Information Retrieval List Digest 437 (January 4, 1999) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-437.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 January 4, 1999 Volume XVI, Number 1 Issue 437 ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES 1. Expert Information Sources - Help Wanted II. JOBS 1. Iowa State U.: Assistant Professor, CS III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. EM - Electronic Markets: Editorial Board, New Publisher and more B. Meetings 1. CoLIS3 Preliminary Program 2. GECCO Deadlines Reminder 3. Agent-Oriented Information Systsems (AOIS'99) 4. SOASIS Meeting 5. SIGIR and ACM DL 99 Call for Papers IV. PROJECTS C. Awards, Fellowships, Grants, & Scholarships 1. NIST ATP Solicitation ****************************************************************** QUERIES I.1. Fr: Dawit Yimam Re: Expert Information Sources - Help Wanted Hallo all, I am thinking of preparing a thesis proposal for a study on the nature an= d types of queries as well as user' seeking behavior/pattern with respect t= o expert sources of information. I want to focus on the cases where the use= r (can be individual, organization, etc.) has already decided that using an expert source is a preferable approach (to documents, databases, Web, etc= .) and wants to trace the appropriate expert. I am aware of the existence of different types of expert information sources from printed directories to web-accessible expert databases. Now, what I want to investigate is wheth= er the queries and users' seeking behavior for expert related information ha= s any unique features and constraints different from other queries. Furthermore, whether handling queries for experts would require specific approaches from a human intermediary. I would like to get feedback whether these research questions are at all valid. And, I appreciate very much for any comments, suggestions for sources to refer, and previous related experiences, if any. Specific case= s when expert-seeking queries might arise would help me build my case. I would also want to know where else I can post. Thanks in advance !! -- Dawit -- ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Vasant Honavar Re: Iowa State U.: Assistant Professor, CS IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE We seek outstanding applicants for tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level. We are looking for individuals in all areas, but preference will be given to computer scientists in the areas of artificial intelligence, networks, databases, and programming languages. Interdisciplinary research is a plus, but not required. The position requires a PhD in Computer Science or a related field, strong evidence of research scholarship and funding potential, and interest and ability in teaching graduate and undergraduate students. The department currently consists of 15 full-time faculty and offers BS/MS/PhD programs. There are approximately 660 undergraduate and 110 graduate majors. Established research and educational programs in our department include artificial intelligence, software engineering, theory = of computation, VLSI, design and analysis of algorithms, database, parallel and distributed computing, programming languages, operating systems, computer architectures and communication networks. We place strong emphasis on research, support a high quality graduate program and provide= a teaching load of three courses per year. Research collaboration opportunities exist with other research units at ISU, such as Ames Laboratory (US Dept. of Energy) and Visualization Laboratory (College of Engineering). ISU is located in Ames, a city with a population of 50,000 and a secondar= y school system that ranks as one of the best in US. For more information, please refer to our WWW page at http://www.cs.iastate.edu. Applicants should send a curriculum vita, including names of three references, to Chair of Search Committee, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011. Fax: (515)294-0258, Tel: (515)294-4377, Email: lmiller@cs.iastate.edu. The deadline for applications is January 15, 1999, or until the positions are filled. ISU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Wom= en and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications for visiting positions will also be considered. Vasant Honavar Associate Professor Department of Computer Science 226 Atanasoff Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011-1040 email, honavar@cs.iastate.edu voice: 515 294 1098 fax: 515 294 0258 www: http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~honavar/ ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Dorian.Selz@unisg.ch Re: EM - Electronic Markets: Editorial Board, New Publisher and more Dear Colleagues, We would like to take this opportunity to announce some changes to the journal. ** Editorial Board We are honoured to introduce a distinguished editorial board. Leading scholars and professionals from all over the world have agreed to participate in the future development of the journal (find their names an= d affiliations on our website). We have no doubt that the editorial board will help us attain our mission and goals as we move to a full, double blind, peer review process to make sure that our content is of the highes= t quality possible. ** Change of Publishers Effective from January 1999 we will enter a publishing agreement with Routledge Publishers, London. We are very happy about the prospects of th= is venture. We will be able to expand coverage further, publish longer paper= s focusing as much on discussion of results as underlying theory, and reach out to a still larger audience. This will also mean a switch to a subscription-based model. Our current publisher deserves credit for havi= ng travelled a great distance with us over the last three years. ** Change of Executive Editor After nearly three years with the journal the term of Dorian Selz as executive editor draws to a close. All of us on the editorial team owe him a debt of gratitude. Taking up the torch will be Brigette Buchet as t= he new executive editor. She has previously held a similar position with another business journal. Professor Beat F. Schmid remains as the Editor-in-Chief and the vision behind EM, providing continuity and direc= tion. ** Preliminary Call for Papers "Electronic Commerce and Financial Services" Issues 99.4 - Vol.9, No.4 We are beginning to formulate plans for 99/4, which will be focused on Electronic Commerce and Financial Services. The formal call will go out = in early January, but if you are conducting research or business in this are= a, please consider writing an article for us. Details of the submission process can be found on our website, in the section labelled contributors. ** Call for Ad-hoc Reviewers For the upcoming issue on Logistics and Electronic Commerce we are lookin= g for ad-hoc reviewers with proven competence in this field. They should contact our guest editor Christoph Hoffmann (christoph.hoffmann@unisg.ch) our editor at em.editors@netacademy.org . The Editorial Team at EM - Electronic Markets Beat F. Schmid, Dorian Selz, Brigette Buchet EM - Electronic Markets International Journal of Electronic Commerce & Business Media Editorial Office: | Editor-in-Chief: | Professor Beat F. Schmid MCM Institute | mcm institute for Media and University of St.Gallen | Communications Management, Mueller-Friedberg-Strasse 8 | University of St.Gallen CH-9000 St.Gallen | Phone 0041/71/224 21 96 | Dorian Selz - Executive Ed. Fax 0041/71/224 27 71 | Brigette Buchet - Managing Ed. eMail em.editors@netacademy.org | mcm institute, www http://www.electronicmarkets.org/ | University of St.Gallen ********** III.B.1. Fr: CoLIS3 Re: CoLIS3 Preliminary Program Third International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS 3) DIGITAL LIBRARIES: Interdisciplinary Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities Dubrovnik, Croatia, 23 - 26 May 1999 Organized by: * University of Zagreb, Croatia; * University of Tampere, Finland; * Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark and * Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA Program Chair: Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University, USA. Email: colis3@scils.rutgers.edu Preliminary Program Registration and detailed information available at http://www.colis3.hr or http://scils.rutgers.edu/colis3 Email: colis3@ffzg.hr For description of Dubrovnik, see: http://www.tel.fer.hr/dubrovnik Sunday, May 23, 1999 Preconference Tutorial - full day. * Ed Fox, USA: Digital libraries: An overview * Evening - WELCOME RECEPTION Monday, May 24, 1999 + Opening session + Session 1: CONTEXT - the big picture * Michael Buckland, USA (Invited speaker): Vocabulary as a central concept in library and information science * Bryce Allen, USA: Digital libraries and the end of traditional information systems * Christine Borgman, USA: What are digital libraries, who is building them, and why? + Session 2: RELATIONS * Raphael Capurro, Germany (Invited speaker): * Amanda Spink & Colleen Cool, USA: Developing digital library education: international perspectives on theory and practice * Paul Sturges & Jesica Sambok, UK: Humanities scholarship, the research library and the digital library + Session 3: EVALUATION * Louise Su & Hsin-liang Chen, USA: User evaluation of Web search engines * Wanda Dole & Jitka Hurych, USA: Evaluating libraries in the electronic age: New ways of measuring collection and use. * Jane Reid, Scotland: A new task-oriented paradigm for information retrieval: Implications for evaluation of information retrieval systems * Evening - CULTURAL EVENT Tuesday, May 25, 1999 + Session 4: MANAGEMENT * Michael Gorman, USA (Invited speaker) * Christine Dugdale, UK: Managing digital collections: New opportunities and new roles for librarians * Robert Hayes, USA: The economics of digital libraries + PANEL: International cooperation in digital libraries: Harold Thimbleby , UK, Moderator Short papers with posters: DIGITAL LIBRARY CONCEPTIONS & APPLICATIONS * William Adams, Bernard Jansen & Todd Smith, USA: Planning, building, and using a distributed digital library. * Jasna Dravec-Braun,Croatia: Is it possible to build an online union catalogue without a library system? * Gordon Dunsire, UK: Evolving the learning landscape at Napier University. * Emmanouel Garoufallou, Greece: The impact of information technology on Greek academic libraries and librarians: Preliminary results * Marianne Hummelsh=F8j & Nanna Skovtrup, Denmark: Internet reference services in a digitalized public library * Damir Kalpic, Jasenka Anzil & Hrvoje Zokovic, Croatia: From the traditional to a digital academic library. * Maria Kocojowa & Wanda Pindlowa, Poland: A digital library for LIS researchers and students: General concepts. * Michael Middleton, Australia: Meta-information incorporation in library digitisation projects. * Paul Nieuwenhuysen* & Wouter Mettrop=A4, *Belgium, =A4Netherlands: Internet information retrieval tools: which ones to use? * Trine Schreiber & Camilla Moring, Denmark: Danish research libraries in a networked learning environment. * Jadranka Stojanovski & Aida Slavic,Croatia: Electronic bibliography: its reliability and impact on the concept of bibliography in general * Yin Leng Theng,, UK: Framework for an application development model to build user-centered digital libraries * Branko Zebek & Tvrtko Sercar, Slovenia: The use of internet in special libraries in Slovenia. + Evening:- BANQUET Wednesday, May 26, 1999 + Session 5: DESIGN * Diane Sonnenwald et al., USA: Collaboration services in a preparatory digital library: An emerging design * Philip Doty & Sandra Erdelez, USA: A digital library of legal case documents + Session 6: REPRESENTATION * Bryn Lewis, Australia: Automatic electronic document organisation * Zheng Wang, Linda Hill, Terrence Smith: Alexandria Digital Library metadata creator with extensible markup language. + Session 7: INTERACTION * Preben Hansen, Sweden: User interface design for IR interaction: A task oriented approach * Nils Pharo, Norway: Web information search strategies: A method for classifying Web interaction + Session 8: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL * Ian Ruthven* & =A4Mounia Lalmas, *Scotland & =A4Germany: Selective relevance feedback using term characteristics * Kai Korpimies & Esko Ukkonen, Finland: Term frequency-based identification of FAQ-articles * Per Ahlgren, Sweden: On a cognitive search strategy + Session 9: DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND MASS MEDIA * Denis McQuale, Netherlands (Invited speaker): * Sussanne =D8rnager, Denmark: Image archives in newspaper editorial offices: A service activity. * Jerome Aumente, USA: Digital libraries within the context of mass media structures Thursday, May 27, 1999 Postconference WORKSHOPS (free for registrants) * Workshop 1. Sanda Erdelez; Philip Doty, USA: Developing a small-scale digital library with Adobe Acrobat: Techniques and issues * Workshop 2. Paul B. Kantor, USA: Metrics and evaluation for Digital Libraries. Postconference TOURS (to be announced) Radovan Vrana Member of the CoLIS3 Local Organizing Committee Research Assistant Department of Information Sciences Faculty of Philosophy I. Lucica 3 10000 Zagreb, CROATIA e-mail: rvrana@ffzg.hr ********** III.B.2. Fr: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Re: GECCO Deadlines Reminder Just a reminder that the deadline for submitting papers for the GP-99 / GECCO conference is just 4 weeks away --- Wednesday January 27, 1999). The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference will be held on July 13-17 (Tuesday - Saturday), 1999, at the Omni-Rosen Hotel in Orlando, Florida USA. There are now 18 workshops (mostly on Tuesday July 13), 24 tutorials (on Wednesday July 14), and three days of conference sessions (Thurs-Saturday). GECCO is a joint meeting of the Eighth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-99) and the Fourth Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP-99). Details can be found at http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/gecco/ ********** III.B.3. Fr: Gerd Wagner Re: Agent-Oriented Information Systsems (AOIS'99) Agents'99 and CAiSE'99 Bi-Conference Workshop on AGENT-ORIENTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (AOIS'99) 1 May 1999, Seattle (USA) and 14-15 June 1999, Heidelberg (Germany) 1st C a l l f o r P a p e r s http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~gwagner/AOIS.html Agent-Orientation is emerging as a potentially powerful new paradigm in computing. Yet its role in information systems and information systems development is only beginning to be investigated. Information systems continue to be the predominant application of computi= ng technology, and the development, maintenance, and evolution of informatio= n systems remain the primary pre-occupation of most computing professionals. However, the environment for information systems has been changing rapidl= y and often radically. Organizations in almost every sector -- manufacturin= g, education, health care, government, and businesses large and small -- are reinventing themselves in a competitive, fast-moving, global environment. They are becoming more interconnected, more decentralized, but more interdependent. New information system concepts and technologies have contributed in no small measure to these changes. These have accelerated with the advent of the Internet and the World Wide Web. At the same time, technology has also contributed to much of the complexity and obstacles t= o change, as evidenced in the problem of legacy systems. Techniques such as Structured Analysis and Entity-Relationship modelling, while revolutionary in their time (and still the foundation of much of IS practice today), were developed for the environment of the 1970's. Throughout the 80's and 90's, many extensions have been developed, with object-orientation gaining increasing momentum. The rapidly changing environments of today and of the near future call for further advances in IS concepts and techniques. Agent concepts, which originated in artificial intelligence but which hav= e further developed and evolved in many areas of computing, hold great promise for responding to the new realities of information systems. While there are many conceptions of agents, most haveembodied higher levels of representation and reasoning involving knowledge/belief, perception, goal= , intention, and commitment. On the one hand, the technical embodiment of these concepts can lead to advanced functionalities, e.g. in inference-based query answering and in transaction monitoring. On the other, their rich representational capabilities allow more faithful and effective treatments of complex organizational processes. Will agent concepts and techniques figure prominently in information syst= em architectures of the near future? Will they play key roles in the requirements analysis, design, implementation, and evolution of informati= on systems? What are our visions of agent-orientation in information systems= , and what will be the appropriate research agendas for pursuing them? This bi-conference workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from the Information Systems and Agents communities who wil= l be shaping the future of information systems engineering. Topics of Interest Technical issues to be addressed include, but are not restricted to: * agent-oriented modeling and design methods * models and architectures for agent-oriented information systems * agent-oriented requirements engineering * agent-oriented transaction models * agent-oriented extensions to database languages (such as SQL) * agent-oriented enterprise modeling * agent communication languages for business communication * agent-oriented business process modeling and reengineering * agent-oriented extensions to enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems * automated business-to-business interaction * agent-based workflow modeling Workshop Format To foster greater communication and interaction between the Information Systems and Agents communities, we are organizing the workshop as a bi-conference event. It is intended to be a single "logical" event with t= wo "physical" venues. It is hoped that this arrangement will encourage great= er participation from, and more exchange between, both communities. The technical program will include invited talks by leading experts in th= e field, one or more panel discussions, and contributed papers. Poster sessions are also being planned. Authors of accepted papers who present their paper at one location will also be invited to present their papers = as a poster in the other location. It is planned to have the proceedings published as a post-workshop book. To mitigate the geographic and temporal separation of the two parts of th= e workshop, electronic discussion will be strongly encouraged. Accepted papers will be posted on the workshop website. There will be designated discussants for each paper. Discussants' comments will also be posted on the website. Submission of Papers To submit a paper, authors should place it as a html, postscript or pdf file on a web server and send its URL along with the title, author names, affiliations, contact information and an abstract by email to one of the workshop chairs by February 15, 1999. All submissions must be clearly related to an explicit agent concept and should explain what is the benef= it from the proposed agent-oriented approach compared to more traditional approaches. Together with each submission, each individual author should indicate whi= ch part of the workshop he or she will be able to attend: a) AA only b) CAiSE only c) both AA and CAiSE d) either one but prefer AA e) either one but prefer CAiSE f) either one but not both, no preference g) cannot attend (but other author/s will) Participation To keep the workshop size small, participation is by invitation only. Everyone interested to participate in the AOIS'99 workshop should either submit a paper as described in the above or a one-page statement of interest to one of the workshop chairs by March 12, 1999. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline February 15, 1999 Late Submission (CAiSE only) March 8, 1999 Statement of Interest March 12, 1999 Notification March 15, 1999 Accepted papers due March 29, 1999 Web presentation April 15, 1999 AOIS Workshop at Agents'99 May 1, 1999 Agents'99 Conference May 1-5, 1999 AOIS Workshop at CAiSE'99 June 14-15, 1999 CAiSE'99 Conference June 15-18, 1999 AOIS'99 Workshop Chairs Gerd Wagner gw@informatik.uni-leipzig.de Institute of Computer Science University of Leipzig Eric Yu eric.yu@utoronto.ca Faculty of Information Studies University of Toronto AOIS'99 Program Committee H.-D. Burkhard (Humboldt Univ., DE) I. Ferguson (Active On-line Systems, UK) A. Gal (Rutgers Univ., USA) W. Hesse (Univ. Marburg, DE) M. Huhns (Univ. S. Carolina, USA) F. Dignum (Eindhoven Univ., NL) M. Jarke (RWTH Aachen, DE) G. Karakoulas (CIBC and Univ. Toronto, CA) G. Lakemeyer (RWTH Aachen, DE) Y. Lesperance (York Univ., CA) F. Matthes (TU Harburg, DE) J.P. Mueller (Wiley, UK) J. Mylopoulos (Univ. Toronto, CA) D.T. Ndumu (BT Labs, UK) H. Nwana (BT Labs, UK) M.P. Papazoglou (Tilburg Univ., NL) K. Sycara (CMU, USA) M. Schroeder (City Univ. London, UK) Y.-H. Tan (Univ. Rotterdam, NL) B. Thalheim (Univ. Cottbus, DE) G. Wagner (Univ. Leipzig, DE) C. Woo (Univ. British Columbia, CA) E. Yu (Univ. Toronto, CA) ********** III.B.4. Fr: Elna Saxton Re: SOASIS Meeting The Southern Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science Presents: Digitization of Library Materials 4:00 p.m., Thursday, January 21, 1999 Blegen Library University of Cincinnati Join SOASIS to learn about the process of digitization of primary documentation, incorporating high-resolution images, databases, text, and supporting materials with an interface for optimum searching, examination= , and analysis of the contents of electronic publications. Alice Cornell, Head of Archives and Rare Books Department at the Universi= ty of Cincinnati (UC), will describe how some libraries approach digitizatio= n, and UC's experience toward the development of its Digital Press. She wil= l demonstrate, through UC's Transmississippi West project, how the digitization of a vast array of documentation from widely separated collections can promote and enhance scholarship. Ms. Cornell will also show the Digital Press production area and some of the current projects under development. The SOASIS program will be held in the Archives and Rare Books Department= , which is located on the 8th floor of the Blegen Library, and can be reach= ed from the fourth floor lobby via the elevator on the east side of the building. Directions From I-75 (North or South): Take the Hopple Street Exit. Turn left at th= e light at the exit. You will be going east on Hopple Street, which become= s Dr. Martin Luther King Drive after crossing over I-75. Continue on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive to the top of the hill where it intersects with Clifton Avenue. Turn right onto Clifton Avenue. From I-71 (Heading South): Take the William Howard Taft Road Exit. Continue West on William Howard Taft Road, which changes to Calhoun Stree= t. Blegen Library is located at the southwest corner of the UC campus, near where Clifton Avenue and Calhoun Stree intersect. Parking is available i= n the Deaconess Hospital Garage on Clifton Avenue. RSVP by Noon, Monday, January 18, 1999 e-Mail: Jim Cretsos, (cretsos@fuse.net) Cincinnati: Elna Saxton, (513) 556-1413 Dayton: Patricia Carter, (937) 865-6800, Ext. 6099 Refreshments will be provided. Cost: $8.00 for ASIS members $10.00 for non-members Elna L. Saxton, Head, Periodical Services Department University of Cincinnati Libraries PO Box 210033 Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0033 EMail:Elna.Saxton@UC.edu Voice: 513/556-1413 Fax:513/556-1505 ********** III.B.5. Fr: Clifford Lynch Re: SIGIR and ACM DL 99 Call for Papers ACM SIGIR '99 Second Call for Participation UC Berkeley, CA, USA August 15-19, 1999 New paper submission deadline: January 12, 1999 http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/conferences/sigir99 The Twenty-Second Annual International ACM-SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, will be held on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley, August 15-19, 1999, with accommodation at nearby hotels. SIGIR is the premiere international forum for the presentation of new research results and for the demonstration of new systems and techniques = in information retrieval. The conference attracts a broad range of professionals including theoreticians, developers, publishers, researcher= s, educators, and designers of systems, interfaces, information bases, and related applications. In 1999, in addition to the standard core set of Information Retrieval topics, SIGIR strongly encourages contributions from two major areas: Hum= an Computer Interaction in Information Access and Multi-Media Retrieval. ** Note: the submission deadline for research papers has changed to Janua= ry 12, 1999. ** To receive SIGIR '99 announcements, send mail to: majordomo@sims.berkeley.edu containing the one line message: subscribe sigir99-announce HCI and IR There is a growing opinion in the Information Retrieval community that a key to improving information access systems is to focus attention on the human-computer interface. Additionally, the World Wide Web is opening up new opportunities for design, dissemination and evaluation of user interfaces for information access. The IR community has much to learn from the HCI community; conversely IR research has for many years investigated user needs and user information seeking behavior, typically in the context of online bibliographic system= s. Thus the HCI community can benefit from this experience as well. One goal of SIGIR'99 is to bring these two communities closer together. Thus, human computer interaction in information retrieval will be a major theme for SIGIR'99. Topic relevant to the intersection of HCI and IR include, but are not limited to: Evaluation of human-computer interfaces for information access. Information seeking models and user interfaces for information access. Information structure for navigation and search. These are described in more detail in the HCI and IR supplement. See http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/conferences/sigir99 General IR Authors are encouraged to submit high-quality papers about original research in information systems, and theories, models, and implementation= s of IR systems. Topics traditionally relevant to SIGIR include but are not limited to: IR Theory including statistical and logical IR models, data fusion. Experimentation, including test collections, evaluation measures, scalability. Systems and Implementation Issues Natural Language Processing for the purposes of IR Filtering, Routing, and Text Classification. Applications, e.g. : task-embedded IR, electronic publishing, digital libraries, text data mining. These are described in more detail at http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/conferences/sigir99 Multi-Media Information Retrieval The Multi-Media Information Retrieval Theme of SIGIR'99 specifically addresses the overlap between multi-media data and information retrieval, and so we discourage contributions that focus purely on algorithms for processing multi-media data without regard for the information retrieval problems being addressed. We also discourage contributions that focus onl= y on the system and software aspects of storing and managing large amounts = of these data types. We welcome high-quality papers that describe evaluation experiments, case studies, and theoretical analyses. We especially encourage submissions fr= om researchers not traditionally part of the SIGIR community who are nevertheless doing significant information retrieval work. Topics include but are not limited to: Content-based Indexing Strategies Query Formulation and Query Languages for MMIR Cross-Media and Mixed-Media Retrieval Results Analysis and Presentation for MMIR Test Collection Development and Evaluation for MMIR See Multi-Media IR for more information about relevant topics. These are described in more detail in the Multi-Media and IR supplement. http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/conferences/sigir99 This year Digital Libraries will take place just before SIGIR, also at UC Berkeley. See http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL99. Important Dates: January 12 Paper Submissions due (note: later date than prior announcement) February 15 Tutorial, demonstrations, panel, and workshop proposals due April 9 Notification of acceptance of papers May 1 Late-breaking and student poster submissions due August 15-19 SIGIR Conference Submission Requirements Research Papers Research papers must consist of original contributions (that is, not previously published, and not currently being considered for publication elsewhere). Research paper and demonstration submissions should be formatted documents, including appropriate bibliographies. All submission= s must be in English. Full research papers (6 copies) of at most 5,000 words. For more details about logistics of papers submissions as well as guidelines for papers submissions, see the web site at http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/conferences/sigir99/submissions.html Posters Poster presentations enable researchers to present late-breaking results, work in progress, or research that is best presented interactively or graphically. Two-page extended abstracts will appear in the proceedings. The extended abstract should emphasize the research problem and the metho= ds used. Poster extended abstracts of at most 1,000 words should be submitted to t= he Posters Chair. As with papers, one copy of the poster should be sent containing the title of the poster and an abstract of not more than 100 words, but no indication of the authors or affiliations. A separate copy = of the poster, in camera-ready form and containing all contact information, should also be sent to the chair. Poster submissions should be sent to arrive by May 1, 1999, to: Elizabeth Liddy, Posters Chair, SIGIR 99 School of Information Studies Syracuse University 4-234 Center for Science and Technology Syracuse, NY 13244-4100 USA Phone: 1-315-443-4456 Fax: 1-315-443-5806 liddy@syr.edu Demonstrations Demonstrations can offer first-hand experience with Information Retrieval systems, whether advanced operational systems or research prototypes. The demonstration proposal should indicate how the demonstration illustrates new ideas, should provide the technical specifications of the system and should include references to other literature. The hardware, software, and network requirements should be indicated in a separate cover letter. A one-page abstract describing each demonstration accepted will be published in the proceedings. Proposals should be submitted to the Demonstrations Chair. Send either 3 hardcopies or 1 ascii email copy of at most 500 words. Demonstration proposals should be sent to arrive by February 15, 1999 to: Ray R. Larson, Demonstrations Chair SIGIR '99 School of Information Management and Systems University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720-4600 USA Phone: 1-510-642-6046 ray@sims.berkeley.edu Tutorials The first day of the conference will be dedicated to tutorials. Proposals for either half-day (3 hours plus breaks) or full day (6 hours plus break= s) tutorials should be sent to the Tutorials chair. Submissions must specify= : * (1) the tutorial length * (2) the intended audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) * (3) complete contact information for the contact person and other presenters * (4) brief biographies (maximum 2 paragraphs each) of the presenters. The complete submission should be less than 1,500 words long, and should include an outline of the tutorial, along with descriptions of the objectives and course materials. Tutorial proposals must be sent via email by February 15 to: Sue Dumais, sdumais@microsoft.com Panels Panel proposals are sought which address issues that would broadly appeal to the information retrieval community and would stimulate lively debate between panelists and audience. For example, issues and unsolved problems between IR research and industrial application have been a successful top= ic in the past. Panel proposals (up to 1,000 words) must include: * (1) complete contact information for the moderator * (2) the rationale for addressing this topic as a panel * (3) the names and affiliations of the panel members * (4) a description of how the panel will be structured and how audience participation will be encouraged. Panel proposals must be sent via email by February 15 to: Sue Dumais, sdumais@microsoft.com Workshops Proposals are solicited from individuals and groups for one-day workshops to be held on the fifth day of the conference. Submissions (up to 1,000 words) should include the theme and goal of the workshop, planned activities, maximum number of participants, the selection process for participants, and alist of potential participants. Include a CV for each organizer describing relevant qualifications and experience. After t= he workshop, organizers are to provide an article for the SIGIR Forum that summarizes the workshop. Workshop proposals must be sent via email by February 15 to: Norbert Fuhr, fuhr@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de General Chair: Fredric Gey, gey@ucdata.berkeley.edu Program Committee Marti Hearst, hearst@sims.berkeley.edu Co-Chairs: Richard Tong, rtong@tcc.com Tutorials Chair: Sue Dumais, sdumais@microsoft.com Panels Chair: Sue Dumais, sdumais@microsoft.com Posters Chair: Elizabeth Liddy, liddy@syr.edu Workshops Chair: Norbert Fuhr, fuhr@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de Demonstrations: Ray Larson, ray@sims.berkeley.edu Treasurer: Paul Thompson, thompson@research.westlaw.com Publicity: Jamie Callan, callan@cs.umass.edu The program committee consists of over 100 reviewers, to ensure breadth o= f expertise. ****************************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.C.1. Fr: Clifford Lynch Re: NIST ATP Solicitation The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced a General Competition (general meaning ATP is soliciting proposals from all technology sectors, with no specific sector highlighte= d) for 1999. The ATP expects to have approximately $66 million available in FY '99 for first-year funding of new projects that potentially offer broad-based economic benefits for the nation. As an industry, you all ma= y want to take advantage of this opportunity to submit proposals for fundin= g in the area of electronic books and related technical areas. For more details, visit the ATP website at < ; t= o speak to a real person, contact Dr. Richard Morris, program manager for Adaptive Learning Systems, 301-975-4695. The deadline for full proposals to the 1999 ATP competition is 3 p.m. EST= , Wednesday, April 14, 1999. PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED Dr. Victor R. 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