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                   7th International Conference on User Modeling
                                                June 20 - 24, 1999
                                        Banff Centre, Banff, Canada
                                        http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99
 
The DEADLINE FOR EARLY REGISTRATION 
                                                   -- APRIL 15, 1999 -- 
                                                                                 is RAPIDLY approaching!

 
User modelling has been found to enhance the effectiveness and/or usability 
of software systems in a wide variety of situations. A system that constructs
and consults user models can adapt diverse aspects of its performance to 
individual users. Techniques for user modelling have been developed and 
evaluated by researchers in a number of fields, including artificial 
intelligence, education, psychology, linguistics, human-computer interaction, 
and information science. 
The 7th International Conferences on User Modelling, UM99 will provide a 
forum in which academic and industrial researchers from all of these fields 
can exchange their complementary insights on user modelling issues. The 
size and format of the meetings support intensive discussion, which often 
continues long after the conference has ended. 
 
Some of the HIGHLIGHTS of UM99 are:

Two pre-conference TUTORIALS  on Sunday, 20 June: 
-- Anthony Jameson: User Adaptive Systems: An Integrative Overview
-- David Chin: Evaluating The Effectiveness of User Models by 
                         Experiments

INVITED  SPEAKERS:
-- Alan Biermann (Duke University, USA)
-- Gerhard Weber (University of Freiburg, Germany)
-- Gerhard Fischer (University of Boulder, CA, USA)
-- Pat Langely (Institute for the Study of Learning and Expertise, 
                          Palto Alto, CA, USA)

 
We have received 103 high quality submissions. The competition was 
intense, with only 27 of the papers (26%) being accepted as full papers. 
Five (4.5%) of these papers have been proposed for best paper awards, 
which speaks for the high quality of the conference submissions! :

The BEST PAPER award nominees are:
-- Zukerman, Albrecht and Nicholson: Predicting Users' Requests on 
   the WWW 
-- Encarnacao and Stoev: An Application-Independent Intelligent User 
   Support System Exploiting Action-Sequence Based On User Modelling
-- Petrelli, De Angeli and Convertino, A User Centered Approach to 
    User Modelling
-- Berthold and Jameson: Interpreting Symptoms of Mental Load and 
   Time Pressure in Speech Input
-- Winter and McCalla: The Emergence of Student Models from an 
    Analysis of Ethical Decision Making in a Scenario-Based Learning 
    Environment
 
To allow more authors present their promising ideas, the program of UM99 
will provide for:
-- Eleven SHORT PAPER presentations  
-- Twenty  POSTERS. 
-- DEMOnStrations of software. 
 
UM99 will feature also: 
-- Doctoral Consortium where 8 Ph.D. students will have the chance to 
    present their work. 
-- Four post-conference WORKSHOPS:
      Workshop 1: Machine Learning for User Modelling 
      Workshop 2: Standards for Learner Modelling 
      Workshop 3: Attitude, Personality and Emotions in User-Adapted 
                             Interaction 
      Workshop 4: Second Workshop on Adaptive Systems and User 
                             Modelling on the WWW
 
The preliminary program of UM99 is available at: 
http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99/prog.shtml
 
It is important to REGISTER EARLY for UM99 for the following reasons: 
-- The early (by April 15) registration fee is significantly lower 
     ($450 versus $600)! 
-- Those who register early will be entered in a draw for attractive prices.  
-- There is only a limited amount of rooms reserved for UM99 attendees. 
    They are booked on first come-first serve principle. After April 21, the 
    remaining rooms will be freed for general booking. It will be hard to find 
    any other accommodation in Banff, since usually everything in this 
    season is booked usually months in advance.
The REGISTRATION FORM is available at: 
http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99/reg.shtml
 
Banff in June is one of the World's most desired travel destinations. 
So, please, MAKE YOUR TRAVEL PLANS EARLY! Detailed travel 
information is available at http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99/get-there.shtml
 
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Banff!
 

JJJ
Judy Kay
Jim Greer
Julita Vassileva
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