IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 February 13, 1995 Volume XII, Number 7 Issue 244 ********************************************************** II. JOBS 1. Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science: CS Ass't. Professor 2. Syracuse U.: School of Information Studies, Asst'. Prof. 3. U. Pittsburgh: Library Science, Information Science, or Telecommunications, Postdoctoral Fellowship for African American Scholars 4. U. Arizona: School of Information Resources, Ass't. Prof. 5. Illinois Institute of Technology, Paul V. Galvin Library: Library Network Services Manager III. NOTICES B. Meetings 1. 6th ASIS SIG/Classification Research Workshop 2. Information Industry Association Technology Workshop 3. ASIDIC Spring Meeting '95 IV. PROJECTS C. Grants and Scholarships 1. Scientific Network for Funding 2. American Chemical Society CINF Scholarship ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: sztandera@hardy.texsci.edu Re: Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science: CS Ass't. Prof. The Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science invites applications for the Computer Science tenure-track position at the assistant professor level to begin Fall 1995. Ph.D. in computer science or computer engineering required. We seek candidates with backgrounds in computer architecture or software engineering who are interested in research interactions with faculty in the fuzzy logic and neural networks areas. Ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses, advise students, and develop and conduct sponsored research programs. Science department currently has strong research programs in fuzzy set theory and applications, high speed computing, and computational mathematics. Computing environment at College includes multimedia PC and Macintosh clusters, VAX 8250, a separate UNIX network, Silicon Graphics and DEC Alpha AXP workstations, and an access to Cray C90 supercomputer. Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, founded in 1884, is an independent, coeducational, fully accredited, four-year college nationally recognized for its professional programs in the sciences, business administration, architecture, interior design, fashion, apparel and textiles. Offering a well-rounded undergraduate experience on 100 park-like acres in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, the College also offers an MBA and MS degrees. Total student enrollment is 3,300. Submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching and research interests and names, addresses and telephone numbers of three professional references to Dr. Richard A. Nigro, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19144. Applications reviewed beginning March 1, 1995 until position is filled. PCT&S is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Institution. ********** II.2. Fr: Robert N. Oddy Re: Syracuse U.: School of Information Studies, Ass't. Professor Faculty Position Assistant Professor The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University is seeking an individual for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position to begin Fall Semester, 1995. Salary is commensurate with experience and is nationally competitive. The School is seeking an individual who has experience and is interested in software engineering in distributed and multi-media computing environments, to teach in or more of the following areas: * Multi-media information systems and services * Database management systems * Object-oriented programming (C/C++) * Client-server computing The person selected to fill this position will be expected to conduct research in any aspect of information studies, broadly-defined. Applicants should meet all of the following qualifications. * expertise in at least one of the above topic areas * appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of information studies and an ability to integrate research areas and disciplinary perspectives * research and publications commensurate with experience * potential for excellence in teaching in teaching with undergraduates, professionals in a terminal master's degree, and with research-oriented doctoral students * willingness to work with faculty colleagues and doctoral students on research projects * Ph.D. (or other doctorate) completed or anticipated in a relevant field of study. The School of Information Studies is a leading university center in advancing both the theory and practice of information resources/systems management. The School is located in a new $32 million Center for Science and Technology. The School's academic and research programs are based on an interdisciplinary view of information phenomena. The faculty have formal training in several cognate areas including: information science, computer science, management, library science, engineering, communication, information resources management, and telecommunications. Interested individuals should mail or fax their applications, consisting of (1) a letter of interest, (2) a resume, and (3) the name of three references, to Professor Robert Oddy, Chair of Search Committee (in care of Ms. Jean Vater) School of Information Studies, Syracuse University 4-206 Center for Science and Technology Syracuse, New York 13244-4100 Phone 315-443-2736, 443-5806 (fax) Further information about this position may be requested at the above address or via email (RNODDY@MAILBOX.SYR.EDU). ********** II.3. Fr: Stephen C. Hirtle Re: Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Pitt POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP for African American Scholars The University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce the availability of aone-year postdoctoral fellowship for a qualified African American scholar in the information professions. The fellowship is open for continued study and research in Library Science, Information Science or Telecommunications or some combination of these fields in order to increase the pool of African American candidates for faculty positions in the information professions.The applicant should have completed a doctoral degree between September 1, 1993 and September 1, 1995. The fellowship is directed at increasing the candidate's knowledge in the information field and in providing additional opportunity for research, publication, and teaching. The School is a partner in the mission of the University of Pittsburgh to preserve, create, transmit and apply knowledge. Our purpose is to pursue excellence in the education of information professionals and scholars, in the creation of new and relevant knowledge through systematic inquiry, and in the advancement of the information disciplines at all levels through research, scholarship, education, and service. In recognition of the need for information specialists to meet the requirements of rapidly changing environments, clientele, and technologies, we strive for excellence in preparing individuals for a broad range of professional, teaching, and research positions in an interdisciplinary environment. The fellowship stipend is $30,000 for the 1995-96 Fall and Spring terms with an option for a second year of fellowship support. In addition, there is $2,500 per year for travel and related research costs. Upon completion of the fellowship and with the recommendation of the appropriate faculty and administrators, fellowship recipients may also be considered for a regular tenure stream position. Applicants are asked to submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, any publications including the dissertation (or portions thereof), and three letters of recommendation no later than April 15, 1995. The fellowship will be awarded on the basis of merit and match with interests of the SLIS faculty. Inquiries about SLIS faculty research interests or other questions about the Fellowship may be directed either to Professor Margaret Mary Kimmel, Chair of the Department of Library Science, or Professor James Williams, Chair of the Department of Information Science.Direct all applications to Dean Toni Carbo Bearman. The School reserves the right not to award the Fellowship if no candidate meets the criteria. ********** II.4. Fr: Re: 6th ASIS SIG/CR Workshop 6th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop: An interdisciplinary meeting The American Society for Information Science Special Interest Group on Classification Research (ASIS SIG/CR) invites submissions for the 6th ASIS Classification Research Workshop, to be held at the 58th Annual Meeting of ASIS in Chicago, IL. The workshop will take place Sunday, October 8th, 1995, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ASIS '95 continues through Thursday, October 12th. The CR Workshop is designed to be an exchange of ideas among active researchers with interests in the creation, development, management, representation, display, comparison, compatibility, theory, and application of classification schemes. Emphasis will be on semantic classification, in contrast to statistically based schemes. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Warrant for concepts in classification schemes. - Concept acquisition. - Basis for semantic classes. - Automated techniques to assist in creating classification schemes. - Statistical techniques used for developing explicit semantic classes. - Relations and their properties. - Inheritance and subsumption. - Knowledge representation schemes. - Classification algorithms. - Procedural knowledge in classification schemes. - Reasoning with classification schemes. - Software for management of classification schemes. - Interfaces for displaying classification schemes. - Data structures and programming languages for classification schemes. - Image classification. - Comparison and compatibility between classification schemes. - Applications such as subject analysis, natural language understanding, information retrieval, expert systems. - Representation and access on the Internet The CR Workshop welcomes submissions from various disciplines. Those interested in participating are invited to submit a short (1-2 page single-spaced) position paper summarizing substantive work that has been conducted in the above areas or other areas related to semantic classification schemes, and a statement briefly outlining the reason for wanting to participate in the workshop. Submissions may include background papers as attachments. Participation will be of two kinds: presenter and regular participant. Those selected as presenters will be invited to submit expanded versions of their position papers and to speak to those papers in brief presentations during the workshop. Submitted position papers will be refereed for acceptance for publication in the proceedings. Some of the accepted papers will be selected for an expanded version in the proceedings. Authors of expanded papers will be invited to speak to their papers in brief presentations during the workshop. All position papers (both expanded and short papers) will be published in proceedings to be distributed prior to the workshop. The workshop's early registration fee is $35.00 for SIG/CR members and/or participants; $45.00 for ASIS members; $60.00 for non-members. (The workshop is separate from the ASIS Annual, an additional registration is required for the Annual Conference). Previous proceedings are titled "Advances in Classification Research: proceedings of the ... ASIS SIG/CR Classification Workshop" and are published by Learned Information, Inc., Medford, NJ. Submissions should be made by email, or diskette accompanied by paper copy, or paper copy only (fax or postal), to arrive by April 15, 1995, to: Ray Schwartz, 530 Jefferson St., #13, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, USA Work Phone: 212-305-3294; Fax: 212-305-6193; Home Phone: 201-656-8807; Email: rps4@columbia.edu URL: http://www.columbia.edu/~rps4/sigcr.html Email or Postcard confirmations will be sent upon receipt of submissions. For additional information, email rps4@columbia.edu or access URL: http://www.columbia.edu/~rps4/sigcr.html ********** III.B.2. Fr: dthk@mantic.ho.att.com Re: Technology Workshop The Information Industry Association is sponsoring a Technology Workshop in Cambridge, Massachusets from February 28 through March 1, 1995. Among the program features are: -- a keynote speech by Alan Spoon, President & COO of The Washington Post Co., -- a head-to-head demonstration of OS2/WARP and WINDOWS '95, and -- four hours of live product demonstrations of leading enabling technologies. The Workshop is geared toward content providers who want to learn more about current technology and towards technology ccompanies looking to understand the needs of the content providers and their customers. For more information contact the Information Industry Association at (202) 639-8262. ********** III.B.3. Fr: dthk@mantic.ho.att.com Re: ASIDIC '95 ASIDIC, the Association of Information and Dissemination Centers, announces its 1995 Spring Meeting, to be held March 19-21, 1995, in Wilmington, NC and invites you to attend. The theme of the technical program is "Applying Technology to Reach the Information Marketplace." Features of the meeting include: -- A keynote address by Tim Miller of New Media Resources; his topic is "Answers at Your Fingertips: Enabling Technologies for the 90s." -- Presentations on various technologies, such as groupware, voice input, information metering, and database creation, which are currently impacting the information industry. -- Examples of the application of the technologies in the development of new information products. -- Demonstrations of information services illustrating the technologies. -- A panel of distinguished speakers from major database producers who will discuss the implications of technology on pricing and distribution. Technical program co-chairs are Don Hawkins (AT&T) and Taissa Kusma (American Institute of Physics). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ASIDIC or the Spring meeting, contact Jeanette Webb at (706)-542-6820 or jwebb@uga.cc.uga.edu. ********************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.C.1. Fr: Re: Scientific Network for Funding European Science Foundation (ESF) 'scientific network' on "Converging Computing Methodologies in Astronomy" makes its debut... A new ESF scientific network provides funding for work visits and workshops over a 3-year period. Among central topics are: - From vision models to image information retrieval: Methods such as wavelets and multiresolution approaches, mathematical morphology, and fuzzy methods have proven their worth in the framework of accessing appropriate information from large image databases. Such methods must be moulded together to allow semantically driven access to data. - The data life-cycle - methodological aspects: The astronomical data life-cycle is highly digital: data capture is increasingly on CCD electronic detectors, data are subject to image processing and statistical treatment, and the final major stage in this process involves data archiving, and publication. Not surprisingly, the issues of electronic publishing and of digital libraries are increasingly central. - From data integration to information integration: Particular data integration (data fusion) problems, such as integration of data associated with different wavelength ranges, are of great relevance in the context of large space- and ground-based observing projects (e.g., co-addition in image restoration; image restoration and filtering approaches which incorporate semantic information on the cosmic objects of interest; close, complementary use of multi-million object astronomical catalogs; classification of terabyte data collections). Long-term access to stored data - what should be the "future of 'society's' memory?" Beyond data, astronomy is all about information. Compression is central - in a broad sense, compression is summarization, and therefore is part of the overall process of scientific analysis. Coordinating committee of the scientific network: A. Bijaoui (Nice), V. Di Gesu (Palermo), A. Heck (Strasbourg), M.J. Kurtz (Harvard), P. Linde (Lund), M.C. Maccarone (Palermo) - Chair, R. McMahon (Cambridge), R. Molina (Granada), F. Murtagh (Munich) - Secretary, E. Raimond (Dwingeloo). Further information will be available on the WWW at the address: http://www.hq.eso.org/conv-comp.html ********** IV.C.2. Fr: Leo Clougherty Re: American Chemical Society CINF Scholarship The ACS Division of Chemical Information will once again offer a $1000 scholarship to a student with a bachelor's degree in chemistry who has been accepted into or is enrolled in a graduate program in Library Science, Information Science, or Computer Science. If you, or someone you know, is interested in being considered for this scholarship, please send the following documentation to the address given below by March 24, 1995. The scholarship winner will be selected in April, 1995 and the monetary award will be given in the summer or early fall. 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