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> TEXT RETRIEVAL 2001
> 
> NEW TOOLS, CURRENT TRENDS, CLASSIC SOLUTIONS 
> FOR EXPLOITING THE INTERNET AND INTRANETS
> 
> The IIS/BCS review of current trends: Wednesday 21 February 2001 
> BT Laboratories, Adastral Park (near Ipswich*)
> 
> This one-day conference, the latest in the Institute of Information
> Scientists and the British Computer Society's 
> celebrated ongoing (biennial) series, brings together some of the UK's
> leading experts from the computing and 
> information retrieval communities.  Find out how theoretical research and
> current understanding of user search 
> behaviour is influencing the development of retrieval tools for use by
> individual organisations on their intranets, 
> as well as the ongoing development of search engines.  
> 
> Chairman: Alan Gilchrist, Cura Consortium and Associate Consultant, TFPL
> 
> PART I :  TOOLS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS
> 
> Keynote 1: Technical Developments: Themes, Trends, an Assessment
> Professor Alan Smeaton, Dublin City University 
> 
> Information retrieval and search engines: lessons for the information
> scientist
> Martin Porter, Bright Station 
> 
> Metadata tools and hypermedia: How effective are they?
> Dr Les Carr, University of Southampton
> 
> Multiple languages/cross language retrieval Ò progress to date
> Dr Gareth Jones, University of Exeter  
> 
> PART 2 : THE HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE
> 
> Keynote 2: Current directions in HCI research, and implications for
> software  developers
> Professor Micheline Beaulieu, University of Sheffield 
> 
> The role of knowledge structures in software for information/knowledge
> retrieval
> Stella Dextre Clarke, Consultant 
> 
> Case Study: Taxonomies in Action in Unilever Research
> Pragmatic approaches to mapping knowledge and intelligence
> Adrian Dale, exHead of Knowledge Management, Unilever Research, now
> consultant with TFPL 
> 
> Discussion and Conclusions on progress to date; identifying promising
> future directions
> 
> Thanks to the kind sponsorship of BT, we are able to offer delegates
> places at unprecedentedly low prices (see 
> overleaf),  plus a chance to see some of BT's leading technology in the IR
> area, including XML-based search 
> technology, WWW-based 3D collaborative virtual environment, and more.  
> 
> Full and up-to-date details will be posted on the IIS web site 
> (http://www.iis.org.uk) at the end of January. 
> * Information on how to get to Adastral Park is available at 
> http://innovate.bt.com/adastral-park/index.htm
> 
> 
> TEXT RETRIEVAL 2001: 
> Wednesday 21 February 2001
> 
> This conference is brought to you by the Institute of Information
> Scientists, the British Computer Society's Information Retrieval Group,
> and BT.  
> 
> The Institute of Information Scientists
> The Institute of Information Scientists was founded in 1958 to promote
> high standards in information science, and to raise the profile and status
> of information scientists.  It is an educational charity, registered under
> the Charities Act of 1960.  It has over 2000 members, and a number of
> special interest groups.  Its mission is to set, maintain, monitor and
> promote standards of excellence in the science and management of
> information.  It is a sister organisation of the UK Library Association,
> and collaborates with the BCS Information Retrieval Group.
> 
> The British Computer Society Information Retrieval Special Interest Group
> The BCS Information Retrieval Group is a special interest group of the
> 35,000 member British Computer Society.    
>  
> Fees and Cancellations: 
> This is a non-residential event, but BT recommends a number of nearby
> hotels at which accommodation can be arranged, if required.  Please
> contact Geraldine Doherty or Deborah Lopez for further information.  To
> keep down the cost of attendance (and to allow for slightly more awkward
> travel for those not resident in East Anglia) prices are offered at their
> lowest yet for this essential conference series:
> 
> Member of the IIS or BCS (IRG) -                      £70.00 plus VAT
> >
> Non-Members:                                          £90.00 plus VAT
> >
> Student Members of the IIS or BCS (IRG):              £35.00 plus VAT
> >
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