7.1772, Calls: African linguistics, SIGIR '97

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-1772. Sat Dec 14 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 7.1772, Calls: African linguistics, SIGIR '97

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1)
Date:  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 14:55:07 -0500 (EST)
From:  jds18 at cornell.edu (Justin Spence)
Subject:  reminder: African linguistics (ACAL 28) deadline

2)
Date:  Thu, 12 Dec 1996 23:21:54 -0500 (EST)
From:  David Lewis <lewis at research.att.com>
Subject:  Call For Papers: SIGIR '97              hapax8r8f2l8kj

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 14:55:07 -0500 (EST)
From:  jds18 at cornell.edu (Justin Spence)
Subject:  reminder: African linguistics (ACAL 28) deadline

This is a reminder that the deadline for abstracts for the 28th
Annual Conference on African Linguistics is just around the
corner (December 30).  For more detailed information about the
conference please see our web page:

http://www.arts.cornell.edu/linguistics/!acal28f/acala.htm

You may also want to subscribe to our mailing list if you have
not already done so, since we will probably do future group
mailings to that list only.  You can do this by sending the
message "SUBSCRIBE ACAL28-L (your name)" to listproc at cornell.edu.

Information on accomodations, transport, and registration will be
published via ACAL28-L and our web site by mid-January.

If you have any questions, contact the organizing committe at
acal28 at cornell.edu

Here's how to submit an abstract:

Abstracts are invited for 20-minute talks in all areas of African
linguistics.  If you are interested in giving a talk, please
submit the following materials:

(i) An anonymous one-page abstract, single spaced, 12-point type.

(ii) A camera-ready short version of the abstract that will fit
into a 3" x 6" box.  Please write the title of the paper and the
name(s) and affiliation(s) of the authors lightly in pencil on
the back of this page; do not write them on the front.

(iii) A 3" x 5" file card with name, affiliation, complete
mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, and paper
title.

Mail all materials to the following address:

ACAL 28 Department of Linguistics 227 Morrill Hall Cornell
University Ithaca, NY 14853-4701 (USA) Fax: (607) 255-2044

ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 30, 1996.

To facilitate their timely arrival, one-page abstracts submitted
by fax from Africa will be accepted, accompanied by the
information in (iii) on a separate page.  Materials from all
other places must be submitted by regular mail.  Please do not
e-mail abstracts.

-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 12 Dec 1996 23:21:54 -0500 (EST)
From:  David Lewis <lewis at research.att.com>
Subject:  Call For Papers: SIGIR '97              hapax8r8f2l8kj

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this.]

			   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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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, West Info. Pub. Gp., USA
Ross Wilkinson, RMIT, Australia
Mei-Mei Wu, National Taiwan Normal Univ., Taiwan
Emannuel Yannakoudakis, Athens Univ. of Economics, Greece

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