IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 August 29, 1994 Volume XI, Number 30 Issue 223 ********************************************************** TABLE OF CONTENTS II. JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. U. Glasgow: CS Research Assistants III. NOTICES B. Meetings 1. SDAIR '95 2. ASIDIC '94 C. Miscellaneous 1. SIGIR '94 Photos Available ********************************************************** II. JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS II.1. Fr: keith@dcs.gla.ac.uk Re: U. Glasgow CS Research Assistants UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW Department of Computing Science Two Research Assistants' Posts Applications are invited for the following posts: VIPIR: A Research Assistant's post on a three-year University of Glasgow funded research project VIPIR: Voice Processing for Information Retrieval, a joint project between the Computing Science and Statistics Departments. The aim of the project is to develop voice processing techniques which will integrate with the storage and retrieval of documents containing images and text. Extensive use will be made of statistical approaches, especially the Hidden Markov Models. The research will be based on a Sun SPARCstation running HTK and will use some Power Macs. Preference will be given to a candidate with a PhD in information retrieval, or equivalent experience, and with some knowledge of formal logic, probability theory, and computer-based speech processing. The successful candidate will join the IR group in the Computing Science Department. DRASTIC: A Research Assistant's post on a three-year EPSRC project is available in a group developing a high-performance distributed software platform, suitable for supporting very large, evolving, resilient, heterogeneous, persistent application systems. The research group has been involved in building persistent object stores, persistent languages and distributed object managers for more than a decade. The research will use a mixture of Digital's Alpha workstations and Sun's SPARCstations; both companies are collaborating with this project. Preference will be given to candidates with extensive experience and/or a PhD in relevant systems research topics. Evidence will be required of experience in designing and implementing systems software. The DRASTIC and VIPIR projects are situated in a large and thriving department with a research rating of 5 and an Excellent teaching rating. Both appointments will be made on the RA 1A scale (#12,828 - #20,442) with USS superannuation. Applications should be submitted no later than 30 September 1994 by e-mail to vacancies@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (from whom further particulars may be obtained) or on paper to Anne Sinclair, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RZ. These should include a full CV (four copies), publication list and the addresses of two referees. ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.B.1. Fr: David Lewis Re: 4th Annual Symposium: Document Analysis & Information Retrieval (SDAIR '95) Call for Papers Fourth Annual Symposium on Document Analysis and Information Retrieval (SDAIR '95) April 24-26, 1995 Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada Conference Chair: Donna Harman National Institute of Standards and Technology SCOPE: The purpose of this symposium is to present the results of current research and to stimulate the exchange of ideas in the general field of Document Understanding. Papers on all aspects of document analysis and information retrieval are solicited, with particular emphasis on: Document Analysis Multilingual OCR Language identification Multilingual character sets Domain specific dictionaries / lexicons Logical structure recognition Recognition of tables and equations Recognition of maps and mechanical drawings Information Retrieval Full-text retrieval Retrieval from structured documents Text categorization Evaluation of IR systems Image and multimedia retrieval Language-specific influences on retrieval Text representation The two themes to be highlighted at this year's symposium are the intersection of document analysis and information retrieval, and the ramifications of multilingual data in both fields. SUBMISSIONS: Please send seven copies of complete papers, with authors name, address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address to the appropriate Program Chair: Larry Spitz, Chair (Doc. Analysis) or David D. Lewis, Chair (Info. Ret.) c/o Information Science Research Institute University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 454021 Las Vegas, NV 89154-4021 The papers should be no longer than 20 double-spaced pages or 5,000 words. Papers which have already appeared in journals or published conference proceedings should not be submitted. Both camera ready and machine readable copies of the accepted papers will be required. The proceedings will be available at the conference. CONFERENCE TIMETABLE Papers Due October 1, 1994 Notification To Authors December 1, 1994 Camera Ready Copy February 1, 1995 ********** III.B.2. Fr: dthk@mantic.ho.att.com Re: ASIDIC '94 ASIDIC 1994 Fall Meeting Washington DC September 25-27, 1994 THEME: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE INFORMATION INDUSTRY The 90's have witnessed the emergence of multinational information companies serving international markets. Acquisitions and mergers, restructuring, and downsizing continue at an unsettling pace. Technological advances are redefining information as a product. Long standing business boundaries based on geography, market segmentation, and delivery methods are being set aside; and traditional distinct areas of publishing, entertainment and telecommunications are converging. The upcoming ASIDIC (Association of Information and Dissemination Centers) meeting affords an excellent opportunity to take a reflective look at where the industry is going and what it means to you. TO REGISTER PLEASE USE THE FORM INCLUDED WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR CONTACT: Jeanette Webb ASIDIC Secretariat P.O. Box 8105 Athens GA 30603 E-Mail: jwebb@uga.cc.uga.edu Phone: (706) 542-6820 PRELIMINARY AGENDA ASIDIC 1994 FALL MEETING September 25-27, 1994 The Latham Hotel 3000 M Street N.W. Georgetown, Washington, DC 20007 MEETING THEME: Internationalization of the Information Industry Hear leaders of our industry address issues surrounding the internationalization of the information industry. They will take a fresh look at the players (both old and new), new and emerging technologies in the evolving global information marketplace, and users and their rising expectations. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25: REGISTRATION and RECEPTION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 SESSION 1: THE PLAYERS: Hear speakers including MARJORIE HLAVA (President, Access Innovations, Inc.), DICK KAISER (Consultant), BARBARA McCOY (Dun & Bradstreet), and others discuss what is happening to the players in the global information marketplace and what the convergence of publishing, entertainment, phone, and cable companies means to our industry. SESSION 2: THE TECHNOLOGY TOOLBOX: Hear speakers, including GARY COSIMINI (Adobe), DOUG SWEENEY (Intelligent Communications, IBM), TED LEONSIS (Redgate Communications), and others discuss how improvements in technology are changing the rules of the game. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 SESSION 3: THE USERS: Hear speakers, including DAVID FARBER (Univ. of Pennsylvania), JOHN CHU (Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals), and JANE KELLY (Information Consultant), and others discuss how the increasing number of choices available to users have resulted in changes in information-seeking and use behavior. CRYSTAL BALL GAZING: WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? DR. EUGENE GARFIELD (The Scientist) will provide his own unique perspective and insights into where things are headed and what the implications are for the information industry of tomorrow. National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS) MARKETING INFORMATION PRODUCTS OVERSEAS Wednesday, September 28, 1994 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. This NFAIS course is being held in conjunction with the Fall ASIDIC Meeting. Any ASIDIC registrant qualifies for the NFAIS-member early-bird rate of $155 for this seminar. Contact NFAIS at 1518 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19102-3403, 215/893-1561 (FAX: 215/893-1564) for more information. You must include a copy of your ASIDIC registration when you register for this NFAIS course. ********** III.C.1. Fr: Mark Sanderson Re: Photos of SIGIR '94 available A collection of photographs taken at this year's SIGIR '94 in Dublin are available on WWW at the following URL... http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/ir/sigir94/ ..the photos were taken at the conference banquet by assorted Glasgow and City University people. In total, between 40 and 50 different people are pictured. Mark Sanderson, Fax : +44 (0)41 330 4913 Department of Computing Science, Tel : +44 (0)41 339 8855 x6292 The University, Email: sanderso@dcs.gla.ac.uk Glasgow G12 8QQ, URL : http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk Scotland, UK /~sanderso/ ____________________________________________________________________ Good judgement comes from experience, but experience comes from bad judgement ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. Send subscription requests and submissions to: NCGUR@UCCMVSA.UCOP.EDU Editorial Staff: Clifford Lynch calur@uccmvsa.ucop.edu Nancy Gusack ncgur@uccmvsa.ucop.edu Mary Engle meeur@uccmvsa.ucop.edu The IRLIST Archives is now set up for anonymous FTP, as well as via the LISTSERV. 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