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Call For Participation
NTCIR/IREX Joint Workshop
- Information Retrieval and Information Extraction -
http://www.rd.nacsis.ac.jp/~ntcadm/workshop/joint/
Co-organized by NTCIR/NACSIS and IREX
In cooperation with IPSJ, SIG-FI/IPSJ
September 1, 1999
KKR Hotel Tokyo
Tokyo, JAPAN
The joint workshop of NTCIR (NACSIS Test Collection for IR) and
IREX (Information Retrieval and EXtraction) will be held. Your
participation is most welcome.
o Date:
9:00 - 17:00 September 1, 1999 (18:00 - 18:30 Banquet)
o Venue:
KKR Hotel Tokyo
1-4-1 Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 JAPAN
Phone: +81-3-3287-2921; Fax: +81-3-3287-2913
Just in front of the Takebashi Station of the Tozai Line Subway
(0 minute to walk!!). Situated in 5-minite drive from Tokyo
Station and across the street from the Imperial Palace. From
the Narita International Airport to the Tokyo Station, there
are frequent services of Shuttle trains and Limousine buses.
o Fee:
Admission is free
Banquet: 8,500 Yen per person
o Application for Participation:
Send e-mail to [log in to unmask] with (1) your name, (2)
affiliation, (3) postal address, phone/fax number, e-mail
address, (4) participation in reception or not. Participation
will be first-come-first-served base.
o Program (preliminary):
9:30 - 9:45 Opening Remarks
9:45 - 11:00 Keynote Speech(1) "TREC": Donna Harman (NIST, USA)
11:15 - 12:00 NTCIR Workshop Overview: Noriko Kando (NACSIS, Japan)
13:30 - 14:45 Keynote Speech(2) "TBA": Ralph Grishman (NYU, USA)
15:00 - 15:45 IREX Workshop Overview: Satoshi Sekine (NYU, USA)
15:45 - 16:45 Panel Discussion
16:45 - 17:00 Closing Remarks
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18:00 - 19:30 Reception
o Contact Information:
NTCIR/IREX Joint Workshop Project (Attn: Toshihiko NOZUE)
E-mail: [log in to unmask]; Fax: +81-3-5395-7064
* Officail Language is English.
* NTCIR Workshop is supported by JSPS "Research for the Future Program:
Studies on Ubiquitous Information Systems for Utilization of Highly
Distributed Information Resources."
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NOZUE Toshihiko, NACSIS, Japan <[log in to unmask]>
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