IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 October 26, 1998 Volume XV, Number 42 Issue 428 ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES 1. Fuzzy Logic and IR 2. Digital Ecology 3. Information Impacts on Organization II. JOBS 1. Vienna University: Professor: CS/Interactive Systems 2. Rutgers U.: Assistant Professor, LIS III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. [WASHINGTON-UPDATE] EDUCAUSE Washington Update 10/22/98 2. Special Issue of IWE: "Knowledge Management" (KM) 3. Special Topic Issue of Computers and the Humanities: "Digital Images" B. Meetings 1. TKE'99 Last Call for Papers 2. AIMDM99 Second Call C. Miscellaneous 1. CIC Completes Z39.50 Study IV. PROJECTS C. Awards, Fellowships, Grants, & Scholarships 1. NSF POWRE Program, FAQ, Changes; Proposals Due 12/9/98 2. NSF Guide to Programs, Fiscal Year 1999 D. Research 1. NSF Next Generation Software Program ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES I.1. Fr: Danilo Cicognani Re: Fuzzy Logic and IR Ciao! I'm an Italian university student. I'm doing university research on Fuzzy logic applied on IR. Where can I find, on the Internet, papers about this topic? Thank you. Danilo Cicognani FidoNet 2:332/408.5 ScoutNet 1907:397/101.5 e-mail Internet Danilo.Cicognani@scoutnet.org Home Page Internet http://www.csr.unibo.it/~cicognan ********** I.2. Fr: Gerry McKiernan Re: Digital Ecology _Digital Ecology_ Among the many themes in the responses to my recent posting on _E-Journals in the Era of Print Cancellations_ were concerns about long-term Archival access and unreliable network access to E-Publications. In thinking about these concerns as well as others BTW: These and other Pro and Con views on E-Journals have been outlined at the following Web page: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/CrossRoads.htm It has occurred to me that we need also to consider the nature and configuration of hardware and systems infrastructure in light of current organizational and professional attitudes about electronic publications, the interest (and need?) for local control, and the inertia of established professional traditions. One of the possible models to address these interests would be to view the digital environment and digital resources from an ecological point of view. In one possible alternative, one could envision an archival and access model that mirrors the current print-based systems of local, regional and national collections. Instead of a local library depending on a publisher or service bureau to maintain its electronic collection, the local library could in turn do so. In this model the local library would gradually replace its print-based stacks with stacks of servers [A CyberStacks(sm) [{:->]. With appropriate and necessary software and staff, it would 'acquire', 'catalog' and provide 'access' to institutionally purchased materials. [As many know, many vendors offer local libraries the option of obtaining all purchased files for local loading should a library decide to cancel an Internet subscription to the service.] Such a local collection could be electronically linked to others within a state or region (e.g., Big 12 +, CIC, etc.) such that each member participates more dynamically in true cooperative collective development. [Here of course there are some very successful state and consortial programs that could be modified to satisfy local desires]. On a larger scale, such national repositories as the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) as well as national libraries (e.g., NAL, NLM, LoC) would have the responsibilities of 'acquiring' and 'maintaining' and providing 'access' to materials of less local or regional interest. Collectively, the local, state, regional, and national collections would constitute the Digital Universe of E-Journals (and other electronic 'publications') to serve each level of need. In my mind this model would satisfy a very strong view of local control and assure local access [I also believe that such a model would be more acceptable to libraries and librarians; the _local_ OPAC is an example. We cooperate and collaborate, but we concurrently maintain _local_ online catalogs [There are _of course_ exceptions]. Another benefit to this model is that it could serve as the infrastructure to enable colleges, universities, and research institutions to reclaim and retain more direct control over their _local_ intellectual property. As Always, Any and All Comments, Questions, Citations, Critiques, Queries and/or Contributions would be Most Welcome. Joy! Gerry McKiernan Theoretical Librarian and Curator, CyberStacks(sm) Iowa State University Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/ ********** I.3. Fr: Yannick BIGOT Re: Information Impacts on Organization Dear fellows, I'm just beginning a PhD thesis on information systems impacts on organization (in an industrial context). I'm interested in the delivery of selected information to the end-user by push mode (by instance on the user desktop...). I focus especially on the adjustment of the information delivery or dissemination systems to the end-customer needs (user and usage). For that I have to record and understand their needs, their usage of information and their usage of such systems. Before drafting interview procedures, I would be interested in knowing methods concerning these sorts of issues (samples of questionnaires...). I'm quite interested in studies on user and usage integrating value analysis and functional analysis methods. I would enjoy any information (bibliography, case studies, contacts...) on these points. Thanks by advance, Sincerely, Yannick BIGOT Ecole Polytechnique - Management Research Center 1 rue Descartes 75005 PARIS FRANCE Phone 33 1 46 97 39 98 or GSM 33 6 61 09 39 98 Fax 33 1 46 97 35 18 yanbigot@hotmail.com ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Silvia Miksch Re: Vienna University: Professor: CS/Interactive Systems FULL UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR IN THE FIELD OF INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE OF THE VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Application Deadline: October 31, 1998 The Department of Computer Science of the Vienna University of Technology is seeking candidates for the tenured position at the full university professor level in the field of Interactive Systems at the Institute of Software Technology (expected appointment: in the yea 2000). The person to be appointed should represent essential areas in teaching and in research of the design and the implementation of interactive multi-media systems. The main emphasis should, for example, be on innovative interactive (multi-media) techniques and methods to design and to implement information systems, on techniques and methods to visualize static and dynamic knowledge and information, on new media, and on hard- and software architectures of interactive systems. The applicant's research activities should show explicit consideration and integration of usability aspects. Besides the outstanding scientific qualification (habilitation or adequate comparable achievement), we expect teaching and project experience as well as a high profile in international research. Leadership experience and teamwork are considered important. Obligatory and optional courses within computer science and information systems are to be given by the applicant in German or English. The University of Technology in Vienna seeks to increase the number of women among its research and teaching staff. For this reason, equally qualified female applicants will be given preference. Applications (including CV, list of publications and projects, selected publications) should be directed until October 31, 1998 to: The Dean, Technisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Technischen Universität Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060 Wien. ********** II.2. Fr: Lisa M. Covi Re: Rutgers U.: Assistant Professor, LIS RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION INFORMATION & LIBRARY STUDIES (SCILS) DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (LIS) ASSISTANT PROFESSORS (TENURE TRACK) POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Applications are sought for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Library and Information Science. The Department has an internationally recognized program of research and teaching in areas of information retrieval, human information behavior, human-computer interaction, digital libraries, and networked information issues among others. SCILS is a multidisciplinary professional school comprising three departments: Communication, Journalism/Mass Media, and Library and Information Science. Information Science is one of three areas targeted for strategic expansion at Rutgers in the new Program of Reinvestment initiated by the President and Board of Governors of the University. Faculty of LIS participates in the Masters Program in Library Service (MLS); Masters Program in Communication and Information Studies (MCIS), and the interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Communication, Information and Library Studies. Undergraduate offerings are in the planning stage. The candidate will have an opportunity to participate in all of these Programs. Salary and start-up packages are highly competitive. Rutgers is an equal opportunity /affirmative action employer. The Department is especially interested in applications from minority candidates. QUALIFICATIONS: Successful applicants will have a completed doctorate in library and information science, computer science or related area, skills needed for excellent teaching, prior publications, and a developing line of original research. We seek candidates who teach and conduct research in at least one of the following areas. * Information retrieval, including studies as conducted in TREC * Digital libraries * Human-computer interaction and interfaces * Economics of information. Information life cycle * Human information behavior. Information seeking * Organization of information and knowledge * Advanced information systems and applications in these areas APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 1, 1998 or until positions are filled. Send a cover letter, vita, a representative sample of scholarship, and names, addresses, and phone numbers of three references (do not request reference letters) in electronic version (ASCII, or as an attached MS-Word .rtf document) to: kvander@scils.rutgers.edu or a paper version to: Kay Vandergrift, Chair Library and Information Science School of Communication Information and Library Studies Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071 For further information about SCILS, go to: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/ ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: EDUCAUSE Re: [WASHINGTON-UPDATE] EDUCAUSE Washington Update 10/22/98 EDUCAUSE: Transforming Education through Information Technologies EDUCAUSE WASHINGTON UPDATE --- OCTOBER 22, 1998 FUNDING FOR NSF NGI RESEARCH ESCAPES CUTS; INTERNET LEGISLATION RIDES MASSIVE OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL DISTANCE EDUCATION GETS BOOST FROM FEDERAL GOVERMENT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Written from EDUCAUSE's Washington office, "The EDUCAUSE Washington Update" is a free service of EDUCAUSE, an international nonprofit association dedicated to transforming higher education through information technologies. Anyone may subscribe to the Update by sending e-mail to listserv@listserv.educause.edu with "subscribe update firstname lastname" in the body of the message. To unsubscribe, send a "signoff update" command to the same address. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Garret Sern at gsern@educause.edu. EDUCAUSE: Transforming Education through Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu ********** III.A.2. Fr: Pedro Hipola Re: Special Issue of IWE: "Knowledge Management" (KM) The next special topic issue of IWE is scheduled to come out in March 1999 on "Knowledge Management (KM)". IWE editors will be pleased to receive contributions. Further information for contributors is available upon request. Note: IWE contents are indexed on: Bedoc http://www.inforarea.es/SPA/wphome.htm Bubl http://bubl.ac.uk/journals/lis/ae/epdli Compludoc http://www.ucm.es/BUCM/complu/ Datathéke http://exlibris.usal.es/dtt.htm Inspec http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/inspec/ Information Science Abstracts (ISA) http://www.infotoday.com/catalog/infosvcs.htm#info3 Isoc http://www.cindoc.csic.es/prod/isoc.htm IWEb http://www.doc6.es/iwe ReID http://nostromo.servitel.es/sisdoc/reid/ Univ. Carlos III http://sauron.uc3m.es/index2.html IWE - El Profesional de la Informacion (formerly Information World en Espanol) is a monthly journal addressed to Spanish language information professionals (ISSN: 0899-3408). Launched in 1992 by Learned Information (Oxford, UK), IWE is now published by Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers (Lisse, The Netherlands). http://www.swets.nl/sps/journals/iwe.html The IWE team also created in 1993 IweTel, the main email list in Spanish for information professionals (more than 2,300 subscribers). http://www.rediris.es/list/info/iwetel.html ********** III.A.3. Fr: Abby Goodrum Re: Special Topic Issue of Computers and the Humanities: "Digital Images" Deadline extended for the Special Topic Issue of Computers and the Humanities: "Digital Images" The full call can be found at http://httpsrv.ocs.drexel.edu/faculty/goodruaa/special/ This special issue will address challenges and opportunities in designing, building, and using digital image collections in the humanities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following areas: Images and Their Use in the Humanities, Indexing, Access and Representation, The Language of Images, Interdisciplinary Image Interpretation,Preservation, and Archiving Digital Images. Full papers (4 copies) should be submitted to: Dr. Abby A. Goodrum College of Information Science and Technology Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875 (215) 895-6627 The deadline for submitting papers for consideration for publication in this special issue is Dec. 1, 1998. A separate cover page should be provided with the title, the author(s) names and affiliations, plus complete contact information (postal, fax, e-mail) for the corresponding author. ********** III.B.1. Fr: Peter.Sandrini Re: TKE'99 Last Call for Papers Last Call for Papers (deadline for submissions: 30 November 1998) 5th International Congress on Terminology and Knowledge Engineering TKE '99 Innsbruck (Austria) 23-27 August 1999 organized by Association for Terminology and Knowledge Transfer (GTW) International Information Centre for Terminology (Infoterm) International Network for Terminology (TermNet) http://gtw-org.uibk.ac.at/tke.html General considerations: On behalf of the Association for Terminology and Knowledge Transfer - Gesellschaft fuer Terminologie und Wissenstransfer (GTW) - we are pleased to announce the 5th International Congress on Terminology and Knowledge Engineering TKE '99 which will be held on the campus of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, between 23-27 August, 1999. In continuation of the first four TKE Congresses in Trier (1987 and 1990), Cologne (1993) and Vienna (1996), TKE '99 will address world-wide interests in the interdisciplinary methods of Terminology Science, Information Science, Computer Science. It should furthermore help achieve the "universal availability of information and knowledge" via computerized methods, multimedia content-oriented net applications and other tools, open new horizons for more efficient applications based upon this integration of methodologies and elicit the interest and participation of experts working in the fields that are gradually drawing nearer from the point of theory and methodology such as * Knowledge engineering * Language engineering * Computational philosophy * Classification theory * Information & documentation * Computer-assisted instruction/learning * Computerised terminography * Specialized translation * Technical writing * Culture-related aspects of terminology TKE '99 will address world-wide interests in the interdisciplinary methods of Terminology Studies, Information Science and Computer Science. It will help achieve the 'universal availability of information and knowledge' via computerized methods, multimedia content-oriented net applications and other tools as well as open new horizons for more efficient applications based upon this integration of methodologies. TKE '99 will also elicit the interest and participation of experts working in the fields that are gradually drawing nearer from the point of theory and methodology. General schedule: While Monday and Tuesday are reserved for workshops, the main conference with parallel sections and the exhibition will be held from Wednesday to Friday. The conference starts with a general opening on Wednesday morning. The keynote address "Conceptual navigation in Multimedia Knowledge Spaces" will be made by Prof. Kim Veltman from the renowned European McLuhan Institute for Digital Culture in Maastricht. The second 'International Infoterm Award for Applied Research and Development in the field of Terminology' (Terminology ARD Award 1999) will be awarded in conjunction with the TKE '99. There will also be the 13th GTW general assembly, meetings of the IITF, TermNet and a TDCNet presentation. A high-ranking Multimedia Summit is planned for the day after the TKE. Sections: The conference is subdivided into sections and workshops. The first will address theoretical problems and questions regarding each topic whereas the workshops cater for more application-oriented issues. The following sections are planned for TKE '99; the persons mentioned are organizers and members of the reviewing panel. The keywords (KEY) should help to define the topics of each section. Section 1: Philosophy of Science and Terminology Studies E. Oeser, G. Budin KEY: knowledge theory, logic, epistemology, ontology, cognitive science, semiotics, fundamentals of computational philosophy Section 2: Knowledge Resource Management KD. Schmitz, S.E. Wright, I. Meyer KEY: knowledge data modelling, information management, knowledge-rich terminology data bases, terminology and other data interchange, encyclopedic knowledge, reference tools, copyright issues, terminology and knowledge data extraction Section 3: Knowledge Transfer by Specialist Communication H. Picht, S. Shelov, J. Graham KEY: specialized languages, knowledge and technology transfer Section 4: Terminology in Multimedia, Education and Training C Galinski, K. Prochazka, T. Cabré i Castellvi, H. Sonneveld KEY: multi/hypermedia teaching and training, CALL, re-usability of language resources for textbooks and other teaching materials, scientific and technical writing, tele- and online teaching, new media and WWW didactics Section 5: Terminology, Localisation and Internationalization A. Melby, S.E. Wright, K.H. Freigang KEY: software localisation, technical documentation, user interfaces, usability validation and testing, liability issues, distributed cooperative authoring via the Internet, UNICODE and WWW, language data in non-European scripts, interface between product data in TD and CAD/CAM as well as inventory control, new technologies (e.g. thin film displays, 'intelligent' textiles etc.), quality management and terminology Section 6: Terminology in new World Wide Web applications K. Ahmad, F. Mayer, C. Plested Alvarez KEY: preparation, representation and distribution of terminology and knowledge through the WWW, e-commerce, database and online publishing, global engineering networks (GEN), IPR issues, liability issues, knowledge management in virtual enterprises, definition of smallest knowledge units (for accounting etc.) Section 7: Terminology in the Multilingual Information Society C. Lauren, Y. Arsky, J. Myking KEY: Human translation, terminology in plurilingual settings, multilingualism policies/strategies, language policies in enterprises, internationalization and globalisation, terminology documentation networks, European multilingual information society, Global Information Alliance. Section 8: Culture in the Multimedia Information Society H. Benking, A. Goppold, G. Budin KEY: multimodality of contents, indexing of cultural information, Multi dimensional classification of culture information, distribution and marketing of cultural information through the Internet, culture and Multimedia technology: bidirectional impacts, influence of esthetics on MM technology and database modelling, terminology in cultural information systems, culture-specific concepts in cross-culture communication, terminological methodology for multilingual culture encyclopedia design and publishing Submitted Papers: The overall time for presentations including time for discussion will be 30 minutes. The papers may be presented in English, German or French while the submitted written version for the proceedings should be in English. According to the time schedule above some 50 papers (including the keynote speech at the general opening and the second keynote address on Thursday morning) will be presented at TKE '99. The abstracts should be sent preferably by e-mail (peter.sandrini@uibk.ac.at), a submission form is available on the TKE home page at http://gtw-org.uibk.ac.at/tke.html, by mail or by fax. Authors are asked to provide an abstract of their papers to the organizer by 30 November 1998, at the latest. The abstract undergoes a reviewing process carried out by the Programming Committee and the section organizers. By the end of January 1999 the authors will be informed about the acceptance of their papers. They will have time until 30 March 1999 to submit the full version, which will be processed for publication in the proceedings and printed prior to the Congress. Proceedings: The Proceedings of TKE '99 will be published in advance by TermNet. There will be one volume of the Proceedings including all papers in topic order. The proceedings will be available for the participants at the beginning of the Congress. Workshops: Workshops within the framework of the Congress are held on Monday and Tuesday. Several workshops in correspondence with the section topics either with a more application-oriented or research-oriented emphasis are planned. Exhibition: Within the framework of the general TKE Conference an exhibition / fair will be organized from Wednesday through Friday and coordinated by TermNet. The conditions for exhibitors will be available from TermNet. Supporting Organisations: International Institute for Terminology Research (IITF) German Terminology Society (DTT) European Association for Terminology (EAFT) TDC-Net Consortium Pre-registrations: Tyrol Congress GmbH Rennweg 3, A-6020 Innsbruck Tel. +43+512/575600 Fax: +43+512/575607 email: tyrol.congress@tirol.com Contributions and Abstracts: Gesellschaft für Terminologie und Wissenstransfer (GTW) Universität Innsbruck Fischnalerstr. 4 A-6020 Innsbruck (Austria) Tel. +43 512 507 4261 Fax +43 512 507 2966 http://gtw-org.uibk.ac.at email: Peter.Sandrini@uibk.ac.at ********** III.B.2. Fr: Steve Rees Re: AIMDM99 second Call AIMDM'99 Joint European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Medical Decision Making Seventh biennial meetings of the AIME and ESMDM societies 20th - 24th June 1999 Aalborg, Denmark http://www.miba.auc.dk/AIMDM99/ Sponsored by: Det Obelske Familiefond Second Call for Papers PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIR Werner Horn ......Wien, Austria. Greger Lindberg ..Huddinge, Sweden, co-Chair Yuval Shahar .....Stanford, Calif., USA, co-Chair ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHAIR Steen Andreassen Aalborg, Denmark. TUTORIALS CHAIR Jeremy Wyatt .... London, United Kingdom The European Societies for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME) and Medical Decision Making (ESMDM) were both established in 1986. The aims of AIME and ESMDM are the following: AIME · to foster fundamental and applied research in the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to medical care and medical research, and · to provide a forum for reporting significant results achieved at biennial conferences. ESMDM · to promote research and training in medical decision-making · to provide a forum for circulating ideas and programs of related interest AIMDM'99 For the first time AIMDM'99 will see a joint conference of the European societies for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME) and Medical Decision Making (ESMDM), building on common interests in the representation and application of medical knowledge in medical decision making. The societies seek to publish original contributions to the development of theory, techniques, and applications of both AI in medicine and medical decision making (MDM). Contributions to theory may include presentation or analysis of the properties of novel AI or MDM methodologies potentially useful to solve medical problems. Papers on techniques should describe the development or the extension of AI or MDM methods and their implementation. They should also discuss the assumptions and limitations that characterize the proposed methods. Application papers should describe the implementation of AI or MDM systems to solve significant medical problems, including health care quality assurance, health care costs and ethical considerations. Application papers should present sufficient information to allow evaluation of the practical benefits of the system. AIMDM'99 will include: · Invited papers · Contributed papers · Contributed abstracts · Contributed posters · System demonstrations · Tutorials to introduce newcomers and discuss advanced topics · Workshop The scope includes the following methodological areas: AI in medicine: · Knowledge acquisition, representation, refinement, validation and maintenance · Machine learning and data mining · Decision support systems, including knowledge based systems, neural networks, belief networks and statistical models · Uncertain, temporal, and case based reasoning · Planning and scheduling · Natural language generation and understanding · Computer vision, image and signal interpretation · Intelligent agents and information retrieval · Telemedicine and knowledge management in intranets and the Internet · Cognitive modeling Medical decision making: · Strategies, guidelines and applications dealing with diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients · Health care quality assurance, improvement and clinical audit · Health economics, cost effectiveness, resource allocation · Ethical, regulatory, legal and psychological aspects of medical decision making and decision support tools · Technology assessment and health policy making · Decision analysis, utility assessment and decision modeling · Evidence based medicine and clinical effectiveness INVITED SPEAKERS: In addition to the above activities AIMDM'99 includes lectures from eminent speakers in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and decision making in medicine. Preliminary titles for these lectures are: Artificial Intelligence for Learning Health Care Organizations Prof. Mario Stefanelli Laboratory of Medical Informatics, Department of Computers and Systems Science, University of Pavia, Italy From Clinical Guidelines to Decision Support Prof. Gianpaolo Molino Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista di Torino, Italy Machine Learning for Data Mining in Medicine Prof. Nada Lavrac Department of Intelligent Systems, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia Timing is Everything: Temporal Reasoning and Temporal Data Maintenance in Medicine Prof. Yuval Shahar Medical Informatics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Calif., USA WORKSHOP: Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Sunday, June 20th 1999 The care of critically ill patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and during Anaesthesia is becoming increasingly complex. Clinicians are required to rapidly interpret and respond to a large number of clinical parameters, selecting appropriate treatment for the patient among many different options. New measurement technology has increased the demand for improved information management, as has the need to monitor and assess the quality of care provided. This workshop presents "State of the art" applications of information technology for clinicians, researchers and industry working in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. · Topics of particular interest include those related to supporting clinical decision making, including · Decision support systems: clinical guidelines and protocols; model based advisory systems; monitoring and intelligent alarming; and the application of Artificial Intelligence methodology in Anaesthesia and Intensive care. · Computer systems for control and assessment of quality of care. · Information management: visualization and interpretation of clinical data; planning and scheduling of critical care resources. In addition Patient Data Management systems will be presented by representatives from industry. The workshop invites submission of structured abstracts or full papers (see instruction for authors for AIMDM'99) to the workshop chair, Silvia Miksch, (see Conference addresses) preferably in electronic format (word, pdf or postscript) no later than March 1st 1999. Authors will be notified of acceptance by April 15th 1999. Authors are requested to state their preference for oral presentation or poster. Abstracts and papers will appear as separate workshop notes. In addition a special issue of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) dedicated to Knowledge-Based Information Management in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia is planned, and will include a selection of the best papers from the workshop. Scientific committee: Silvia Miksch (Chair) (A), Steen Andreassen (DK), Michel Dojat (F), Jim Hunter (UK), Christian Popow (A), Steve Rees (DK), Per Thorgaard (DK). Registration fee: Workshop only 750 DKK, for participants of AIMDM'99 500 DKK. The fee includes light refreshments and lunch. TUTORIALS: Half-day tutorials will be organized on Sunday 20th June in parallel sessions. Morning tutorials will take place from 9 am to 12:30 pm and afternoon tutorials from 1:30 pm to 5 pm. Prices will be 500 DKK for one tutorial and 800 DKK for two. Proposals for tutorials are invited. Send proposals to the tutorials chair, Jeremy Wyatt (see Conference addresses) no later than December 15th 1998. Tutorials will include the two listed below but more tutorials will be added. 1) Data Mining Techniques and Applications in Medicine by Blaz Zupan and Nada Lavrac, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The widespread use of medical information systems that include rapidly growing databases, present physicians and medical researchers with a problem of making use of the stored data. Traditional manual data analysis has become insufficient, and methods for efficient computer-assisted analysis indispensable, in particular those of data mining and other related techniques of knowledge discovery in databases and intelligent data analysis. This tutorial will address current techniques and applications of data mining in medicine, including symbolic data mining (mining of decision rules, association rules, decision trees, inductive logic programming, hierarchical concept discovery, etc.) and subsymbolic data mining (instance based learning, neural nets, Naive Bayesian classifier, etc). Evaluation techniques and statistical criteria as well as methods for data preprocessing and visualization will be discussed. 2) How to Build a Causal Probabilistic Network by Finn V. Jensen and Steen Andreassen, Aalborg University, Denmark Causal Probabilistic Networks (CPNs), also called Bayesian networks have established themselves as a practical method for knowledge representation and inference in a number of medical areas. The tutorial will give an informal introduction to the theory of CPNs and to the use of CPNs in connection with decision theory. The tutorial will give the participants hands-on experience with the construction of a small CPN, including the acquisition of structure and conditional probabilities from knowledge or from mining of databases. CONFERENCE DETAILS AIMDM'99 will be held at Hotel Hvide Hus in Aalborg, Denmark starting on June 20th and ending midday June 24th 1999. Tutorials and the workshop on `Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care' will be held between 9am and 5pm on June 20th 1999. Please find updated information on the conference at http://www.miba.auc.dk/AIMDM99/ CONTRIBUTIONS: Full papers or structured abstracts should be submitted on or before December 15th 1998 (send three copies to the programme committee chair, Werner Horn). INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS: The following details apply to submissions for AIMDM'99 and the associated workshop on "Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. Full papers: These should not exceed 5000 words, or a maximum of 10 pages. Full papers should be formatted according to Springer's LNCS format, details of which can be obtained from http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html, or by writing to the programme committee chair. Structured abstracts: These should be a maximum of one page A4 with the text fitting within a box 16 cm wide and 22 cm high. The title of the abstract should be in 12 point bold format with author details and main text being 12 point font, single line spaced, preferably in Times font. Abstracts should be structured with the following headings: Objective, methods, results and conclusions. Authors are requested to classify their submitted paper or abstract using the categories given in the scope and to sate their preference for oral presentation or poster. Papers and abstracts must be original and must not have been published before. All papers and abstracts will be carefully reviewed by at least two independent referees. Full papers and structured abstracts will be presented either as oral presentations or posters. The working language is English. All accepted full papers (not workshop papers) will appear in the conference proceedings which will be published as part of the Springer Verlag "Lecture Notes in AI" series. In addition, the authors of the best submissions will be invited to expand and refine their papers for possible publication in the journal Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Elsevier). Structured abstracts will be included in a separate supplement distributed at the conference. SCHEDULE Receipt of full papers and abstracts for consideration: Dec. 15th 1998 Notification of acceptance: Feb. 15th 1999 Receipt of revised camera-ready manuscript: March 15th 1999 Receipt of workshop papers and abstracts: March 1st 1999 Notification of acceptance of workshop papers and abstracts: April 15th 1999 CONFERENCE ADDRESSES: Submit papers and abstracts to: Werner Horn, Programme committee chair, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Vienna, Austria. Tel: +43-1-4277-63114, Fax: +43-1-4277-9631, email: aimdm99@ai.univie.ac.at Send enquiries about the conference to: Steen Andreassen, Organizing Committee Chair, Dept. of Medical Informatics and Image Analysis, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7D, DK-9000 Aalborg Øst, Denmark. Tel: + 45 96358812, Fax: + 4598154008, email: AIMDM99@miba.auc.dk Send enquiries about accommodation and social programme to: AIMDM99, Aalborg Turist og Kongres Bureau A/S, Østerågade 8, Postbox 1862, DK-9100 Aalborg, Denmark. Tel: + 45 98 12 63 55, Fax: + 45 98 16 69 22, email: convention@tourist-aal.dk Submit workshoppapers and abstracts to: Silvia Miksch, Workshop Chair, Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Software Technology (IFS), Resselgasse 3/188, A-1040 Vienna, Austria. email: silvia@ifs.tuwien.ac.at Submit proposals for tutorials to: Jeremy Wyatt, Health Knowledge Management Centre, School of Public Policy, University College, 29/30 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9EZ, UK. Tel: +44 171 504 4986, Fax: +44 171 504 4969, email: uctqjwy@ucl.ac.uk Conference venue: Hotel Hvide Hus, Vesterbro 2, DK-9000 Aalborg. Tel. +45 98 13 84 00, Fax: +45 98 13 51 22 ********** III.C.1. Fr: Joan K Lippincott Re: CIC Completes Z39.50 Study A CIC study on a large-scale implementation of Z39.50 has been completed. A summary of findings and a URL for the complete report are given below. This project has been highlighted at recent CNI Task Force meetings. NEWS RELEASE Contact: Barbara McFadden Allen, CIC Center for Library Initiatives Phone: 217-333-8475 Fax: 217-244-7127 Email: bmallen@uiuc.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CIC COMPLETES LARGE SCALE ASSESSMENT OF Z39.50 APPLICATIONS Champaign, IL, October 9, 1998. Thirteen major research libraries are demonstrating that the Z39.50 standard is effective in linking disparate library systems. The CIC member university libraries have completed a large-scale study of the implementation that was initiated in 1993 as the key element in the creation of the CIC Virtual Electronic Library (VEL). The study, conducted by Mark Hinnebusch, Associate Director of the Florida Center for Library Automation and Chair of the Z39.50 Implementers' Group, will provide the foundation for additional work not only in support of the VEL, but for similar projects around the world. "This report marks a significant step in our efforts to link a variety of online systems into a robust search and retrieval environment for our users," said Charlene Mason, Deputy University Librarian, University of Minnesota, and Chair of the CIC Library Automation Directors. "We believe that adjustments to our local configurations of the Z39.50 servers, coupled with the support of our systems vendors in further enhancing these systems, will dramatically improve search results across the CIC, and will demonstrate that Z39.50 is effective in creating distributed virtual libraries. The VEL, a project supported by the United States Department of Education through a $1.2 million Title IIA grant, links the separate online systems of the CIC libraries in a distributed search and retrieval environment using the Z39.50 protocol. Additional development has been initiated to create a document delivery and inter-university circulation system to complement the search and retrieval feature. For more information about the CIC VEL, visit http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/cli/accessvel.html. "Z39.50 was developed to enable searching across disparate library and information systems, but the complexity of the standard, coupled with the differences in the way vendors have implemented the standard, have created significant challenges to realizing the promise of open systems," said Barbara McFadden Allen, Director of the CIC Center for Library Initiatives. "In addition, our research indicates that the standard is important and necessary in supporting information discovery and retrieval across many types of data repositories, not just bibliographic databases. Our work serves as a successful model of implementation, and as a reminder to vendors that this standard is not just important, but essential. A copy of the report is available at http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/CIC/cli/z39-50report.htm. The report identifies the search attributes supported by the various Z39.50 servers currently in operation within the CIC and notes discrepancies between vendor documentation, local customization, and client configurations. The report also describes indexing capabilities and includes a recommendation for a modified version of a configuration file for OCLCs WebZ, the most commonly deployed VEL client across the CIC. Founded in 1958, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), with headquarters in Champaign, Illinois, is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago. Member institutions include: the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, Indiana University, the University of Iowa, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cooperative ventures at all levels have arisen, giving the CIC a forty-year history of effective voluntary inter- institutional cooperation among these twelve independent universities. For more information about the CIC, consult their web site at http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/. For more information about OCLC's WebZ product, consult their web site at http://www.oclc.org/. ****************************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.C.1. Fr: Maria Zemankova Re: NSF POWRE Program, FAQ, changes; proposals due 12/9/98 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE) Program, is now available from the NSF Online Document System (as nsf98166) at: http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf98166 POWRE -- Dear Colleague Letter, focusing on HIGHLIGHTS OF CHANGES IN NEW PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT, NSF 98-160, is now available from the NSF Online Document System (as nsf98167, replaces nsf9821) at: http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf98167 POWER Proposals Receipt Deadline: December 9, 1998, 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time for paper copies; local time for FastLane submission) The official guidelines for submission of POWRE proposals can be found in the Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education (POWRE) program announcement (NSF 98-160, replaces NSF 97-91), available from the POWRE Web page. (From the NSF home page http://www.nsf.gov, select "Crosscutting Programs," then "POWRE.") The questions and answers listed in FAQ, and the information in the Dear Colleague Letter are intended to be helpful supplements to the POWRE program announcement (NSF 98-160). ********** IV.C.2. Fr: Maria Zemankova Re: NSF Guide to Programs, Fiscal Year 1999 The following document (nsf994) is now available from the NSF Online Document System Title: Guide to Programs, Fiscal Year 1999 Type: Program Announcements & Information Subtype: NSF-wide Replaces nsf97150 Biological Sciences chapter and Crosscutting Areas of Research and Education chapter will be added when available. Other electronic formats will be provided at a later date. It may be found at: http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf994 You are encouraged to subscribe to the NSF Custom News Service http://www.nsf.gov/home/cns/start.htm to receive personalized notifications about information within your specified areas of interest. 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