Information Retrieval List Digest 435 (December 14, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-435.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 December 14, 1998 Volume XV, Number 49 Issue 435 ****************************************************************** II. JOBS 1. Catholic University of America: Dean, SLIS 2. UC Irvine: Assistant Professor, Information and CS 3. U. TN, Knoxville Libraries: Extended Search for Preservation Coordinator 4. Indiana U.: Assoc. or Full Professor, SLIS: Social Informatics III. NOTICES B. Meetings 1. ACM Digital Libraries '99 2. TREC-8 3. ACL: Thematic Session on NLP in IR 4. ECCS99 5. GECCO '99: Second Call for Papers 6. AIMDM'99: Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 7. IEEE Visualization 1999 C. Miscellaneous 1. Training in Ergo's NLP for Other Languages ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Deborah K Barreau Re: Catholic University of America: Dean, SLIS THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA Dean Search School of Library and Information Science The Catholic University of America is seeking a dean for its School of Library and Information Science. This ALA- accredited School enrolls 300 full-time and part-time students on the Washington campus, at the Library of Congress, and at three sites in Virginia. It offers a graduate program that includes a master's degree and a post- master's certificate in library and information science. It also offers joint degrees with law, musicology, history, English, biology, Greek and Latin, and religious studies. The University seeks applicants with a vision for library and information science education and the leadership to guide the program into the 21st century. A doctoral degree in library and information science or a closely related field is required, and a master's degree in library and information science is preferred. Applicants should have demonstrated scholarly achievement sufficient for a senior- level appointment and a broad knowledge of library and information science. Applicants should also possess administrative experience or potential. A successful record of grantsmanship is desirable. The Catholic University of America was founded in the name of the Catholic Church as a national university and center of research and scholarship. Regardless of their religious affiliation, all faculty are expected to respect and support the University's mission. Nominations and applications are invited. Applicants should submit a letter of intent, full vitae, and names of three references to Dr. Benedict T. DeCicco, Chair, Search Committee, Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064. Electronic applications should be sent to decicco@cua.edu. Please submit applications by Feb. 28, 1999. Information on the School and the University can be found at http://www.acad.cua.edu/lsc/welcome.htm and http://www.cua.edu/. The Catholic University of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Faculty representatives will be present at the ALISE conference to speak with potential candidates. ********** II.2. Fr: Mark Ackerman Re: UC Irvine: Assistant Professor, Information and CS Faculty Position (application due 1/1/99) University of California, Irvine Computing, Organizations, Policy and Society (CORPS) group Information and Computer Science The Department of Information and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine, is recruiting for an assistant professor (tenure-track) or associate (tenured) position. The following research interests represent possible matches: * Computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) * Social analysis of computing * Management of computing * Human-computer interaction * Information studies * Information management * Social impacts of computing * Information infrastucture and policy The position is within the Computing, Organizations, Policy, and Society (CORPS) group - a group with an international reputation for its work on the use and impacts of information technologies on organizations, governments, and the public. As a group within the Information and Computer Science Department, CORPS enjoys excellent Ph.D. students, a superb research infrastructure, and good funding opportunities. We also have solid support from the faculty for our tradition of field-based critical studies of computing. This position is being recruited specifically for CORPS. Applicants must have a Ph.D.in an appropriate research field (including those in the social sciences, communication, policy, computer science, and associated fields), with strong research credentials as evidenced by scholarly publications. Maximum consideration will be given to applications received by January 1, 1999. In general, the ICS Department is organized as an independent academic unit reporting to the Executive Vice Chancellor. It runs the second most popular major at UCI and has designed an undergraduate honors program that attracts the campus' most qualified students. The Department currently has 32 full-time faculty and 125 Ph.D. students involved in various research areas including computer science theory, artificial intelligence, networks and distributed systems, databases, multimedia systems, computer systems design, software and software engineering, human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, and the economics and management of information technology. ICS faculty are involved in the forefront of research in the emerging areas of the information and computer science discipline, such as multimedia/ embedded computing, knowledge-discovery in databases, bioinformatics and the role of information in society. The faculty has effective interdisciplinary ties to colleagues in management, the social sciences, biology, cognitive science, engineering, and medicine. ICS is one of UCI's fastest growing departments, building a program that leverages strengths in core as well as growth areas of information and computer science. UCI is young university, but it has attained remarkable stature in the past 3 decades. In 1995 UCI became the first university whose faculty have received two Nobel Prizes in different fields in the same year. In 1996 the university was admitted to the prestigious American Association of Universities, and in 1998 UCI was ranked eighth among US public universities by US News and World Report. UCI is located three miles from the Pacific Ocean near Newport Beach, approximately forty miles southeast of Los Angeles. The campus is served by a major airport (SNA) ten minutes away that provides service to all major US hubs, as well as by Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) forty minutes away that serves the world's major cities. Irvine is consistently ranked among the safest cities in the U.S. It has an exceptional public school system, consistently performing well above national means in test scores. The public high school located near the campus was recently ranked seventeenth in the U.S. The campus is affiliates program. Both the campus and the larger Los Angeles metropolitan area offer exciting professional and cultural opportunities. Mortgage and housing assistance are available including newly built, for-sale housing located on campus and within short walking distance from the department. For the official advertisement and for details on the application process, see: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~chair/opfac.html. Interested? Have questions? Contact Mark Ackerman at ackerman@ics.uci.edu. ********** II.3. Fr: Jeff French Re: U. TN, Knoxville Libraries: Extended Search for Preservation Coordinator OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AN ARL LIBRARY PRESERVATION PROGRAM: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries continues to develop the applicant pool for the position of Preservation Coordinator. Please see the position announcement at: Send letter of application, a current resume, and the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three recent references to: Jill Keally, Head, Library Support Services, 1015 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996-1000, Fax 423/974-4696. ********** II.4. Fr: Rob Kling Re: Indiana U.: Assoc. or Full Professor, SLIS: Social Informatics School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Bloomington Senior Faculty Position Social Informatics Indiana University's School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) invites applications and nominations for a senior faculty position (associate or full professor) at its Bloomington campus. SLIS is committed to exploring important trends, theories, and technologies and to understanding the cognitive, contextual and social processes that characterize information behavior at individual, organizational and societal levels. Areas of specialization for the new position are not prescribed. However applicants must be able to articulate how they would enhance the School's strengths in social informatics -- studies of information technologies and social change in organizational, institutional and cultural contexts (see www.slis.indiana.edu/SI). The Center for Social Informatics is a multidisicplinary focal point for Social Informatics research and brings together faculty and Ph.D. students from seven departments at IU (see www.slis.indiana.edu/CSI). Individuals who can crystallize nationally significant debates and to synthesize social informatics research and/or policy issues will be given special consideration. Applicants for this position should have an outstanding record in research and teaching. Essential qualifications are: evidence of sustained scholarship; influential research; dynamic teaching; national/international reputation; record of external funding; ability to mentor doctoral students and junior faculty. SLIS is committed to exploring important trends, theories, and technologies and to understanding the cognitive, contextual and social processes that characterize information behavior at individual, organizational and societal levels. Current research foci include human-computer interaction, scholarly communication, electronic publishing, computer-supported work, community networks and digital libraries In addition, the School maintains good working relationships with faculty in other academic departments such as Computer Science, Telecommunications, Political Science and IU's Schools of Business, Journalism, Education and Law through joint faculty appointments or participation as Fellows in the Center for Social Informatics. Information about the School's faculty, degree programs and research activities, including the Center for Social Informatics and the Usability Laboratory, can be found at http://www.slis.indiana.edu . The School has a full-time interdisciplinary faculty of twenty whose backgrounds include information science, computer science, psychology, sociology, and communications. SLIS is one of the top-ranked programs of its kind in the nation and offers both a master's degree (MIS) and PhD in Information Science, along with a master's in Library Science (MLS) and a post master's specialization in Library and Information Science. Indiana University has just announced the formation of a new School of Informatics that will bring together faculty from many academic units on the campus, including Computer Science, SLIS, the Kelley School of Business, among others. Social Informatics is one of three major themes that has been identified as a major emphasis for IU's new School of Informatics. Specific plans for this school, such as degree programs, research programs, and relationships with other campus schools are still being formulated. We expect that the new faculty member will have an opportunity to participate in and to help shape this new venture. Indiana University is a major public university with about 1500 faculty and 35,000 students on the Bloomington campus. The campus hosts 110 research centers and institutes, as well as a wide array of distinguished academic departments and schools. A recent study (The Rise of American Research Universities) has ranked Indiana University as the country's eighth best public research university based on data about research funding and publications. Indiana University has also been rated as one of the best networked universities in the U.S. Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, offering a full range of benefits, including TIAA/CREF. Salary is negotiable, commensurate with your qualifications and experience. To apply, submit a letter of application that explains some of the ways that you can help to strengthen SLIS's programs, five references and curriculum vita. Informal inquiries can be directed to members of the search committee: Dr. Debora Shaw (shawd@indiana.edu), Dr. Rob Kling (kling@indiana.edu) or Dr. Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba@indiana.edu). Applications, nominations and curricula vitae should be sent to: Dr. Debora Shaw, Chair of the Search and Screen Committee School of Library and Information Science 10th Street and Jordan Ave., Library 012 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405-1801 phone: (812) 855-3261; fax: (812) 855-6166 ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.B.1. Fr: Edward A. Fox Re: ACM Digital Libraries '99 Digital Libraries '99 The Fourth ACM Conference on Digital Libraries Sponsored by ACM SIGIR and SIGWEB University of California, Berkeley August 11-14, 1999 Call For Participation http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL99 Introduction The Fourth ACM Digital Libraries Conference (DL '99) will be held in Berkeley, California, USA on August 11-14, 1999. The conference hotel will be the Radisson Hotel, Berkeley Marina. Conference sessions will be on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley and at the conference hotel. ACM SIGIR '99 follows immediately after at the same location, to facilitate interchange between the DL and Information Retrieval communities. ACM DL is the major international forum on digital libraries, with an expanded program for the presentation of new research results, the discussion of policy issues, and for the demonstration of new systems and techniques. Computer scientists, librarians, information scientists, archivists and others in academia, government, and industry - from around the globe - who are leaders in the digital library area will present and attend. The conference attracts a broad range of professionals including theoreticians, collection developers, publishers, researchers, educators, policy makers, practicioners, developers, and designers of systems, interfaces, and related applications. Topics DL '99 seeks original contributions in the broad field of digital libraries. Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to: * Algorithms: categorization, clustering, filtering, learning, protocols * Applications: data mining, education, visualization * Architecture: agents, bus, distributed, federated * Art, humanities, museums: collection, conversion, markup * Economic, legal and social: authentication, authorization, intellectual property rights, publishing * HCI: design, devices, interfaces, logs, usability * Hypertext/multimedia: authoring, linking, presenting * Information science: information seeking, services * Interoperability: multilingual/multicultural, standards, WWW * Metadata: adaptations, supporting software/systems * Policy: equity, funding, identifiers, international collaboration * Sustainability: archiving, organizational issues, preservation * Theory: formalisms, metrics, models, security Submission Requirements Submissions to DL'99 may be research papers, policy papers, system reports, or may be proposals for posters, demonstrations, panels, tutorials, or workshops. All paper, poster and demonstration submissions should be formatted documents, including appropriate bibliographies. All submissions will be reviewed and must be in English. Details specific to each type of submission are given below. Papers Papers must be submitted electronically as explained in online Submission Instructions (http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL99/submit.htm). They must be original contributions (that is, not previously published, and not currently being considered for publication elsewhere). Full papers of at most 5,000 words should be submitted with an abstract of not more than 150 words on the first page. Use Times Roman, 11 point, 2-column format just like that required for all three previous proceedings. There will be three categories of full papers: * Research papers: Submissions are invited for reports of significant research results on all aspects of digital libraries. Such reports should include a substantial evaluative or validation component. * Policy papers: Submissions are invited for discussions of significant policy issues related to the design, implementation, operation, economics, use, and other issues regarding digital libraries. * System papers: Submissions are invited for reports on the design, implementation, operation, and evaluation of operational and prototype digital library systems. The emphasis in such submissions will be on reporting the experience of implementation of the systems and of their use. Posters Poster proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. Submisssions are invited that fit into any of the paper categories. Posters are especially well suited to graphic and interactive presentation, or to report on work still in progress after the deadline for regular papers. Demonstrations Demonstration proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. Submissions are invited for formal demonstrations of digital library systems and components. Demonstrations may be live or on video, but must include a written description of the system and its unique characteristics and contributions. At the review stage, video submissions can be either high quality MPEG files or NTSC VHS tapes. Panels Panel proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. Submissions are invited for panel presentations dealing with significant, controversial and timely issues. Panel sessions will either be 60 or 90 minutes in length, and must be chaired by an experienced moderator Contact information about the moderator, names and affiliations of panelists, a prose justification, and a detailed topical outline must be supplied. Tutorials Tutorial proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. A biographical sketch for the presenter(s), including details on relevant prior experience, as well as a description of the target audience and suitable learning objectives, must accompany a detailed topical outline. Both 1/2 and full-day tutorials, covering basic, intermediate, and advanced topics, will be offered. Workshops Workshop proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. The aim is to bring together a small group of people involved in a specific problem area of digital libraries, to advance the state-of-the-art and to encourage collaboration in that area. Submissions must include contact and biographical information on the organizers including prior experience, expected audience, planned format, objectives, and a detailed topical outline. Reviewing Process At least 3 members of the Program Committee will be asked to review each paper submission. Chairs for Posters, Demonstrations, Panels, Tutorials, and Workshops will coordinate review of those submissions. There will be one Program Committee meeting in Virginia to make final selections. Important Dates and Deadlines (all dates 1999) January 12 Paper submissions due February 15 Tutorial, demonstration, panel, and workshop proposals due April 9 Notification of acceptance of papers May 1 Poster submissions due May 8 Final copy due for all contributions August 11-14 DL Conference Contact Information General Chair: Neil Rowe rowe@cs.nps.navy.mil Department of Computer Science Spanagel 514, Code CS/Rp Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943 USA +1-831-656-2462 +1-831-656-2814 FAX Program Chair: Edward A. Fox fox@vt.edu Department of Computer Science 660 McBryde Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0106 USA +1-540-231-5113 +1-540-231-6075 FAX ********** III.B.2. Fr: Ellen Voorhees Re: TREC-8 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION TEXT RETRIEVAL CONFERENCE January 1999 - November 1999 Conducted by: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) With support from: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) The Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) workshop series encourages research in information retrieval from large text applications by providing a large test collection, uniform scoring procedures, and a forum for organizations interested in comparing their results. Now in its eighth year, the conference has become the major experimental effort in the field. You are invited to participate in TREC-8. TREC-8 will have one main task, ad hoc retrieval, and a variety of "tracks". The ad hoc task investigates the performance of systems that search a static set of documents using new user need statements ("topics"). The tracks allow participants to focus on particular subproblems of the retrieval task. Two new tracks have been added for TREC-8: a Web track where the focus is on retrieving documents from a set of World Wide Web pages, and a Question Answering track where the focus is on retrieving text extracts that answer a question. Please see the complete call for participation on the TREC home page, http://trec.nist.gov Ellen Voorhees TREC project manager NIST ********** III.B.3. Fr: Hinrich Schuetze Re: ACL: Thematic Session on NLP in IR Session on Natural Language in IR at ACL The next annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics will have a special Thematic Session on Natural Language Processing in Information Retrieval. We solicit submissions on work that uses natural language theory or natural language techniques for information retrieval, with a special focus on interactive IR. For more information, please go to this web page: ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/qca/schuetze/acl99.html ********** III.B.4. Fr: ECCS Re: ECCS99 ECCS 1999: FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS ECCS99: European Conference on Cognitive Science 1999 Siena, Italy 27th - 30th October 1999 ECCS is aimed at improving the interaction among European researchers who work in the domain of Cognitive Science. In particular ECCS'99 is an opportunity for: * Having good discussions and exchanging information on interesting and advanced topics; * Improving European CS research; * Encouraging interdisciplinarity, thus allowing the consideration of human centred aproach for technology development. ECCS'99 will also be a good "gym" for the Cognitive Science Conference to be held in Europe in 2001. The Conference scope will range from theoretical works to applications and from the study of experimental methods to computer simulation and field research. We decided to organise the conference in workshops focusing on some specific topics of general multidisciplinary relevance. The tentative list of workshops includes: * Reasoning in action * Attention and consciousness * Distributed Cognition at work * Cognitive Technologies for Education * Language and Cognition In addition there should be: * a Panel, on "Success and Failures of Connectionism" and * a General discussion on "Cognition and Co-operation" The Conference will be held at the "Certosa di Pontignano". It is a wonderful Chartreuse, located 10 km from Siena, where it is possible to book for a full board accommodation. All the Conference activities will be held there. Other information available on the web: http://www.media.unisi.it/eccs99 DEADLINE for abstracts submission: March 30th, 1999 Paper submissions are invited for: * WORKSHOPS SESSION * POSTER SESSION Deadlines are listed below. Other information available on the web: http://www.media.unisi.it/eccs99 WORKSHOP SESSION Paper submissions are invited for all the workshops' topics: * Reasoning in action * Attention and Consciousness * Distributed Cognition at work * Cognitive Technologies for Education * Language and Cognition Videos, multimedia presentations and application demonstrations are strongly encouraged. Papers will be selected by anonymous review. Extended abstracts must have not more than 4 A4 pages (at list 10 points font) including images, tables and references. An additional cover page should be also supplied listing title, authors' name and affiliation, authors' e-mail and postal address and a ten lines abstract. The extended abstract itself should not identify the author. Submissions via e-mail are encouraged in HTML, PostScript, or plain text format to: eccs99@media.unisi.it Images should be sent as attachments in GIF or JPEG format. If electronic submission is not possible (due to network access problems, video, etc.), please send a hard copy and a copy on a floppy disk to: ECCS'99 Laboratorio Multimediale Universit=E0 degli studi di Siena Via dei Termini, 6 I - 53100 Siena Together with acceptance notification further information will be provided for final papers format and submission. POSTER SESSION Propositions for poster session are invited for all the conference topics: * Reasoning in action * Attention and Consciousness * Distributed Cognition at work * Cognitive Technologies for Education * Language and Cognition * Success and Failures of Connectionism" and * a General discussion on "Cognition and Co-operation" Videos, multimedia presentations and application demonstrations are strongly encouraged. Propositions will be selected by anonymous review. They must have not more than 2 A4 pages (at list 10 points font) including images, tables and references. An additional cover page should be also supplied listing title, authors' name and affiliation, authors' e-mail and postal address and a ten lines abstract. The extended abstract itself should not identify the author. Submissions via e-mail are encouraged in HTML, PostScript, or plain text format to: eccs99@media.unisi.it Images should be sent as attachments in GIF or JPEG format. If electronic submission is not possible (due to network access problems, video, etc...), please send a hard copy and a copy on a floppy disk to: ECCS'99 Laboratorio Multimediale Universit=E0 degli studi di Siena Via dei Termini, 6 I - 53100 Siena Accepted proposal will be included in ECSS'99 Proceedings as short papers. Together with acceptance notification further information will be provided for final papers format and submission. DEADLINES * Submission of Extended Abstracts: the 30th of March '99 * Notification: the 15th of May '99 * Submission of final papers: the 15th of July '99 Other information available on the web: http://www.media.unisi.it/eccs99 ********** III.B.5. Fr: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Re: GECCO '99: Second Call for Papers GECCO-99 2nd Call for Papers and Participation 1999 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/gecco/ 13-17 July, 1999 Omni Rosen Hotel, Orlando, Florida USA A Joint Meeting of the Eighth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-99) and the Fourth Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP-99) The 1999 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-99) combines the longest running conference in evolutionary computation (ICGA) and the world's two largest GEC conferences (GP and ICGA) to create a unique opportunity to bring together the best in research in the growing field of genetic and evolutionary computation (GEC). The 1999 GECCO Conference continues the tradition of the GP and ICGA conferences of bringing together researchers from the entire spectrum of research in genetic and evolutionary computation, including genetic algorithms, classifier systems, genetic programming, evolvable hardware, DNA and molecular computing, evolutionary strategies, evolutionary programming, artificial life, adaptive behavior, agents, as well as real-world applications of all of these areas. Papers submitted to the GECCO conference will be peer-reviewed in one of seven independent committees or "demes" to ensure that the review process respects the diverse traditions and norms of the various facets of genetic and evolutionary computation at the same time it guarantees the acceptance of work of the highest caliber. In addition, work that runs across the boundaries of two or more demes is also encouraged. Mark your calendars now for what promises to be the largest, high-quality GEC event ever held. GENERAL CHAIR: David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, deg@uiuc.edu COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS, CONFERENCES, AND WORKSHOPS GECCO-99 is a joint meeting of the Eighth International Conference o Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-99) and the Fourth Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP-99) and is held in cooperation with the European Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing (EvoNet), Evolution Artificielle, the International Conference on Evolvable Systems (ICES), International Society for Adaptive Behavior, International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization (ANTS 98), Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN) Steering Committee, and the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). TUTORIALS (Confirmed to date) Rik Belew, Artificial Life, Adaptive Behavior, and Agents Forrest H Bennett III, Analog Circuit Design via Genetic Programming Erick Cantu-Paz, The Analysis, Design, and Implementation of Parallel Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms Lawrence Davis, Real World Applications of GEC Russell Deaton and Stephen Karl, Introduction to DNA Computing Kalyanmoy Deb, Messy Genetic Algorithms and Linkage Learning Ken DeJong, GEC: Comparing and Contrasting the Different Methodologies Marco Dorigo, Introduction to Ant Colony Optimization Stephanie Forrest, Computer Immunology Tetsuya Higuchi, Evolvable Hardware John R. Koza, Introduction to Genetic Programming W. B. Langdon, Genetic Programming Data Structures Jean-Arcady Meyer, Introduction to Adaptive Behavior Peter Nordin, Machine Code Genetic Programming I. C. Parmee, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation in Design Tom Ray, Tierra Tutorial Justinian Rosca, Characteristics and Biases of Evolution in GP Guenter Rudolph, Theory of Evolution Strategies and Programming Hans-Paul Schwefel, Introduction to Evolution Strategies Moshe Sipper, Cellular Programming Lee Spector, Quantum Computation Leigh Tesfatsion & David McFadzean, Agent-Based Computational Economics Michael Vose, Genetic Algorithm Theory Darrell Whitley, Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks Stewart Wilson, Classifier Systems PRE-CONFERENCE GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP Graduate students working on GEC dissertations will be given the opportunity to submit their work for presentation at a workshop on Tuesday, July 13, 1999. Contact Una-May O-Reilly (unamay@ai.mit.edu), MIT AI Lab, Graduate Student Workshop Chair, for information. BIRD-OF-A-FEATHER WORKSHOPS Thematic workshops on a variety of topics will be held on Tuesday, July 13, 1999. Annie Wu (aswu@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil), Naval Research Laboratory AI Center, will chair the workshops and is seeking proposals for workshop topics. SPECIAL EVENTS Thus far we have scheduled a number of other special events: Ingo Rechenberg has agreed to give an invited talk: "Artificial Evolution in Action." John Holland has agreed to give an intimate workshop "A Conversation with John Holland." Current plans are to choose participants in the workshop room randomly, and others may witness the workshop by remote video. Also, come join us and celebrate John Holland's 70th birthday at a special reception. Other special events are in the works. Further information will be posted on the web site http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/gecco/ as it becomes available. SUBMITTING PAPERS The deadline for arrival at the physical address of the AAAI of eight (8) paper copies of each submitted paper is Wednesday, January 27, 1999. Papers are to be in single-space, 10-point type on 8 1/2" x 11" paper with 1" margin at the top and 3/4" margin at left, right, and bottom. A4 paper may be used. Papers may not be submitted by e-mail or fax. Each paper is to contain all of the following 9 items, contained entirely within a maximum total of eight (8) pages, IN THIS ORDER: (1) the paper's category (chosen from one of the following alternatives: genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolvable hardware, classifier systems, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, DNA and molecular computing, real-world applications, software, artificial life, adaptive behavior, agents, education, methodology, and philosophy), (2) title of paper, (3) author name(s), (4) author physical address(es), (5) author e-mail address(es), (6) author phone number(s), (7) a 50-200 word abstract of the paper at the beginning of the paper, (8) the text of the paper (including all figures, tables, acknowledgments, and appendices, if any), and (9) bibliography. Review criteria will include significance of the work, novelty, clarity, writing quality, and sufficiency of information to permit replication (if applicable). The first-named author (or other corresponding author designated by the authors at the time of submission) will be notified of acceptance or rejection (on approximately March 3, 1999). To avoid future problems and misunderstandings, it is preferred (but not required) that the format of submitted papers roughly follow the required format for final camera-ready papers. The required style for the final camera-ready papers will be posted on the GECCO WWW page (and will be substantially similar to that of the ICGA-97 and GP-98 conferences). Different numbers of pages may be allocated to accepted papers based on the policies of the various separate program committees of the conference. The deadline for final camera-ready version of accepted papers will be announced (and will be approximately April 7, 1999). There will be two volumes for the conference proceedings books. By submitting a paper, the author(s) agree that, if their paper is accepted they will submit a final revised camera-ready version and that at least one author will attend and present each accepted paper at the conference. The material in papers must represent substantially new work that has not been previously published by conferences, journals, or edited books in the field of genetic and evolutionary computation. GECCO permits a paper to be submitted to the GECCO conference that is substantially similar to a paper being contemporaneously submitted for review to another conference; however, by submitting a camera-ready final paper to the GECCO conference, the authors agree that substantially the same material will not be published by another conference in the field (however, material may conceivably be later revised and submitted to an EC journal or material may be submitted to a non-GEC conference, such as an applications conference). OPERATION The conference is operated by the International Society for Genetic Algorithms, Inc., a Massachusetts not-for-profit corporation and Genetic Programming Conferences Inc., a California not-for-profit corporation. SUPPORT The conference is supported with major contributions from the American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and i2 Technologies, a leader in the use of genetic and evolutionar computation. For career opportunities see www.i2.com. Support ha also been received from First Quadrant, L. P. (www.firstquadrant.com and from Philips Laboratories, Philips North America Corporatio (www.research.philips.com), and Schema Ltd. (www.schema.co.il). IMPORTANT DATES January 27, 1999 Paper submission March 3. 1999 Notification of acceptance (tentative date) April 7, 1999 Camera-ready version due (tentative date) July 13-17, 1999 GECCO-99 July 13, 1999 Graduate student workshop July 13, 1999 Bird-of-feather workshops July 14, 1999 Tutorials July 15-17, 1999 Invited speakers, papers, and posters MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR GECCO-99 http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/gecco/ ********** III.B.6. Fr: Silvia Miksch Re: AIMDM'99: Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care AIMDM'99 -- Call for Papers for the workshop Workshop: Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Knowledge-Based Information Management Sunday, June 20, 1999 Aalborg, Denmark during the Joint European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Medical Decision Making (AIMDM'99) in Aalborg, Denmark, June 20 - 24, 1999 (homepage of AIMDM http://www.miba.auc.dk/AIMDM99/) Important dates * Submission deadline: March 1, 1999 * Notification to authors: April 15, 1999 * Camera-ready paper: May 15, 1999 * Conference: June 20-24, 1999 * Workshop: Sunday, June 20, 1999 The care of critically ill patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and during Anaesthesia is becoming increasingly complex. Clinicians are required to rapidly interpret and respond to a large number of clinical parameters, selecting appropriate treatment for the patient among many different options. New measurement technology has increased the demand for improved information management, as has the need to monitor and assess the quality of care provided. This workshop presents "State of the art" applications of information technology for clinicians, researchers and industry working in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. Workshop Topics: Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: * computational methods for intelligent data analysis (e.g., interpretation of time-ordered data) * quality control and assessment * clinical guidelines and protocols * effective and efficient monitoring (including intelligent alarming) * decision support * physiological modelling * planning and scheduling * uncertain and temporal reasoning * visualization In particular, we will ask the participants to address the following points: - what kind of support are the clinicians really expecting and asking for in ICUs and Anaesthesia - what are the people working in industry able to provide - what can the research community contribute to improve the information management - how can the different approaches and perspectives be combined - what are the (research) directions for the near future In addition Patient Data Management systems will be presented by representatives from industry. Submission of Papers: The workshop invites submission of full papers or structured abstracts written in English to the workshop chair, Silvia Miksch, preferably in electronic format (word, pdf or postscript) no later than March 1st 1999. * Full papers: These should not exceed 5000 words, or a maximum of 10 pages. Full papers should be formatted according to Springer's LNCS format, details of which can be obtained from http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html, or by writing to the programme committee chair. * Structured abstracts: These should be a maximum of one page A4 with the text fitting within a box 16 cm wide and 22 cm high. The title of the abstract should be in 12 point bold format with author details and main text being 12 point font, single line spaced, preferably in Times font. Abstracts should be structured with the following headings: Objective, methods, results and conclusions. See instruction for authors for AIMDM'99 URL: http://www.miba.auc.dk/AIMDM99/html/contrib.htm Authors will be notified of acceptance by April 15th 1999. Authors are requested to state their preference for oral presentation or poster. Abstracts and papers will appear as separate workshop notes. Submission Address: Silvia Miksch Vienna University of Technology Institute of Software Technology (IFS) Resselgasse 3/188 A-1040 Vienna, Austria email: silvia@ifs.tuwien.ac.at In addition a special issue of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) dedicated to Knowledge-Based Information Management in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia is planned, and will include a selection of the best papers from the workshop. Scientific committee: Silvia Miksch (Chair) (A) Steen Andreassen (DK) Michel Dojat (F) Jim Hunter (UK) Christian Popow(A) Steve Rees (DK) Per Thorgaard (DK). ********** III.B.7. Fr: Dirk Bartz Re: IEEE Visualization 1999 First C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A T I O N IEEE Visualization 1999 Celebrating Ten Years October 24 - October 29, 1999 San Francisco Airport Hyatt San Francisco, California, USA Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Graphics In Cooperation with ACM/SIGGRAPH VISUALIZATION is a vital research and applications frontier shared by a variety of science, medical, engineering, business, and entertainment fields. The tenth IEEE Visualization conference focuses on interdisciplinary methods. Collaboration among developers and users of visualization methods across all of science, engineering, medicine, and commerce is addressed at Visualization '99. Sunday through Tuesday of Conference Week will include tutorials, symposia, and mini-workshops. Papers, panels, case studies, and late-breaking hot topics will be presented Wednesday through Friday. We invite you to participate in IEEE Visualization '99 by submitting your original research through papers, panels, case studies, late breaking hot topics, and demonstrations. Share your perspectives through panels and workshops, or your experience through tutorials. Please select the forum appropriate to your submission, where it will be considered by your peers for presentation. Particular focus on parallel techniques in visualization and information visualization are addressed in special two-day symposia. For further information on the conference or evolving symposia contact: Steve Bryson, Conference Co-Chair, NASA Ames Research Center, +1 (650) 604 4524, Fax: +1 (650) 604 3957, bryson@nas.nasa.gov Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Conference Co-Chair, Lockheed Martin/US EPA Scientific Visualization Center, +1 (919) 541 0207, Fax: +1 (919) 541 0056, trhyne@vislab.epa.gov See the conference web page for complete up-to-date information and submission details at http://www.erc.msstate.edu/vis99 Conference Papers (due March 31, 1999) Papers are solicited that present research results related to all areas of visualization. Original papers are limited to 5,000 words. The submission of NTSC VHS video (up to 5 minutes in length) to accompany the paper is strongly recommended. Please submit 7 copies of all materials to Bernd Hamann (at the address below). Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings; the videos will be included in the conference video proceedings. In addition, we MUST receive, by submission deadline, a complete paper submission form. Paper submissions (hard copy only) should be sent to Bernd Hamann, Center for Image Processing and Integrated Computing, 2343 Academic Surge Building, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616-8553, USA Panel Proposals (due March 31, 1999) Panels should address the most important issues in visualization today. Panel proposals should describe the topic to be addressed and identify the prospective panelists. Each panelist should include a position statement on the topic and a short biography (limit 500 words for both per panelist). The statements will be included in the conference proceedings. Panel proposals should (hard copy or email) be sent to J. Edward Swan, Naval Research Laboratory, Code 5580, 4555 Overlook Ave. SW Washington, D.C. 20375-5320, USA. 202-404-4984. Fax: 202-767-1122. swan@ait.nrl.navy.mil Case Study Papers (due March 31, 1999) Case studies are reports on how visualization has contributed to the analysis of data. They may have an application focus or relate to the visualization process. Possible application areas include physical, life, social and information sciences, engineering, and commerce. An emphasis on lessons learned from practical experience is strongly encouraged, particularly where visualization has been employed in a real, working environment. A short paper limited to 2500 words (maximum 4 pages B/W plus 1 page color) will be included in the conference proceedings. Images and/or NTSC VHS video to accompany the paper are recommended; the video will be included in the conference videotape. Submit six copies of all materials. Case study submissions (hard copy only) should be sent to David Kao, NASA Ames Research Center, M/S T27A-2, Moffett Field CA 94035-1000, USA. davidkao@nas.nasa.gov Late Breaking Hot Topics Papers (due June 15, 1999) Submissions will be accepted on Late Breaking Hot Topics that pertain to all areas of Visualization. These submissions must be original, may show work in progress, and may not exceed 1000 words or a maximum of 4 pages including images. Images and/or NTSC VHS video to accompany the paper are recommended; the video will be included in the conference video proceedings. Accepted papers will be published and distributed at the conference. Authors of accepted papers will have an opportunity to submit a revised paper. Submissions will be done electronically. Submission details can be found at the conference web site or by contracting Craig Wittenbrink at craig_wittenbrink@hpl.hp.com Videotape should be send to Craig M. Wittenbrink, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, 1501 Page Mill Rd, MS3U-4, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1126, USA. 650-857-2329. Fax: 650-852-3791 Tutorial Proposals (due March 31, 1999) Tutorials are full or half-day presentations designed to cover specific visualization methods or application areas in depth. Subjects can include, but not limited to, standard visualization techniques, existing languages or toolkits, and mathematical fundamentals, databases, usability analysis, or commercialization of software. It is the intention of the Vise '99 tutorial committee to provide one classroom equipped with workstations for hands-on instruction. Tutorials proposing to use this interactive classroom should clearly state this preference and how the course is designed for this setting. For more detailed information concerning submission and format content, see the conference web site, or contact Kelly Gaither, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 9627, Mississippi State University, MS 39762, USA. 601-325-2067. Fax: 601-325-7692. kelly@erc.msstate.edu Mini-Workshop and Birds-of-a-Feather Proposals (due March 31, 1999) Proposals may be submitted for Mini-Workshops and evening Birds-Of-A-Feather (BOF) gathering on visualization methods or application areas. They should deal with state-of-the-art topics and involve experts in the field. Discipline-focused proposals devoted to a particular discipline's methods and needs are encouraged. Mini-Workshop and Birds-of-a-Feather Proposals (hard copy or email) should be sent to Rob Erbacher, University of Idaho, Department of Computer Science, Moscow, ID 83844-1010, USA, erbacher@cs.uidaho.edu Demonstration Proposals Visualization '99 is a unique opportunity to present your products or research to visualization experts from a wide variety of fields. We invite demonstrations of commercial hardware, software, integrated systems peripherals, and literature, as well as academic research. We encourage demonstrators to have technical representatives in attendance. For more information on participating in Visualization '99 demonstrations, contact Upul Obeysekare at obey@ctc.com Creative Applications Lab The Creative Applications Lab (CAL) is designed to let Visualization '99 attendees run their software to show off their latest work. CAL will have a variety of computers available. For details on participating in the CAL see the conference web site or contact Kelly Gaither at kelly@erc.msstate.edu. Symposium on Parallel Visualization and Graphics (submission deadline March 31, 1999) Papers and case studies in parallel visualization and graphics, with particular interest in using clusters of commodity PCs and graphics cards for high-performance visualization and graphics tasks. http://www.acl.lanl.gov/PVG99/pvg99.html Symposium on Information Visualization (Info Vis 99) (submission deadline March 31, 1999) Papers, panels and case studies concentrating on issues specific to abstract information visualization. http://www.erc.msstate.edu/infovis99 ********** III.C.1. Fr: Philip A. Bralich Re: Training in Ergo's NLP for Other Languages In order to spur the development of the Ergo NLP tools for other languages we are seeking individuals, departments, and companies who would like to have training to create patented NLP tools like those of Ergo in other languages. We are currently not offering any funding for this, but we would be willing to be partners in such developments with other companies. We would also be willing to serve as consultants as the parsers are developed for other languages. We estimate that it will require from 18 to 24 months of work for 2 or 3 individuals to extend the Ergo tools to another language. Derek Bickerton and myself will both be available for the training and consultation. The tools that we have developed offer improvements in Navigation and Control, Dialoging, and Web and Database searching through enhanced grammatical analysis. Demos of the technology are available at http://www.ergo-ling.com. A more detailed discussion of the sorts of abilities that will be possible is presented at the VRML Consortium Web site as standards for the development of NLP tools for animations (http://www.vrml.org/WorkingGroups/NLP-ANIM.) We recently won the Best Technology award at the VSMM '98 Multi Media and Virtual Reality conference in Japan. The languages we would most like to do first are Spanish, German, Russian, and Japanese. Though we will work with whatever languages serious researchers would like to work with. Our main requirement is that these be serious inquiries only and we would like to establish that the individuals or groups who would like this training are capable of completing the project. Please respond privately to the numbers below. Phil Bralich Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. President and CEO Ergo Linguistic Technologies 2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 Honolulu, HI 96822 Tel: (808)539-3920 Fax: (808)539-3924 bralich@hawaii.edu http://www.ergo-ling.com ****************************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 1111 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA. 94607-5200. 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