Information Retrieval List Digest 492 (February 21, 2000) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-492.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 February 21, 2000 Volume XVII, Number 8 Issue 492 ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES 1. Search Results -- Online Experiment 2. ELRA/ELDA On-line Survey II. JOBS 1. GateSource Partners: Vocabulary Resource Manager 2. University of Paris: Postdoc in a European Project 3. Ergo Linguistic Technologies: NLP Question/Answer Curriculum Developer III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. GreyNet Newsletter, 9:1, 2000 2. Informing Science Journal 3:2: Information Science Research Special Issue 3. Version 29, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography B. Meetings 1. [NET00] Networking 2000 2. IV2000: Special Session: Autonomous Vehicle Cooperation and Coordination: CFPapers 3. OzCHI 2000: CFPapers 4. BISCA 2000 ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES I.1. Fr: Einat Amitay Re: Search Results -- Online Experiment Hi, I would like to invite you to participate in an experiment I am conducting as part of my PhD research on users' interaction with search results. The experiment is conducted online and should take less then 10 minutes to complete. After analysing the data, I will make the results available through my web page. In order to participate, your browser should allow JavaScript to run (JavaScript enabled in your browser options). It is best to view the pages with commercial browsers like Netscape or IE (other browsers may lose or distort some of the information). The URL for the experiment is: http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/~einat/experiment3/ Thanks for agreeing to participate! Einat Einat Amitay einat@ics.mq.edu.au http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/~einat ********** I.2. Fr: JA/AM Re: ELRA/ELDA On-line Survey GEMA Users’ Survey The European Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA) is conducting another user needs survey within the framework of the European Commission funded GEMA (Gates for an Enhanced Multilingual resource Access) project (http://www..linglink.lu/hlt/projects/GEMA-M2/ and http://www.elda.fr/proj/gema.html). We encourage all people who use the internet for locating and accessing terminological data (for example, linguists, lexicographers, terminologists, technical writers, translators, documentation specialists, and others) to participate. An on-line version of the survey can be found at the following page: http://www.elda.fr/proj/gemasurv.html This survey is conducted in cooperation with SALT project (see http://www.ttt.org/salt or http://www.linglink.lu/hlt/projects/salt/summary.asp) Thank you in advance for your participation. Best, The ELDA team All specific answer will remain confidential. Only statistics from this study will be reproduced in project reports. Please place an x in the boxes below that are relevant to you or your organisation and return your completed questionnaire to Your name: Your organisation: E-mail: 1. About Yourself 1.1. Are you : [ ] A translator [ ] A technical writer [ ] A terminologist [ ] A lexicographer [ ] A linguistic tools developer [ ] A localizer [ ] Other - please specify ______________________ 1.2. Do you work in a [ ] free-lance position? [ ] in-house position? [ ] linguistic department of a company / organisation? [ ] documentation department? [ ] localization department? [ ] translation agency? [ ] publishing house? [ ] Other - please specify ____________________ [ ] academia? [ ] research [ ] teaching [ ] Other - please specify ______________ 1.3. What fields do you work in? [ ] Administrative [ ] Aeronautics [ ] Agriculture [ ] Architecture/construction [ ] Arts [ ] Automobile [ ] Biology [ ] Business [ ] Chemistry [ ] Computing and Information technology [ ] Economics & finance [ ] Education & pedagogy [ ] Electrical engineering [ ] Electronics [ ] Food sciences [ ] Geography [ ] Geology [ ] Heavy-machinery [ ] History [ ] Insurance [ ] Law [ ] Leisure [ ] Medicine [ ] Navigation [ ] Pharmaceutical [ ] Physics [ ] Psychology [ ] Sociology [ ] Sports [ ] Tourism [ ] Telecommunications [ ] General (any domain) [ ] Other - please specify ________________ 1.4. What languages do you work in? [ ] Arabic [ ] Chinese [ ] Danish [ ] Dutch [ ] English [ ] Finnish [ ] French [ ] German [ ] Greek [ ] Italian [ ] Japanese [ ] Polish [ ] Portuguese [ ] Russian [ ] Spanish [ ] Swedish [ ] Other- please specify __________________ 2. The language resources you use 2.1. What types of language resources do you use? [ ] dictionaries [ ] glossaries [ ] monolingual glossaries [ ] bilingual glossaries [ ] multilingual glossaries [ ] lexicographical databases [ ] monolingual corpora [ ] multilingual corpora (non parallel, but same domain) [ ] terminological databases [ ] monolingual databases [ ] bilingual databases [ ] multilingual databases [ ] translation memories / parallel texts 2.2. How do you currently obtain language resources? [ ] purchases [ ] exchanges with other producers [ ] consulting of experts / technicians [ ] free-of-charge consulting (via Internet, libraries) [ ] in-house 2.3. On what media are these resources available? [ ] CD [ ] Internet [ ] Intranet [ ] Paper [ ] Other - please specify _______________________ 2.4. What are they used for? [ ] to provide information on specific fields for translation and domain understanding [ ] to elaborate glossaries, dictionaries, databases [ ] to be integrated in machine translation systems [ ] to be integrated in translation memory systems [ ] to supply a terminology management system with data [ ] to be incorporated in a Language Engineering system - please specify ______________ 3. In the case of in-house resources 3.1. What types of language resources do you produce? [ ] glossaries [ ] terminological databases [ ] dictionaries [ ] corpora [ ] monolingual [ ] multilingual [ ] Other - please specify __________________ 3.2. What tools do you use to store your data? [ ] ACCESS [ ] DBase [ ] WORD [ ] EXCEL [ ] Multiterm [ ] Other - please specify _______________________ 3.3. What interchange formats do you use? [ ] GENETER [ ] IIF [ ] MARTIF [ ] MATER [ ] OLIF [ ] In-house, SGML-based format [ ] Other - please specify ________________________ 3.4. Would you be willing to make your resources available to others according to a negotiated standardised distribution agreement? [ ] Yes [ ] for consultation only [ ] for sale [ ] No 3.5. If no, what are the reasons for not distributing your resources? [ ] technical [ ] commercial (pricing policy) [ ] legal (Copyright, Industrial / intellectual property rights) [ ] strategic [ ] Other - please specify _________________ 3.6. If Yes, whom would you be ready to sell your resources to? [ ] end-users [ ] tool developers [ ] researchers 3.7. Would you be ready to provide data samples for format conversion? [ ] Yes [ ] No 3.8. Would you be ready to provide documents describing your data’s structure? [ ] Yes [ ] No 4. Language resources on the Internet 4.1. For consulting resources on the Internet, what sites do you use? [ ] linguistic sites / portals with general information [ ] linguistic sites with links to glossaries and lexicons [ ] linguistic sites dedicated to specific fields (economics, sciences...) [ ] non linguistic sites dedicated to specific fields (economics, sciences...) [ ] non linguistic sites with links to glossaries and lexicons [ ] non linguistic but reference sites (from companies / industries / organisations) [ ] terminological databases [ ] Other - please specify _____________ 4.2. Why do you consult these sites (please, select only 3 propositions)? [ ] They cover the fields you work in [ ] The data are provided by official terminology centres or international / national organisations [ ] The data are provided by technical / scientific organisations or companies / industries [ ] They are accessible free of charge [ ] Resources or tools can be downloaded [ ] The interface is user-friendly 4.3. How do you find your language resources on the Internet? [ ] by doing your own search with search engines (Altavista, Yahoo...) [ ] by using portals dedicated to language(s) 4.4. In the case of portals, what services do they systematically offer? [ ] Language / terminological Resources [ ] on-line-consultation [ ] on-line acquisition [ ] On-line acquisition of linguistic tools [ ] Value-added services [ ] validation or consolidation of existing tools / resources [ ] resource creation support [ ] Information [ ] newsgroups [ ] forum [ ] technical / scientific / business information (reports, articles) [ ] job offers [ ] Other - please specify ____________________ 4.5. What services would you like to find more often on these portals? [ ] Language / terminological Resources [ ] on-line-consultation [ ] on-line acquisition [ ] On-line acquisition of linguistic tools [ ] Value-added services [ ] validation or consolidation of existing tools / resources [ ] resource creation support [ ] Information [ ] newsgroups [ ] forum [ ] technical / scientific / business information (reports, articles) [ ] job offers [ ] Other - please specify ____________________ 4.6. How valuable are Language Resources on the Internet? [ ] very valuable [ ] valuable [ ] poorly valuable 4.7. Rank the following scenarios in order of preference, with 1 as highest preference and 3 as lowest preference: [ ] a paying access to a site without advertising [ ] access at a lower cost, with advertising for linguistic-related products [ ] an access free of charge, with a significant amount of advertising 4.8. What type of subscription is reasonable for you to access language resources? [ ] A set fee for: [ ] less than 100 searches (please, suggest a price___________Euro) [ ] between 100 & 1 000 searches (please, suggest a price___________Euro) [ ] between 1 000 & 10 000 searches (please, suggest a price___________Euro) [ ] Payment per view [ ] Annual subscription (please, suggest a price___________Euro) 5. Contact details 5.1. Are you member of any association related to Language Resources, Translation, Terminology...? If Yes, which one(s)? 5.2. Do you wish to be kept informed of any further developments concerning this project? [ ] Yes [ ] No 5.3. Would you like to be contacted for other surveys in relation to language resources/terminology and this particular project? [ ] Yes [ ] No Please return this questionnaire to mance@elda.fr Jeff Allen mail: jeff@elda.fr GEMA: http://www.linglink.lu/hlt/Projects/GEMA-M2/ GEMA - USERS' SURVEY: http://www.elda.fr/proj/gema.html ELRA/ELDA tel.: 33 1 43 13 33 33 fax: 33 1 43 13 33 30 ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Kent Clizbe Re: GateSource Partners, San Francisco: Vocabulary Resource Manager Opportunities for those with MLS, IS, MLIS, and related backgrounds continue to expand in the ecommerce arena. Experience with controlled vocabularies, metadata, and other classification resources is in high demand. Pasted below are details of an immediate opening with a web-based company in San Franciso. If you know of anyone who would be interested in this, or similar, opportunities, please contact me immediately. Thanks. Kent Clizbe GateSource Partners kent@gatesource.com 703-222-6627 www.gatesource.com Vocabulary Resource Manager Our client is a dynamic, successful mid-stage pre-IPO, in a premiere San Francisco location: South of Market, next to the new baseball park. We provide a product that enables a web-site visitor to find what they want without knowing exactly how to ask for it. Compensation package includes pre-IPO options, base range $65k to $100k. Relocation available. Job Description The Vocabulary Resource Manager position is responsible for researching, collecting, and organizing vocabularies relevant to the searching needs of targeted domain areas. A primary goal of this position is to locate and acquire existing vocabulary and terminology resources. The person in this position will be tasked with building up and maintaining an inventory of electronic vocabulary resources to support product development. A subset of this inventory will be assessed and processed into a format that can be used in our products and stored in a vocabulary resource repository. Reports to the Director of Development. Job Responsibilities · Develop a Source Vocabulary Repository based on a prioritized list of target domains. · Research the availability of structured vocabularies and terminologies for target domains. · Research intellectual property restrictions and licensing agreements for vocabulary resources. · Develop classification structures and taxonomies appropriate for target domain areas. This involves bringing in appropriate structured vocabularies and adapting them when necessary to specific domain needs. Job Qualifications · Information Science degree or equivalent education and experience. . Knowledge of the use of vocabulary resources in an information retrieval context. · Experience in developing classification structures for browsing web site content. · Experience with standard resources (SIC/NAICS, UMLS, CAS Registry, etc.) is desired. · Knowledge of classification principles, the use of term relationships in structured vocabularies, and the use of classification structures to search for information. · Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. · Familiarity with XML and basic text processing experience in Perl or similar scripting language desired. · Ability to create and maintain a database of vocabulary resources. Email your resume immediately, or call: Kent Clizbe Kent@gatesource.com 703-222-6627 ********** II.2. Fr: Philippe Dague Re: University of Paris: Postdoc in a European Project Within the EC 5th Framework Programme on research and technology development, in response to the 1st 1999 call of the Competitive and Sustainable Growth, the LIPN (Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris-Nord) of the university Paris 13 participates to the IDD (Integrated Design process for on-board Diagnosis) project. Industrial partners are the car constructors CRF (Fiat Research Center, Orbassano, Italy), prime contractor, DaimlerChrysler (Stuttgart, Germany), PSA (Peugeot Citroen Automobiles, Neuilly sur Seine, France) and REGIENOV (REGIE Renault Recherche et Innovation, Guyancourt, France), the supplier Magneti Marelli (Milano,Italy) and the software company OCC'M (Oberhaching/Deisenhofen, Germany). Academic partners are the university of Torino (Italy), the technical university of Munchen (Germany) and the university of Paris 13 (France). The objectives of IDD are the following: to make a contribution to re-organising the design process to include aspects of diagnosis in early steps; to develop a methodology for integrating the analysis of diagnosability and avoidance of fault effects in the design chain and a set of tools that support the designer in this analysis; to create interfaces between current used tools such as CAD and numerical modelling and simulation and advanced Model Based systems; ultimately to improve performance of car with respect to reliability, safety and environmental impact. IDD project begins february 1st 2000 and has a duration of 36 months. The LIPN participates for 30 person*months, i.e. has a a position for one post-doc/engineer during 30 months. The beginning of the position is planned for july 1st 2000. 29 pm are shared among: - WP1: requirements on the on-board diagnosis design process and specification (6 pm) - WP2: integration of models for model based concurrent design (12 pm) - WP3: specification and development of the tool box for model based co- design (11 pm) The LIPN is looking for a highly-qualified researcher with a great autonomy, having sound background in Artificial Intelligence techniques of model-based modelling and reasoning for diagnosis, in CAD systems and numerical modelling and simulation systems, such as MATLAB/SIMULINK and Statemate, in object-oriented (UML) formalisms for software specification and analysis and in programming. Inquiries should be directed to Philippe Dague. Email or write with full CV and contact details. Philippe DAGUE LIPN - UPRESA 7030 Tel. 33 - 1 49 40 36 17 Université Paris 13 Fax. 33 - 1 48 26 07 12 99 Av. J-B. Clément Email. dague@lipn.univ-paris13.fr 93430 Villetaneuse France http://www-lipn.univ-paris13.fr/ ********** II.3. Fr: Philip A. Bralich Re: Ergo Linguistic Technologies: NLP Question/Answer Curriculum Developer Ergo Linguistic Technologies is about to expand its question and answer line of NLP products and are looking for curriculum developers in the areas of Natural Science, History and Geography. We would prefer linguists or language teachers with a secondary background in one of the target areas. Work may be done as a telecommute. The work involves developing the knowledge base for interactive tutors. To see an example, go to http://www.ergo-ling.com and review "Roswell Teaches English". The immediate task is to create "Roswell Teaches Geography/History/etc." Complimentary copies of that and other of Ergo's software tools are available for serious inquiries. Contact as below for details: 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 ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: GreyNet Re: GreyNet Newsletter, 9:1, 2000 N e w s B r i e f N e w s http://www.konbib.nl/greynet/vol9no1.htm GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service Quarterly Newsletter Volume 9, Number 1, 2000 ISSN 1389-1804 (Print) ISSN 1389-1812 (Online) CONTENTS: 1. GreyNet Membership 2000 2. Grey Literature and the Web of Innovation 3. GL-Compendium, a Netbased Directory of Grey Literature Collections 4. Out Now ... GL'99 Conference Proceedings, International Guide ... 5. Express Voucher Editorial Address: GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service Koninginneweg 201, 1075 CR Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel/Fax: 31-20-671.1818 Email: GreyNet@inter.nl.net URL: http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet Annual Subscription : 20 Euros (excluding postage & handling) P.S. If you do not yet hold GreyNet Membership, we invite you to join us today! http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet/membership.htm ********** III.A.2. Fr: Eli Cohen Re: Informing Science Journal 3:2: Information Science Research Special Issue Colleagues, I am please to announce that a special issue of Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline is available on the web. Dr. Amanda Spink served as editor of this issue. Table of Contents: Overview of this Informing Science Special Issue on Information Science Research Amanda Spink, The Pennsylvania State University http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm Human Information Behavior T.D. Wilson, University of Sheffield http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm Interactive Information Retrieval: Context and Basic Notions David Robins, Louisiana State University http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm Image Information Retrieval: An Overview of Current Research Abby A. Goodrum, Drexel University http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm Relevance: An Interdisciplinary and Information Science Perspective Howard Greisdorf, University of North Texas http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm Toward a Theoretical Framework for Information Science Amanda Spink, The Pennsylvania State University http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm Applications Of Informetrics To Information Retrieval Research Dietmar Wolfram, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm Representation and Organization of Information in the Web Space: From MARC to XML Jian Qin, Syracuse University http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm Social Informatics in the Information Sciences: Current Activities and Emerging Directions Steve Sawyer, Pennsylvania State University Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm Also in this issue: Information Systems Executives: The Changing Role of New IS/IT Leaders Petter Gottschalk , Norwegian School of Management http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm Teaching Information Management to Honors Degree Students: The Information Challenges Approach Kevin Grant, Bell College of Technology, Scotland Mark Stansfield, University of Paisley, Scotland Ray Land, University of Edinburgh, Scotland http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm The journal Informing Science endeavors to provide an understanding of the complexities in informing clientele. Fields from information systems, library science, journalism in all its forms to education all contribute to this science. These fields, which developed independently and have been researched in separate disciplines, are evolving to form a new transdiscipline, Informing Science. Informing Science publishes articles that provide insight into how best to inform clients using information technology. Authors may use epistemologies from engineering, computer science, education, psychology, business, anthropology, and such. The ideal paper will serve to inform fellow researchers, perhaps from other fields, of contributions to this problem. Accepted papers are published quarterly in print and immediately on the web. The latter provides colleagues around the world immediate access to articles. Works published in Informing Science can be cited and used more quickly. Accepted articles are available free of charge on the web site http://inform.nu . Issues are also available in print. I encourage you to visit this web site and contribute your quality manuscripts to the journal. All the best, Eli Cohen Editor-in-Chief ********** III.A.3. Fr: Charles W. Bailey, Jr. Re: Version 29, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography Version 29 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 1,100 articles, books, electronic documents, and other sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet and other networks. HTML: Acrobat: Word 97: The HTML document is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are live links to sources available on the Internet. It can be can be searched using Boolean operators. The HTML document also includes Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources, a collection of links to related Web sites: The Acrobat and Word files are designed for printing. Each file is over 290 KB. (Revised sections in this version are marked with an asterisk.) Table of Contents 1 Economic Issues* 2 Electronic Books and Texts 2.1 Case Studies and History* 2.2 General Works* 2.3 Library Issues* 3 Electronic Serials 3.1 Case Studies and History* 3.2 Critiques 3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 3.4 General Works* 3.5 Library Issues* 3.6 Research* 4 General Works* 5 Legal Issues 5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 5.2 License Agreements* 5.3 Other Legal Issues 6 Library Issues 6.1 Cataloging, Classification, and Metadata* 6.2 Digital Libraries* 6.3 General Works* 6.4 Information Conversion, Integrity, and Preservation* 7 New Publishing Models* 8 Publisher Issues 8.1 Electronic Commerce/Copyright Systems* Appendix A. Related Bibliographies by the Same Author Appendix B. About the Author Best Regards, Charles Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Systems, University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091. E-mail: cbailey@uh.edu. Voice: (713) 743-9804. Fax: (713) 743-9811. ********** III.B.1. Fr: Joan K Lippincott Re: [NET00] Networking 2000 "Policy Issues for the New Millennium" EDUCAUSE Networking 2000 March 30-31, 2000 Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C. Networking 2000 is the premier conference on federal policy affecting networking and information technology for higher education. Presentations and discussion focus on whether the 2000 elections will harbor any changes in federal IT policy, global approaches to deploying advanced networks, the public policy impact of applications, higher education's role in relation to the Internet and lifelong learning, industry perspectives on technology policy, and updates on the hottest topics in Washington telecommunications and Internet policy. Space is limited, so register soon. Conference fees are $275 for registrations postmarked on or before March 6 and $300 for registrations received after March 6. The online registration form is available at: http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/contents/events/mar2000/ SPEAKERS Our speakers for this year's conference include: The Honorable Bob Goodlatte, U.S. House of Representatives (R-Virginia) <> Mike McCurry, cochair, iAdvance <> Rory O'Connor, founding editor, National Journal's Technology Daily <> Walter Baer, RAND Corporation <> Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy and Technology <> George Brett, NLANR <> Robert Cannon, Federal Communications Commission (invited) <> Jeri Clausing, N.Y. Times - Cybertimes <> Dewayne Hendricks, CEO, Dandin Group <> Mary Kratz, UCAID SCHEDULE INFORMATION The meeting will kick off with a gala reception aboard the Odyssey III on Wednesday evening (boarding starts at 6 p.m., sailing starts at 7 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m.).The meeting will be held all day Thursday and Friday morning. For the complete and up-to-date schedule, see: http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/contents/events/mar2000/ Networking 2000 participants are also encouraged to visit their congressional representatives while in Washington. Capitol Hill visits are being scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, March 29-30, subject to availability of your federal representative and their staff. Please see the registration form to sign up. MEETING LOCATION Renaissance Hotel 999 Ninth Street NW, Washington, DC 800-468-3571 or 202-898-9000 Fax: 202-789-4213 http://www.renaissancehotels.com/WASRB/ SPONSORS: EDUCAUSE American Library Association Association of Research Libraries Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation Coalition for Networked Information Computing Research Association Corporation for Research and Educational Networking University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact EDUCAUSE Customer Service at 303-449-4430 or info@educause.edu, or see our Web site at: http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/contents/events/mar2000/ ********** III.B.2. Fr: Stefano Cagnoni Re: IV2000: Special Session: Autonomous Vehicle Cooperation and Coordination: CFPapers IV 2000: Call for Papers IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Dearborn, MI, USA October 4-5, 2000 The IEEE Intelligent Transportation System Council (ITSC) is sponsoring a professional-level conference on basic research andpresent and future applications for Intelligent Vehicles and Intelligent Infrastructures. Papers dealing with vehicle-centered intelligent systems are solicited. This symposium is characterized by a single session format so that all the attendees remain in a single room for multilateral communications in an informal atmosphere. As another tradition, the meetings have enthusiastic participation from industry, as well as research centers and universities. The IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) will be held at the same location on Oct. 2-3, 2000, and a single -reduced rate- registration option will be available for both Conferences, as well as individual registrations. * TOPICS Driver Assistance Systems System Architectures Sensors Navigation/Guidance Systems Imaging and Vision Enhancement Vehicle Control Information Systems Human-machine Interfaces Active Safety Traffic Monitoring and Control Communications and Networks CAN * PAPER SUBMISSION Prospective authors are invited to submit a paper in electronic form (Postscript) by March 1st, 2000 for peer review, following the submission guidelines available at http://www.ce.unipr.it/iv2000. Submitted papers must be no longer than six (6) pages in IEEE two-column format, including figures and references. Papers exceeding this length limit may be rejected without review. The first page should include (1) the title of the paper, (2) the names of the authors, (3) the technical categories, and (4) the name, mailing address, telephone and fax number, and e-mail address of the contact author. Same papers may not be submitted to both IV and ITSC conferences. * SPECIAL SESSIONS Military Applications and Current Research Theme: This session will provide an opportunity to explore research and development activities for autonomous and semi-autonomous ground vehicle systems. It examines the technology requirements and operational capabilities of robotic vehicle programs for military, and commercial applications. The session brings together technologists to discuss needs, opportunities and approaches for adapting commercial automotive intelligent systems to meet military off-road autonomous applications. The conference provides a unique opportunity to identify commercial research projects and leverage the results to meet crucial military requirements. Topics: Government and Commercial programs: technical and performance challenges, system performance, test results, lessons learned; Machine perception for navigation and mission execution; Vehicle mobility and motion control; Operator interface and human-robot interactions. Organizer: Bruce Brendle U.S. Army Tank-automotive & Armaments Command brendleb@tacom.army.mil Autonomous Driving on Extreme Courses Theme: This session is concerned with research and advanced development for autonomous vehicle guidance in extreme driving environment. Coping with such conditions is a prerequisite for the introduction of advanced driver assistance functions. Hence, a discussion of the requirements and approaches to meet with these challenging conditions is expected to enhance insight into future developments, reveal missing links between current research and realization and provide impetus for new activities. The session will gather experts from various disciplines to shed light on the topic from different views. Topics: System architecture, Multisensor systems, Advanced vehicle control, Driving strategy formation, Self-assessment, Reliability and Safety, Driving robot. Organizer: Christoph Stiller, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany christoph.stiller@de.bosch.com User Interfaces for On-Board Systems Theme: This session will focus on user interfaces issues in vehicle-centered intelligent systems and will feature experiences from the usability engineering perspective. Issues include, for instance, feedback, integration, synchronization, context, and how to make the most value from devices within vehicles: many of these are also issues for stand-alone systems, but mobility adds extra problems and opportunities. Those attending the session will be able to learn from and establish contacts with researchers who are innovators in developing human-computer interfaces. Topics: Feedback, Feedthrough, Integration, Synchronization, Context, Multimodality, Design, Prototyping, Evaluation, Empirical studies. Organizer: Mauro Mosconi University of Pavia, Italy mauro@vision.unipv.it Vehicle Motion Control Systems Theme: This session will focus on control systems for autonomous vehicle motion. Longitudinal and lateral control strategies of car-like vehicles will be presented and the tight interplay with sensing systems (vision and nonvision based) will be highlighted. This session solicits methodology contributions as well as experimental results. Topics: Automatic steering control, Sensing systems, Visual guidance, Image dynamics estimation, Trajectory generation, Supervisory control, Advanced control systems design. Organizers: Aurelio Piazzi, Corrado Guarino Lo Bianco University of Parma, Italy aurelio@ce.unipr.it Autonomous Vehicle Cooperation and Coordination Theme: Cooperation and coordination of activities and actions are fundamental tasks when more than one agent is involved in accomplishing a complex common goal. During the last few years several projects have been started on such a topic. Among others, the European Handshaking (part of Prometheus Project) subproject where automobiles exchange information to better organize traffic flow; the Japanese rescue project for intervention of autonomous vehicles (robots) during catastrophic events; the international RoboCup initiative where a team of autonomous indoor vehicles (robots) have to coordinate their actions to implement a common strategy to compete against another team according to the soccer rules. The goal of the workshop is to focus on indoor and outdoor autonomous vehicles cooperation and coordination issues and related topics. Topics: fleets of indoor/outdoor autonomous vehicles; autonomous vehicles cooperation; team strategies for autonomous vehicles; team coordination in challenging environments; team competitions; cooperative/competitive behaviours; cooperative distributed perception. Organizers: Giovanni Adorni, University of Parma, Italy adorni@ce.unipr.it Hiroaki Kitano, Sony Computer Science Labs, Japan kitano@csl.sony.co.jp To propose other Special Sessions, please contact the Program Chair at broggi@ce.unipr.it * DEADLINES Papers due for peer review . . . . . . . March 1, 2000 Notification of acceptance . . . . . . . May 1, 2000 Camera-ready copy for proceedings due . July 1, 2000 * UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION Please refer frequently to the following websites for the most up-to-date information or contact the General Chair (Jim Rillings, jrilling@notes.gmr.com) or the Program Chair (Alberto Broggi, broggi@ce.unipr.it): IV-2000 Home Page: . . . . http://www.ce.unipr.it/iv2000 ITSC-2000 Home Page: . . . .http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/its/cfp-itsc-2000.html IEEE ITS Council Home Page: http://www.ieee.org/its ********** III.B.3. Fr: Judy Potter Re: OzCHI 2000: CFPapers OZCHI 2000 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Interfacing reality in the new millennium Sydney, Australia, 4-8 December 2000 http://www.cmis.csiro.au/ozchi2000/ Call for submissions OZCHI is the annual conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, and Australia and New-Zealand's leading forum for work in all areas of Human-Computer Interaction. OZCHI attracts an international community of researchers and practitioners with a wide range of interests, including human factors and ergonomics, human-computer interaction, information systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence, design, social sciences and management. Original papers, posters and proposals for the doctoral consortium are solicited, as well as demonstrations and proposals for half-day and full-day workshops and tutorials. Paper submissions will be subject to a double blind refereeing process by an international panel. Submissions in all areas of HCI are invited, including: · HCI methods, practice, and theory · Organisational, societal, and cross cultural issues · Theories, models, and modelling of users and interfaces · CSCW, group work, groupware, and computer-mediated human communication · User interface architectures, tools, techniques, and technology · Interfaces for all · Distributed interfaces, including the world wide web · Mobile and small devices · Methods, models and tools for user-centered and organisation-driven design and development · Industry based case studies of user interface design and development · Innovative interfaces, including virtual reality, augmented reality, multimedia, and adaptive interfaces · HCI education and training In keeping with the theme: Interfacing Reality, special emphasis will be placed on issues of accessibility and on novel interfaces, including: · Web: Web design and evaluation, Access to the Web, Children and the Web · Electronic communities · Ecommerce · Accessibility issues · Pervasive and invisible computing · WAP and portable computing · Usability and Fun · Usability in game applications · Augmented reality · Remote work · Working in 3D Important dates - May 29th 2000 Submission deadline for full papers, tutorial proposals and workshop proposals in electronic format - June 5th 2000 Submission deadline for full papers, tutorials and workshops in paper format - June 26th 2000 Submission deadline for posters, demonstrations, doctoral consortium, late-breaking news in electronic format - July 3rd 2000 Submission deadline for posters, demonstrations, doctoral consortium, late-breaking news in paper format - End of July 2000 Notification to authors of workshop proposals - 3rd week of August 2000 Notification to authors of full papers, tutorial proposals, posters, demonstrations, doctoral consortium, late-breaking news - Mid September 2000 Deadline for camera-ready papers Where and how to submit Electronic and paper submissions will be accepted. Electronic submissions must be PDF, RTF, or Word for PC files. Detailed instructions to authors, including the publication format will be available on http://www.cmis.csiro.au/ozchi2000/ from the end of April 2000. Submissions should be forwarded to: Ozchi@welldone.com.au OzCHI2000 Well Done Events PO Box 90 Cambewarra, NSW 2540 Australia ********** III.B.4. Fr: Roberto Poli Re: BISCA 2000 BISCA 2000 Bolzano International Schools in Cognitive Analysis "Dependence and Dynamic Categories" 18-22 September 2000 Maretsch Castle Bolzano (Italy) Recent and less recent developments in science require the forging of new categories as well as the rethinking of traditional ontological and epistemological categories. BISCA 2000 shall present a number of cutting-edge new proposals, centered on the opposition between (1) Upward and downward, (2) being in time and being time, (3) coupling of processes and unfolding of processes, (4) Kinds of description. Speakers HARALD ATMANSPACHER, Ontic and Epistemic Descriptions in the Sciences MARK BICKHARD, The Dynamical Birth of Representation ROBERTO POLI, Upward and Downward Dependence (Levels of Reality) ROBERT PORT, Timing as Opposed to Being-in-time General information: 1. Attendance to the school will be limited to about 30 participants. 2. A hotel list will be sent upon notification of acceptance. Hotel costs in Bolzano range between 70,000 and 250,000 Italian Liras per day. 3. Each speaker will give 4 lectures, with ample time for discussion. 4. All lectures will be in English. 5. The lectures will be given at Castel Maretsch, downtown, starting September 18, at 9 a.m. 6. A small number of boursaries are available to qualified students to Meet the costs of participation. People wishing to participate should write to Roberto Poli, Department of Sociology and Social Research, 26 Verdi st., 38100 Trento, Italy (call: (++39) 461 881 403; fax: (++39) 461 881 348), or send an e-mail message to: roberto.poli@soc.unitn.it BISCA's board of directors includes: L. Albertazzi (Trento), R. Langacker (La Jolla), J. Petitot (Paris), R. Poli (Trento) and L. Talmy (Buffalo) Information about the past BISCAs (previously (1988 - 1995): Bolzano International Schools in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence): http://www.soc.unitn.it/dsrs/IMC/IMC.htm Roberto Poli Department of Sociology and Social Research 26, Verdi street 38100 Trento -- Italy Tel. ++39-461-881-403 Fax: ++39-461-881-348 e-mail: roberto.poli@soc.unitn.it Axiomathes: http://www.soc.unitn.it/dsrs/Axiomathes/Axiomathes.htmIMC: http://www.soc.unitn.it/dsrs/IMC/IMC.htm ****************************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, California Digital Library, 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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