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Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval
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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 11:53:00 -0800
From: Kuny Terry
CALL FOR PAPERS
SIGIR '97
20th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval
DoubleTree Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, USA
July 27 -- July 31, 1997
In co-operation with: BCS-IRSG (UK), GI (Germany), IPSJ (Japan), (others pending)
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
SIGIR '97 is the twentieth conference in the premier series of research conferences on information retrieval. SIGIR is the major 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, researchers, educators, and designers of systems, interfaces, information bases, and related applications. In 1997, SIGIR is collocated with DL '97, the Second ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries, which will be held July 23-26, 1997 in Philadelphia. We anticipate substantial synergy between these two meetings.
CALL FOR PAPERS
SIGIR '97 seeks original contributions (i.e. never before published) in the broad field of information storage and retrieval, covering the handling of all types of information, people's behavior in information systems, and theories, models and implementations of information retrieval systems.
We encourage discussions of experimental studies, tests of usability, explorations of information retrieval behavior, reports on the performance of large scale systems, and demonstrations of advanced approaches. We prefer theoretical contributions to have sufficient proof of utility to demonstrate their applicability to information retrieval problems. Similarly, reports on small scale experiments should include convincing arguments or simulations to show their likelihood of generalization.
TOPICS
Topics include, but are not limited to:
--Information Retrieval Theory, e.g.: Statistical and Logical Retrieval Models, Data Fusion, Human-Centered Information Retrieval Systems.
--User Interaction and Behavior, e.g.: Models of Information Seeking, Interface Design and Experiment, Visualization.
--Multimedia Information Retrieval, e.g.: Audio, Video, and Image Retrieval, Links, Composite Documents.
--Experimentation, e.g.: Test Collections, Evaluation Measures.
--Natural Language Processing, e.g.: Multilingual Retrieval Systems, Summarization, Dialogue Management, Use of Linguistic Resources for Information Retrieval.
--Systems and Implementation Issues, e.g.: Integration with Database Systems, Networked Systems and the Internet, Compression, Efficient Query Evaluation.
--Applications, e.g.: Task-Embedded Information Retrieval, Electronic Publishing, Digital Libraries.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Submissions to SIGIR '97 may be completed papers, or can be proposals for posters, panels, demonstrations, tutorials, or workshops. With the exception of papers and posters, submissions may be made via e-mail (plain ASCII text). All submissions should include complete contact information including mail address, telephone, fax, and e-mail.
PAPERS
Papers (4 copies) should be submitted in English to the Program Co-Chair responsible for the geographic region of the first author, as indicated below. Papers should contain at most 5000 words. The first page must contain the title of the paper and an abstract of not more than 150 words, but no indication as to the author(s) or their affiliation(s). In addition, authors must provide a separate cover page with the title, the author name(s), and the author affiliation(s), plus complete contact information (mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail) for the author to whom correspondence should be sent. Please indicate if the paper is to be considered for the Best Student Paper Award. This Award requires that the first and primary author be a fulltime student at time of submission. There will also be a Best Non-Student Paper Award presented.
TUTORIALS
SIGIR '97 will begin with a full day of tutorials, each of which should cover a single topic in detail. Proposals are solicited for tutorials of either a half day (3 hours plus breaks) or full day (6 hours plus breaks). Submissions should be made to the Tutorials Chair and should include a cover sheet and an extended abstract. The cover sheet should specify (1) the length of the tutorial; (2) the intended audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced); (3) complete contact information for the contact person and other presenters; and (4) brief biographies (max. 2 paragraphs) of the presenters. The extended abstract should be 3 to 5 pages, and should include an outline of the tutorial, along with descriptions of the course objectives and course materials.
PANELS
Proposals for panel sessions should be sent to the Panels Chair by prospective moderators. Panels should address issues of interest to the general information retrieval community, and should be designed to stimulate lively debate between panelists and audience. Panel proposals (2-3 pages) 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; and (4) a description of how the panel will be structured, with emphasis on how general participation will be encouraged. Abstracts of panel presentations will appear in the proceedings.
DEMONSTRATIONS
Demonstrations provide an opportunity for first-hand experience with information retrieval systems, whether advanced operational systems or research prototypes. Proposals (up to 3 pages) should be submitted to the Demonstrations Chair. The proposal should indicate how the demonstration will illustrate new ideas, and should describe the technical specifications of the system. The hardware, software, and network requirements for the demonstration, including the electrical requirements of the equipment, should be indicated. A list of demonstrations will be published in the proceedings.
POSTERS
SIGIR '97 poster presentations offer researchers an opportunity to present late-breaking results, significant work in progress, or research that is best communicated in an interactive or graphical format. Abstracts of posters will appear in the conference proceedings, and there will be a Best Poster Award. Three copies of an extended abstract (roughly 3-4 pages) should be submitted to the Posters Chair. The abstract should emphasize the research problem and the methods being used, and be headed only by the title of the poster. In addition, a separate cover page is required containing the title of the poster, along with the name and affiliation of the author(s), and complete contact information for the author to whom correspondence should be sent.
WORKSHOPS
Proposals are solicited from individuals and groups for one-day workshops to be held July 31, 1997. Submissions of up to 3 pages should be made to the {\bf Conference Chair}. They should include the theme and goal of the workshop, the planned activities, the maximum number of participants and the selection process, and a list of potential participants. Also include a CV for each organizer detailing relevant qualifications and experience. After the workshop, organizers are to provide an article summarizing the workshop for SIGIR Forum.
IMPORTANT DATES
IMMEDIATELY: Subscribe to SIGIR '97 mailing list by writing to sigir97@potomac.ncsl.nist.gov. Information on SIGIR '97 will periodically be sent to the mailing list as well as posted at http://www.acm.org/sigir/conferences/sigir97/index.html.
January 10, 1997: Submission of PAPERS to the relevant Program Co-Chair.
February 14, 1997: Submission of proposals for POSTERS, PANELS, DEMONSTRATIONS, TUTORIALS and WORKSHOPS to the relevant Chair.
March 11, 1997: Notification to ALL authors.
April 30, 1997: Final manuscripts for PAPERS, POSTERS and PANELS due in camera-ready and electronic forms.
CONTACTS
Conference Chair: Ellen Voorhees NIST Building 225 Room A-216 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA Email: ellen@potomac.ncsl.nist.gov Phone: +1 301 975-3761 Fax: +1 301 840-1357
Tutorials & Panels Chair: Susan Dumais Bellcore 445 South St. Room 1A-348B Morristown, NJ 07960 USA Email: std@bellcore.com Phone: +1 201 829-4253 Fax: +1 201 829-2645
Posters Chair: K. L. Kwok Computer Science Dept. Queens College CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, NY 11367 USA Email: kwok@post.cs.qc.edu Phone: +1 718 997-3482 Fax: +1 718 997-3513
Demonstrations Chair: Chris Buckley Sabir Research, Inc. 26 Triple Crown Ct. Gaithersburg, MD 20878 USA Email: chrisb@sabir.com Phone: +1 301 947-3740 Fax: +1 301 947-3684
Treasurer: Paul B. Kantor SCILS Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071 USA Email: kantorp@cs.rutgers.edu Phone: +1 908 932-1359 Fax: +1 908 932-1504
Publicity Chair: David D. Lewis AT\&T Labs 600 Mountain Ave., 2A-410 Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636 USA Email: lewis@research.att.com Phone: +1 908-582-3976 Fax: +1 908-582-7550
PROGRAM CHAIRS
For North and South America: Nicholas J. Belkin SCILS Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071 USA Email: belkin@scils.rutgers.edu Phone: +1 908 932-8585 Fax: +1 908 932-6916
For Europe and Africa: Peter Willett Department of Information Studies University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN United Kingdom Email: p.willett@sheffield.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0) 114-2825083 Fax: +44 (0) 114-2780300
For Asia and the Pacific: Arcot Desai Narasimhalu Institute of Systems Science National University of Singapore Heng Mui Keng Terrace Singapore 0511 Republic of Singapore Email: desai@iss.nus.sg Phone: +65 7722002 Fax: + 65 7744990
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, Phillips, The Netherlands Maristella Agosti, Univ. of Padua, Italy Micheline Beaulieu, City Univ., UK Peter Bruza, QUT, Australia Chris Buckley, Cornell Univ., USA Forbes Burkowski, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada James Callan, Univ. of Massachusetts, USA Raman Chandrasekar, NCST, India Yves Chiaramella, CLIPS-IMAG, France Hsinchun Chen, Univ. of Arizona, USA Mark Chignell, Univ. of Toronto, Canada Ken Church, AT\&T, USA W. Bruce Croft, Univ. of Massachusetts, USA Susan Dumais, Bellcore, USA Leo Egghe, Limburgs Univ. Centrum, Belgium David Ellis, Univ. of Sheffield, UK Jim French, Univ. of Virginia, USA Hans-Peter Frei, UBILAB, Switzerland Norbert Fuhr, Univ. Dortmund, Germany Gregory Grefenstette, Rank Xerox, France Donna Harman, NIST, USA David Harper, Robert Gordon Univ., UK Marti Hearst, Xerox, USA Bill Hersh, Oregon Health Sciences Univ., USA Haym Hirsh, Rutgers Univ., USA David Hull, Rank Xerox, France Peter Ingwersen, Royal School of Librarianship, Denmark Tetsuya Ishikawa, Univ. of Library and Info. Sci., Japan Kalervo Jarvelin, University of Tampere, Finland Haruo Kimoto, NTT, Japan Judith Klavans, Columbia University ,USA Shmuel Klein, Bar-Ilan Univ., Israel Robert Korfhage, Univ. of Pittsburgh, USA K. L. Kwok, Queens College, CUNY, USA Dik Lee, HKUST, Hong Kong Joon Ho Lee, KRDIC, Korea David Lewis, AT\&T, USA Elizabeth Liddy, Syracuse Univ., USA Dario Lucarella, CRA-ENEL, Italy Kathy McKeowan, Columbia Univ., USA Elke Mittendorf, ETH Zentrum, Switzerland Alistair Moffat, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia Sung Hyun Myaeng, Chungnam National Univ., Korea Jan Pedersen, Verity, USA Annelise Pejtersen, National Laboratory, Denmark Keith van Rijsbergen, Glasgow University, UK Ellen Riloff, Univ. of Utah, USA Stephen Robertson, City Univ., UK Airi Salminen, Univ. of Jyvaskyla, Finland Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers Univ., USA Peter Schauble, ETH Zentrum, Switzerland Fabrizio Sebastiani, IEI-CHR, Italy Alan Smeaton, Dublin City Univ., Ireland Phil Smith, Ohio State Univ., USA Craig Stanfill, Ab Initio, USA Ulrich Thiel, GMD IPSI, Germany Richard Tong, Sageware, USA Howard Turtle, Westlaw, USA Ross Wilkinson, RMIT, Australia Mei-Mei Wu, National Taiwan Normal Univ., Taiwan Emannuel Yannakoudakis, Athens Univ. of Economics, Greece
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