> apologies for multiple postings
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> Deadline is approaching!!
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> ACM SIGIR 2002 WORKSHOP
>
> ON
>
> MATHEMATICAL/FORMAL METHODS IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
>
> MF/IR 2002
>
> August 11-15, 2002, Tampere, Finland
>
> OBJECTIVE
>
> The previous workshops (ACM SIGIR 2000 MF/IR 2000, Athens, Greece, and
> ACM SIGIR 2001 MF/IR 2001, New Orleans, USA) showed that the
> mathematical/formal results achieved in Information Retrieval (IR) could
> be organized into a coherent theoretical framework, that they brought
> new knowledge to IR, and that mathematical/formal research in IR can
> stand as a specialized research area of IR. The increased attendance and
> rising interest indicate that MF/IR is viable.
>
> The purpose of the MF/IR 2002 workshop is, on the one hand, to continue
> and enhance the results obtained so far, and on the other hand, to
> present, discuss, analyze, integrate the newer/newest results. Therefore
> MF/IR 2002 aims at promoting discussion and interaction among those with
> theoretical and applicative research interests in mathematical/formal
> aspects of Information Retrieval, and also at being a forum for the
> presentation of both theoretical and applicative results (e.g.,
> foundational issues; description and/or integration of models; retrieval
> applications; mathematical/formal techniques, properties and structures
> in IR; existing and/or new theories and theoretical aspects).
>
> TOPICS OF INTEREST
>
> Contributions (papers, talks) are solicited dealing with, but not
> limited to, the following areas:
>
> Information Retrieval
> Information Filtering
> Information Mining
> Indexing and Retrieval
> Hypermedia
> World Wide Web Retrieval
> Digital Libraries
> Evaluation
> User Modeling, and User Tasks
> Semantic Web and Ontologies
>
> where the different entities involved (e.g., documents, queries,
> relevance, effectiveness, users, etc.) are modeled using any of, but not
> necessarily limited to, the following approaches:
>
> Classical Sets
> Fuzzy Sets
> Rough Sets
> Vectors
> Linear Space
> Similarity Functions
> Probability
> Theory of Uncertainty
> Functional Analysis
> Algebra
> Topology
> Metric Spaces
> Euclidean Geometry
> Non-Euclidean Geometries
> Boolean Logic
> Non-standard Logics
> Fuzzy Logic
> Quantum Logic
> Matroid Theory
> Graph Theory
> Theory of Computation
> Recursion Theory
> Information Theory
> Artificial Intelligence
>
> WORKSHOP CHAIRS
>
> · Sandor Dominich (University of Veszprem, Hungary)
> · Mounia Lalmas (Queen Mary, University of London, England, U.K.)
> · Keith van Rijsbergen (University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.)
>
> PROGRAM COMMITTEE
>
> · Peter  Bruza (Distr. Sys. Tech. Centre, Queensland, Australia)
> · Steven  Cater (Kettering University, U.S.A.)
> · Fabio  Crestani (University of Strathclyde, Scotland)
> · Leo  Egghe (Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium)
> · Norbert  Fuhr (University of Dortmund, Germany)
> · Donald  H. Kraft (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.)
> · Eduard  Hoenkamp (University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
> · Theo  Huibers (KPMG Bus. Adv. Serv., the Netherlands)
> · David  Losada  (San Pablo-CEU University, Madrid, SPAIN
> · Jian-Yun  Nie (University of Montreal, Canada)
> · Gabriella  Pasi (ITIM-CNR, Milan, Italy)
> · Vijay  Raghavan (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, U.S.A.)
> · Steven  Robertson (Microsoft, Cambridge, UK)
> · Michael  Wong (University of Regina, Canada)
>
> SUBMISSION
>
> Participation in the workshop is open for all interested. Those wishing
> to submit a paper should take into account the following. Submitted
> papers should be of at most 15 normal (A4) pages in length. Please
> submit the paper in PDF or PS by e-mail to the following e-mail address
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> using "MF/IR 2002 Submission" as the e-mail subject line. The format for
> the paper should follow a usual format in IR publishing. All submissions
> will be reviewed by two referees. All accepted papers will be made
> available in a printed and/or electronic proceedings. It is planned that
> a selected number of accepted papers, once expanded and revised, be
> included in a post-workshop book.
>
> CORRESPONDENCE
>
> Direct correspondence, inquires and submissions relating to this
> workshop should be addressed to:
>
> Sandor Dominich, E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> IMPORTANT DATES
>
> Submission:     31 May 2002
> Notification of acceptance:      1 July 2002
> Final submission:    15 July 2002
> Workshop:     15 August 2002
>
> FURTHER INFORMATION
>
> Further information can be found on the SIGIR 2002 Web pages
> http://www.sigir2002.org/.