Information Retrieval List Digest 431 (November 16, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-431.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 November 16, 1998 Volume XV, Number 45 Issue 431 ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES 1. IR Performance II. JOBS 1. U. Technology, Sydney, Australia: 3 IS Positions 2. UN: Head Librarian 3. Rutgers U.: CS: Tenure-track Positions III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. Electronic Journals and Their Management: CFP 2. DPC '97 Proceedings Available 3. Preliminary Report of Joint European Union - NSF Digital Libraries Study 4. EM: New Issue on Electronic Contracting and Electronic Markets - The International Journal of Electronic Commerce & Business Media: CFP B. Meetings 1. PAAM99: CFP 2. CIA-99 Cooperative Information Agents: CFP 3. UM99 Posters/Short-papers: Deadline C. Miscellaneous 1. UCLA Short Courses on "Relational Remodeled" and "Objects, Relations, and Object/Relational Databases" IV. PROJECTS D. Research 1. ARL Announces ARL Digital Initiatives Database ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES I.1. Fr: Jud Kiemele Re: IR Performance I am currently studying the poor performance of IR methods and systems. Would you direct me to a source that addresses the cost benefits of IR? I would be pleased to learn how low precision and recall impact people and businesses in terms of difficult learning curves, wrong information, cost overruns, and lost productivity. Thank you, Jud Kiemele judkiemele@webtv.net ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: R. Todd Re: U. Technology, Sydney, Australia: 3 IS Positions The Department of Information Studies at the University of Technology Sydney is one of the leading departments of its kind in Australia. It has been established for 23 years. It is part of the Faculty of Humanities an= d Social Sciences and is located on the Broadway campus in the Sydney centr= al business district. As a central city university, it is part of all that Sydney offers - business, social, cultural and historical. The Department delivers courses at undergraduate, masters (both coursewor= k and research) and PhD levels. It has a long tradition of research, particularly in the area of information user behaviour, and has been recognised for its outstanding commitment to high quality learning and th= e design of instructional programs. The intellectual focus of the Departmen= t is broad-based, with emphasis on the field of information science and drawing from library science, cognitive science, communication, and computing science. A strong information user perspective underpins our approach. The study of people, information processes and information utilisation in a dynamically changing information environment are essenti= al areas of study in our courses, and information technology is an integral element. The Department is seeking to strengthen its involvement in a number of strategic areas, particularly those related to electronic information systems, electronic information design, knowledge management and information retrieval. We are seeking three people who can make an outstanding contribution to these areas through their teaching, research and community work. The positions are: Lecturer in Information Design and Systems Senior Lecturer in Electronic Information Provision Senior Lecturer in Knowledge Management Two of the three positions are tenured positions. The position in knowled= ge management is offered as a fixed term or secondment with opportunity for progression to a tenured appointment. Applicants can find further information about the Department of Information Studies at our web site: http://www.uts.edu.au/fac/hss/Departments/DIS/index.html Enquiries can be directed to the Head of the Department of Information Studies, Dr. Ross Todd, on Telelphone (61) (2) 9514 2722, or Fax (61) (2= ) 9514 2723 or email Ross.Todd@uts.edu.au Dr. Ross J Todd Head Department of Information Studies University of Technology, Sydney PO Box 123 Broadway NSW AUSTRALIA 2007 Ph (02) 9514 2722 Fax (02) 9514 2723 Secretary: Ph (02) 9514 2732 ********** II.2. Fr: Mary Cherif Re: UN: Head Librarian The URL for the posting is: http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/post356.htm United Nations Secretariat Vacancy Announcement (External/Internal) Vacancy Announcement Number 98-B-DPI-A96-NY Deadline for Applications 27 November 1998 Position Title and Level Head Librarian, D-1 Post Number UNA-31782-E-D-1-0= 01 Duty Station New York Organizational Unit Dag Hammarskjold Library Library and Publications Division Department of Public Information Indicative Minimum Gross Annual Remuneration (including post adjustment) US$ 124,814 Duties and Responsibilities: Under the general direction of the Director, Library and Publications Division, the incumbent is responsible for planning, organizing and directing the work of the Dag Hammarskjold Library and continuing to move the Library forward. Competencies and Skills: Advanced university degree in Library/Information Science at the Master'= s level is required. Professional library experience for a minimum of 20 years, including at least ten at the international level required. Knowledge of application of Information Technologies in the Library field essential. Extensive management experience, communication skills, problem-solving ability, and thorough knowledge of the United Nations required. Languages: Fluency in English and a second official language is required. Working knowledge of other official languages is highly desirable. External applicants are requested to send a detailed curriculum vitae including date of birth, nationality, educational qualifications, a summa= ry of professional skills and/or expertise, a summary of relevant work experience, publications written and languages spoken or to complete a United Nations Personal History form (P.11) , available at UN offices. Interested UN staff members at the level of the post or one level below should present their candidacy according to the "Guidelines for the preparation of applications for vacancies open to internal candidates within the UN Secretariat" available from the Office for Human Resources Management, Rooms S-2480 and DC1-200, the Bulletin Board on cc:mail, or a= t local UN personnel offices and should attach the last three PER/PAS. "Due to the volume of applications all internal candidates and only thos= e external candidates under serious consideration will be acknowledged." All applications should be sent to: VA-98-B-DPI-A96-NY/ATI, Staffing Support Section, Office of Human Resources Management, Room S-2475, Unite= d Nations, New York, NY 10017. Fax No: (212) 963-3134. Preference may be given to equally qualified women candidates. Note: The United Nations is a Non-Smoking Environment. Please indicate the Vacancy Announcement Number on the Envelope or on th= e Fax and on the Application. ********** II.3. Fr: Haym Hirsh Re: Rutgers U.: CS: Tenure-track Positions The Computer Science Department at Rutgers University is seeking outstanding candidates for several tenure-track positions for the 1999 academic year. We are particularly interested in artificial intelligence= , bio-computing, cryptography, databases, digital libraries, distributed an= d parallel systems, networking, operating systems, security, software engineering, and theoretical computer science, although exceptionally strong candidates in all areas are encouraged to apply. The new Rutgers University strategic plan places computer science as an area with one of the highest expected growth rates within the university. Our department's $4 million of outside funding is distributed among forty-five research projects, spanning the spectrum of computer science. = We are partners in major centers in theoretical computer science (DIMACS), cognitive science (RuCCS), and wireless and mobile computing (WINLAB), among others. (For more details, see http://www.cs.rutgers.edu.) Our department also has close ties to industry including AT&T, Bellcore, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent, NEC, Siemens, and Sun, as well as several emergi= ng companies in the New York area. To apply please submit a curriculum vitae including names of at least fou= r professional references to: Professor Eric Allender, Hiring Chair Department of Computer Science Rutgers, the State University 110 Frelinghuysen Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019 by February 1, 1999, or send e-mail to hiring@cs.rutgers.edu for further information. We especially encourage applications from women and other under-represented groups. ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Andrew Cox Re: Electronic Journals and Their Management: CFP Call for papers Vine is seeking authors for a themed issue on Electronic journals and their management. Several authors have already been identified, but we would be particularly interested in articles on: * Practice and research outside the UK * Use of electronic journals in special, government, medical information services * Cataloguing of electronic journals * Licensing * Managing a locally held electronic journals archive * Discussion of how to evaluate electronic journals services and monitor usage Vine, published quarterly by LITC, at South Bank University London, is a respected journal covering all IT applications in libraries and information services. It provides timely and definitive overviews of important topics in the field. VINE's intention is to publish informative, well-researched writing that will be of immediate practical use to its busy, influential readership. Further details of Vine http://agent.sbu.ac.uk/publications/vine.html Further details of LITC http://www.sbu.ac.uk/litc/ For more information about writing an article for Vine, contact Andrew Cox, coxam@sbu.ac.uk, telephone +44 (0)171 815 7843. Andrew Cox, Researcher LITC, South Bank University, Diary House 103 Borough Road, London, SE1 OAA, UK ********** III.A.2. Fr: GSLIS Publications Office Re: DPC '97 Proceedings Available The conference proceedings from the 1997 data processing clinic are now available from the GSLIS publications office at the University of Illinois. These proceedings detail the challenges of information organization and retrieval; more specifics appear below the title and ordering information here. "Visualizing Subject Access for 21st Century Information Resources" Edited by Pauline Atherton Cochrane and Eric H. Johnson ISBN 0-87845-103-X; No. 34; 176 pages; cloth; $30 plus shipping Available from The GSLIS Publications Office, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 501 E. Daniel St., Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: (217) 333-1359 Fax: (217) 244-7329 E-mail: puboff@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff (Prepayment required: VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and checks payable to "The University of Illinois"; students, bookstores and wholesalers receive a ten percent discount.) URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, IL--The growth of the Internet only foreshadows what will happen with globally distributed information resources in the coming century. Coping with current problems of organization and retrieval using present-day technological answers will not be enough for tomorrow's users. Leading researchers in information retrieval systems examined a variety o= f related issues at "Visualizing Subject Access for 21st Century Informatio= n Resources," the 34th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing sponsored by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology in March 1997. Their papers and presentations are collected in these proceedings published by The GSLIS Publications Office. This book is significant reading for all LIS professionals involved in subject searchi= ng. "There is, perhaps, no person who knows more about subject searching than professor Cochrane," writes David Dorman in Computers in Libraries ("A Conference on Visualizing Subject Access," 17:5, 18-20, www.infotoday. com), calling the conference, "the highest quality and most informative library event I have ever experienced." Drawn from various communities of research and development in the U.S. an= d Europe, the speakers provided viewpoints as digital library developers, interface and visualization experts, bibliographic system vendors, cognitive researchers, librarians, and information service providers. Included among the topics at the 1997 clinic: * Do the designers of digital library systems envision a role for more traditional library classification schemes and thesauri? * What new tools exist to create visual displays of vocabulary choices and term relationships to improve browsing and search negotiation in either collections of full-text information or information surrogate files on the Internet, CD-ROM, etc.? * Have cognitive research and user modeling efforts produced results which could impact subject access tool design? * What interface, browsing, and navigation tools are on the drawing board or in prototype systems which may help to improve subject access? * How will the new systems handle the "interspace" where switching vocabularies will be needed to access and search federated and unfederated repositories of full-text information in various languages? Papers include World Wide Web URLs that offer further insight into presentations. Pauline Atherton Cochrane is a research professor emerita at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and Eric H. Johnson is= a research programmer at the CANIS-Community Systems Lab of GSLIS, both at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Consistently ranked as on= e of the top three library and information science programs in the U.S., th= e Graduate School of Library and Information Science, founded in 1893 at th= e Armour Institute in Chicago, maintains a reputation of excellence and quality. The University of Illinois was founded in 1867, and is regularl= y cited among leading universities in the United States. The Publications Office of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (217) 333-1359 phone, (217) 244-7329 FAX puboff@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff ********** III.A.3. Fr: Clifford Lynch Re: Preliminary Report of Joint European Union - NSF Digital Libraries Study As you may know, there has been a joint European Union-NSF project to explore research agendas for digital libraries, with particular emphasis on areas for international collaboration. The work of this project has been carried out by a series of working groups; I have been the US co-chair of one such group (on metadata). A meeting was held in mid-October in Brussels to preview the current progress of the working groups for the EU policy and funding communities. The report of this meeting is available on the web at http://www.iei.pi.cnr.it/DELOS//NSF/Brussels.htm You can also find a pointer to the same report, along with a number of other very interesting reports from the European DL research community, a= t http://www.ercim.org/publication/workshop_reports.html Final reports from the groups are expected to be completed around the end of the calendar year. I'll post a message out when they are released. Clifford ********** III.A.4. Fr: Dorian.Selz@unisg.ch Re: EM: New Issue on Electronic Contracting and CFP: Electronic Markets - The International Journal of Electronic Commerce & Business Media Dear Colleagues, EM -- Electronic Markets (Formerly IJEM -- International Journal of Electronic Markets) has posted its newest issue of the journal at http://www.electronicmarkets.org (98/3 Focused on Electronic Contracting). 99/3: The opening paper by Lee emphasizes the need that this process is open to new contracting relationships. Peiro and Steiger address the border between user-interface technologies and protocols used to implement secure electronic commerce services. Yuan, Rose, Archer, and Suarga present an implementation of a web-based negotiation tool for collective labour bargaining. Dasgupta describes the online emerging stock trading industry. Daoud proposes a meta-broker that facilitates information sourcing and provides a contract framework with built-in features. Kerridge, Slade, Kerridge and Ginty outline project that aims at implementing pan-European trade links for businesses by using virtual supply chains that cover the complete life cycle. In addtion, we have 2 outstanding calls for papers, the most urgent being the call for papers on (1) Electronic Commerce in the Americas (99/2), as well as the call for papers on (2) Electronic Commerce and Logistics (99/3). The deadline for Electronic Commerce in the Americas has been postponed until November 25, because of popular demand (From its original deadline of November 15 and can be found below). Albest, Brigette Buchet Editor =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Dear Colleagues Electronic Markets - The International Journal of Electronic Commerce & Business Media is a key forum for advancing the understanding and practice of electronic markets and commerce (www.electronicmarkets.org). The spring edition will focus on Electronic Commerce in the Americas. We are currently searching for articles dealing with the current status of projects, visions and policies related to Electronic Commerce in America. Possible topics include 1.) key players and their strategies for employing e-Commerce efficiently, 2.) leading and pursuing a regional strategy, 3.) a range of planned investments and time schedules for implementation, 4.) regional aspects and governmental policies to promote the diffusion of e-Commerce technologies and 5.) the question of open versus closed platforms, the strategy for the future, etc. If you would like to submit a paper, please contact the editors of EM at the information found below. The deadline for submission is November 25, 1998. For further information you can consult our guidelines found on www.electronicmarkets.org (contributors section). Electronic Markets is a multidisciplinary journal whose audience of approximately 3000 readers, located around the world includes scientists, policy and decision-makers working in government, industry and education. Uniquely, EM is also read by managers concerned with the effects of the electronic commerce revolution, organisations and society; and scholars with an interest in the relationship between information technologies, new forms of commerce and social change. The Website (www.electronicmarkets.org) provides full coverage (including all articles from the past 7 years) of the Journal's in-depth reporting on current developments, the latest trends, the impacts, policies, methodologies and cultural changes related to this exciting and rapidly evolving new research field. We are looking forward to your contribution. Sincerely, Brigette Buchet Editor Electronic Markets - International Journal of Electronic Commerce & Business Media Editorial Office: =A6 Editor-in-Chief: =A6 Professor Beat F. Schmid mcm institute =A6 mcm institute for Media and University of St.Gallen =A6 Communications Management, Mueller-Friedberg-Strasse 8 =A6 University of St.Gallen CH-9000 St.Gallen =A6 Phone 0041/71/224 21 96 =A6 Dorian Selz - Executive Ed. Fax 0041/71/224 27 71 =A6 Brigette Buchet - Managing Ed. eMail em.editors@netacademy.org =A6 MCM Institute www http://www.electronicmarkets.org =A6 University of St.Gallen ********** III.B.1. Fr: practical-applications@pap.com Re: PAAM99: CFP PAAM99 - CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION The Fourth International Conference and Exhibition on The Practical Application of Intelligent Agents and Multi-Agent Technology Monday 19th April - Wednesday 21st April 1999 Commonwealth Institute, London, UK http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PAAM99 PAAM99 is sponsored and supported to date by: AgentLink, Agent Society CompulogNet, FIPA, IF Computer, LPA. ***UPDATE: Invited Programme to date*** TUTORIALS: Monday 19th April, 1999 Dr Matthias Klusch, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Dr Peter Edwards, University of Aberdeen, UK Dr H. Van Dyke Parunak, Center for Electronic Commerce, USA Anand Rao, Mitchell Madison Group, Australia INVITED SPEAKERS: Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st April, 1999 Eric Horvitz, Microsoft, USA Dr H. Van Dyke Parunak, Center for Electronic Commerce, USA Anand Rao, Mitchell Madison Group, Australia PAAM99 Agent technology is an exciting and fast moving field of IT which is now making the transition from Universities and research labs into industrial and commercial applications. PAAM99 will demonstrate how agent technolog= y is creating new opportunities for business and industry by focusing on th= e central issues. PAAM and PA Expo99 PAAM is a key part of the Practical Application Expo: a unique five-day multi-technology, multi-track event which takes place every Spring in London. PA Expo99 will also include conferences on KDD, Logic Programming= , Knowledge Management and JAVA. PA Expo combines the peer-to-peer review process of an academic conferenc= e with the commercial relevence of an applied industrial event. This contra= st of theory and practice, research and deployment is rarely found elsewhere= , and makes an ideal forum for participants to network and share ideas. PA Expo offers a rich blend of tutorials, invited talks, refereed papers, panel discussions, poster sessions, social agenda and a full industrial exhibition. The result is a varied technical programme that caters for delegates of various levels of expertise, from beginner to advanced practitioner, in a pleasant and productive environment. You are invited to register your interest in PAAM99 by completing the rep= ly form below. Venue PA EXPO99 will take place at The Commonwealth Conference and Events Centr= e. It enjoys a prime location in the heart of London, strategically situated in Royal Kensington and Chelsea, leading onto High Street Kensington whic= h is home to one of London's premier shopping areas, and a selection of quality hotels and restaurants. Call for Submissions Your submission should describe one of the following: Commercially available products Internally deployed solutions Fully advanced pre-production prototypes There are two types of submission available: 1.Paper 2.Industrial Report 1 Paper Paper submissions will be refereed by the programme committee. Accepted papers will have 30 minutes to present their papers at the conference. Papers should be no longer than 20 pages. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Personal agents for: Email PDA's Finding & retrieving information / WWW Scheduling/diary management Mobility management Business/service agents for: Workflow management Network Management and control Buying & selling services Information Management, Retrieval & Understanding Information Customisation WWW and Internet Negotiation Price Discovery Information Arbitrage Manufacturing Planning & Control Tools and Techniques for: Process Control Traffic Control Process Re-engineering Knowledge Management Languages for developing agent systems Coordination standards Standards for information transfer Identity Management Monetary Instrument Standards Design methodologies for agent-based systems Also of interest are survey papers that indicate the future direction thi= s important technology will take. 2 Industrial Report In recognition of the applied nature of PAAM, we encourage the submission of Industrial Reports. This type of submission is intended for professionals who have little time to write a full paper, but who nevertheless, would like the opportunity to present the benefits of their application at the conference. Please forward a short paper (no more than 6 pages) describing your application based on the guidelines to be found at our web site. Industrial Reports will receive a fast track review. Submission Policies Submissions need to meet the conference objectives and achieve a balance between application and theory and with this in mind we have produced guidelines to help you achieve this. Please visit our web site for furthe= r information Papers: http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PAAM99/guidelines Reports: http://www.practical-applications.co.uk/PAAM99//report Please indicate which category your paper falls into on submission. Papers and Industrial Reports will be published in the proceedings but no= te that there will be a clear indication as to the type of submission. In some cases revisions to submissions will be asked for by the programme committee. Authors are responsible for making the required revisions and submitting the final or revised version of the paper by the due date for the final version. Papers not meeting the revision requirements will not be included in the Proceedings. Papers from non English speakers are strongly encouraged, however we woul= d ask that your paper is proof read by a native English speaker, if possibl= e, before submission. Submission Details Dates: Submission Deadline: January 11th, 1999 Notification/Comments: February 15th, 1999 Final Papers due: March 15th, 1999 Five copies of your paper, in English, should be received by the conferen= ce organisers, on or before January 11, 1999. Formatting instructions (Word), can be downloaded from our web site. Please also submit an electronic version of your paper as a PDF file or Word document. The email address for this will be made available in due course. Please include a cover page including: 1.Full Contact Details 2.A Short Abstract **Important Note** Please use the following address when sending your papers to us. PAAM99 54 Knowle Avenue Blackpool Lancs FY2 9UD UK Call for Exhibitors The conference also provides an opportunity for software vendors and developers to demonstrate Agent systems. You are invited to contact the organiser to arrange for your application to be exhibited at the event. ********** III.B.2. Fr: Matthias Klusch Re: CIA-99 Cooperative Information Agents: CFP SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Third International Workshop CIA-99 on COOPERATIVE INFORMATION AGENTS July 31 - August 2, 1999 Uppsala/Stockholm (Sweden) CIA-99 Homepage: http://www.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/~klusch/cia99.html The CIA-99 workshop is co-sponsored by the - Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany. - Daimler-Benz AG, Germany. - George Mason University, USA. - Active On-line Systems Ltd., UK. and supported by the Special Interest Group on Distributed Artificial Intelligence of the German Computer Society (GI). CIA-99 Topics & Deadlines: Modern information environments mainly consist of large, distributed and heterogenous resources that are connected in the Internet or corporate Intranets. These environments are open and can dynamically change over time. To cope with such information environments means, in particular, to deal with uncertain, incomplete and vague information. In general, the effective handling of uncertainty is critical in designin= g, understanding, and evaluating autonomous, computational systems tasked wi= th making intelligent decisions. It is also crucial to the ultimate success and broad application of intelligent information agents on the Internet a= s well as in any industrial context. Moreover, any advanced human-agent interaction in such environments, e.g.= , via synthetic characters, believable avatars or 3-D multimedia-based representation of the so-called virtual information space available for individual users in the Internet, remains to be a challenging research topic. In addition, up to now there are not many systems of (collaboratin= g) mobile information agents available. The CIA-99 workshop mainly focus on the following three special themes: (1) Information agents in UNCERTAIN information environments. (2) Systems and applications of MOBILE information agents. (3) Advanced Human-Agent INTERACTION, in particular maintenance and visualization of dynamically changing VIRTUAL INFORMATION SPACES. We encourage especially submission of papers that report on research and development within these themes. Besides that, like in previous CIA workshops, all topics in the research area of intelligent and collaborating information agents are covered by t= he CIA-99 workshop. TOPICS o Advanced Database and Knowledge-Base Technology Application of Techniques for Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in open= , distributed and dynamically changing environments. Management of uncertain and incomplete knowledge for information gatherin= g in the Internet or large corporate Intranets. o Human-Agent Interaction Synthetic Agents, believable avatars, and 3-D multimedia-based representation of individual user information spaces in the Internet. Advanced interfaces for conversations and dialogues among information agents and users. o Adaptive Information Agents Performance and measurement of adaptation of single agent or multiagent systems in uncertain information environments. Computation and Action und= er uncertainty and limited resources. Methods for automated uncertain reasoning for collaborating information agents. o Mobility and Issues of Security in the Internet Architectures, environments and languages for mobile and secure informati= on agents and servers. Collaborative information agents on wearable computer= s, hand-held and/or satellite-based control devices. o Rational Information Agents and Electronic Commerce Agent-based marketplaces in the Internet. Electronic Commerce with incomplete and uncertain information. Economic models of cooperative problem solving among rational information agents in open information environments. Standards for privacy of communication, security, and jurisdiction for agent-mediated commerce. o Systems and Applications Implemented systems and applications of multiple collaborating informatio= n agents on the Internet. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for Paper Submission: March 5, 1999 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: April 18, 1999 Deadline for camera-ready version: May 10, 1999 CIA-99 Invited Speakers The CIA-99 features invited talks from leading experts in intelligent information agent technology: * Agent Technology from a NASA Perspective Walt Truszkowski (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA) * Adaptive User Interfaces for Information Agents Pat Langley (Daimler-Benz R&T at Palo Alto, USA) * Agent-Based Community Ware Toru Ishida (University of Kyoto, Japan) * Agents and Automated Commerce on the Internet Michael Wellman (University of Michigan, USA) * Autonomous Search in Uncertain Environments Erol Gelenbe (Duke University, USA) * Information Brokering in Digital Media Amit Sheth (Georgia University, USA) * Cooperative Information Systems: Making Databases Behave like Information Agents Mike P. Papazoglou (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) * Agent-Based Optimal Constraint Management in Distributed Information Environments Alexander Brodsky & Samuel Varas (George Mason University, USA) CIA-99 Location The workshop will be held in the city of Uppsala in Sweden. Uppsala is located 70 km north from Stockholm with the international airport in between. For information on Uppsala see, e.g., http://www.uppsala.se/english/index.htm Please check the CIA-99 homepage frequently for recent info on the workshop site in Uppsala. It is intended to offer a shuttle service to the airport and Stockholm at the last day of the CIA-99 workshop for your convenience, and to enable y= ou to attend the IJCAI-99 Conference at Stockholm conference center in time. CIA-99 Paper Submission The length of submitted paper must be no more than 12 pages including all figures, tables, and bibliography. All papers must be written in English. Submissions will be reviewed for quality, correctness, originali= ty and relevance. Papers accepted or under review by other conferences, workshops or journals are not acceptable. Papers not conforming to the above requirements may be rejected without review. Each submission includes the full paper (title, authors, abstract, text), and in addition a separate title page with the title, a 300-400 word abstract, a list of keywords, authors (names, addresses, email addresses, telephone and fax numbers). For publication in the Springer LNCS series, please prepare a camera-read= y version of your contribution together with the corresponding Springer sty= le files ''llncs'' (for LaTeX) to be obtained by ftp trick.ntp.springer.de (/pub/tex/latex/llncs). For those not using the Springer LNCS style files: The paper must be formatted using 10 point Times. (If Times is not available, please use on= e of the similar typefaces widely used in phototypesetting.) Printing area should be 12.2 x 19.3 cm, and the interline distance should be arranged i= n such a way that some 42 to 45 lines occur on a full-text page. You can submit your contribution by ** MAIL or ELECTRONIC MAIL **. It is strongly recommended to submit your paper by electronic mail! If receipt of your submission is not confirmed within one week, you are kindly asked to resend it. Submission: - by MAIL to Onn Shehory Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute 5000 Forbes Av. Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA Fax: +1-412-2685569 Phone: +1-412-268-3740 Please send three single-sided hard-copies of your paper. OR - by EMAIL to onn@cs.cmu.edu Please send the postscript file of your contribution, and check if this file is printable on any ordinary postscript printer! In case of a long file, please use compression (zip, gzip, or compress) before sending it by email, and give information on the type of used compression. CIA-99 Proceedings The proceedings will be published as a volume in the series Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) from Springer Publisher. The proceedings of the CIA-97, CIA-98 workshops appeared as LNAI Vol. 1202 an= d Vol. 1435, respectively. For more informations please contact Matthias Klusch Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh PA-15213-3890, USA. Phone: +1-412-2685287, Fax: +1-412-2685569 Email: klusch@cs.cmu.edu ********** III.B.3. Fr: Judy Kay Re: UM99 Deadline for Posters/Short-papers DEADLINE FOR POSTERS/SHORT-PAPERS Call for papers 7th International conference on user modeling June 20 - 24, 1999 Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99 As this is the last deadline for the main technical programme, you are encouraged to visit the web site http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99 for full det= ails. SUBMISSIONS Electronic submission is preferred. For formatting and other details see the web site: http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99 Submissions and queries should be mailed to the Program Chair: Judy Kay Basser Dept of Computer Science Tel: +61-2-9351-4502 Madsen F09, University of Sydney Fax: +61-2-9351-3838 Australia 2006 IMPORTANT DATES: Nov 21, 1998 - posters deadline Jan 31, 1999 - workshop paper deadline - doctoral consortium paper deadline UM99 is organized under the auspices of User Modeling, Inc. PROCEEDINGS The proceedings of UM99 will be published as a book by Springer-Wien-New York. This book will appear in time for the conference. In addition, the proceedings will be made available indefinitely on the World Wide Web. Th= e electronic version of the proceedings of UM97, which were published in th= e same way, is available at: http://um.org/um_97/proceedings-overview.html. These proceedings should be useful to authors who are considering submitting to UM99. In particular, the detailed hypertext indexing of the papers will help them to identify related previous research. BRIEF SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS (for detailed instructions see the conference website): http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99 Submissions are invited that describe original academic or industrial research on user modeling. *Posters* typically describe research which does not yet represent a substantial advance but which can stimulate the exchange of ideas. The accepted posters will be included in the proceedings. Poster submissions must fit within 3 pages. The formatting requirements described above appl= y. A manuscript can be submitted either electronically (as a PostScript file or an MS Word attachment) or as a hard copy. ********** III.C.1. Fr: Cassandra Armstrong Re: UCLA short courses on "Relational Remodeled" and "Objects, Relations, and Object/Relational Databases" UCLA Extension will present two short courses on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. On February 1-2, 1999, "Relational Remodeled", and on February 3-5, 1999, "Objects, Relations, and Object/Relational: The Future of Database Management". The instructor for both courses is Chris J. Date, Independent Consultant and Researcher. "Relational Remodeled" examines in depth the relational model in the context of modern database technology. It consists of a series of 'closer looks' at various familiar features (e.g., integrity, domains, views, and primary keys), together with detailed explanations of some les= s familiar aspects (e.g., nullology, recursion, expression transformation laws, and 'the theory of database relativity'). Overall, the intent is to present a remodeled version of relational theory--one that will help true database professionals fully understand the relational model, and to appl= y that knowledge in their day-to-day database activities. The course fee is $795, which includes the course, "An Introduction to Database Systems", Sixth Edition, 1995, by C.J. Date, and extensive course notes. These notes are for participants only, and are not for sale. "Objects, Relations, and Object/Relational: The Future of Database Management" discusses what OO and O/R DBMSs are all about. It begins by explaining the fundamental concepts and terminology of objects and OO DBMSs, and describes what is involved in using such a DBMS. It offers opinions on a number of important issues, such as the question of support for integrity constraints, as well as the subtle topic of inheritance. It also explores the feasibility of combining objec= t and relational technology to form an O/R system, and shows that there's a right way and a wrong way of doing the job. Two special features of the course are an extensive introduction to the ideas of The Third Manifesto, an important new proposal for the future of data and DBMSs, and a comprehensive overview of a robust new model for type inheritance. The course is not concerned with products and product-specific details; rathe= r, the emphasis is on underlying principles and solid theoretical foundation= s. The course fee is $1295, which includes the course text, "Foundation for Object/Relational Databases: The Third Manifesto", 1998, by Darwen and Date and extensive course materials. These materials are for participants only, and are not for sale. For additional information and a complete course description, please contact Marcus Hennessy at: (310) 825-1047 (310) 206-2815 fax mhenness@unex.ucla.edu http://www.unex.ucla.edu/shortcourses These courses may also be presented on-site at company locations. Sun Microsystems announced that for the cost of media, shipping and handling charges it would provide a free license to its SolarisTM operating environment when used for non-commercial use. Through an expanded SunSM Developer ConnectionSM program, developers, members of the academic community and Solaris enthusiasts worldwide can request a free license to the latest version of the Solaris operating environment for teaching, research, software development, software testing and other non-commercial use on PCs or SPARCTM workstations. Non-commercial developers can order their copy of the Solaris operating environment at http://www.sun.com/developers, while students, educators and researchers should access http://www.sun.com/edu/solaris to place an order. ****************************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.D.1. Fr: Joan K Lippincott Re: ARL Announces ARL Digital Initiatives Database ARL Announces.... ARL Digital Initiatives Database The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), in cooperation with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), has developed and is accepting submissions for a database of digital initiative projects taking place in or involving libraries. The objective of the ARL Digital Initiatives Database is to gather information about digital projects of all sizes and scope together in one place. Representation of a wide range of projects will identify knowledge and technical skills within the library community and promote information sharing. Projects submitted to the database can be browsed alphabetically by project title or by host institution. Brief displays provide a project description and a link to the project site. It is also possible to link to a full record display that provides contact information, objectives, and subject analysis for the project. A search option allows retrieval on most components of the full record. The site also contains links to related resources such as the Digital Images Clearinghouse and the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH) site that identifies best examples of digital projects. Interested parties are invited to view the database and submit projects through the admission form located at the ARL Digital Initiatives Database site at: http://www.arl.org/did/ For more information, please contact Dru Mogge (dru@arl.org) or Karen H. Zuidema (khz@uic.edu). ****************************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division = of Library Automation, 1111 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA. 94607-5200. 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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