Information Retrieval List Digest 400 (April 6, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-400.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 April 6, 1998 Volume XV, Number 14 Issue 400 ****************************************************************** II. JOBS 1. Rochester Institute of Technology, NY: Electronic Resources Librarian 2. Rochester Institute of Technology, NY: Library Coordinator for Distance Services III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. Free Access to the International Nuclear Information System DB 2. FARNET's Washington Update. March 2, 1998 3. FARNET's Washington Update, March 9, 1998 4. FARNET's Washington Update, March 31, 1998 5. Standards under Review B. Meetings 1. PAKM98 - 2nd International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management 2. CIKM'98 Call for Papers 3. NLP+IA'98 / TALN'98 IV. PROJECTS C. Awards, Fellowshipos, Grants, & Scholarships 1. PhD Studentship in Automatic Abstracting ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. =46r: Teresa Kellett Re: Rochester Institute of Technology, NY: Electronic Resources Librarian Electronic Resources Librarian Reference Services Wallace Library Rochester Institute of Technology This position requires extensive knowledge of the rapidly changing information technology field in order to predict trends and directions in the information delivery field and to meet the information needs of the Library and its patrons. Duties: Coordinate, identify, evaluate and implement new electronic products and services for the library, including Internet software, databases services, and regional access/network products. Negotiates and oversees licensing agreements with a wide variety of commercial vendors of electronic information products, including networked databases, CD-ROMs, and information delivery products. Prepares cost projections and comparisons, submits budget figures for implementation of electronic products and services. Maintain and develop related WebPages that update the RIT community on evolving developments with our electronic products. Assist in preparation of planning papers, grant projects and directions in library services impacted by electronic technology. Participate as developer/ trainer in offering training programs designed for RIT and non-RIT groups on the uses of Internet resources, database software, and electronic services using a variety of computing platforms. Assist at Reference service desk. Contribute to library by actively participating in planning meetings, task forces, and committee activities and with community-wide communications. Requirement: M.L.S. or Masters Degree in Information Technology related fie= ld. Preferred: Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or Related Technology field. Skills And Experience: 3-4 years extensive experience (advanced knowledge) with Internet resources and library related electronic products. Knowledge of variety of computer platforms. Excellent organization skills are a must. HTML fluency required. Extensive experience in contract negotiation/ working with Vendors and Consortia (specifications, licensing & contract reviews, product testing). Experience with hardware and software issues relating to product selection. Experience with implementing broad based services. Ability and comfort level with managing multiple priorities and working with multiple people to plan and implement ideas & products Salary commensurate with experience. Generous benefits package. R.I.T. is a co-educational, privately endowed Institute, enrolling 13,230 full and part-time undergraduate and graduate students preparing for technical and professional careers. Preference will be given to applications received prior to April 15, 1998, but will be accepted until the position is filled. Send resume and the names of three references to: Ms. Susan Gioia Staff Assistant to the Director Wallace Library Rochester Institute of Technology 90 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5604 Visit our web site at http://wally2.rit.edu/. RIT is an EOE/AA Employer. ********** II.2. =46r: Teresa Kellett Re: Rochester Institute of Technology, NY: Library Coordinator for Distance Services Library Coordinator for Distance Services Reference Services Rochester Institute of Technology - Wallace Library This position spans department boundaries (both in and out of the library); the incumbent must have exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills and be able to work effectively with a variety of people. Position requires creativity and the vision to create new library services in response to a rapidly changing environment. Also requires the ability to determine user needs without face-to-face contact. Investigates trends and new technologies related to Distance Learning library services. Provides leadership in evaluating and adopting new technologies and implements or works with appropriate library departments to implement new services. Assists in preparation of long-term planning and direction of distance learning library services impacted by technology. Instructs distance learners in use of library services utilizing web-based technologies, multimedia presentations, and on-line communication. Assists at the reference desk. Works with library departments, the Office of Distance Learning and with instructional faculty and Coordinates the delivery of library services to Distance Learners. Assists Distance Learners with special technical issues related to the use of library resources including: assistance with electronic resources and troubleshooting of basic computer problems, web difficulties, etc. providing referrals to appropriate departments/personnel as needed. Develops reciprocal/contractual borrowing agreements with other libraries as appropriate. Requirement: Bachelors degree in Information-technology based field OR MLS or Masters Degree in Information Technology/related field Skills and Experience: Experience with implementing broad-based services impacting multiple departments. Experience with hardware (PC & Mac) and software issues relating to user access to info. Basic knowledge of computer networks and Internet applications including: e-mail, and a variety of Internet browsers, readers, Internet conferencing tools and plug-in modules. Ability to use Internet protocols for the delivery and retrieval of documents. Microcomputer troubleshooting skills. Basic knowledge of online and CD-ROM based database searching. Basic knowledge of web authoring and design. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Presentation/instruction experience. Customer service experience. Salary commensurate with experience. Generous benefits package. R.I.T. is a co-educational, privately endowed Institute, enrolling 13,230 full and part-time undergraduate and graduate students preparing for technical and professional careers. Preference will be given to applications received prior to April 15, 1998, but will be accepted until the position is filled. Send resume and the names of three references to: Ms. Susan Gioia Staff Assistant to the Director Wallace Library Rochester Institute of Technology 90 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5604 Visit our web site at http://wally2.rit.edu/ RIT is an EOE/AA Employer. ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. =46r: E.Levine@iaea.org Re: Free Access to the International Nuclear Information System DB =46ree Access to the International Nuclear Information System Database The International Atomic Energy Agency will offer free of charge access for a limited period to the International Nuclear Information System (INIS) Database (until 30 June 1998). Users are invited to test this new Web based system to search and retrieve data from part of the INIS Database (over one million records). Registration information at: http://www.iaea.org/programmes/inis/inisdb.htm Emil Levine Head, INIS Clearinghouse IAEA/INIS PO Box 100 Vienna Austria A1400 43-1-2060-22880/29882 fax e.levine@iaea.org ********** III.A.2. =46r: Garret Sern Re: FARNET's Washington Update. March 2, 1998 =46ARNET'S WASHINGTON UPDATE --- MARCH 2, 1998 =46ARNET (http://www.farnet.org) is a non-profit public interest Internetworking organization with a primary focus on the education, research and related communities. IN THIS ISSUE: HOUSE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE SPLIT ON WHETHER THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND IS A TAX NEW TECHNOLOGIES MAY PROVIDE GREATER PROTECTION FOR COPYRIGHT OWNERS, BUT QUESTION OF FAIR USE REMAINS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.3. =46r: Garret Sern Re: FARNET's Washington Update, March 9, 1998 =46ARNET'S WASHINGTON UPDATE --- MARCH 9, 1998 =46ARNET (http://www.farnet.org/) is a non-profit public interest Internetworking organization with a primary focus on the education, research and related communities. IN THIS ISSUE: AMERITECH JOINS OTHER RBOCS IN PETITIONING FCC FOR REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO PROVIDE BROADBAND DATA SERVICES =46CC SEEKS COMMENT ON COMPUTER III AND ONA REQUIREMENTS - WILL ISPs OBTAIN RIGHTS TO SEC. 251(c)(3) UNBUNDLED NETWORK ELEMENTS? =46CC HEARS FROM STATE COMMISSIONERS & INDUSTRY PANELISTS ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE/HIGH COST SUPPORT REFORM; REPORT TO CONGRESS DUE NEXT MONTH >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.4. =46r: Garret Sern Re: FARNET's Washington Update, March 31, 1998 =46ARNET'S WASHINGTON UPDATE --- MARCH 31, 1998 =46ARNET (http://www.farnet.org/) is a non-profit public interest Internetworking organization with a primary focus on the education, research and related communities. IN THIS ISSUE: SENATE LEGISLATION CIRCUMVENTS FCC'S VISION FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND ADMINISTRATION SENATE BILLS TO SUGGEST WAYS FOR QUICKER RBOC ENTRY INTO LONG-DISTANCE MARKE= T >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. =46r: Kurt Kopp Re: Standards under Review I have gotten so many requests for the ISO/WD 15660 "Information and documentation - Storage and preservation of sound and video media" that I finally scanned it and put it up on the web as scanned images. I plan on adding the other standards that are currently out for review to save the cost of mailing out copies. They will only be available during the review period. You can check it out at merlin.missouri.edu/lso/asis_standards/index.html Let me know if this doesn't work. Thanks. Kurt Kopp ********** III.B.1. =46r: Ulrich Reimer Re: PAKM98 - 2nd International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management The Second International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management (PAKM98) 29-30 October, 1998 Basel, Switzerland http://research.swisslife.ch/pakm98.html Supported by SGAICO (Swiss Group for Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science) and the Special Interest Group "Knowledge Engineering" of the German Computer Society Call for Papers AIMS AND SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE: It is widely acknowledged that knowledge is one of the most important assets of organizations. Especially companies in industrialised countries with high wages can only compete on the global market when offering products that are based on advanced technology or when trading the technology itself, thus having an advantage over companies in countries with low salaries. These companies depend on highly educated and skilled employees as well as on short innovation cycles, high flexibility and creativity. One of the prerequisites to achieving this is a systematic management of the key success factor "knowledge". Knowledge Management is primarily an issue of enterprise organization and enterprise management but there are many central and important issues which can be supported or even enabled by state-of-the-art information systems. Consequently, approaches to Knowledge Management need to be rooted in business and organization science as well as in computer science. However, conferences and workshops on Knowledge Management typically either cover approaches from the first or the second area only. Although such events are certainly worthwhile we feel that bringing together people from both areas and giving them a forum for exchanging ideas will lead to Knowledge Management solutions that are much more useful and effective. The PAKM Conference is dedicated to that quite challenging aim. It will bring together people from both areas, namely * people who have an organizational perspective on Knowledge Management, e.g. have practical experience in introducing Knowledge Management in organisations, or are concerned with more theoretical approaches to managing the resource "knowledge" * people with an information technology point of view on Knowledge Management who, e.g., have developed tools for Knowledge Management, or are investigating on a more theoretical level technological frameworks for Knowledge Management Several sessions with a workshop-like character will serve as a forum for interaction. Each workshop will deal with a certain Knowledge Management problem that calls for solutions on the organizational as well as on the technological side. In this way, PAKM enables and supports interactions and information flows of the following kinds: * Organizational and management solutions often include processes or structures that hold a potential for employing computer-supported approaches to increase efficiency and/or effectiveness. Sometimes, an information system is even mandatory for the whole Knowledge Management approach to work. Thus, participants from the information technology area get the excellent opportunity to learn about real-world requirements, to identify the organizational framework certain kinds of information systems must take into account, and get new ideas about what specific kinds of Knowledge Management systems are needed. * Technological solutions are useless unless they fit into a given organizational environment. Participants presenting their technology approaches can get feedback on how well their systems meet reality. * Organizational solutions often can benefit from making use of information technology. Thus, participants from the area of organizational and management solutions may find it valuable to get feedback on where an additional usage of information technology could lead to improvements in their solutions. * Participants from the organizational and management solutions area have the opportunity to learn what kind of systems are technologically feasible and may be inspired to envision completely new kinds of solutions to certain Knowledge Management problems. Additional to the workshop sessions each of the two conference days will start with an invited talk. The conference will close with a plenary session where the main results from the workshops will be presented to all participants. CONTRIBUTIONS SOUGHT: We seek original contributions that describe approaches to solve a particular Knowledge Management problem. The approach may be of a technological nature, of a management/ organizational nature, or a combination of both. In any case, to avoid toy problems and purely academic approaches being discussed, every paper must clearly describe the (real-world) problem being tackled and point out the added value of solving that problem. The paper should give a clear description why and how the presented approach solves the problem. It should further be made clear in which aspects the suggested approach is a new one. A very important requirement is that at least the essentials of the approach must be presented in a way such that it will be comprehensible by all participants, including those from the "other area" (e.g., information technology people in the case you describe an organizational solution). Submitted papers may be full papers with up to 12 pages and 30 minutes presentation time, or short papers with up to 5 pages and 15 minutes time for presentation. All accepted papers will be presented at the conference. They will be grouped to (parallel) session according to the issues they address. The sessions will be held as workshops, i.e. with one or two people coordinating the whole session, and with making sure that there is ample discussion time. Depending on the number of papers allocated to a session it may last a whole day or even longer. The proceedings with all accepted papers will be available at the conference. Possible workshop topics are the main topics listed below; papers may address one or more of the subtopics given, or may address other topics as well as long as they fit into the overall conference theme: * Building and maintaining an inventory of the knowledge available in the organization (with people, in files, databases, documents) - setting up appropriate communication links between people, groups, departments to communicate what skills and knowledge they have - meta information systems * Bringing the knowledge existing somewhere inside or outside the organization to those places where it is needed - aligning organizational structures towards a knowledge sharing community - group support systems - decision support systems, just-in-time knowledge delivery systems, electronic performance support systems - information retrieval: interest profiles, information filtering, automatic text understanding, searching the world wide web, personal web agents * Making sure that available knowledge is reused and not reinvented - documentation and annotation of knowledge to facilitate its being assimilated by people who did not provide it - ontologies and enterprise data models to provide a common terminological framework - automatic text summarization to facilitate selection of relevant texts - group support systems - automatic indexing and abstracting of texts * Capturing and securing knowledge to avoid it from getting lost - designing business processes such that knowledge generated in ongoing work is easily and immediately captured - implementing lessons learned processes - organizational memories: knowledge integration, knowledge sharing, versioning, contexts, high-level modelling languages for non-computer scientists - knowledge extraction from texts * Developing new knowledge - organizational measures for supporting and stimulating innovation - information systems for supporting creative processes (exploration of data spaces, visualization tools, etc.) - data mining (from data, text, and the web) IMPORTANT DATES: Submission of full papers or short papers by July, 11, 1998 Acceptance notices mailed by August, 21, 1998 =46inal, camera-ready papers due by September, 25, 1998 SUBMISSION FORMAT: Full papers may have up to 12 pages, short papers up to 5 pages, both in an 11pt font and single-spaced. We accept either electronic submission in Postscript or Word format, or paper submissions (in 4 copies) to the following address: Ulrich Reimer Swiss Life Information Systems Research Group Postfach CH-8022 Zurich, Switzerland Email: Ulrich.Reimer@swisslife.ch ********** III.B.2. =46r: James C. French Re: CIKM'98 Call for Papers CIKM '98 Call for Papers Seventh International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management November 3--7, 1998 Washington D.C., USA Sponsored by ACM SIGIR and ACM SIGMIS CIKM'98 will bring together leading researchers and developers in a wide variety of scientific areas, with a common interest in improving information and knowledge management technologies. Its objective is to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of recent advances in the area, and to foster collaboration between the database, information retrieval, and artificial intelligence communities. The focus of the conference is new and original research results in the areas of theoretical foundations, design, implementation, and applications of information and knowledge management. We solicit papers that address novel, challenging and innovative results. We also solicit short papers that challenge the field with new technologies or applications and open new horizons of research. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * Intelligent Search and Data Mining * Data Cleaning and Noise Modeling * Uncertainty Management * Data Mining Methods * Automated Discovery Agents * Privacy and Security Issues * Interactive Data Exploration * Knowledge and Resource Discovery * Multimedia Database Systems * Mobile Databases and Wireless Computing * Digital Libraries * Information Representation and Modeling * Modeling Database Dynamics * Information Structures and Interaction * Hypertext and Hypermedia * Distributed Object Management * Query Languages Transaction and Workflow Management * Data and Knowledge Sharing * Heterogeneous and Distributed Systems * High Performance Algorithms * Design Techniques for Object Databases * Intelligent Agents and Network Mediators * Temporal/Spatial Databases * Active and Extensible Databases * Engineering, Scientific and Design Databases * Intelligent Information Systems * User and Application Interfaces * Time, Event and Change Management and Monitoring * Dynamic Databases * Tuning, Benchmarking and Performance * New Experimental, Commercial and Educational Systems * Integrating Databases and Information Retrieval * Cooperating and Interoperable Federated Systems * Parallelism and Distribution * Object Storage and Servers * Imprecise and Uncertain Information Authors are invited to submit complete and original papers. Papers that may be submitted for consideration include those that have not previously been published in another forum, or are not currently being published or reviewed by another journal or conference. All submitted papers will be refereed for quality, originality and relevance. Of particular interest are papers which address experiences with concrete applications. All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, to be published by ACM Press, provided at least one author attends the conference to present the paper. Manuscripts should include an abstract and be limited to 5000 words. Submissions should include the title, author(s), author's affiliation, e-mail address, tel/fax numbers and postal address. In case of multiple authors, please indicate which author is responsible for correspondence and preparing the camera ready paper for the proceedings. Seven copies of the manuscript should be submitted by May 1, 1998 to either of the Program Co-Chairs: Dr. James French Dr. Georges Gardarin c/o CIKM'98 (IR track) c/o CIKM'98 (DBMS track) Department of Computer Science PRiSM Laboratory (& INRIA) Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA University of Versailles SQ french@cs.virginia.edu 78035 Versailles Cedex, France 804-982-2213 georges.gardarin@prism.uvsq.fr 33 1 39254054/56 Authors will be notified of acceptance by the end of June, and August. For more information about the conference, please visit the CIKM web site http://www.cs.umbc.edu/cikm; or contact either of the General Chairs, Niki Pissinou or Charles Nicholas . Workshops and Tutorials: An important part of the conference is the workshop program, which focuses on timely research challenges and initiatives. Workshop proposals may be sent to Professor Kia Makki . Tutorial proposals may be sent to Professor Il-Yeol Song ********** III.B.3. =46r: Chadia Moghrabi Re: NLP+IA'98 / TALN'98 CALL FOR PAPERS & EXHIBITS Appel aux communications & expositions INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS NLP+IA 98 Special accent on Computer assisted language learning Conference internationale sur le traitement automatique des langues et ses applications industrielles TAL+AI 98 Attention speciale portee a l'enseignement de la langue AUGUST/aout 18 - 21, 1998 Moncton, New-Brunswick, CANADA Come to Canada this summer... IWNLG August 5-7 in Niagara-on-the-Lake Coling-ACL & workshops August 10-16 in Montreal NLP+IA/CALL August 18-21 in Moncton TOPICS OF INTEREST: The NLP Study Group (GRETAL) at l'Universite de Moncton is organizing its second international conference on NLP and industrial applications. This year a special attention is given to Computer assisted language learning & teaching. Papers are invited on all aspects of natural language processing, including, but not limited to, * computer assisted language learning & teaching, * natural language understanding and generation of textual, spoken and hand-written language, * natural language interfaces to databases, expert systems, or industrial applications * machine translation, computer aided translation, translation aids, * syntax, semantics, pragmatics, lexicon, morphology, * dictionaries, corpora, & other language resources * multimodality * multilinguality * NLP industrial applications * papers of every kind that can help bridge the gap between the theory and practice of NLP in general and Language learning in particular. LANGUAGE: Authors are invited to submit preliminary versions of their papers not exceeding 400 words (exclusive of references) either in English or in French, the two official languages of the conference. Proceedings would be published in the language of the submitted texts. Final versions would be around 7-8 pages. SUBMISSION: 1) The first page should be an identification page containing the title, the authors' names, affiliations, addresses, a five (5) keyword list specifying the subject area, a five (5) line summary, and the name and address of the contact person. TITLE/ Titre: AUTHORS INFO/ Auteurs et infos: KEYWORDS/ Mots clefs: SUMMARY/ Resume: CONTACT PERSON/ Personne contact: 2) Abstracts should not exceed 400 words in length excluding references (12 pt, times roman, 1 inch margins (2,5 cm) all around; if using A4 please keep text within 19cm x 25,5 cm). 3) The identification page and the abstract should be submitted in 4 HARD COPIES (12 pt, times roman, 1 inch margins (2,5 cm) all around; if using A4 please keep text within 16,5 cm x 23 cm) to: NLP+IA 98 / TAL+AI 98 Pr. Chadia Moghrabi GETA, CLIPS, IMAG 385 rue de la Bibliotheque BP 53 X 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9 =46rance Phone: +33 4 76 51 4369 =46ax: +33 4 76 51 4405 E-mail: NLP+IA-98@imag.fr 4) The identification page should also be e-mailed in plain text. REFEREEING: All submissions shall be refereed by three members of the Program committee. SCHEDULE: Submissions are due on April 28th 1998. Notification of receipt will be mailed to the contact person soon after receipt. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 june 1998. Camera-ready copies of final full papers must be received by the 1st of August 1998 along with registration fees. Participants are also requested to indicate their intention to participate in the conference as soon as possible to the same e-mail address with the single word INTENTION in the subject line. EXHIBITS: Anyone wishing to arrange an exhibit or present a demonstration should send a brief electronic description along with a specification of physical requirements (table size, power, telephone connections, number of chairs, etc.) to the same address with the single word EXHIBIT in the subject line. ****************************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.C.1. =46r: Ruslan Mitkov Re: PhD Studentship in Automatic Abstracting RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP IN AUTOMATIC ABSTRACTING (Current value of bursary =A3 5,500) The University of Wolverhampton, School of Languages and European Studies invites applications for a research studentship on corpus-based automatic abstracting. We are looking for candidates with a good honours degree in Computational Linguistics or Computer Science and with excellent programming skills. Overseas candidates must have a good command of English. The successful candidate is expected to start the studentship on 1 September 1998. =46or further information about the project, please contact Ruslan Mitkov, tel. 01902 322471, Email R.Mitkov@wlv.ac.uk. =46ormal applications must be made to: The Research Support Unit University of Wolverhampton Dudley Campus Castle View Dudley DY1 3HR and must include a completed application form (to be requested from Mrs. Lesley Barlow - tel. 01902 323317, Email L.Barlow@wlv.ac.uk), a CV and a covering letter in which the candidates explain why they apply for the studentship and give details of their research interests/experience, background and programming skills. (Please quote the reference number of the studentship - RS207) Please note that the closing date for applications is 28 April 1998. ****************************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. 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