IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 February 19, 1996 Volume XIII, Number 8 Issue 295 ********************************************************** I. QUERIES 1. Software for Thesauri Building II. JOBS 1. San Francisco Bay Area: Graduate Student Summer Job 2. Brown U.: Research Programmer/Analyst 3. GMI: Associate Vice President, Computing Services III. NOTICES B. Meetings 1. ASIDIC 1996 Spring Meeting: Where Does the Money Come From? 2. IATUL '96 Conference Registration 3. AAAI 96: Machine Learning in Information Access ********************************************************** I. QUERIES I.1. Fr: Melissa L. Owsley <20676mlo@msu.edu> Re: Software for Thesauri Building Hello, I am involved with a project trying to develop a Manufacturing thesaurus which will include business terms. (The hope is to develop a faceted system for use in an electronic database.) I am in need of a software package that can handle relational analysis of linguistic terms (i.e., keywords, abstracts, titles). If anyone has had any experience with one of such "fuzzy logic" tools, could you forward me the names and vendors of the software. Any and all assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thank-you, Melissa L. Owsley Internet Resource Cataloger NEM Online ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Rowan Fairgrove Re: San Francisco Bay Area: Graduate Student Summer Job SUMMER JOB on "Documents" We are seeking an exceptionally talented and motivated graduate student for a summer job involving library and ademic research investigating historical trends in documents and document technologies --- everything from cuneiform tablets and the printing press to laser printers and the Internet. Students in the following disciplines are particularly encouraged to apply: History of Technology Library Science Science, Technology and Society Media Studies Bibliometrics Economics Sociology Communication (but not Journalism) English The work will be performed at the Ricoh California Research Center in the San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley area and, as applicable, nearby university libraries. The job will begin around June 15 and end around September 15, 1996, but exact dates are flexible to fit the schedule of the successful candidate. Salary is competitive, and commensurate with experience of the successful candidate. Ricoh is a world leader in electronic and optical equipment, including consumer products such as fax machines, copiers, cameras and scanners. The California Research Center is a small (25 person) research lab focussing on information technology. See our Web site (address below) for more information on CRC and the local area. +++ Essential requirements +++ * Demonstrated expertise in research methods for searching in libraries. * Independent and self-motivated, yet follows directions carefully. * Articulate, with good writing and summarizing skills. * Facility with word processing programs such as MS Word or LaTeX (HTML is desirable, but not essential). +++ Desirable characteristics +++ * Experience in analysis of document and library technologies. * Experience in on-line search engines, retrieval methods such as Dialog, and on the Internet and World-Wide Web. * Reading knowledge of at least one foreign language. +++ Employment requirements +++ * US citizenship or full working permits are required. +++ Application procedure +++ Before March 15, 1996, send via surface mail a letter of interest to the below address. Include: * A list of degrees, courses taken (and grades), academic honors, etc. * Names of two people (with phone numbers or e-mail addresses or both) who can comment upon your qualifications for this summer job. * A copy of any reports, term papers, conference papers, etc. that illustrate your writing ability. It is desirable, but not necessary, that such works be directly relevant to the area or research of the summer job. * Your own e-mail address and phone number. If you have short questions, please contact: Dr. David G. Stork Chief Scientist Ricoh California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7022 stork@crc.ricoh.com http://www.crc.ricoh.com (Please type "Summer job: Documents" as your e-mail header.) Ricoh is an equal-opportunity employer, and urges highly qualified women and minorities to apply. ********** II.2. Fr: Allen Renear Re: Brown U.: Research Programmer/Analyst POSITION AVAILABLE Lead Research Programmer/Analyst Scholarly Technology Group Brown University This is the lead technical position in an applied research, development, and service group that is pioneering new tools and methodologies for the application of advanced information technology to academic research, publishing, and instruction. Principal responsibilities include providing technical leadership, systems analysis, tool development, and project management. REQUIREMENTS: Ability to provide innovative solutions to academic research problems, based on knowledge of emerging information technologies and research methodologies in academic disciplines. Expert knowledge of most of the following: object-oriented programming, client-server methodologies, advanced WWW technologies, relational or object-oriented databases, SGML, multimedia data formats, information retrieval, hypermedia systems, computer-supported cooperative work, and research methods in the humanities and social sciences. Must be able to conduct relevant applied research and development in at least one of the preceding areas. Advanced degree and research or teaching experience in an academic discipline preferred. The Scholarly Technology Group, Computing and Information Services, supports the development and use of advanced information technology in academic research, teaching, and scholarly communication by exploring new technologies and practices, developing specialized tools and techniques, and providing consulting and project management services to academic projects. STG focuses on four related areas: hypermedia systems, SGML textbase development, interactive networked publishing, and computer-supported cooperative work. Most STG projects are grant funded. STG Director: Dr. Allen Renear; Lead Project Analyst: Elli Mylonas. To apply send a cover letter and current c.v. to Human Resources, Box 1879/B00207, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. For further information contact: Allen Renear, Director, Scholarly Technology Group (401 863-7312 or Allen_Renear@Brown.Edu). ********** II.B.3. Fr: Steven C Cater Re: GMI: Associate Vice President, Computing Services GMI Engineering & Management Institute, a non-profit college founded in 1919 and located in mid-Michigan, seeks qualified applicants for the position of Associate Vice President for Computing Services, responsible for providing leadership for the technological advancement of GMI in the area of information services. GMI has a total student enrollment of about 3,200, served by a faculty and staff of 400. The college offers both bachelor and master of science degrees. The undergraduate programs operate on a five-year fully-cooperative plan of education. Minimum qualifications for this position are Master's degree in the area of information systems, information sciences, or MBA with expertise in information systems; minimum five years experience in supervision, management of information systems, and strategic planning; preferably in a higher education setting, demonstrated program development and funding experience; demonstrated commitment to quality and the practice of integrating quality into the workplace; demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse groups, and proof of authority to work in U.S. Send two sets: letter of application, resume, and four professional references with addresses and phone numbers to: Associate Vice President for Computing Services Search Committee GMI Engineering & Management Institute Registrar's Office 1700 West Third Avenue Flint, MI 48504-4898 To ensure full consideration for this position, applications must be received by March 8, 1996. It is expected the position will be filled by July 1, 1996. GMI is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks the candidacy of women and minorities. ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.B.1. Fr: dthk@mantic.ho.att.com Re: ASIDIC 1996 Spring Meeting: Where Does the Money Come From? ASIDIC, the Association for Information and Dissemination Centers, announces its Spring 1996 conference, to be held March 17-19, 1996, in Corpus Christi, TX. Well known speakers from the information industry will address the theme, "Where Does the Money Come From?" ASIDIC meetings are known for their relevance to current information industry issues and for their lively discussions. The Spring meeting promises to be no exception. You are cordially invited to attend. For further information on the meeting, or on ASIDIC in general, please contact Jeanette Webb, ASIDIC Secretariat, P. O. Box 8105, Athens, GA 30603, phone (706)-542-6820, or by e-mail: jwebb@uga.cc.uga.edu. Detailed information on the technical program and other meeting activities appears below. ASIDIC 1996 SPRING MEETING March 17-19, 1996 Corpus Christi, Texas P R E L I M I N A R Y P R O G R A M Where Does the Money Come From? SUNDAY, MARCH 17 REGISTRATION RECEPTION MONDAY, MARCH 18 ASIDIC Business Meeting WELCOME: Randy Marcinko, ASIDIC President INTRODUCTION to the Program: Marjorie M.K. Hlava, Program Co-Chair, Access Innovations, Inc. KEYNOTE: Market Sectors - A View from the Top WHERE ARE the Revenues Coming From by Sector: The Suppliers * The CD ROM Market Place, Janice Kirkwood, OVID Technologies, Inc. * The Sci Tech Marketplace, Peter Rusch, Rocade Research Associates * One Publisher's Use of Multiple Mediums for Product Distribution, Harry Boyle, Chemical Abstracts Service WHERE ARE the Users Spending their Money? An Electronics Industry Company, Helen Manning, Texas Instruments * A Consumer Products Industry Company Paula Galbraith, Mary Kay Cosmetics * A Publishing Company, Anne Mintz, Forbes, Inc. REVENUE FOR the Content Providers - Where our Income Comes From: A New Pricing Algorithm, Dennis Auld, PsycINFO * Revenue from Unexpected Places, Paul Ashton, ADONIS * Revenue by Sector * An Analysis of the Markets, Ruth Koolish, Information Sources TUESDAY, MARCH 19 INTRODUCTION to the Program: Randy Marcinko, Program Co-Chair, Information Canada, Ltd. ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES - What's Next? Adding Value - The Decommoditization of the Information Industry, Mike Weiner, Manning & Napier Info. Services * The INTERNET - a New Host Player, Steven T. Kirsch, Infoseek Corporation * Revenue by Sector - The Database Host Perspective, Jeff Galt, Knight-Ridder Information Services * Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Publishing: Merger or Collision, Michael Tansey, ISI WRAP-UP: An International Perspective ********** III.B.2. Fr: Julia Gelfand Re: IATUL '96 Conference Registration IATUL '95 Networks, Networking & Implications for Digital Libraries The University of California, Irvine, USA 24-28 June 1996 The International Association of Technological University Libraries - IATUL '96 Annual Conference will take place June 24-28, 1996 at the University of California, Irvine. The theme of this year's conference is: "Networks, Networking and Implications for Digital Libraries." Nearly 60 presentations will take place. We look forward to your participation. LANGUAGE - The official language of the Conference is English. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, SEE THE IATUL HOMEPAGE - For all updated information on the Conference and all activities: http://educate.lib.chalmers.se/IATUL/confe.html ********** III.B.3. Fr: Marti Hearst Re: AAAI 96: Machine Learning in Information Access AAAI Spring Symposium on Machine Learning in Information Access March 25-27, 1996 Program mlia@parc.xerox.com This symposium focuses on new work in the application of machine learning techniques to information access problems, such as identifying interesting pages on the world wide web, text topic identification, and email filtering. The symposium will include overviews of relevant aspects of both machine learning and information information retrieval, and paper presentations discussing the use of machine learning in various information-access tasks. INVITED TALKS: *William (Bill) Cooper (University of California, Berkeley), Text Retrieval Methodology: Are Simpleminded Methods Best? *William Cohen (AT&T Laboratories), What the well-informed IR researcher should know about machine learning *Rich Sutton (University of Massachusetts), Reinforcement Learning and Information Access FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION: http://www.parc.xerox.com/mlia Open registration begins Monday, Feb 19. See http://www.aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/1996/sssregistration-96.html Registration is limited. FULL PAPERS: *RAVE Reviews: Acquiring relevance assessments from multiple users, Richard K. Belew and John Hatton *Representational Issues in Machine Learning of User Profiles, Eric Bloedorn, Inderjeet Mani, and T. Richard MacMillan *Learning Rules that Classify E-mail, William W. Cohen *Combining evidence for effective information filtering, Susan T. Dumais *Experience with Learning Agents which Manage Internet-Based Information, Peter Edwards, David Bayer, Claire L. Green, and Terry R. Payne *A Grammar Inference Algorithm for the World Wide Web, Terrance Goan , Nels Belson, and Oren Etzioni *Document Routing as Statistical Classification, David Hull , Jan Pedersen, and Hinrich Schuetze *SIGMA: Integrating Learning Techniques in Computational Markets for Information Filtering, Grigoris J. Karakoulas and Innes A. Ferguson *A Framework for Comparing Text Categorization Approaches, Isabelle Moulinier *Syskill & Webert: Identifying interesting web sites, Michael Pazzani, Jack Muramatsu and Daniel Billsus *Applying the Multiple Cause Mixture Model to Text Categorization, Mehran Sahami , Marti Hearst, and Eric Saund *Sampling Strategies and Learning Efficiency in Text Categorization, Yiming Yang POSTER PAPERS: *Multi-Media Fusion Through Application of Machine Learning and NLP, Chinatso Aone, Scott William Bennett, and Jim Gorlinsky *Improving FAQfinder's Performance: Setting Parameters by Genetic Programming, Edwin Cooper *Neural Net Learning Issues in Classification of Free Text Documents, Venu Dasigi and Reinhold C. Mann *Automatic Concept Acquisition from Real-World Texts, Udo Hahn, Manfred Klenner, and Klemens Schnattinger *Inferring What a User is Not Interested In, Robert C. Holte and John Ng Yuen Yan *Learning user information interests through the extraction of semantically significant phrases, Bruce Krulwich and Chad Burkey *The Use of Active Learning in Text Categorization, Ray Liere and Prasad Tadepalli *Learning Text Filtering Preferences, Anadeep S. Pannu and Katia Sycara *Do I Care? -- Tell Me What's Changed on the Web, Brian Starr, Mark S. Ackerman, and Michael Pazzani *Learning Models for Multi-Source Integration, Sheila Tejada, Craig A. Knoblock, and Steven Minton *Text Classification in USENET Newsgroups: A Progress Report, Scott A. Weiss, Simon Kasif, and Eric Brill ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. 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ASIDIC 1996 Spring Meeting: Where Does the Money Come From? 2. IATUL '96 Conference Registration 3. AAAI 96: Machine Learning in Information Access ********************************************************** I. QUERIES I.1. Fr: Melissa L. Owsley <20676mlo@msu.edu> Re: Software for Thesauri Building Hello, I am involved with a project trying to develop a Manufacturing thesaurus which will include business terms. (The hope is to develop a faceted system for use in an electronic database.) I am in need of a software package that can handle relational analysis of linguistic terms (i.e., keywords, abstracts, titles). If anyone has had any experience with one of such "fuzzy logic" tools, could you forward me the names and vendors of the software. Any and all assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thank-you, Melissa L. Owsley Internet Resource Cataloger NEM Online ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Rowan Fairgrove Re: San Francisco Bay Area: Graduate Student Summer Job SUMMER JOB on "Documents" We are seeking an exceptionally talented and motivated graduate student for a summer job involving library and ademic research investigating historical trends in documents and document technologies --- everything from cuneiform tablets and the printing press to laser printers and the Internet. Students in the following disciplines are particularly encouraged to apply: History of Technology Library Science Science, Technology and Society Media Studies Bibliometrics Economics Sociology Communication (but not Journalism) English The work will be performed at the Ricoh California Research Center in the San Francisco Bay/Silicon Valley area and, as applicable, nearby university libraries. The job will begin around June 15 and end around September 15, 1996, but exact dates are flexible to fit the schedule of the successful candidate. Salary is competitive, and commensurate with experience of the successful candidate. Ricoh is a world leader in electronic and optical equipment, including consumer products such as fax machines, copiers, cameras and scanners. The California Research Center is a small (25 person) research lab focussing on information technology. See our Web site (address below) for more information on CRC and the local area. +++ Essential requirements +++ * Demonstrated expertise in research methods for searching in libraries. * Independent and self-motivated, yet follows directions carefully. * Articulate, with good writing and summarizing skills. * Facility with word processing programs such as MS Word or LaTeX (HTML is desirable, but not essential). +++ Desirable characteristics +++ * Experience in analysis of document and library technologies. * Experience in on-line search engines, retrieval methods such as Dialog, and on the Internet and World-Wide Web. * Reading knowledge of at least one foreign language. +++ Employment requirements +++ * US citizenship or full working permits are required. +++ Application procedure +++ Before March 15, 1996, send via surface mail a letter of interest to the below address. Include: * A list of degrees, courses taken (and grades), academic honors, etc. * Names of two people (with phone numbers or e-mail addresses or both) who can comment upon your qualifications for this summer job. * A copy of any reports, term papers, conference papers, etc. that illustrate your writing ability. It is desirable, but not necessary, that such works be directly relevant to the area or research of the summer job. * Your own e-mail address and phone number. If you have short questions, please contact: Dr. David G. Stork Chief Scientist Ricoh California Research Center 2882 Sand Hill Road Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7022 stork@crc.ricoh.com http://www.crc.ricoh.com (Please type "Summer job: Documents" as your e-mail header.) Ricoh is an equal-opportunity employer, and urges highly qualified women and minorities to apply. ********** II.2. Fr: Allen Renear Re: Brown U.: Research Programmer/Analyst POSITION AVAILABLE Lead Research Programmer/Analyst Scholarly Technology Group Brown University This is the lead technical position in an applied research, development, and service group that is pioneering new tools and methodologies for the application of advanced information technology to academic research, publishing, and instruction. Principal responsibilities include providing technical leadership, systems analysis, tool development, and project management. REQUIREMENTS: Ability to provide innovative solutions to academic research problems, based on knowledge of emerging information technologies and research methodologies in academic disciplines. Expert knowledge of most of the following: object-oriented programming, client-server methodologies, advanced WWW technologies, relational or object-oriented databases, SGML, multimedia data formats, information retrieval, hypermedia systems, computer-supported cooperative work, and research methods in the humanities and social sciences. Must be able to conduct relevant applied research and development in at least one of the preceding areas. Advanced degree and research or teaching experience in an academic discipline preferred. The Scholarly Technology Group, Computing and Information Services, supports the development and use of advanced information technology in academic research, teaching, and scholarly communication by exploring new technologies and practices, developing specialized tools and techniques, and providing consulting and project management services to academic projects. STG focuses on four related areas: hypermedia systems, SGML textbase development, interactive networked publishing, and computer-supported cooperative work. Most STG projects are grant funded. STG Director: Dr. Allen Renear; Lead Project Analyst: Elli Mylonas. To apply send a cover letter and current c.v. to Human Resources, Box 1879/B00207, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. For further information contact: Allen Renear, Director, Scholarly Technology Group (401 863-7312 or Allen_Renear@Brown.Edu). ********** II.B.3. Fr: Steven C Cater Re: GMI: Associate Vice President, Computing Services GMI Engineering & Management Institute, a non-profit college founded in 1919 and located in mid-Michigan, seeks qualified applicants for the position of Associate Vice President for Computing Services, responsible for providing leadership for the technological advancement of GMI in the area of information services. GMI has a total student enrollment of about 3,200, served by a faculty and staff of 400. The college offers both bachelor and master of science degrees. The undergraduate programs operate on a five-year fully-cooperative plan of education. Minimum qualifications for this position are Master's degree in the area of information systems, information sciences, or MBA with expertise in information systems; minimum five years experience in supervision, management of information systems, and strategic planning; preferably in a higher education setting, demonstrated program development and funding experience; demonstrated commitment to quality and the practice of integrating quality into the workplace; demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse groups, and proof of authority to work in U.S. Send two sets: letter of application, resume, and four professional references with addresses and phone numbers to: Associate Vice President for Computing Services Search Committee GMI Engineering & Management Institute Registrar's Office 1700 West Third Avenue Flint, MI 48504-4898 To ensure full consideration for this position, applications must be received by March 8, 1996. It is expected the position will be filled by July 1, 1996. GMI is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks the candidacy of women and minorities. ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.B.1. Fr: dthk@mantic.ho.att.com Re: ASIDIC 1996 Spring Meeting: Where Does the Money Come From? ASIDIC, the Association for Information and Dissemination Centers, announces its Spring 1996 conference, to be held March 17-19, 1996, in Corpus Christi, TX. Well known speakers from the information industry will address the theme, "Where Does the Money Come From?" ASIDIC meetings are known for their relevance to current information industry issues and for their lively discussions. The Spring meeting promises to be no exception. You are cordially invited to attend. For further information on the meeting, or on ASIDIC in general, please contact Jeanette Webb, ASIDIC Secretariat, P. O. Box 8105, Athens, GA 30603, phone (706)-542-6820, or by e-mail: jwebb@uga.cc.uga.edu. Detailed information on the technical program and other meeting activities appears below. ASIDIC 1996 SPRING MEETING March 17-19, 1996 Corpus Christi, Texas P R E L I M I N A R Y P R O G R A M Where Does the Money Come From? SUNDAY, MARCH 17 REGISTRATION RECEPTION MONDAY, MARCH 18 ASIDIC Business Meeting WELCOME: Randy Marcinko, ASIDIC President INTRODUCTION to the Program: Marjorie M.K. Hlava, Program Co-Chair, Access Innovations, Inc. KEYNOTE: Market Sectors - A View from the Top WHERE ARE the Revenues Coming From by Sector: The Suppliers * The CD ROM Market Place, Janice Kirkwood, OVID Technologies, Inc. * The Sci Tech Marketplace, Peter Rusch, Rocade Research Associates * One Publisher's Use of Multiple Mediums for Product Distribution, Harry Boyle, Chemical Abstracts Service WHERE ARE the Users Spending their Money? An Electronics Industry Company, Helen Manning, Texas Instruments * A Consumer Products Industry Company Paula Galbraith, Mary Kay Cosmetics * A Publishing Company, Anne Mintz, Forbes, Inc. REVENUE FOR the Content Providers - Where our Income Comes From: A New Pricing Algorithm, Dennis Auld, PsycINFO * Revenue from Unexpected Places, Paul Ashton, ADONIS * Revenue by Sector * An Analysis of the Markets, Ruth Koolish, Information Sources TUESDAY, MARCH 19 INTRODUCTION to the Program: Randy Marcinko, Program Co-Chair, Information Canada, Ltd. ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES - What's Next? Adding Value - The Decommoditization of the Information Industry, Mike Weiner, Manning & Napier Info. Services * The INTERNET - a New Host Player, Steven T. Kirsch, Infoseek Corporation * Revenue by Sector - The Database Host Perspective, Jeff Galt, Knight-Ridder Information Services * Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Publishing: Merger or Collision, Michael Tansey, ISI WRAP-UP: An International Perspective ********** III.B.2. Fr: Julia Gelfand Re: IATUL '96 Conference Registration IATUL '95 Networks, Networking & Implications for Digital Libraries The University of California, Irvine, USA 24-28 June 1996 The International Association of Technological University Libraries - IATUL '96 Annual Conference will take place June 24-28, 1996 at the University of California, Irvine. The theme of this year's conference is: "Networks, Networking and Implications for Digital Libraries." Nearly 60 presentations will take place. We look forward to your participation. LANGUAGE - The official language of the Conference is English. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, SEE THE IATUL HOMEPAGE - For all updated information on the Conference and all activities: http://educate.lib.chalmers.se/IATUL/confe.html ********** III.B.3. Fr: Marti Hearst Re: AAAI 96: Machine Learning in Information Access AAAI Spring Symposium on Machine Learning in Information Access March 25-27, 1996 Program mlia@parc.xerox.com This symposium focuses on new work in the application of machine learning techniques to information access problems, such as identifying interesting pages on the world wide web, text topic identification, and email filtering. The symposium will include overviews of relevant aspects of both machine learning and information information retrieval, and paper presentations discussing the use of machine learning in various information-access tasks. INVITED TALKS: *William (Bill) Cooper (University of California, Berkeley), Text Retrieval Methodology: Are Simpleminded Methods Best? *William Cohen (AT&T Laboratories), What the well-informed IR researcher should know about machine learning *Rich Sutton (University of Massachusetts), Reinforcement Learning and Information Access FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION: http://www.parc.xerox.com/mlia Open registration begins Monday, Feb 19. See http://www.aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/1996/sssregistration-96.html Registration is limited. FULL PAPERS: *RAVE Reviews: Acquiring relevance assessments from multiple users, Richard K. Belew and John Hatton *Representational Issues in Machine Learning of User Profiles, Eric Bloedorn, Inderjeet Mani, and T. Richard MacMillan *Learning Rules that Classify E-mail, William W. Cohen *Combining evidence for effective information filtering, Susan T. Dumais *Experience with Learning Agents which Manage Internet-Based Information, Peter Edwards, David Bayer, Claire L. Green, and Terry R. Payne *A Grammar Inference Algorithm for the World Wide Web, Terrance Goan , Nels Belson, and Oren Etzioni *Document Routing as Statistical Classification, David Hull , Jan Pedersen, and Hinrich Schuetze *SIGMA: Integrating Learning Techniques in Computational Markets for Information Filtering, Grigoris J. Karakoulas and Innes A. Ferguson *A Framework for Comparing Text Categorization Approaches, Isabelle Moulinier *Syskill & Webert: Identifying interesting web sites, Michael Pazzani, Jack Muramatsu and Daniel Billsus *Applying the Multiple Cause Mixture Model to Text Categorization, Mehran Sahami , Marti Hearst, and Eric Saund *Sampling Strategies and Learning Efficiency in Text Categorization, Yiming Yang POSTER PAPERS: *Multi-Media Fusion Through Application of Machine Learning and NLP, Chinatso Aone, Scott William Bennett, and Jim Gorlinsky *Improving FAQfinder's Performance: Setting Parameters by Genetic Programming, Edwin Cooper *Neural Net Learning Issues in Classification of Free Text Documents, Venu Dasigi and Reinhold C. Mann *Automatic Concept Acquisition from Real-World Texts, Udo Hahn, Manfred Klenner, and Klemens Schnattinger *Inferring What a User is Not Interested In, Robert C. Holte and John Ng Yuen Yan *Learning user information interests through the extraction of semantically significant phrases, Bruce Krulwich and Chad Burkey *The Use of Active Learning in Text Categorization, Ray Liere and Prasad Tadepalli *Learning Text Filtering Preferences, Anadeep S. Pannu and Katia Sycara *Do I Care? -- Tell Me What's Changed on the Web, Brian Starr, Mark S. Ackerman, and Michael Pazzani *Learning Models for Multi-Source Integration, Sheila Tejada, Craig A. Knoblock, and Steven Minton *Text Classification in USENET Newsgroups: A Progress Report, Scott A. Weiss, Simon Kasif, and Eric Brill ********************************************************** 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 The IRLIST Archives is set up for anonymous FTP. Using anonymous FTP via the host dla.ucop.edu, the files will be found in the directory pub/irl, stored in subdirectories by year (e.g., /pub/irl/1993). These files are not to be sold or used for commercial purposes. Contact Nancy Gusack for more information on IRLIST. THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN IRLIST DO NOT REPRESENT THOSE OF THE EDITORS OR THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. AUTHORS ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR