Information Retrieval List Digest 399 (March 30, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-399.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 March 30, 1998 Volume XV, Number 13 Issue 399 ****************************************************************** II. JOBS 1. UC Irvine: Engineering & CS Librarian 2. Analytical Sciences, Inc.: IS Manager III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. Machine Translation: Special Issue 2. FARNET's Washington Update -- March 16,1998: Correction 3. JASIS, Vol 49, no.4 B. Meetings 1. 2nd CfP Konvens98 2. Fifth International ISKO Conference in Lille 3. 1998 AAAI-FS CFP 4. CFP: 2nd Workshop on Adaptive Hypertext and Hypermedia 5. FOIS'98 - CALL FOR PARTECIPATION 6. LREC Workshop Announcement ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. =46r: Julia Gelfand Re: UC Irvine: Engineering & CS Librarian The Libraries at the University of California, Irvine invite applications for the position of Engineering & Computer Science Librarian. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The Engineering and Computer Science Librarian is a member of the team-based Science Library Research and Instructional Services Department. The primary reporting line is to the Head of the Department; as a bibliographer, also reports to the Head of Collection Development. As a Research and Instructional Services Librarian, shares responsibilities for general reference and instructional services. These responsibilities include: reference desk service (including weekend and evening service); research consultation; electronic reference service; and online searching. Provides specialized reference and instructional services for engineering and computer science. Develops and maintains a variety of printed and electronic guides to specialized library resources in Engineering and Computer Science. Maintains a close working relationship with other science and medical librarians and actively participates in departmental/divisional team activities. As a bibliographer, develops and manages collections in electrical and computer engineering, materials science, mechanical and aerospace engineering, civil and environmental engineering, chemical and biochemical engineering, information and computer science, and a developing collection in biomedical engineering. Manages collection budget for each area. Serves as liaison librarian to the four departments in the School of Engineering and to the Department of Information and Computer Science. Works closely with colleagues who serve the Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences and the College of Medicine. Actively participates in the Engineering/ Medicine/Sciences bibliographers team and the Bibliographers Group. Works closely with Acquisitions, Cataloging and Preservation departments. Maintains close working relations with major vendors and publishers in primary collecting areas. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: *M.L.S. from an ALA-accredited library school. *At least one year of successful experience in an academic, scientific/technical or research library, preferably in collection development and/or reference, or an advanced degree in engineering, computer science or a physical science. *Demonstrated experience with various electronic information and bibliographic resources relevant to the applied sciences. *Excellent communication skills. *Ability to work effectively in a team and in a dynamically changing environment. *Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with all elements of a culturally-diverse community. *Broad interest in the sciences. *Commitment to working with both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as with faculty. *Ability to interact appropriately with the local professional community. *In-depth understanding of advanced scholarly research needs and methods. *Ability to meet the UC criteria for advancement and promotion of librarians. Preferred: *Subject background gained either through academic training or experience in engineering, computer science or the physical sciences. *Working knowledge of patents, standards, technical report literature. *Demonstrated successful experience in providing public services, preferably in an academic, technical or special library environment. *Demonstrated ability to engage in successful instruction efforts, preferably with experience in preparing, providing and evaluating effective library instruction. *Knowledge of publishing patterns and the organization, accessibility, and bibliography of the relevant literature. *Experience in providing assistance with relevant government information. Desired: *Familiarity with current and evolving technologies of publication. *Experience with web page development and maintenance. *Reading knowledge of at least one foreign language. SCIENCE LIBRARY RESEARCH AND INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT: This Department is the primary research and information center of the Science Library, supporting research and teaching in the Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Information & Computer Science, the Health and Medical Sciences. The Department's services include a reference desk open 51 hours each week, a research consultation service, electronic reference service, online searching, and a wide range of instructional programs and courses on electronic and print resources, and research methodology to support course-related activity. The Reference Collection consists of 22,000 volumes and there is a growing collection of electronic resources available in the Reference Room and the Interactive Learning Center. The Department operates in a team-based environment and the staff consists of eight librarians, four fte library assistants, and student assistants. COLLECTIONS: Collections is responsible for the librarywide development and management of collections under the administration and coordination of the Associate University Librarian for Collections and Access Services. In addition to 15 bibliographers who are responsible for supporting the collection, liaison, and service needs of UCI's academic programs, Collections includes three Government Information librarians with collection development responsibilities, the Southeast Asian Archive Librarian, and the Head of Special Collections & University Archives. Most Collections librarians are located in departments throughout the Libraries and are responsible for both collections and services in their specialized disciplines. Each Collections librarian is a member of one of three discipline-based pods (a.k.a. teams) as well as of the Collections-wide Bibliographers Group. THE LIBRARIES: The UCI Libraries consist of the Main Library, the Science Library, and the Medical Center Library. The Main Library primarily serves the Schools of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Social Ecology, the Graduate School of Management, the Department of Education, and Interdisciplinary Studies. The Science Library primarily serves the College of Medicine and the Schools of Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and the Department of Information and Computer Science. The Medical Center Library serves the UCI Medical Center, located in Orange, 12 miles from the main campus. The UCI Libraries organization includes the use of teams in conjunction with departments. The library collection, supported by a budget of $4.5 million, consists of approximately 2 million volumes and 19,000 current serial titles, and an aggressively expanding electronic resources collection. In addition to the local INNOPAC integrated library system, the Libraries participate in the University of California MELVYL System. The University of California recently launched the California Digital Library (CDL) and included in the CDL is the Science, Technology and Industry Collection (STIC) initiative. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE: One of nine University of California campuses, the University of California, Irvine, is nestled in 1,489 acres of coastal foothills, five miles from the Pacific Ocean between San Diego and Los Angeles. The present enrollment is 17,092 students with a faculty of approximately 1,000 including the Medical School. The current student population numbers 13,833 undergraduates, 2,277 graduate students, and 1,171 health sciences students; a 15% increase in student enrollment by the year 2005 is planned. Ethnic/minority students represent about 70% of the undergraduate student body. The University offers 29 doctoral programs in addition to the M.D. UCI is ranked nationally in the top fifty universities; several doctoral programs are ranked in the top 25. UCI is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). Librarians at the University of California, Irvine are academic appointees and receive potential career status at the time of their initial appointment. Librarians are periodically subject to peer review for merit increases based on the following criteria: 1) professional competence and quality of service within the Library; 2) professional activity outside the Library; 3) university and public service; and 4) research and other creative activity. They are entitled to two days per month of annual leave, one day per month sick leave, reductions in incidental fees, and all other perquisites granted to non-faculty academic personnel. The University has an excellent retirement system and sponsors a variety of group life and health insurance plans. Benefits are equal to approximately 40% of salary. SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience within a range of $33,072 - $45,432 (Assistant Librarian II - Associate Librarian IV). DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Applications received by May 15, 1998 will receive first consideration, but applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. TO APPLY: Qualified applicants who wish to be considered for this position should send their letters of application, complete resumes, and the names of three references to: Judy Kaufman, Assistant University Librarian, Personnel and Administration, UC Irvine, P.O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92623-9557. e-mail: kaufman@uci.edu; voice (714) 824-4716; fax (714) 824-1288. Upon application, candidates should be in possession of proof of their legal right to employment in the U.S. In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, verification of legal right to work will be required between the time of final selection and hiring, and is absolutely essential in ultimately being hired. This position description is listed at http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~vacancy/ with links to the UCI Libraries Home Page and to additional websites featuring campus and community information. *MELVYL is a registered trademark of the Regents of the University of California. THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE THROUGH DIVERSITY. ********** II.2. =46r: Matthew Gilmore Re: Analytical Sciences, Inc.: IS Manager ANALYTICAL SCIENCES, INC. =46AX: 301-588-1334 Phone: 301-588-9554 Contact: Human Resources Looking for Information Sciences Manager. Responsible for overseeing the development and maintenance of several large Health Information Databases. Salary Negotiable. Matthew Gilmore: mgilmore@capcon.net Washingtoniana Division and the Washington Star Collection District of Columbia Newspaper Project D.C. Public Library---1896-1998: 102 Years of Service Washingtoniana Division (202) 727-1213 Celebrating the Bicentennial of the District of Columbia 1791-2002 ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. =46r: Ruslan Mitkov Re: Machine Translation: Special Issue SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS THE MACHINE TRANSLATION JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE ON ANAPHORA RESOLUTION IN MACHINE TRANSLATION Guest editor: Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton) The interpretation of anaphora is crucial for the successful operation of a Machine Translation system. In particular, it is essential to resolve the anaphoric relation when translating into languages which mark the gender of pronouns. Unfortunately, the majority of MT systems developed in the seventies and eighties did not adequately address the problems of identifying the antecedents of anaphors in the source language and producing the anaphoric "equivalents" in the target language. As a consequence, only a limited number of MT systems have been successful in translating discourse, rather than isolated sentences. One reason for this situation is that in addition to anaphora resolution being itself a very complicated task, translation adds a further dimension to the problem in that the reference to a discourse entity encoded by a source language anaphor by the speaker (or writer) has not only to be identified by the hearer (translator or translation system) but also re-encoded in a coreferential expression in a different language. The nineties have seen an intensification of research efforts in anaphora resolution in Machine Translation. This can be seen in the growing number of related projects which have reported promising new results (e.g.Wada 1990; Leass & Schwall 1991; Nakaiwa & Ikehara 1992; Chen 1992; Saggion & Carvalho 1994; Preuss et al. 1994; Nakaiwa et al. 1994; Nakaiwa et al. 1995; Nakaiwa & Ikehara 1995; Mitkov et al. 1995; Mitkov et al. 1997; Geldbach 1997). However, we still feel that additional work is needed to highlight and further explore the specifics of the problem in operational MT environments, including fully automatic Machine Translation and Machine- aided Translation. We are inviting high-quality, original research papers describing recent advances in anaphora resolution in Machine Translation. Topics to be addressed include (but are not limited to) - operational anaphora resolution components in Machine Translation - resolution of zero pronouns in MT environments - lexical transfer of anaphors across languages - to what extent have the latest trends towards knowledge-poor, corpus- driven and robust approaches in anaphora resolution, been called upon in Machine Translation? - what are the most scalable contributory factors /resolution strategies in = MT? - what makes anaphora resolution a more complex task in Machine Translation? - multilingual anaphora resolution SUBMISSION AND FORMAT: Articles should be submitted directly to the publishers, either by e-mail to Ellen.Klink@wkap.nl, with the Subject header "Submission to COAT Anaphora special issue", or in hard-copy to Machine Translation Editorial Office Kluwer Academic Publishers P.O. Box 990 3300 AZ Dordrecht The Netherlands or Machine Translation Editorial Office Kluwer Academic Publishers P.O. Box 230 Accord, MA 02018-023 U.S.A. The SUBMISSION DEADLINE is 15 May 1998. The journal is typeset using LaTeX, so the preferred medium for submission of articles in electronic format is LaTeX source (using the Kluwer style file) or gzipped postscript. For more details, please consult the journal's web pages: Home page: http://kapis.www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0922-6567 Instructions for Authors: http://kapis.www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/IFA0922-6567 LaTeX style files: http://kapis.www.wkap.nl/jrnlstyle.htm/0922-6567 If submitting hard-copy, four copies of the paper are required. The length of the papers should be approximately 10-20 pages if using the Kluwer style file (around 20k words). Authors are also requested to send a copy of an abstract of not more than 200 words to the guest editor R.Mitkov@wlv.ac.uk or in hard-copy to Ruslan Mitkov, School of Languages and European Studies, University of Wolverhampton, Stafford St., Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, United Kingdom. GUEST EDITOR: Ruslan Mitkov School of Languages and European Studies University of Wolverhampton Stafford St. Wolverhampton WV1 1SB Telephone (44-1902) 322471 =46ax (44-1902) 322739 Email R.Mitkov@wlv.ac.uk GUEST EDITORIAL BOARD: Breck Baldwin (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) David Carter (SRI International, Cambridge) Guenter Goerz (University of Nuernberg/Erlangen) Lynette Hirschman (MITRE, McLean) Richard Kittredge (University of Montreal) Susan LuperFoy (MITRE, McLean) Tony McEnery (Lancaster University) Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton) =46rederique Segond (Ranx Xerox, Grenoble) Harold Somers (UMIST, Manchester) Keh-Yih Su (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield) ********** III.A.2. =46r: owner-legup@farnet.org Re: FARNET's Washington Update -- March 16,1998: Correction Here are the links to the three Internet bills featured in the March 16 Washington Update. Unfortunately, the links embedded within the update are temporary and cannot be accessed. I apologize for the inconvenience. S.1482 (Section 1. Prohibition On Commercial Distribution On The World Wide Web of Material That is Harmful to Minors) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:S.1482: S.1619 (The Internet School Filtering Act) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:S.1619: H.R.3442(E-Rate Policy and Child Protection Act of 1998) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.3442: ********** III.A.3. =46r: Richard Hill Re: JASIS, Vol 49, no.4 Journal of the American Society for Information Science JASIS, Volume 49: Number 4, April 1, 1998 CONTENTS In This Issue, Bert R. Boyce, 303. RESEARCH Intelligent Information Agents: Review and Challenges for Distributed Information Sources, Donna S. Haverkamp and Susan Gauch, 304. =46rom Translation to Navigation of Different Discourses: A Model of Search Term Selection during the Pre-Online Stage of the Search Process, Mirja Iivonen and Diane H. Sonnenwald, 312. Visualizing a Discipline: An Author Co-Citation Analysis of Information Science, 1972---1995, Howard D. White and Katherine W. McCain, 327. Robustness of Well-Designed Retrieval Performance Measures under Optimal User Behavior, John R. Conlon and Sumali J. Conlon, 356. Use of Scholarly Book Reviews: Implications for Electronic Publishing and Scholarly Communication, Amanda Spink, David Robins, and Linda Schamber, 364. BRIEF COMMUNICATION Citation Indicators of Japanese Journals, Zhang Haiqi and Shigeaki Yamazaki, 375. BOOK REVIEWS Automating the Lexicon: Research and Practice in a Multilingual Environment, edited by Donald E. Walker, Antonio Zampolli, and Nicoletta Calzolari; reviewed by P. Zo=EB Stavri, 380. Language and Space, edited by Paul Bloom, Mary A. Peterson, Lynn Nadel, and Merrill F. Garrett; reviewed by Bryce Allen, 381. The Economics of Information: A Guide to Economic and Cost-Benefit Analysis for Information Professionals, by Bruce R. Kingma; reviewed by Herbert Snyder, 382. Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference by Robert L. Harris; reviewed by Robert D. Wilson, 383. Ergonomics and Safety of Intelligent Driver Interfaces, edited by Y. Ian Noy; reviewed Mark P. Haselkorn, 384. Technology and Management in Library and Information Services, by F. W. Lancaster and Beth Sandore; reviewed by Michael Buckland, 385. Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, edited by Usama M. Fayyad, Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, Padraic Smyth, and Ramasamy Uthurusamy; reviewed by Frank Exner, Little Bear, 386. Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the Global Information Infrastructure, edited by Brian Kahin and Charles Nesson; reviewed by Julian Warner, 387. Advanced Database Systems, by Carlo Zaniolo, Stefano Ceri, Christos =46aloutsos, Richard T. Snodgrass, V. S. Subrahmanian, and Roberto Zicari; reviewed by Kyle Banerjee, 388. The Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway, by Ken Auletta; reviewed by Donald O. Case, 389. Publishing Books, edited by Everette E. Dennis, Craig L. LaMay, and Edward C. Pease; reviewed by Richard J. Cox, 390. LETTER TO THE EDITOR, 392. ********** III.B.1. =46r: Bernhard Schroeder Re: 2nd CfP Konvens98 KONVENS 98 Computers, Linguistics, and Phonetics between Language and Speech 4th Conference on Natural Language Processing Oct. 5-7, 1998, University of Bonn, Germany http://www.ikp.uni-bonn.de/Konvens98 Organized by: *Gesellschaft fuer Linguistische Datenverarbeitung (GLDV)(responsible in 1998) *Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS) *Gesellschaft fuer Informatik (GI), FA 1.3 "Natuerliche Sprache" *Informationstechnische Gesellschaft/Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Akustik (ITG/DEGA) *Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Artificial Intelligence (OeGAI) 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS: Subjects of the conference are all areas of language processing dealing with language in its written or spoken form. Special attention will be paid to approaches focussing on the structural and the phonological/phonetic aspects of computer-aided/based language research and aimed at bridging the gap between both aspects. Please submit proposals for: - lectures, - workshops, - demonstrations and - posters. All proposals will be reviewed anonymously. Please add a title page specifying the author's names and institutions as well as title and form of the contribution. Proposals should be submitted in 5 paper copies (DIN A4 paper size, Times 12pt), and in electronic form per e-mail (preferably LaTeX or PS). Word and WordPerfect format files and LaTeX style files will be available for download after March 15, 1998. Proposals should not exceed 10 pages for lectures, and 5 pages for workshops. Poster contributions will be published as short papers limited to 4 pages. Workshop proposals should explain the significance of the subject, and they should name the prospective participants and their contributions. Demonstrations should be briefly described; the equipment needed should be specified. All proposals should contain German and English abstracts of 12 lines max. Conference languages are German and English. All proposals are reviewed by at least two independent reviewers nominated by the programme committee. Accepted proposals will be published in the conference proceedings which will be available before the beginning of the conference. DEADLINES: March 1, 1998 Deadline for the submission of workshop proposals April 15, 1998 Deadline for the submission of proposals for lectures and posters May 15, 1998 Notification on acceptance June 15, 1998 Submission of the printable contribution to the proceedings July 15, 1998 Deadline for submitting proposals for system demonstrations CONFERENCE OFFICE: Gisela von Neffe Institut fuer Kommunikationsforschung und Phonetik der Universitaet Bonn Poppelsdorfer Allee 47 D-53115 Bonn Email: konvens98@uni-bonn.de Phone: +49-228-735638 =46ax: +49-228-735639 LOCATION: KONVENS 98 will take place at the University of Bonn's Central Building, which is situated in the city's centre, in walking distance from the main railway station. WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.ikp.uni-bonn.de/Konvens98 ********** III.B.2. =46r: isko.conf Re: Fifth International ISKO Conference in Lille Preliminary Program and Registration Materials =46ifth International ISKO Conference on "Structures & Relations in Knowledge Organization" Lille, August 25-29 1998 organized by the International Society for Knowledge Organization & the University Charles de Gaulle Lille 3 Conference activities will take place in La Maison de la Recherche Building, Universiti Lille 3, Domaine Universitaire Pont de Bois, 59653, Villeneuve d'Ascq, except where otherwise indicated. The registration will take place on Tuesday, August 25, 8:30 am-9:30am TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 Session A1a: Opening of the Conference Session A1b: Panel addressing the general theme of the Conference. Chair : Rebecca GREEN Panelists: Carol BEAN, Christian FLUHR, Michhle HUDON, Ia McILWAINE, Joan MITCHELL, A. NEELAMEGHAN LUNCH Session A2: Epistemology and Information Ecology * The Perspective from Nowhere, Roberto POLI * The Role of Classificatory Structures as Boundary Objects in Information Ecologies, Hanne ALBRECHTSEN and Elin K. JACOB * Mitaphore organisation et construction des connaissances dans les sciences textuelles, Alain DEREMETZ * Du raisonnement abductif, Jacques ROUAULT BREAK Session A3: Cognitive Approaches to Knowledge Organization A: Conceptual Entities and Modelling of Ontologies * From Thesauri towards Ontologies? Dietrich FISCHER, Wiebke MVHR * Ontology Models for Supporting Exploratory Information Needs, Maria LEE, Riichiro MIZOGUCHI * System of Types + Inter-Concept Relations Properties: towards Validation of Constructed Terminologies ?, Christophe JOUIS BREAK Session A4: Computational Models * Computational Mechanisms for Knowledge Organization, John MYLOPOULOS, Igor JURISICA, Eric YU * Two Modes of Automated Domain Analysis: Multidimensional Scaling vs. Kohonen Feature Mapping of Information Science, Howard D. WHITE, Xia LIN, Katherine W. McCAIN * An Artificial Neural Network Perspective on Knowledge Representation from Databases: the Use of a Multilayer Perceptron for Data Clusters Cartography, Xavier POLANCO, Claire FRANCOIS, Aly OULD Reception at the University of Lille 3 7:00pm-8:30 pm WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 Session B1 : Development and Analysis in Classification Systems * Classification Systems in their Historical Development: Problems of Typology and Terminology, Eduard R. SUKIASYAN * Relationships in Ranganathan's Colon Classification: a critical Appraisal, M.P. SATIJA, Hemalta IYER * Classification Structure Principles: Investigations, Experiences and Conclusions, Ingetraut DAHLBERG * General Classification Systems: Structural Principles for Multidisciplinary Specification, Clare BEGHTOL * Knowledge Classifications, Bibliographic Classifications and the Internet, Ia C. McILWAINE BREAK Session B2: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowledge Organization * Modeling Users Needs: Schema of Interrogation and Filtering the Answers from the Web in Cooperation Mode, Omar LAROUK * An Interdisciplinary World and Discipline Based Classification, Nancy J. WILLIAMSON * A Cognitive Science System for Symbol Grounding, Jean-Pierre GRUSELLE LUNCH Session B3: Design of Information Systems - A : Thesaurus Design * The Nature of Explicit Parent-Child Relationships in Mesh Tree Structures, Carol A. BEAN * A preliminary Investigation of the Usefulness of Semantic Relations and of * Standardized Definitions for the Purpose of Specifying Meaning in a Thesaurus, Michhle HUDON * Bringing Thesauri Forward: towards Flexibility and Reusability: Contribution to the Preparation of a New Standard on (Multilingual) Thesauri, Corentin ROULIN * Defining the Conceptual Space for a World Exhibition: First Experiences, Winfried SCHMITZ-ESSER * Future Thesauri: What Kind of Structure and Relations do Searchers Need?, Marianne LYKKE NIELSEN BREAK/POSTERS * Automatic Building of a Relationships Transducer between Proper Names Based on Relational Database System: an Example of Detection and Processing of Relationships between Names of Places and Names of Inhabitants, Claude BELLEIL, Denis MAUREL * Changes in the Structure of a Thesaurus Reflecting Changes of its Function, Ewa CHMIELEWSKA-GORZICA * The Structure of Judicial Opinions: Identifying Internal Components and their Relationships, Jack G. CONRAD, Daniel P. DABNEY * Preserving KBS Integrity Using a Unified Knowledge Representation, John DEBENHAM * External Dialog and Internal Structure of an Iconographic Database, Marie DESPRES-LONNET, Kattel BRIATTE * The Divergence and Diversity of Thesauri, Stella G DEXTRE CLARKE * Information and Metainformation: a Pragmatic Approach, Maria Nelida GONZALES DE GOMEZ * Towards an Elaborate Information System: Automatic Classification of Terms Using Variations Relations, Fidelia IBEKWE-SANJUAN * Computer-Assisted Plurilingual Reading System, Jacques LADOUCEUR, Arman TAJAROBI * A Semiotic Analysis of Icons on the World Wide Web Library Homepages: an Analysis of Indexing and Use, Yan MA, Virgil DIODATO * Internal Representation of Knowledge in an Interactive, Multimedia and Encyclopedia Oriented System, Houria OUICI, J.P. METZGER * The Indexing of Technical Documents: the Use of a Knowledge Representation Model, Ciline PAGANELLI, Jacques ROUAULT * Understanding Information Retrieval: Analysis of Users' Activity, C. ROS, N. MATTA * Organizing Knowledge as Cases for Effective Information Retrieval, V.SHANKARARAMAN, D.JOB * Automatic Indexing of Multimedia Documents Based on the Extraction of Nominal Phrases, Sahbi SIDHOM, Sami OUESLATI, Malek GHENIMA * Development of a Knowledge Infrastructure for the Canadian Forest Services, A.J. SIMARD * Transposition de connaissances sur la tilimatique dans un contexte de communication didactique sur support hypermidia, Isabelle VIDALENC, Olivier DUPONT Reception at the Town Hall by the Mayor of Lille 7:00pm: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 Session C1: Design of Information Systems - B: Knowledge Structures at the Interface * Using Syntagmatic Relationships as a Browsing Relevance Feedback Strategy in an WWW_OPACs Based on RAMEAU List: an Empirical Study, Madjid IHADJADENE, Richard BOUCHE * Visualizing the Full Spectrum of Document Relationships, Elizabeth G. HETZLER, Wyllona M. HARRIS * The Application of the Dewey Decimal Classification in a View- Based Searching OPAC, Steve POLLITT * A Graphical Interface for Conceptual Navigation in Faceted Thesauri or other Nested Hierarchies, Uta PRISS * Dewey as an Internet Subject Guide, Diane VIZINE-GOETZ BREAK Session C2: Linguistic Aspects (A) * Concept Structures for Large Vocabularies, Gerhard RAHMSTORF * Automatic Term Extraction & Building Tools : Examining the New Interfaces and their Effective Communication Role in LSP Discourse, Widad MUSTAFA el HADI * Peering through the Linguistic Keyhole: What Can Term Choice Tell Us about Knowledge Organization?, Lynne BOWKER * Breaking of UDC Subject Headings into Sets of Key Words, Gerhard J.A. RIESTHUIS LUNCH Session C3 : The Comparative Approach * ICC and ICS: comparison and relations between two systems based on different principles, Giliola NEGRINI, Tamara FARNESI * Charting a Journey across Knowledge domains: Feminism in the Dewey Decimal Classification, H.A. OLSON, D.B. WARD BREAK Session C4 : Cognitive Approaches to Knowledge Organization B: Applications: Image Retrieval * Graphic Language Documents: Structures and Functions, Caroline BEEBE, Elin K. JACOB * A Cognitive Approach to Representing Moving Image Documents, Abby A. GOODRUM BREAK Session C5: Linguistic Aspects (B) * Thesaurus Usage and Mental Development, Annette BEGUIN * The Linguistic/Semiotic Conditions of Information Retrieval/Documentation in the Light of a Saussurean Conception of Language, Vesa SUOMINEN * Text Structure and Indexing Vocabulary Structure in Large Technical Documents, Genevihve LALLICH-BOIDIN, Christel FROISSARD, Evelyne MOUNIER, Cicile PAGANELLI ISKO Business Meeting (6:30-7:30) Dinner in a Flemish restaurant =46RIDAY, AUGUST 28 Session D1: Design of Information Systems - C: Design of Special- Purpose Systems of Knowledge * On the Use of Categorizations Employed in Research Reports as the Basis for Organizing Knowledge in Specific Domains: Exploring the Tension between Stability and Change in Systems of Categories, Paul SOLOMON * Information Processes within a Professional Activity, Jean-Paul METZGER, Rosalba PALERMITI, Claire MORISET * Representing Knowledge Structure of a Digitized Historical Fashion Collection, Marcia LEI ZENG * Document Related Concepts and Relationships as a Basis for Knowledge Management in Viticulture, Craig McDONALD BREAK Session D2: Conceptual Modeling * Attribution and Relationality, Rebecca GREEN * A Model of Ontologies by Differentiation, Stiphanie LACROIX, Jean-Charles MARTY, Christophe ROCHE * Subdivisions vs. Conjunctions: a Discussion on Conceptual Theory, Yiukio NAKAMURA * Database and Knowledge Representation: the Greek Legacy, Alan PHELAN LUNCH Session D3 : User Profile modeling * Metadata Structures and User Preferences: Designing User- Focussed Knowledge Access System, Lynne C. HOWARTH * Information Transfer Considering the Production and Use Contexts: Information Transfer Languages, Maria SALLET FERREIRA NOVELLINO * Conceptual Maps: Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Links for Users, Elisabeth KOLMAYER, D. LAVANDIER, D. ROGER BREAK Session D4: Structures and Relations in the On-line Environment * The Structure of Classification Schemes Used in Internet Search Engines, Marthinus S. VAN DER WALT * Organizing Conceptual Knowledge Online, Robert E. KENT * The ALCOM/NIST Heterogeneous Structures Database: Knowledge Structure for Basic and Applied Research in an Interdisciplinary Scientific Collaboration, Laura BARTOLO, Maja ZUMER, Robert CASSON, Leo HOLMBERG * Individual Differences and the Use of Medical World Wide Web Resources: The Use of Graphical Representations of Navigational Patterns to Support Traditional Analysis of Qualitative Data, Honey LUCAS * Domain Knowledge Organization for Encyclopedia Design: an Object Oriented Approach, J. AKAICHI, G. LOSFELD Session D5 : Concluding Remarks Close of the Conference (6:15-6:30pm) Le Coup de l'itrier (One for the road) (6:30-7:30) SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 Extra-Conference Excursions : * Bibliothhque Nationale de France, Frangois Mitterand, Paris * ENSSIB (Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliothhques) Lyon Program updated version(s), registration, etc. and more information about the Conference will soon be available on our Web Site: http://WWW.univ-lille3.fr/www/isko/isko2.htm ********** III.B.3. =46r: Dolores Canamero Re: 1998 AAAI-FS CFP CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS (Deadline is fast approaching!!) EMOTIONAL AND INTELLIGENT: THE TANGLED KNOT OF COGNITION AAAI 1998 Fall Symposium Series Omni Rosen Hotel, Orlando, Florida, October 23-25, 1998 ********** Address of the chairperson has changed ********** Research in neurobiology has provided evidence that emotions pervade human intelligence at many levels, being inseparable from cognition. Perception, attention, memory, learning, decision making, social interaction or communication are some of the aspects influenced by emotions. Their role in adaptation has likewise been evidenced by these studies. In the AI community, the need to overcome the traditional view that opposes rational cognition to absurd emotion has also been acknowledged. Emotion is not regarded anymore as an undesirable consequence of our embodiment that must be neglected, but as a necessary component of intelligent behavior that offers a rich potential for the design of artificial systems, and for enhancing our interactions with them. This symposium investigates the role of emotions in grounding intelligent behavior, both at the individual and social levels. The main focus is on artificial agents in all sorts of embodiments, and on the possibilities for cross-fertilization between research in artificial emotions and studies of emotions in animals and humans. Submissions are welcome regarding, among others, the following issues, in artificial or in biological systems: * Models, architectures, and taxonomies * Embodiment and biological aspects of emotion * Emotion synthesis, expression, and recognition * Emotions, adaptation, and behavior * Emotions in cognition and learning * Emotions in social interaction and communication * Design and implementation issues * Philosophical aspects * Applications: art, autonomous and believable agents, education, entertainment, interfaces, medicine, multi-agent systems, pets and personal robots, wearable computing, etc. Contributions from fields others than AI, ALife, and robotics (e.g., arts, biology, humanities, social sciences), are also strongly encouraged. Interaction among participants will be fostered. Discussion groups will be formed before and during the symposium. Presentations will be short and organized around panels. Poster sessions will allow for more detailed and technical discussions. More information about the symposium is available at http://www.iiia.csic.es/~lola/ei-fs98.html SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Potential participants who would wish to present their work at the symposium should submit a short paper (up to 5000 words) or extended abstract (1500 to 2500 words). Contributions should describe work in progress, completed work, positions, or give significant insight into the current state or perspectives of research in artificial, animal, or human emotions. Other potential participants should send a statement of interest (1 page), briefly describing their work and their interest in the symposium. Some of the participants will be asked to contribute a paper to the final working notes. All participants will be invited to bring a poster presenting their work. E-mail submission (ASCII, UNIX compatible postscript, or RTF) is strongly encouraged; otherwise, 3 hardcopies are required. Please send your contributions to the symposium chair: Dolores Canamero IIIA-CSIC Artificial Intelligence Research Institute Spanish Scientific Research Council Campus de la U.A.B. E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain E-mail: lola@iiia.csic.es URL: http://www.iiia.csic.es/~lola Phone: +34-3-580-9570 =46ax: +34-3-580-9661 IMPORTANT DATES: April 15: Submissions due May 15: Notification to authors August 21: Camera-ready papers due October 23-25: Symposium dates ********** III.B.4. =46r: Maria Milosavljevic Re: CFP: 2nd Workshop on Adaptive Hypertext and Hypermedia The 2nd Workshop on Adaptive Hypertext and Hypermedia Held in Conjunction with HYPERTEXT '98: The Ninth ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 20-24, 1998 http://www.ks.com/HT98/ http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~plb/AH98_workshop/ WORKSHOP THEME: With the growing size, complexity and heterogeneity of current hypermedia systems, expecially the World Wide Web, comes the need to provide more flexible mechanisms for delivering information to the user. That is, we require mechanisms which can modify documents on-the-fly in order to take the user's needs into account. Static hypertext documents suffer from an inability to be all things to all people; document and multimedia authors must write multiple documents for different users rather than a single document which can dynamically modify its content in order to address a particular user's knowledge or the context of delivery. A possible remedy for the negative effects of the traditional "one-size-fits-all" approach in the development of hypermedia systems is to equip them with the ability to adapt to the needs of their individual users. A possible way for achieving adaptivity is by modeling the users and tailoring the system's interactions to their goals, tasks and interests. In this sense, the notion of adaptive hypertext/hypermedia means a hypertext or hypermedia system which reflects some features of the user and/or characteristics of his/her system usage in a user model, and utilizes this model in order to adapt various aspects of the system's output to the user. This workshop is intended as an inter-disciplinary exploration into adaptive hypertext and other kinds of flexible hypertext systems. It aims to draw together a number of research groups taking different approaches to adaptive and flexible hypertext systems, in order to promote the cross-fertilisation of ideas and highlight the prospects for future collaboration. The target research areas for the second Adaptive Hypertext and Hypermedia workshop include: - Adaptive hypertext and hypermedia (adaptive navigation support and adaptive presentation within an existing hypertext network of documents) - Dynamic hypertext (employing text generation or other techniques to dynamically create both the hypertext network and the documents within the network as the user requests them) - Information retrieval and filtering (the use of information retrieval or other techniques to determine the relevance of the nodes within a static hypertext network for the individual user) - Intelligent hypertext (automatic linking, similarity-based navigation, concept-based navigation). Some related events which have been held in the past include: - Flexible Hypertext Workshop, held at the Eighth ACM International Hypertext Conference (Hypertext'97). (http://www.mri.mq.edu.au/~mariam/flexht/) - Intelligent educational systems on the World-Wide Web, held in conjunction with the 8th World Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AI-ED97). (http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~plb/AIED97_workshop/) - Workshop on Adaptive Systems and User Modeling on the World Wide Web, held in conjunction with the Sixth International Conference on User Modeling (UM'97). (http://zaphod.cs.uni-sb.de/~UM97/ws5.html) - Workshop on User Modelling for Information Filtering on the World Wide Web, held in conjunction with the Fifth International Conference on User Modeling (UM'96). (http://www.cs.su.oz.au/~bob/um96-workshop.html) - Workshop on Adaptive Hypertext and Hypermedia held in conjunction with the Fourth International Conference on User Modeling (UM'94). (http://www.education.uts.edu.au/projects/ah/AH-94.html) More information about adaptive hypertext systems can be found at http://www.education.uts.edu.au/projects/ah/ WORKSHOP FOCUS: There has been a significant amount of research in this area over the past five years (see workshop theme for more information), but two recurring issues have become increasingly important, and these will be the focus of this workshop: - World Wide Web: The Web is both a new application area and a new challenge for adaptive and flexible hypertext research. Web-based applications are expected to be used by a much greater variety of users than any earlier standalone application. Web-based applications naturally need to be flexible; a Web-based hypertext application which is designed with a particular class of users in mind may not suit users of other classes. At the same time, developing adaptive and flexible hypermedia systems on the Web, we can investigate a number of new opportunities such as user model sharing or the use of group models. - Evaluation: One of the key issues which arose from the first flexible hypertext workshop and which has been aired again recently on the adaptive hypertext mailing list is the importance of the evaluation of adaptive and flexible hypertext systems. In particular, since the main goal of these systems is to maximise the suitability of a document to the user's knowledge and needs, evaluation is an essential aspect in the development of these systems. However, very little research has been done which confirms the advantages of such systems or which demonstrates how this evaluation process might be done. WORKSHOP FORMAT: The workshop will run for one full day before the main Hypertext'98 conference. The number of attendees will be limited to 20-25 in order to encourage participation in workshop discussions. Participation will be on the basis of submitted position papers or by invitation. The workshop will include a limited number of paper presentations and general group discussions. Group discussions will focus on the issues raised in the position papers, as well as on some focus questions. A workshop dinner will also be organized to encourage informal discussion. The programme will include: Welcome and Introduction Workshop Sessions consisting of: 1 to 2 Position Paper Presentations (15-30 minutes), and Group Discussion on the Issues Raised (30-60 minutes) Closing: Planning for post-workshop activities Conclusions and Wrap-up Workshop Dinner The proceedings will be compiled into a technical report after the workshop. POSITION PAPERS: We invite two categories of submissions. Persons wishing only to attend the workshop should submit a 1-2 page position paper or a research summary including a list of relevant publications. Persons wishing to make presentations at the workshop should submit full papers (up to 8 pages, 12pt font) describing demonstrated techniques for improving the adaptivity and flexibility of hypertext documents. We are particularly interested in papers which present innovative solutions to adaptive and flexible hypermedia, investigate adaptive and flexible hypermedia in the context of the WWW, and those which concern evaluation techniques for such systems. We are also interested in receiving papers assessing the benefits and downfalls of providing flexible documents, and papers of a more speculative nature which focus on the future of adaptive and flexible hypertext systems. Those aspects of the paper which are important for discussion in the workshop should be clearly outlined in the paper. All papers must include in the first page: the title, author's name(s), affiliation, mailing address, phone number, e-mail, home page URL. Full papers must also include an abstract of 200 words maximum and up to five keywords. Electronic submission of the URL address of the position paper will be preferred, although papers submitted as ascii (html format) or RTF files will be accepted. To submit a position paper, send the URL address or an ascii/RTF version of the paper itself to Peter Brusilovsky at plb@cs.cmu.edu Before the workshop, all attendees will be able to access the position papers from the web. We strongly encourage attendees to read these before the workshop in order to facilitate discussion. IMPORTANT DATES: 20 April 1998: Submission of position papers 10 May 1998: Notification of acceptance or rejection 1 June 1998: "Camera-ready" copies due =46OR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Peter Brusilovsky School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA Phone 412 268 56 84 =46ax 412 268 55 76 WWW http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~plb/home.html ********** III.B.5. =46r: Alessandro Artale Re: FOIS'98 - CALL FOR PARTECIPATION Call for Participation INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON =46ORMAL ONTOLOGY IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS =46OIS'98 In conjunction with the 6th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning KR'98 TRENTO, ITALY, JUNE 6-8, 1998 http://mnemosyne.itc.it:1024/fois98/ PRELIMINARY PROGRAM SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1998 Introductory talk: Formal Ontology and Information Systems (N. Guarino) Assessing Heterogeneity by Classifying Ontology Mismatches (P. Visser , D. Jones, T. Bench-Capon, and M. Shave) Ontology Alignment: Experiences With Medical Terminologies (A. Gangemi, D. Pisanelli, and G. Steve) Some Problems in the Formal Representation of Hierarchical Knowledge (D. Jones & R. Paton) Works And Realizations (M. E. Reicher) Invited talk: The Basic Concepts of Formal Ontology (B. Smith) Space-Time as a Primitive for Space and Motion (P. Muller) Ontological Tools for Geographic Representation (R. Casati, B. Smith, and A. Varzi) Inheritance Principles and the Community of Heirs (B. Sch=E4fer) Panel: Commercial Applications of Ontologies in Information Systems SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1998 Invited talk: Basic Problems of Mereotopology (A. Varzi) Pattern as an Ontological Category (I. Johansson) Deontic Specification Patterns - Generalisation and Classification (P. Johannesson and P. Wohed) Three Points of View in the Characterization of Complex Entities (L. Pazzi) Completeness and Quality of an Ontology for an Information System (R. Colomb & R. Weber) Invited talk: Formal Ontology and Lexical Semantics (J. Pustejovsky) Corelex: An Ontology of Systematic Polysemous Classes (P. Buitelaar) Construction of a Regional Ontology From Text and its Usage Within a Documentary System (H. Assadi) Ontology Reuse and Application (M. Uschold , P. Clark, M. Healy, K. Williamson, and S. Woods) MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1998 Invited talk: Linguistic Issues in Information Systems Design and Integratio= n (R. van de Riet) An Intelligent Approach to Information Integration (S. Bergamaschi, S. Castano, S. De Capitani di Vimercati, S. Montanari, and M. Vincini) Domain Specific Ontologies for Semantic Information Brokering on the Global Information Infrastructure (E. Mena, V. Kashyap, A. Illarramendi, and A. Sheth) The Ontological Engineering Initiative (Ka)2 (V. R. Benjamins and D. Fensel) Ontology-Supported Online Search (D. McGuinness) The Ontological Nature Of Subject Taxonomies (C. Welty) Joint Session with the Description Logics Workshop: Invited talk: Ontology and Knowledge Representation (D. Israel) Panel discussion on Ontology and Knowledge Representation REGISTRATION: To register to FOIS'98, participants must fill-up the KR-98 registration form, available for downloading at the KR-98 web site http://www.kr.org/kr/kr98/registration.html. Registration to the main KR'98 event is NOT required. PROCEEDINGS: The FOIS'98 proceedings will be published in the IOS-Press (Amsterdam) bookseries "Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications" and it will distributed to registered participants. A limited amount of extra-copies will be available at the KR'98 conference desk at a special reduced price. People registering to KR'98 or coordinated events can order the proceedings by checking the appropriate box in the KR'98 registration form. People who are not going to attend any of the KR'98 events can order such extra-copies by contacting the organizers at fois98@irst.itc.it. ********** III.B.6. =46r: Steven Krauwer Re: LREC Workshop Announcement PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION TOWARDS A EUROPEAN EVALUATION INFRASTRUCTURE =46OR NL AND SPEECH. A workshop jointly organised by the European Network of Excellence in Language and Speech ELSNET and the EC Language Engineering-4 project ELSE to be held on Wednesday May 27, 9:00-13:00 at the =46IRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION GRANADA, SPAIN Right now, a generic framework for semi-automatic quantitative black-box evaluation of Speech and NLP systems does not exist in Europe. When confronted to a choice, developers and users prefer to ask the opinion of local experts as any other way of processing is either unrealistic or too costly. The LE-4 project ELSE aims at providing developers with a generic strategy and definition of the primary building blocks needed to implement a semi-automatic quantitative black-box evaluation scheme. Prominent speakers from field the have been invited to present papers addressing motivation, advantages, but also problems in connection with the implementation of such an evaluation scheme at an international scale. Provisional programme: Opening (Joseph Mariani, Steven Krauwer) Confirmed Presentations: "The Darpa experience" (Charles Wayne) "Ethology and sociology of evaluation" (Lynette Hirschman) "The Aupelf experience" (Joseph Mariani) "Experience in Grace tagging evaluation" (Patrick Paroubek) "Experience in bilingual text alignment evaluation" (Jean Veronis) "Best practice and evaluation" (Ole Bernsen / Laila Dybkjaer) "Confidence measures and evaluation" (Lin Chase) "Evaluation within Eagles" (Maghi King) "Technology vs User-evaluation" (Marc Blasband) "Organising Parser Evaluation" (Richard Sutcliffe) "Evaluation for better products" (Christian Dugast) "Resources for evaluation" (Mark Liberman) "The ELSE project" (Patrick Paroubek) Panel and discussion (Rob Gaizauskas, moderator) Closing The selected topics include the multilingual nature of evaluation, lessons from the past (in Europe and the US), and the need for language resources. At the workshop the first intermediate results of the ELSE project will be presented and discussed. This call serves to invite interested parties to ACTIVE participation in the workshop. During the workshop, ample opportunity will be provided for the participants to react to the presentation of the ELSE project, and to the talks by the invited speakers. Furthermore participants will be given the opportunity to give brief position statements. The workshop is very timely as it takes place when the EC's 5th Framework Programme is taking shape. It is clear that the availability of a European evaluation infrastucture can be an important factor in European R&D activities, and that it can only be successful if it is organized and implemented on a European scale. 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