.com Re: Ubilab: Zurich: Research, Information Systems RESEARCH POSITION IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS UBILAB, UBS (UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND) ZURICH, SWITZERLAND The corporate IT research and innovation laboratory of Union Bank of Switzerland, Ubilab, is looking for a research staff member in the area of Information Systems. Ubilab pursues a small number of attractive, highly competitive research projects, often in cooperation with other research institutions in Switzerland and abroad. In addition, Ubilab serves the bank as an effective IT consultant on both the strategic and tactical levels. The available position is within Ubilab's Information Systems group. The group is currently working on a project which has as objective to support information gathering from heterogeneous and distributed information sources. We are currently developing a prototype system named Bellevue which offers full-fledged information retrieval capabilities across different types of information sources, including relational and object-oriented databases and WWW sites. The development of this system requires a combination of database, information retrieval, distributed systems, knowledge-based and decision support techniques. Our new research staff member--ideally with a PhD--will complement and strengthen the capabilities, skills, and expertise of existing project team members. The successful candidate must have an adequate research and publication record in at least one of the above mentioned fields, experience in object-oriented software development, and a demonstrated capability in implementing high-quality, robust systems. Ubilab is centrally located in the down-town Zurich area and employs some twenty researchers of various nationalities. Please refer to our World Wide Web page at URL http://www.ubs.com/ubilab for more detailed information. Please send your resume to: Dr. Maria Luisa Barja Ubilab Union Bank of Switzerland Bahnhofstr. 45 8021 Zurich Switzerland Tel.: +41-1-236-5714/+41-1-236-1216 e-mail: Maria.Barja@ubs.com http://www.ubs.com/ubilab* ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Garret Sern Re: FARNET's Washington Update 10/17/97 FARNET'S WASHINGTON UPDATE --- OCTOBER 17, 1997 In this issue: Internet2 receives researchers' praises, looks to the future. CEO forum releases report on technology in America's schools. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Written from FARNET's Washington office, "FARNET's Washington Update" is a service to FARNET members and other interested subscribers. We gratefully acknowledge EDUCOM's NTTF and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) for additional support. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Garret Sern at garret@farnet.org. *********** III.A.2. Fr: Khoo Soo Guan Re: Information Retrieval with Asian Languages: Call for Papers Call for Articles A Special Issue of Information Processing & Management on Information Retrieval with Asian Languages Interest is growing in effective and efficient retrieval of relevant information from large unstructured databases. Research in information retrieval (IR) has expanded its scope widely with advances in related areas such as natural language processing, machine learning, and human-computer interactions. Especially with the explosion of information in the World Wide Web, the need for information retrieval and related functions has become ubiquitous regardless of languages and cultures. This special issue will be devoted to research and development in information retrieval with Asian languages. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: * retrieval or routing of texts at variouls levels of granularity * cross-language text retrieval * automated text categorization * infomation extraction and filtering * automatic text summarization (including automatic abstracting) * use of machine readable dictionaries and/or thesauri * language- or task-specific user interfaces for IR-related systems * various natural language processing techqniques for IR-related tasks. Interested authors should submit five copies of their articles by December 15, 1997, to: Prof. Sung H. Myaeng Dept. of Computer Science Chungnam National University Yusong-ku, Taejon 305-764 Korea Phone: +82-42-821-5446 Fax: +82-42-822-9959 E-mail: shmyaeng@cs.chungnam.ac.kr http://irsun.chungnam.ac.kr - The tentative publication date is August, 1998. - Only papers not published elsewhere will be considered for publication. However papers already presented at a conference or workshop are acceptable only if they are additionally updated, nrevised, or enlarged. - Length: The final article should be about 8-10 typeset pages (approximately 20-25 typed, double-spaced, pages). ********** III.A.3. Fr: Andrea Duda Re: Call for Papers: Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL) is an electronic publication of the Science and Technology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. It is available on the world wide web at http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/ We invite your submissions for a theme issue on web-based resources (journals and databases) in sci-tech libraries. Articles should be substantive and may address any aspect of this topic. Possible subjects include * selection of resources * licensing issues* promoting the use of electronic resources * budgetary issues * publishers' plans for new or enhanced services * creating and maintaining the digital library. Completed articles for this issue will be due by January 15, 1998. Send your abstract or outline to duda@library.ucsb.edu for consideration by the editorial board. Please contact me if you have any questions. Andrea L. Duda Networked Information Access Coordinator Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara E-mail: duda@library.ucsb.edu InfoSurf: http://www.library.ucsb.edu ********** III.A.4. Fr: Garret Sern Re: FARNET's Washington Update 10/24/97 FARNET's Washington Update --- October 24, 1997 In this issue: FCC releases third report and order on universal service, providing "windows" of equal priority. Congress presses for early adjournment, leaving key telecommunication issues for 106th Congress. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Written from FARNET's Washington office, "FARNET's Washington Update" is a service to FARNET members and other interested subscribers. We gratefully acknowledge EDUCOM's NTTF and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)for additional support. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Garret Sern at garret@farnet.org. ********** III.A.5. Fr: Garret Sern Re: FARNET's Washington Update 10/31/97 FARNET'S WASHINGTON UPDATE --- OCTOBER 31, 1997 In this issue: NGI funding surpasses original pessimistic expectations. Universal service website dealyed one month. Department of Commerce hosts conference on TIIAP program. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Written from FARNET's Washington office, "FARNET's Washington Update" is a service to FARNET members and other interested subscribers. We gratefully acknowledge Educom's NTTF and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)for additional support. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Garret Sern at garret@farnet.org. ********** III.B.1. Fr: Alistair Moffat Re: SIGIR'98 SIGIR'98 - ACM Conference on Information Retrieval The Twenty-First Annual International ACM--SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, jointly hosted by the Departments of Computer Science at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the University of Melbourne, will be held in Melbourne, Australia, from the 24th to the 28th of August 1998. The Call for Papers and other information relating to the conference is now available at http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/sigir98/. Please register your name on the conference mailing list (for both physical and electronic mail) via the conference web page if you have an interest in submitting a paper to or attending SIGIR'98. If you do not have access to the electronic registration form, send your name and postal address to sigir98@cs.mu.oz.au or to SIGIR'98 at fax number +61 3 93481184 and you will be manually added to the mailing list. Alistair Moffat alistair@cs.mu.oz.au Justin Zobel jz@cs.mu.oz.au SIGIR'98 Chairs ********** III.B.2. Fr: Joan K Lippincott Re: Impact of the Internet on Communications Policy Conference HARVARD INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT Conference on Impact of the Internet on Communications Policy Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA December 3-5, 1997 Cooperating Institutions: Center for Law and Information Technology, Harvard Law School European Commission Federal Communications Commission Industry Canada International Telecommunication Union This conference will explore the impact of the Internet on existing national and international communications policies, including universal service, network interconnection, and the roles of national and international institutions. The Harvard Information Infrastructure Project (HIIP) activity is intended to assist policy makers and business leaders as they grapple with the underlying legal, economic, and technological challenges that the Internet presents to the assumptions that underlie these policies. In addition to presenting new scholarly work, the conference will provide a dialogue among government officials, industry representatives, and academics to explore new models for advancing the development of communications infrastructure and services. A full discussion of the issues to be taken up at the conference is set forth in the conference announcement: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/iip/iicompol/first.html This page links to hotel information and a draft agenda, which will be updated on a regular basis. The conference will commence with a reception on Wednesday evening, December 3, and will conclude at approximately 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 5. Events will be held at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Members of the Steering Committee are: Deborah Hurley, Harvard Information Infrastructure Project James Keller, Harvard Information Infrastructure Project Prabir Neogi, Industry Canada Robert Pepper, Federal Communications Commission Robert Shaw, International Telecommunication Union Lee Tuthill, World Trade Organization Christopher Wilkinson, European Commission FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Nora O'Neil nora_o'neil@harvard.edu Coordinator, Information Infrastructure Project John F. Kennedy School of Government 79 John F. Kennedy St. Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-1389; Fax: 617-495-5776 http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/iip ****************************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.D.1. Fr: Maria Zemankova Re: NSF Major Research Instrumentation Program, proposals due 1/30/98 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Office of Science & Technology Infrastructure (OSTI) MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAM (MRI) Instrument Development and Acquisition Solicitation (NSF 98-16) (http://www.nsf.gov/od/osti/mri/mri.htm) DEADLINE: January 30, 1998 BACKGROUND: The Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) is designed to improve the condition of scientific and engineering equipment and facilities for research and research training in our Nation's academic institutions. This program seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, and to foster the integration of research and education by providing instrumentation for research-intensive learning environments. Proposals submitted in response to this program solicitation will be competing for about $50 million in Fiscal Year 1998. The overall proposal funding rate for the FY 1997 MRI competition was approximately 33%. Past experience has proven that the MRI program is an excellent opportunity for NSF to partner with academic institutions for the acquisition of state-of-the-art, high-cost, research instrumentation and for the development of the next-generation research instrumentation. This instrumentation *must* be accessible for *both* *research* and *research training* purposes thus fostering NSF's core strategy of integrating research and education. Recommendation: To learn about additional cross-disciplinary activities, please follow the OSTI information (http://www.nsf.gov/od/osti). Maria Zemankova, Ph.D. Deputy Division Director, Information, Robotics & Intelligent Systems* Acting Program Director, Database and Expert Systems** National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1115 Arlington, VA 22230 email: mzemanko@nsf.gov Phone: 703-306-1926 Fax: 703-306-0599 URL: http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iris/ * Soon to become: Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) ** Soon to become: Information and Data Management (IDM) ****************************************************************** 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: nancy.gusack@ucop.edu Editorial Staff: Nancy Gusack nancy.gusack@ucop.edu Cliff Lynch (emeritus) cliff@cni.org The IRLIST Archives is set up for anonymous FTP. 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