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* ACM SIGIR '99
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* Second Call for Participation
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* UC Berkeley, CA, USA
* August 15-19, 1999
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* New paper submission deadline: January 12, 1999
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* http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/conferences/sigir99
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The Twenty-Second Annual International ACM-SIGIR Conference on
Research and Development in Information Retrieval, will be held on the
campus of the University of California at Berkeley, August 15-19, 1999,
with accommodation at nearby hotels.
SIGIR is the premiere international forum for the presentation of new
research results and for the demonstration of new systems and
techniques in information retrieval. The conference attracts a broad
range of professionals including theoreticians, developers,
publishers, researchers, educators, and designers of systems,
interfaces, information bases, and related applications.
In 1999, in addition to the standard core set of Information Retrieval
topics, SIGIR strongly encourages contributions from two major areas:
Human Computer Interaction in Information Access and Multi-Media
Retrieval.
** Note: the submission deadline for research papers has changed to
January 12, 1999. **
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HCI and IR
There is a growing opinion in the Information Retrieval community that a
key to improving information access systems is to focus attention on the
human-computer interface. Additionally, the World Wide Web is opening
up new opportunities for design, dissemination and evaluation of user
interfaces for information access.
The IR community has much to learn from the HCI community; conversely IR
research has for many years investigated user needs and user information
seeking behavior, typically in the context of online bibliographic systems.
Thus the HCI community can benefit from this experience as well.
One goal of SIGIR'99 is to bring these two communities closer together. Thus,
human computer interaction in information retrieval will be a major theme for
SIGIR'99. Topic relevant to the intersection of HCI and IR include, but are
not limited to:
Evaluation of human-computer interfaces for information access.
Information seeking models and user interfaces for information access.
Information structure for navigation and search.
These are described in more detail in the HCI and IR supplement. See
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/conferences/sigir99
General IR
Authors are encouraged to submit high-quality papers about original research
in information systems, and theories, models, and implementations of IR
systems. Topics traditionally relevant to SIGIR include but are not
limited to:
IR Theory including statistical and logical IR models, data fusion.
Experimentation, including test collections, evaluation measures,
scalability.
Systems and Implementation Issues
Natural Language Processing for the purposes of IR
Filtering, Routing, and Text Classification.
Applications, e.g. : task-embedded IR, electronic publishing,
digital libraries, text data mining.
These are described in more detail at
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/conferences/sigir99
Multi-Media Information Retrieval
The Multi-Media Information Retrieval Theme of SIGIR'99 specifically
addresses the overlap between multi-media data and information retrieval,
and so we discourage contributions that focus purely on algorithms for
processing multi-media data without regard for the information retrieval
problems being addressed. We also discourage contributions that focus only
on the system and software aspects of storing and managing large amounts
of these data types.
We welcome high-quality papers that describe evaluation experiments, case
studies, and theoretical analyses. We especially encourage submissions from
researchers not traditionally part of the SIGIR community who are
nevertheless doing significant information retrieval work. Topics include but
are not limited to:
Content-based Indexing Strategies
Query Formulation and Query Languages for MMIR
Cross-Media and Mixed-Media Retrieval
Results Analysis and Presentation for MMIR
Test Collection Development and Evaluation for MMIR
See Multi-Media IR for more information about relevant topics.
These are described in more detail in the Multi-Media and IR supplement.
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/conferences/sigir99
This year Digital Libraries will take place just before SIGIR, also at
UC Berkeley. See http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL99.
Important Dates:
January 12 Paper Submissions due (note: later date than prior announcement)
February 15 Tutorial, demonstrations, panel, and workshop proposals due
April 9 Notification of acceptance of papers
May 1 Late-breaking and student poster submissions due
August 15-19 SIGIR Conference
Submission Requirements
Research Papers
Research papers must consist of original contributions (that is, not
previously published, and not currently being considered for
publication elsewhere). Research paper and demonstration submissions
should be formatted documents, including appropriate
bibliographies. All submissions must be in English. Full research
papers (6 copies) of at most 5,000 words. For more details about
logistics of papers submissions as well as guidelines for papers
submissions, see the web site at
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/conferences/sigir99/submissions.html
Posters
Poster presentations enable researchers to present late-breaking
results, work in progress, or research that is best presented
interactively or graphically. Two-page extended abstracts will appear
in the proceedings. The extended abstract should emphasize the
research problem and the methods used.
Poster extended abstracts of at most 1,000 words should be submitted
to the Posters Chair. As with papers, one copy of the poster should be
sent containing the title of the poster and an abstract of not more
than 100 words, but no indication of the authors or affiliations. A
separate copy of the poster, in camera-ready form and containing all
contact information, should also be sent to the chair.
Poster submissions should be sent to arrive by May 1, 1999, to:
Elizabeth Liddy, Posters Chair, SIGIR 99
School of Information Studies
Syracuse University
4-234 Center for Science and Technology
Syracuse, NY 13244-4100
USA
Phone: 1-315-443-4456
Fax: 1-315-443-5806
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Demonstrations
Demonstrations can offer first-hand experience with Information
Retrieval systems, whether advanced operational systems or research
prototypes. The demonstration proposal should indicate how the
demonstration illustrates new ideas, should provide the technical
specifications of the system and should include references to other
literature. The hardware, software, and network requirements should be
indicated in a separate cover letter. A one-page abstract describing
each demonstration accepted will be published in the proceedings.
Proposals should be submitted to the Demonstrations Chair. Send either
3 hardcopies or 1 ascii email copy of at most 500 words. Demonstration
proposals should be sent to arrive by February 15, 1999 to:
Ray R. Larson, Demonstrations Chair SIGIR '99
School of Information Management and Systems
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California 94720-4600
USA
Phone: 1-510-642-6046
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Tutorials
The first day of the conference will be dedicated to
tutorials. Proposals for either half-day (3 hours plus breaks) or full
day (6 hours plus breaks) tutorials should be sent to the Tutorials
chair. Submissions must specify:
* (1) the tutorial length
* (2) the intended audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced)
* (3) complete contact information for the contact person and other
presenters
* (4) brief biographies (maximum 2 paragraphs each) of the presenters.
The complete submission should be less than 1,500 words long, and
should include an outline of the tutorial, along with descriptions of
the objectives and course materials.
Tutorial proposals must be sent via email by February 15 to:
Sue Dumais, [log in to unmask]
Panels
Panel proposals are sought which address issues that would broadly
appeal to the information retrieval community and would stimulate
lively debate between panelists and audience. For example, issues and
unsolved problems between IR research and industrial application have
been a successful topic in the past.
Panel proposals (up to 1,000 words) must include:
* (1) complete contact information for the moderator
* (2) the rationale for addressing this topic as a panel
* (3) the names and affiliations of the panel members
* (4) a description of how the panel will be structured and how audience
participation will be encouraged.
Panel proposals must be sent via email by February 15 to:
Sue Dumais, [log in to unmask]
Workshops
Proposals are solicited from individuals and groups for one-day
workshops to be held on the fifth day of the conference. Submissions
(up to 1,000 words) should include the theme and goal of the workshop,
planned activities, maximum number of participants, the selection
process for participants, and alist of potential participants. Include
a CV for each organizer describing relevant qualifications and
experience. After the workshop, organizers are to provide an article
for the SIGIR Forum which summarizes the workshop. Workshop proposals
must be sent via email by February 15 to:
Norbert Fuhr,
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General Chair: Fredric Gey, [log in to unmask]
Program Committee Marti Hearst, [log in to unmask]
Co-Chairs: Richard Tong, [log in to unmask]
Tutorials Chair: Sue Dumais, [log in to unmask]
Panels Chair: Sue Dumais, [log in to unmask]
Posters Chair: Elizabeth Liddy, [log in to unmask]
Workshops Chair: Norbert Fuhr, [log in to unmask]
Demonstrations: Ray Larson, [log in to unmask]
Treasurer: Paul Thompson, [log in to unmask]
Publicity: Jamie Callan, [log in to unmask]
The program committee consists of over 100 reviewers, to ensure
breadth of expertise.
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* ACM SIGIR '99
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* Second Call for Participation
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