British Computer Society Information Retrieval Specialist Group 

                   19th Annual Colloquium on IR Research 

                     8-9 April 1997, Aberdeen, Scotland 


The BCS-IRSG's Annual Colloquium on IR Research is an established event
in the conference calendar. In 1997, the 19th Colloquium is to be held
in Aberdeen, Scotland, sponsored jointly by two schools of The Robert
Gordon University (RGU):  the School of Computer and Mathematical
Sciences (SCMS), and the School of Information and Media (SIM).

The main aim of the Colloquium is to provide a forum for IR researchers
to disseminate their work in an informal atmosphere. The priority is to
promote both young researchers and research in progress.

Up-to-the-minute information about the Colloquium, including detail
about submission and registration, is available at:

	http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/bcs-irsg97/home.html 


CALL FOR PAPERS 

Papers describing work in progress or completed work are invited on any
topic related to Information Retrieval. Possible topics include, but
are not limited to:


     Evaluation and testing of information retrieval systems 
     Networked information retrieval 
     Hypermedia/Multimedia indexing and retrieval 
     Natural language processing for information retrieval 
     Logic and information retrieval 
     User interfaces for information retrieval 
     Information retrieval in library systems 
     Database and IR integration 
     Data mining and information extraction 
     Commercial applications of information retrieval systems 
     Data fusion 

SUBMISSIONS 

Authors are invited to submit electronically a copy of their paper,
either in Word for Windows or in LaTeX format, to be received no later
than 24 January 1997. Details of acceptable submission methods and the
required Word template / LaTeX style are available at:

	http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/bcs-irsg97/submit.html 

As in previous years, it is intended that the proceedings of the
Colloquium will be published and made available to attendees.


ABOUT THE COLLOQUIUM 

The BCS-IRSG Colloquium is an annual event, and this Colloquium is the
19th in a series of highly successful such events. This is a great
opportunity to meet your research peers in a relaxed and informal
setting.

The programme begins on the morning of 8 April, and concludes at
lunch-time on 9 April. In addition to presentations of accepted papers,
the Colloquium will have a keynote speaker.

The cost of the Colloquium will be approximately 130 UK Pounds, which
includes two nights' accommodation (7-8 April), meals, and the
Colloquium proceedings. If required, accommodation is available for the
evening of 9 April after the Colloquium.

The Colloquium will be held at Aberdeen University Conference Centre,
and single-room student accommodation (with/without en suite
facilities) will be available on site.
 

Aberdeen is always(!) warm and dry in April. On the afternoon of 9
April, a coach tour and pub meal are planned. Depending on the weather,
an easy hill-walk or a visit to a castle will be on offer. There will
be a small additional charge for this.

CONTACTS 

The Colloquium chair is Professor David Harper (Head of School, SCMS, RGU). 

Further information can be obtained from either of the Programme co-chairs: 

     Jonathan Furner (Lecturer, SIM, RGU) 

         Email: [log in to unmask] 
         Tel: +44 1224 283835 
         Fax: +44 1224 492608 

     David Hendry (Research Fellow, SCMS, RGU) 

         Email: [log in to unmask] 
         Tel: +44 1224 262785 
         Fax: +44 1224 262727

SCMS: School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
SIM:  School of Information and media




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