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face="Times New Roman">31 May 2008<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Register at the LREC Conference
website: </FONT><A href="blocked::http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008/"><FONT
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size=3>http://www.lrec-conf.org/lrec2008/</FONT></A></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Final Call for
Participation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></U></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Structured repositories of data about people are being
created through information extraction from unstructured text as well as from
sources that may themselves be structured documents such as passports or
customer transactions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Problems
arise in managing these structured repositories and integrating information from
diverse sources.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For example, newly
added information must be consistent with existing information, must avoid
duplication, and must be associated with an existing entity when that is
appropriate.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Researchers have
addressed these problems in different contexts with goals such as name or record
matching, identity resolution, and entity disambiguation.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In this workshop, researchers with
different perspectives will focus on the development of resources, algorithms
and evaluation methodologies to improve the technology for managing structured
repositories of identity data.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Evaluation measures for tasks that integrate person
information are especially challenging.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Whereas it is generally accepted that entity extraction systems can be
evaluated using MUC scoring metrics, the case is less clear for “follow-on”
technologies. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Even a seemingly
simple task such as matching person names in a database context is deceptively
complex, and although measures like precision and recall have been used to
evaluate <B>name</B> and <B>record</B> matching, there are methodological issues
to resolve before we can refer to a “standard” evaluation methodology for this
task.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Moreover, it is much less
clear how to effectively evaluate <B>identity</B> matching, resolution, and
management systems, or even what it means to perform an effective identity
match, particularly in the context of data containing identity attributes of
varying quality and in which we have varying degrees of
confidence.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">We have assembled a workshop that will address issues
such as:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Metrics for evaluation of
the above-mentioned technologies</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Resources that can be brought to bear on these
tasks<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Use cases for these technologies and/or discussion of
which evaluation methods are appropriate for different use
cases<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">We will also discuss state-of-the-art systems and
resources for performing or evaluating name and record matching, identity
resolution, and identity management.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>There will be papers presented and/or discussions around the following
themes:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Research in name / record matching<SPAN
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face="Times New Roman">Research in entity disambiguation / resolution /
deconfliction<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Descriptions of systems or best practices for entity
management<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Evaluation of record matching, entity disambiguation, or
entity management in different use cases</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">This
workshop will be an interactive and dynamic event rather than a
“mini-conference.” Presentations<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>will serve to introduce topics for discussion and to shape the day.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, a significant portion of time
will be devoted to interactive exercises, brainstorming, and other “work”
activities.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The workshop has been
organized such that all attendees (including the organizers) will come out
better informed about the problems associated with managing structured data and
with initial ideas on a methodology for evaluating techniques designed to solve
these problems.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In particular, we
hope to have made progress toward an understanding of contextualized and
principled evaluation of identity matching, resolution, and management systems,
and to connect a group of researchers interested in collaborating on this
research</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Organizing Committee:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Keith J. Miller (The MITRE Corporation)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Mark Arehart (The MITRE Corporation)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Sherri Condon (The MITRE Corporation)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Jason Duncan (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> Department
of Defense)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Louise Guthrie (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sheffield</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=IT
style="mso-ansi-language: IT"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Richard
Lutz (The MITRE Corporation)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=IT
style="mso-ansi-language: IT"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Massimo
Poesio (Universita’ di Trento)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN class=775311014-13052008>The
w</SPAN>orkshop <SPAN class=775311014-13052008>will be held </SPAN>at LREC
2008<SPAN class=775311014-13052008> on</SPAN> Saturday, 31 May 2008<SPAN
class=775311014-13052008>.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3>Please register at the LREC Conference website: </FONT><A
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