IR-L Digest, Vol.XVI, No.32, Issue 468

[Nancy Gusack Crawford <nancy.gusack@ucop.edu>]

IRLIST Digest                                       ISSN 1064-6965
August 30, 1999
Volume XVI, Number 32
Issue 468

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  I. QUERIES
        1. Request for Books on General Syntax
        2. Syntax Books, Followup

 II. JOBS
        1. Dept. Nuclear Energy, Austria: Section Head,
           Div. Scientific & Technical Information
        2. West Group, MN: Research Position, CS Research Department
        3. Search Technology, Atlanta, GA: Research Analyst
III. NOTICES
     A. Publications
        1. GreyNet Press Release
        2. GreyNet Newsletter 8:3, 1999: ToC
        3. [WASHINGTON-UPDATE] August 27, 1999
     B. Meetings
        1. CIR-2000 Challenge of Image Retrieval: CFPapers
        2. IEEE Vis'99: CFRegistration
        3. New Paradigms in Information Visualsation + Manipulation:
           CFPapers
        4. 34th Colloquium of Linguistics: Final Announcement
        5. ANLP/NAACL 2000: CFTutorial Proposals
        6. ANLP/NAACL 2000-Student Session: CFPapers
     
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I. QUERIES

I.1.
Fr: Karen Smith <smithkar@htdc.org>
Re: Request for Books on General Syntax

Hello,

I am trying to compile a literature review on general syntax and I was
hoping that someone might be able to direct me to some new or recently
released books on general syntax or even books which are about to be
released on this topic. Any information is appreciated. I will post a list
of my findings so that everyone can benefit. Thank you for your time.

Karen Smith
Linguist
Ergo Linguistic Technologies

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I.2.
Fr: Karen Smith <smithkar@htdc.org>
Re: Syntax Books, Followup

To The Readers: 

We would like to extend this request. In particular, we are interested in
books that provide reviews or comparisons of different/multiple theories of
syntax. This is what we've found so far. I have reviews of most of these
books if anyone is interested.  

Karen Smith
Linguist
Ergo Linguistic Technologies

1. Linguistics:Edited by VICTORIA A. FROMKIN
    University of California, Los Angeles
    Price : £ 65.00. $74.95
    Format : 246 x 171 mm 6.75 x 9.75 in 500 pages. hardback
    Publication Date : October 1999 
    ISBN: 0631197095

2.  Syntactic Theory: A Unified Approach, 2nd Edition
     Robert Borsley , Department of Linguistics, University of Wales,
     Bangor, UK
     Binding:Paperback
     Dimensions: 234 x 156mm
     Published: 02/04/1999 
     ISBN: 0340706104
     Price: £15.99 sterling

3.  Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction  
     Ivan A. Sag and Thomas Wasow     

4.  Foundations of Computational Linguistics: Man-Machine Communication
     in Natural Language
     by Roland Hausser.
     1999, XII, 532pp. Hardcover DM 89,--      
     ISBN 3-540-66015-1       

5.  Lynn M. Berk, (1999) English Syntax From Word to
      Discourse, Oxford University Press, N.Y. Pp. 315.  Paper
      $24.95

6.  New: Empirical Issues in Formal Syntax and Semantics
      1999. 389 pp. ISBN 9055690945. Price: EUR 36,75. Individuals
      ordering directly from Holland Academic Graphics are eligible for
      a 33% discount. <www.hagpub.com>

7.  FRAGMENTS: Studies in Ellipsis and Gapping
     Edited by Shalom Lappin, University of London, and Elabbas
     Benmamoun,
     University of Illinois, UrbanaChampagne
     January 1999   320 pp.
     0195123026 $60.00
     Oxford University Press

8.  Postal, Paul (1999) Three Investigations of Extraction. MIT Press:
     Cambridge.
     http://mitpress.mit.edu/promotions/books/POSTHF98

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II. JOBS

II.1.
Fr: Emil Levine <E.Levine@iaea.org>
Re: Dept. Nuclear Energy, Austria: Section Head,
    Div. Scientific & Technical Information

International Atomic Energy Agency 
Vacancy Notice No. 99/035

Issue Date: 9 July 1999

Position and Grade:
Section Head (P-5)

Organizational Unit:
INIS Section
Division of Scientific and
Technical Information
Department of Nuclear Energy

Duty Station
Vienna

Application Deadline
8 September 1999
 
Type/Duration of Appointment
Fixed-term, 3 years

Assignment 
Under the guidance of the Division Director, the Head of the International
Nuclear Information System (INIS) will advise and assist in the management
of the scientific and technical information systems operated by the Agency
for Member States and other international organizations. In particular, the
Head of the INIS Section will: 

--maintain regular liaison with national and international information
centres which either provide information input to the Agency or use Agency
scientific and technical information products; 

--organize and supervise the day-to-day operation of the INIS Section and
plan, direct and co-ordinate the work of a group of approximately 40 staff
members assigned to carry out the functions and responsibilities of the
Agency in connection with INIS and other international and Agency-wide
information systems; 

--co-ordinate the introduction and/or development of improved methods,
techniques and equipment for the handling of scientific and technical
information; 

--plan and co-ordinate the development of training and educational
programmes for the staff members of national information centres; 

--co-ordinate Agency participation in the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
Computer Program Service; 

--co-ordinate, in order to ensure compatibility, with other scientific and
technical information systems for which the Agency has responsibilities;

--develop the provision of qualitative information support by INIS for the
Agency's technical programmes, especially its core activities; and

--carry out other duties as may be assigned by the Director of the Division. 

Education and Experience
Advanced university degree or equivalent in information science, natural
sciences, computer science, mathematics or a related field. At least 15
years' experience including at least 5 years in the documentation and
information field. 

Technical and administrative management experience. Experience in building
and leading cohesive teams and also ability to provide feedback on
performance and encourage staff development. 

Experience with the operation of INIS. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Good knowledge of large-scale computerized bibliographic information
systems. Knowledge of human resource and financial management principles
and the ability to apply this knowledge in allocating resources to achieve
the Agency's objectives. 

Fluency in English, French, Russian, or Spanish essential. Ability to
communicate fluently in written and spoken English. 

Remuneration
Remuneration is quoted in annual amounts in Austrian schillings and is
deemed to be exempt from national income tax. It is composed of net base
salary plus local post adjustment and amounts, after deduction of the
contribution to the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, to a total of:

Rate
Single ATS 885 790 (including a net base salary of US $59 963)
Dependency ATS 961 790 (including a net base salary of US $64 545)

How to Apply to the IAEA
Internal and external applicants should provide a curriculum vitae (CV)
written in accordance with the IAEA Guidelines for CVs and complete a
Personal History Form (PHF). These can be obtained from your national
nuclear energy commission or your ministry of foreign affairs, or directly
from the IAEA either by mail or through the internet
http://www.iaea.org/worldatom/vacancies. Please address your application to:

Recruitment Unit, Division of Personnel, International Atomic Energy
Agency, Wagramer Strasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria.
Facsimile: (+43 1) 26007. Please do not send additional documentation at
this stage. Applications received after the application deadline will not
be considered. All application material should be typewritten and in
English. Applicants who do not comply with the aforementioned application
guidelines or meet the essential requirements specified in this Vacancy
Notice will not be considered.
 
Applications from qualified women and candidates from developing countries
are encouraged. Applicants should be aware that IAEA staff members are
international civil servants and may not accept instructions from any other
authority. Staff members may be assigned to any location. The IAEA retains
the discretion not to make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an
appointment at a lower grade or to make an appointment with a modified job
description.

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II.2.
Fr: Jack G. Conrad <conrad@research.westlaw.com>
Re: West Group, MN: Research Position, CS Research Department 

West Group, a leading international publisher and provider of value-added
information to the legal and business communities, seeks qualified
applicants to expand its research staff. The Computer Science Research
Department at West Group currently consists of 15 individuals and is
co-located in Rochester, New York and Eagan, Minnesota (a suburb of the
Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul).

The department's primary research interests include information retrieval
(including cross-language retrieval), information extraction, text
categorization, machine learning, natural language processing, and
performance evaluation. Principal duties would include analysis, design,
coding and testing of concepts and prototypes for retrieval, extraction,
and categorization systems in the context of very large data environments
such as Westlaw. The department and its staff are positioned to pursue
cutting-edge research in order to impact the company's new
technology-driven applications, and thus to achieve recognition both inside
and outside the firm.

Applicants should have a graduate degree in Computer Science or related
field, with a focus in IR, IE, NLP, or ML.  Excellent UNIX, C/C++, Java,
OOA/OOD experience desirable.

West Group offers excellent growth opportunities, a competitive salary, and
comprehensive benefits. West is an equal opportunity employer.

Send resume in electronic form to:  Peter.Jackson@WestGroup.com

Or via conventional mail to:            Peter Jackson
                                              West Group
                                              610 Opperman Drive
                                              D1-66F
                                              Eagan, MN 55123  USA

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II.3.
Fr: Brian Minsk <minsk@searchtech.com>
Re: Search Technology, Atlanta, GA: Research Analyst

This position will work with a small group performing analysis, design,
development, enhancement, testing, documentation, and implementation of
desktop software tools enabling flexible analysis and synthesis of text
containing technical and scientific information from electronic information
searches. See http://www.searchtech.com/toas.htm for project information.

Applicants must have a BS or MS in computer science or engineering, and
extensive knowledge of Visual C++ and MFC. Experience in developing
applications for MS Windows 95/98/NT is highly desirable. Minimum 3.0 GPA.

Search Technology performs research and development in human-relevant
aspects of technology for complex systems. Our staff is trained in the
methods of engineering, psychology and computer science.
http://www.searchtech.com

Prefer applicants already in the Atlanta area.

Please email humanres@searchtech.com or send or fax resume to:

Paul Frey
Search Technology
4960 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
Suite 230
Norcross, GA 30071-1580
Fax: 770-263-0802

Thanks,
Brian Minsk
Search Technology, Inc.
4960 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
Suite 230
Norcross, GA 30071
(770) 441-1457
minsk@searchtech.com

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III. NOTICES

III.A.1.
Fr: GreyNet <Dominic.Farace@inter.nl.net>
Re: GreyNet Press Release

PRESS RELEASE
August 19, 1999

Today, the GL'99 Virtual Discussion goes live on the Internet. This
Virtual Discussion will seek to enhance the program for the Fourth
International Conference on Grey Literature, which will be held on October
4-5, 1999 in Washington D.C.

The topics of the GL'99 Virtual Discussion already include comments by
leading contributors in the field of grey literature. Take advantage of
this global forum not only to agree or disagree with their ideas but to
also to contribute your own ideas and special interests in the field of
grey literature.

For those interested in commenting/subscribing to the Virtual Discussion:
http://www.mcb.co.uk/services/conferen/webforum/greynet-liblink-forum/

GL'99 VIRTUAL DISCUSSION THEMES:

 1.  ACCESS TO GREY LITERATURE IN THE 21st CENTURY:
     A Shift from issues of Cataloguing and Bibliographic
     Control to issues of Promotion, Marketing, and Pricing
     Grey Literature.

 2.  COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND GREY LITERATURE:
     The Policy and Management of Grey Literature Collections
     requires both designated Budgets and Human Resources.

 3.  PUBLISHING AND ARCHIVING ELECTRONIC GREY LITERATURE:
     The Corporate Authors and Producers of Grey Literature
     are also responsible for indexing and archiving these
     materials.

 4.  COPYRIGHT AND GREY LITERATURE:
     Authorship, Ownership, and Property Rights influence the
     very Processes of Knowledge Generation and Information
     Dissemination.

 5.  EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF GREY LITERATURE:
     Schools of Library and Information Science continue to
     neglect the importance of Grey Literature in their
     Curriculum Programs.

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III.A.2.
Fr: GreyNet <Dominic.Farace@inter.nl.net>
Re: GreyNet Newsletter 8:3, 1999: ToC


N e w s B r i e f N e w s
GreyNet Quarterly Newsletter
Vol. 8, No. 3, 1999

ISSN 1389-1804 (Print)
ISSN 1389-1812 (Email)

Table of Contents

GL'99 Virtual Discussion now on the Net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1
The GL-Compendium Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
IJGL - Forthcoming Articles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
Announcement CRIS 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
Editors Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
GL'99 Registration Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6

Editorial Address:
GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service
Koninginneweg 201, 1075 CR Amsterdam, 
The Netherlands
Tel/Fax: 31-20-671.1818
Email: GreyNet@inter.nl.net
URL: http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet

Annual Subscription  : NLG. 40  |  US$ 25

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III.A.3.
Fr: EDUCAUSE <EDUCAUSE@EDUCAUSE.EDU>
Re: [WASHINGTON-UPDATE] August 27, 1999

EDUCAUSE: Transforming Education through Information Technologies
http://www.educause.edu

EDUCAUSE WASHINGTON UPDATE --- AUGUST 27, 1999

IN THIS ISSUE

FEDERAL FUNDING OF IT:

  GAO REPORT FINDS NO OVERLAP OF FEDERAL IT PROGRAMS; NO EVIDENCE OF
  WASTE, FRAUD, OR ABUSE

  E-RATE (CORRECTION)

DNS PRIVATIZATION:

  ICANN APPROVES COMPROMISE WITH DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE RESOLUTION PLAN AS
  HOUSE

  COMMERCE COMMITTEE CHAIR INITIATES INVESTIGATION OF FUNDRAISING
  ACTIVITIES

UPCOMING EVENTS:

  CRA & TECHNOLOGY NETWORK PRESS CONFERENCE ON IMPLICATIONS OF FEDERAL
  BUDGET CUTS ON IT RESEARCH

  PITAC TO HOLD OPEN PUBLIC MEETING

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Written from EDUCAUSE'S Washington office, "The EDUCAUSE Washington Update"
is a free service of EDUCAUSE, an international nonprofit association
dedicated to transforming higher education through information technologies.

Anyone may subscribe to the Update by sending e-mail to
listserv@listserv.educause.edu with "subscribe update firstname lastname"
in the body of the message.  To unsubscribe, send a "signoff update"
command to the same address. If you would like more information about the
Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact
Garret Sern at gsern@educause.edu.

To view past Washington Updates, please refer to the EDUCAUSE Washington
Update archives at http://www.educause.edu/pub/wu/.

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III.B.1.
Fr: Margaret Graham <margaret.graham@unn.ac.uk>
Re: CIR-2000 Challenge of Image Retrieval: CFPapers

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
CIR-2000: The Challenge of Image Retrieval
Third UK Conference on Image Retrieval
May 4-5 2000, Brighton, United Kingdom

CIR moves to Brighton in 2000, with a new format - separate practitioner
and research tracks linked by common plenary sessions. As in previous
years, it aims to attract high-quality papers covering all aspects of image
and video retrieval from both the UK and overseas. 
The main themes of CIR-2000 are video asset management, and image indexing
and metadata, and content-based image retrieval. 

Image and video storage and retrieval continues to be one of the most
exciting and fastest-growing research areas in the field of multimedia
technology. However, opportunities within the UK for the exchange of ideas
between different groups of researchers, and between researchers and
potential users of image retrieval systems, are still limited. The
Challenge of Image Retrieval series of conferences was set up specifically
to bridge the gap between the different communities with an interest in
image retrieval. 

Successful conferences were held in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1998 and 1999.
The 2000 event again aims to bring together researchers and practitioners
in the area of image data management, to exchange information and gain some
idea of the significance of developments in related disciplines. It should
be of interest to researchers in fields as diverse as information
retrieval, database, computer vision and image processing, human visual
perception and interface design, as well as users and managers of image and
video libraries.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Original papers are solicited for the conference describing research or
innovation in any area related to image or video storage and retrieval.
Accounts of work in progress are acceptable provided at least some results
are reported. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

   * Studies of information-seeking behaviour among
     image users
   * HCI issues in image retrieval
   * Evaluation of image retrieval systems
   * Novel image data management systems and 
     applications
   * Query models, paradigms and languages for image 
     retrieval
   * Content-based indexing, search and retrieval of 
     images
   * Feature extraction and representation
   * Visual perception and image retrieval
   * Image search and browsing on the Web
   * Semantic retrieval of images and video
   * Neural network techniques for image classification 
     and retrieval
   * Database architectures for image retrieval
   * Image data management for multimedia systems

The programme committee is aiming to ensure a balance between technical and
user orientation in the submitted papers presented at the conference. To
achieve this, we particularly welcome submissions which deal with user
issues. 

SUBMISSION DETAILS
Authors are asked to submit full papers (no longer than 5000 words), in
English, to the Programme Chair, Dr John Eakins. Electronic submission is
strongly encouraged. Electronic submissions should follow the style laid
down for the BCS electronic Workshops in Computing, which can be found at
http://www.ewic.org.uk/ewic/editors/submitting.cfm#papers. Authors are
asked to follow the electronic submission guidelines set out at
http://www.unn.ac.uk/iidr/sub.html. Authors who do not wish to submit
electronically are asked to send three paper copies of their submission,
together with a covering letter containing contact information, to:

     Dr John P Eakins,
     The Challenge of Image Retrieval,
     Institute for Image Data Research,
     University of Northumbria at Newcastle,
     Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST.

The closing date for both electronic and paper submissions is Friday 21
January 2000.

Authors whose contributions are accepted for presentation will be notified
by Friday 3 March 2000. They will be required to submit final versions of
their papers, for inclusion in the conference proceedings, by Friday, 7
April 2000. It is intended that all accepted papers will be published in
the BCS electronic Workshops in Computing series.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
* John Eakins (co-chair), University of Northumbria at 
  Newcastle
* Peter Enser (co-chair), University of Brighton
* Margaret Graham, University of Northumbria at 
  Newcastle
* David Harper, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
* Karina Holm, Getty Images
* Paul Lewis, University of Southampton
* Martin Nail, Library and Information Commission

CONFERENCE SPONSORS (PROVISIONAL): 
* Institute for Image Data Research, University of 
  Northumbria at Newcastle
* The British Computer Society Information Retrieval 
  Specialist Group
* The Library and Information Commission
* The Institute of Information Scientists
* Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
* The British Machine Vision Association

IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for Submission: 21 January 2000
Notification of Acceptance: 3 March 2000
Final version due: 7 April 2000

A Web version of this Call for Papers is available at:
http://www.unn.ac.uk/iidr/cfp.html

Margaret Graham
Research and Development Manager
Institute for Image Data Research
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST
Tel: +44 (0)191 227 4646
Fax: +44 (0)191 227 4637
email: margaret.graham@unn.ac.uk
Website: http://www.unn.ac.uk/iidr/

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III.B.2.
Fr: Dirk Bartz <bartz@gris.uni-tuebingen.de>
Re: IEEE Vis'99: CFRegistration

C A L L   F O R   R E G I S T R A T I O N
Vis99 IEEE Visualization 1999
Celebrating Ten Years
Call for Participation
October 24 - October 29, 1999
San Francisco Airport Hyatt
San Francisco, California
http://www.erc.msstate.edu/vis99
http://davinci.informatik.uni-kl.de/vis99/

THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, INC.
IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY
Sponsored by the
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics
In Cooperation with ACM/SIGGRAPH

Welcome to the 10th annual IEEE Visualization conference! Please join us in
our celebration of 10 years of leading edge research in scientific
visualization by returning to the city where we started, San Francisco,
California. In the past decade the field of scientific visualization and
the IEEE visualization conference have grown in both size and
sophistication. Reflecting this growth, our keynote talk will describe a
series of workshops by the leaders in the scientific visualization field,
resulting in "Data and Visualization Corridors". This talk will lay out
some of the greatest problems facing our field today and strategies for
their solution. Our capstone speaker, Rick Stevens, looks into the future
with a presentation of "ActiveSpaces: The Access Grid, ActiveMural and
Advanced Visualization Systems". Between these two talks you will find
reports on the state of the art in data visualization, including new
research, case studies and vociferous and opinionated panels. You will also
be able to see and try the new technologies close up in the demonstration
area and the Creative Applications Lab (CAL).

Preceding the main conference on Wednesday through Friday are the Sunday
through Tuesday sessions. In these sessions you will find several tutorials
by leaders in the field, providing you with an opportunity for learning the
background of their research, as well as studying their new work in depth.
You will also find two symposia, the symposium on information
visualization, where techniques for the visualization of abstract
information will be studied, and the symposium on parallel visualization
and graphics, where you will see new work in the application of parallel
computer systems to our field.

Our 10th conference celebration will be loudest at the Wednesday night
banquet, where we will have special entertainment as well as recognition of
those who started the visualization conference and nurtured it to its
current success.

Please join us in San Francisco, California October 24 through 29, to make
this celebration memorable at the 10th visualization conference!

Steve Bryson, NASA Ames Research Center
Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Lockheed Martin/U.S., 
   EPA Scientific Visualization Center 
IEEE Visualization '99 Conference Co-Chairs

Please check the web pages at 
http://WWW.ERC.MsState.Edu/conferences/vis99/advanceprogram/registration.htm
or
http://davinci.informatik.uni-kl.de/vis99/advanceprogram/registration.htm
for details on registration.

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III.B.3.
Fr: Chris Shaw <cdshaw@cs.uregina.ca>
Re: New Paradigms in Information Visualsation + Manipulation: CFPapers

Call for Papers
Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation
November 5-6, 1999
Kansas City, Missouri

In Conjunction with
the ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
(CIKM'99)
http://www.cs.umbc.edu/conferences/cikm/npiv/npiv99cfp.html

The CIKM'99 Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and
Manipulation will be a forum for presentation and discussion of new ideas
and techniques for accessing, visualizing and manipulating information.
Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:

   * visualization of multidimensional information spaces;
   * visualization of large, dynamic information collections;
   * shared virtual environments and simulations;
   * dynamic data visualization;
   * applications of virtual reality, including VRML;
   * multi-modal information displays;
   * applications of Internet tools such as MUDs, MOOs, and IRCs;
   * document and corpus metrics;
   * visual data mining and knowledge discovery;
   * Web or network-based visualization;
   * applications in document analysis;
   * software and hardware architectures to support information
     visualization;
   * and social interaction in multi-user information visualization
     systems.

We are particularly interested in reports of work in progress,
implementation techniques, and practical experience with visualization of
information collections of all sizes. A significant portion of the workshop
agenda will be devoted to discussion of pending research questions, and
directions for future work in this area.

Prospective participants are invited (but not required) to submit position
papers. The suggested maximum length is four pages. The position papers
will be reviewed by the organizing committee, and accepted papers will
appear in the workshop proceedings. The accepted papers will be selected
for informal presentation at the workshop. Accepted papers that were
submitted electronically will be available via WWW by early November.

Final Proceedings will be published by ACM Press after the workshop. Watch
this space for further information about preparation of camera-ready copy
for accepted papers.

Mail papers in either ASCII or HTML to ebert@cs.umbc.edu by September 15,
1999. We prefer e-mail submissions, but authors who lack e-mail access may
send papers to Dr. David Ebert, Department of Computer Science and
Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore,
MD 21250 USA. Submissions should include the title, author(s), author's
affiliation, e-mail address, fax number and postal address. In case of
multiple authors, please indicate which author is responsible for
correspondence.

For more information on the CIKM'99 conference, please see the CIKM'99 Web
page: http://www.cs.umbc.edu/conferences/cikm/npiv/npiv99cfp.html

Important Dates
Paper submission deadline  September 15, 1999
Notification of acceptance October 13, 1999
Workshop date              November 5-6, 1999

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III.B.4.
Fr: Reinhard Rapp <rapp@usun1.fask.uni-mainz.de>
Re: 34th Colloquium of Linguistics: Final Announcement
                                          
34th COLLOQUIUM OF LINGUISTICS
34. LINGUISTISCHES KOLLOQUIUM
34e COLLOQUE LINGUISTIQUE
September 7-10, 1999
University of Mainz, Germany
LAST ANNOUNCEMENT
         
LINGUISTICS ON THE WAY INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM

INVITED SPEAKERS
Juergen Handke (Universitaet Marburg)
Linguistics and the New Technologies: 
Teaching Linguistics in the New Millennium

Robert D. King (University of Texas)
Linguistics & Public Linguistics in the 21st Century

INVITED TUTORIAL SPEAKERS
Sydney M. Lamb (Rice University)
The Neurocognitive Basis of Language

Peter Hellwig (Universitaet Heidelberg)
Natural Language Parsing, Part 1 & 2

Christian Otto (Universitaet Erlangen)
Sprachtechnologie fuer das Internet

Uta Seewald-Heeg (FH Anhalt)
Maschinelle Uebersetzung

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Tuesday, 9/9:    Tutorials
Wednesday, 9/10: Opening & Papers
Thursday, 9/11:  Papers
Friday, 9/12:    Papers & Conference End

The full program comprises more than 250 presentations.

Please consult our website at http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/ for complete
details.

CONFERENCE ADDRESS
34th Colloquium of Linguistics   http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/
c/o Dr. Reinhard Rapp            rapp@usun2.fask.uni-mainz.de
Universitaet Mainz, FASK         Phone:  (+49) 7274 / 508-457
D-76711 Germersheim              Fax:    (+49) 7274 / 508-429
Germany

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III.B.5.
Fr: Priscilla Rasmussen <rasmusse@cs.rutgers.edu>
Re: ANLP/NAACL 2000: CFTutorial Proposals

NEW ANLP-NAACL Website:  www.gte.com/nalp-naacl2000

ANLP-NAACL 2000
Call for Tutorial Proposals

TUTORIALS CHAIR:
Jennifer Chu-Carroll
Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories

CALL:
The ANLP/NAACL Program Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial Program
for ANLP/NAACL 2000, to be held in Seattle, Washington, USA, April 29 - May
3, 2000.  The tutorials will be held on April 29th.

Each tutorial should be well-focused so that its core content can be
covered in a three hour tutorial slot (plus a 30 minute break). In
exceptional cases, 6-hour tutorial slots are possible as well.

There will be space and time for between four and six three-hour tutorials.

Submission Details:
Proposals for tutorials should contain:

* A title and brief (< 500 word) content description of the tutorial topic.

* The names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of the
tutorial speakers, with one-paragraph statement of the speaker's(s')
research interests and areas of expertise.

* Any special requirements for technical needs (computer infrastructure, etc.)

Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail, in plain ASCII
(iso8859-1) text as soon as possible, but no later than October 28, 1999.

Please E-mail proposals to jencc@research.bell-labs.com, with the subject
line: "ANLP/NAACL 2000 TUTORIAL PROPOSAL".

Please Note: Proposals will not be accepted by regular mail or fax.

PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS
Accepted tutorial speakers must provide descriptions of their tutorials for
inclusion in the Conference Registration material by January 10, 2000. The
description must be provided in three formats: a latex version that fits
onto 1/2 page; an ascii (iso8859-1) version that can be included with the
email announcement; an HTML version that can be included on the Conference
home page.

Tutorial speakers will provide tutorial materials, at least containing
copies of the overhead sheets used, by March 17, 2000.

FINANCES
The current ACL policy is that tutorials are reimbursed at the following
rate: $500 per session plus $25 per registrant in the range 21-50 plus $15
per registrant in excess of 50. Note that this is per tutorial, not per
presenter: multiple presenters will split the proceeds, the default
assumption being an even split.  The ACL does not usually cover travel
expenses except where the presenter(s) are not independently attending the
conference and getting travel reimbursed.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline for Tutorial Proposal           October 28, 1999
Notification of acceptance of Tutorial Proposal     November 8, 1999
Tutorial descriptions due to Tutorial Chair         January 10, 2000
Tutorial course material due to Tutorial Chair      March 17, 2000
Tutorials Date                                      April 29, 2000

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III.B.6.
Fr: Priscilla Rasmussen <rasmusse@cs.rutgers.edu>
Re: ANLP/NAACL 2000-Student Session: CFPapers

Language Technology Joint Conference
Applied Natural Language Processing
and the
North American Chapter of the
Association for Computational Linguistics
April 29 - May 3, 2000, Seattle, Washington
CALL FOR STUDENT PAPERS

Student Session Co-Chairs:
Donna Byron, University of Rochester 
Peter Vanderheyden, University of Waterloo
   
Contents: 1. Overview and Purpose of the Student Session
          2. Topics of Interest
          3. Format for Submissions
          4. Deadlines

1.  Overview
The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) is pleased to announce
the student session of the 2000 Applied Natural Language Processing
Conference (ANLP) and first meeting of the North American Chapter of the
ACL (NAACL).  During this session, students working in any area of
computational linguistics are given the opportunity to present research in
progress and receive feedback from other members of the computational
linguistics community. This is a valuable opportunity for students to
solicit comments on their research from a broader audience than would
otherwise be possible. We encourage all students, no matter what their
level, to participate. 

Papers submitted to the student session should describe original,
unpublished work in progress.  For student papers presenting joint work,
all co-authors must be students. Concurrent submission to other conferences
is allowed, but this must be clearly indicated on the identification page.
If accepted, the paper must be withdrawn from all other conferences or
alternatively may be withdrawn from ANLP-NAACL 2000. Students may not
submit the same paper to the main sessions and the student session of
ANLP-NAACL 2000. Students may, of course, submit different papers to the
main conference and the student session, or papers on different aspects of
a particular problem or project. 

Submissions are due by November 17, 1999. See submission details below.

A separate website for the student session is available at
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/dbyron/naacl2000/.  All the submission and
paper preparation details described in this message can also be viewed on
the website. 

The availability of travel grants and student funding has not yet been
finalized; up-to-date information will be posted to the student session
webpage.

2. Topics of Interest
There will be one joint student session spanning the entire range of topics
covered by both conferences.  The ANLP conference covers natural language
processing systems -- their development, integration, adaptation and
standardization; tools and resources contributing to the development of
complete end applications of NLP; evaluation of system performance and
related issues.  The NAACL meeting includes papers on all aspects of
computational linguistics methodology, enabling technologies, approaches,
algorithms, models, analyses, and experiments. Please see the general
session Call for Papers (sent separately and available on the web site) for
more details. The main conference web site is
http://www.gte.com/anlp-naacl2000.

3.  Format for Submissions
The maximum allowable length is 1800 words, including inline references and
footnotes but excluding the identification page, figures and bibliography
(the final size in the conference proceedings will be about 3 pages).
Electronic submissions should be a self-contained LaTeX source, PostScript,
or PDF (we encourage postscript submissions). PostScript submissions must
use a standard font. LaTeX submissions should not refer to any other
external files or styles except for the standard styles for TeX 3.14 and
LaTeX 2.09. The bibliography for a LaTeX submission cannot be submitted as
separate .bib file; the actual bibliography entries must be inserted in the
submitted LaTeX source file. 

We strongly recommend the use of ACL-standard LaTeX (plus bibstyle and
trivial example) or Word style files (available on our web site) for the
preparation of submissions. For papers prepared using Word, a postscript or
PDF file must be submitted. These styles include a place for the required
information such as contact author and word count, and allow for a graceful
transition to the style required for publication. Authors who have
difficulty accessing the style files from the student session web site
should contact the student session Co-Chairs for a textual description. 

If you cannot use the ACL-standard styles directly, a description of the
required format is at
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/dbyron/acl00/substyle.html. 

Blind Reviewing
Since reviewing will be `blind', the heading of the paper should omit
author names and addresses (this information will be included in the
identification page). Self-references that reveal the authors' identity
(e.g., "We previously showed (Smith, 1991) . . . ") should be avoided.
Instead, use references in a neutral form (e.g., "Smith previously showed
(1991) . . . "). Furthermore, avoid obvious giveaways in the bibliography
such as listings for unpublished in-house technical reports. Each paper
will be reviewed by one non-student and two student reviewers knowledgeable
in the area addressed by the paper. 

Identification Page 
Identifying information should be on a separate page and must include the
following: 

      Title 
      Authors' names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses 
      Designated contact author 
      Short (5 line) summary 
      Up to 5 keywords specifying subject area 
      Submission to other conferences (`none' or a list) 

Papers outside the specified length or that do not meet the formatting
guidelines are liable to rejection without review. 

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
The preferred form for submission is via the author's web site. Load the
postscript, pdf or self-contained LaTex file to a web site, then email the
website's address to the Co-Chairs at naacl00@cs.rochester.edu. If an
author has no web space available, the file containing the paper can be
emailed to the above address. Only in unusual cases will hard copy
submissions be allowed. Please contact the Co-Chairs well in advance of the
deadline if you need to make special arrangements. 

Late submissions will not be accepted. Notification of receipt will be
e-mailed to the designated contact author shortly after receipt.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Inquiries to the Co-Chairs of the student session should be sent by email
to naacl00@cs.rochester.edu or to either Co-Chair individually: 

Donna Byron 
Computer Science Department
University of Rochester                  
Rochester, New York 
USA 14627 
Phone: (716) 275-5679 
Fax: (716) 461-2018 
email: dbyron@cs.rochester.edu
                             
Peter Vanderheyden
Department of Computer Science 
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 x3287
Fax: (519) 885-1208
email: pbvander@uwaterloo.ca 

4.  Deadlines
Paper submission deadline:                17-Nov-99
Notification of acceptance for papers:    01-Feb-00
Camera ready papers due:                  12-Mar-00

A signed copyright release statement will be needed along with the final
version.

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