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One-day workshop on Evaluation of Information Management Systems Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London 15 September 2000 With a growing amount of electronic, multi-media data being accessed by an increasing number and variety of end-users, it is becoming ever more important to design and build effective information management systems which meet users' needs. An essential part of this process is the identification of suitable techniques and systems for particular users, or groups of users, in particular information-seeking situations. Considerable research has already been carried out into methods of evaluating the effectiveness, efficiency and usability of information management systems. However, there are still many theoretical and practical issues that remain unsolved. Much more work is required in order to move towards the development of a comprehensive framework for evaluation of information management systems. This workshop is open to anyone with an interest in information management system evaluation, including academic and industrial researchers and practitioners working in the areas of information retrieval, library and information science, databases, artificial intelligence, digital libraries, the Web, and other related areas. Content of papers ----------------- Papers discussing work in progress or completed work on evaluation of information management systems are invited. Topics include, but are not limited to: * Problem issues in evaluation * Application of existing or traditional evaluation techniques * Novel evaluation techniques and methodologies * System-centred or user-centred evaluation, or integration of these two approaches * Theoretical or empirical evaluation, or integration of these two approaches * Evaluation of quality of results or quality of interaction, or integration of these two approaches * Evaluation of multi-media information management systems * Application of HCI principles and techniques to evaluation Authors are invited to submit three copies of their paper, in English, to be received by Friday 31 March 2000. Papers should be no more than 10 pages (of A4) in length, and should be formatted according to Springer Verlag's formatting guidelines for workshops in the electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC) series. The guidelines can be found at http://www.ewic.org.uk/ewic/editors/submitting.cfm. Papers will be refereed and, if accepted, will be published in the proceedings of the workshop. There is also the possibility (currently under discussion) of publishing the workshop proceedings as part of the eWiC series. Papers should be sent to: Jane Reid Department of Computer Science Queen Mary and Westfield College University of London London E1 4NS Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5236 Fax: +44 (0)20 8980 6533 Important dates --------------- Deadline for submission of papers: Friday 31 March 2000 Authors notified of program committee decision: Friday 9 June 2000 Final submission of camera-ready copy: Friday 21 July 2000 Organisers ---------- Workshop organisers: Jane Reid, Mounia Lalmas (QMW) Program committee: Pia Borlund (Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark), Nathalie Denos (CLIPS IMAG, France), Mark Dunlop (Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark), Theo Huibers (KPMG Consulting, The Netherlands), Frances Johnson (Manchester Metropolitan University, England), Tony Rose (Canon Research Centre Europe, England) Local organiser: Sue White (QMW) Further information ------------------- Further information can be found at http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~mounia/EIS.html. Informal enquiries regarding the workshop can be directed to the workshop organisers: Jane Reid Mounia Lalmas Department of Computer Science Department of Computer Science Queen Mary and Westfield College Queen Mary and Westfield College University of London University of London London London E1 4NS E1 4NS Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5236 Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5200 Fax: +44 (0)20 8980 6533 Fax: +44 (0)20 8980 6533 e-mail: [log in to unmask] e-mail: [log in to unmask] This event in sponsored by the British Computer Society Information Retrieval Specialist Group, in association with the IEE Informatics Professional Group A4 (Artificial intelligence). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Reid Tel: +44 (020) 7975 5236 Department of Computer Science Dept: +44 (020) 7975 5200 Queen Mary and Westfield College Fax: +44 (020) 8980 6533 University of London mailto:[log in to unmask] London E1 4NS http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~jane ---------------------------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%