IR-L Digest, Vol.XVII, No.3, Issue 487

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

IRLIST Digest                                       ISSN 1064-6965
January 18, 2000
Volume XVII, Number 3
Issue 487
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  I. QUERIES
        1. Request for Information: Tenure and Promotion Guidelines
 II. JOBS
        1. Singingfish: Seattle: Search Engine Position
        2. Dalhousie School of Business Administration: Halifax:
           Assistant/Associate Professor: IS
III. NOTICES
     B. Meetings
        1. CIA-2000: Deadline Extension
        2. SPIRE'2000: CFPapers ***WITH CORRECTED DATES***
        3. AI for Web Search Workshop at AAAI 2000: CFPapers
        4. Defining Information Architecture
        5. ECAI 2000/PAIS 2000: Final CFPapers
        6. TAG+5: Extended Deadline
     C. Miscellaneous
        1. A Bibliography on Automated Text Categorization
 IV. PROJECTS
     C. Awards, Fellowships, Grants, & Scholarships
        1. TOP Grants

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I. QUERIES

I.1.
Fr: Xia Lin <xlin@drexel.edu> 
Re: Request for Information: Tenure and Promotion Guidelines 
 
Here at Drexel College of information Science and Technology, we are in the
process of revising the College's Tenure and Promotion Guidelines. The old
guidelines were written many years ago. During this period, society and the
university have undergone several profound changes. How and what, if any,
should such changes be reflected in the guidelines? 

For example: 
To what extent does the technology change the research process or the role of
faculty? Should the nature of research and scholarship be redefined in the
technology era? How do we evaluate the advancement of knowledge and
scholarships that are technology-related?

How do we define standards of performances in all the three areas, research,
teaching, and services, when the institute becomes so diverse and so
interdisciplinary?

What need to be defined (or not defined) in the guidelines in order to move
practices closer to documentation (or perhaps, move documentation closer to
practices)? Should the T&P guidelines also include standards for
non-tenured-track appointments and promotions? 

How did teaching evaluations change over the years? As we move to emphasize
more on teaching excellence, what standards or evaluation methods need to
specify in the guidelines? What are the roles of student-rating, peer-reviews,
or self-evaluation, etc., in tenure and promotion decisions?

We have reviewed many papers from AAHE that address some of the issues we are
discussing. We would also like to hear voices of our communities, in
particular
ASIS and IR communities. We would appreciate it very much if you could share
with us some documentation and experiences related to the above and other
related issues. Please send information to me or any faculty members here at
Drexel. 

Thank you very much. Xia

Xia Lin, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor 
College of Information Science and Technology 
Drexel University 
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875 
215-895-2482 
215-895-2494 (fax) 
xlin@drexel.edu
http://faculty.cis.drexel.edu/~xlin/ 

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II. JOBS

II.1.
Fr: Eric Rehm <rehm@singingfish.com> 
Re: Singingfish, Seattle: Search Engine Position

Singingfish.com is developing new search technologies for specialized areas of
the Web. Our technologies will keep pace with the Web's growth and return
relevant results for specific searches. Singingfish.com combines
state-of-the-art algorithms with solid software engineering to provide unique
services that will find broad acceptance within the Web community.

We're looking for talented people to work on our search engine, in particular,
developing the full-text search indexing and ranking strategy for our flagship
product, and designing critical interactions with our database.

The successful candidate will have a MSCS, MLIS, or equivalent, and experience
in three or more of the following:
* Application development using C++ or Java 
* Information retrieval technology and text indexing 
* Bibliographic and full-text databases 
* XML and tools for processing that data 
* Large database performance issues 
* Experience developing thesauri and controlled vocabularies for IR Systems

We have a mixed Unix / Windows development environment, and management that
understands that the best kind of management is management that doesn't get in
the way. We have an exciting corporate vision, a great location, and a fun
group of can-do individuals.

The position is located in Seattle. To apply, email your resume to
jderosa@singingfish.com.Singingfish.com is an equal opportunity, affirmative
action employer. We offer competitive salaries, generous stock options, and a
blue-chip benefits package.

Contact:
John DeRosa 
jderosa@singingfish.com
Singingfish.com 
1520 Bellevue Avenue 
Suite 201 
Seattle, WA 98122 
206.322.1481 
206.322.0534 (fax)
http://www.singingfish.com

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II.2.
Fr: Mike Shepherd <shepherd@cs.dal.ca> 
Re: Dalhousie School of Business Administration, Halifax:
    Assistant/Associate Professor: IS

Position Announcement - Assistant/Associate Professor, Information Systems
Dalhousie School of Business Administration has two tenure track positions
open
in MIS. We are looking for assistant or associate professors. Our critical
mass
needs are in organizational knowledge management. We believe that Data Mining
will lead to an explosion of knowledge development. This will dictate the
overdue attention to organizational knowledge management that has been
simmering on the back burner for twenty plus years.

The School of Business Administration (SBA) has an enrolment of 900
undergraduate (co-operative) students and 200 resident MBAs. In partnership
with The Institute of Canadian Bankers, the SBA delivers an MBA(FS) program
through distance education to 250 students. A similar distance education
program, MBA (IT) in partnership with Information Technology Institute, has
just accepted its first class. The SBA offers general and specialized courses
in information systems in all its degree programs.

Dalhousie School of Business Administration is one of four schools in the
Faculty of Management. The others are: School of Public Administration, School
of Library and Information Studies, and School of Resource and Environmental
Studies.

The Faculty of Management has two associate chairs and one full chair in
Informatics and is a partner with Faculty of Computer Science and Faculty of
Law to deliver the first G7 approved interdisciplinary Master of Electronic
Commerce. The Dalhousie Global Information Network Institute (GINI) is
currently seeking status as a national Network Centre of Excellence in
Electronic Commerce.

Halifax has six universities, a growing IT sector, and numerous easily
accessible cultural and outdoor activities. Further information on the 
University, the Faculty of Management, and the SBA can be found on the world
wide web at www.mgmt.dal.ca.

The appointments will be effective 1 July 2000. Applicants should have a
PhD in
a relevant discipline. Successful candidates will be teaching graduate and
undergraduate courses in MIS (e.g., Intro to MIS, Database Administration,
Systems Analysis and Design, etc). In addition, participation in further
developing the MIS curriculum especially at the undergraduate level is
expected. Normal administrative responsibilities in the Faculty of Management
are also required. Lastly, successful candidates will be expected to work with
Industry and Government as part of their research or service responsibilities.

Please send a complete CV (education history, teaching, research and other
pertinent work experience, evidence of teaching effectiveness, list of
publications and presentations, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers
of three referees) to:

Jack Duffy 
Chair, MIS Search Committee 
School of Business Administration 
Dalhousie University 
6152 Coburg Road 
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3J5 
Voice: (902) 494-1838 
Fax: (902) 494-1107 
Email: Jack.Duffy@dal.ca

Consideration of applicants will begin 17 January 2000 and will continue until
the positions are filled. In accordance with Canadian Immigration
requirements,
this advertisement is directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The
University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal peoples, persons
with a disability, racially visible persons, and women.

Michael Shepherd 
Faculty of Computer Science 
Dalhousie University 
6050 University Avenue 
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 1W5 
Phone: (902)-494-3686, Fax: (902)-492-1517

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III. NOTICES

III.B.1.
Fr: Matthias Klusch <klusch@dfki.de> 
Re: CIA-2000: Deadline Extension 

CIA-2000 Workshop
EXTENDED Deadline: FEBRUARY 7, 2000

As a result of several requests, the deadline for the submission of research
papers for the 4th International Workshop on Cooperative Information Agents
CIA-2000, to be held in Boston, July 7-9, 2000 has been extended to Monday,
February 7, 2000.

Further details are available in the Web at
http://www.dfki.de/~klusch/cia2000.html

Dr. Matthias Klusch 
DFKI GmbH 
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence 
Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 
66123 Saarbruecken, Germany 
Phone: +49-681-302-5297, Fax: +49-681-302-2235 
klusch@dfki.de

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III.B.2.
Fr: Pablo de la Fuente <spire2000@infor.uva.es>
   (by way of Mark Sanderson <m.sanderson@sheffield.ac.uk>) 
Re: SPIRE'2000: CFPapers ***WITH CORRECTED DATES*** 

Important note: There was a mistake on the dates of the previous version of
this!

CALL FOR PAPERS
SPIRE'2000 - String Processing and Information REtrieval
September 27 - 29, 2000
A Coruña, Spain
Sponsored by CYTED-AMYRI Research Project

WHAT IS SPIRE'2000?
SPIRE'2000 is a Symposium on String Processing and Information Retrieval that
is in its seventh edition. The first four editions focused primarily on string
processing and originated in South America, and were called WSP (South
American
Workshop on String Processing). They were held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
(1993), Valparaíso, Chile (1995 and 1997), and Recife, Brazil (1996).

Starting in 1998, at Santa Cruz, Bolivia, the focus of the workshop was
broadened to include the area of information retrieval due to its increasing
relevance and its inter-relationship with the area of string processing. 

SPIRE'99, at Cancun, Mexico, has continued this trend including also the area
of DNA computing and, as a result, there was several papers and three invited
talks on this topic. For SPIRE'2000 we expect to have contributions from
several related communities.

The SPIRE'2000 symposium aims at facilitating the potential benefits of cross-
fertilization between different fields. As such, it offers a singular
opportunity for researchers interested in working with problems related to
these areas. As in the past, the proceedings of SPIRE'2000 will be
published by
IEEE CS Press.

TOPICS
SPIRE'2000 covers research in all aspects of string processing, information
retrieval, computational biology, pattern matching, DNA computing, and related
applications. Typical topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
* String Processing: dictionary algorithms, text searching, pattern matching,
text compression, text mining, voice or natural language processing, and
automata based string processing.
* Information Retrieval (IR): IR modeling, indexing, ranking and filtering,
interface design, visualization, cross-lingual IR systems, multimedia IR,
digital libraries, collaborative retrieval, and Web related applications.
* Interaction of biology and computation: DNA sequencing and applications in
molecular biology, information encoding for DNA computing, evolution and
phylogenetics, recognition of genes and regulatory elements, and protein
structure prediction.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper submission:     April 20th, 2000 
Authors notification: May 31th, 2000 
Camera ready:         June 26th, 2000

INVITED SPEAKERS (Partial list)
Uzi Vishkin, Univ. of Maryland, USA

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Authors are requested to:
- prepare an extended abstract or full draft paper of at most 15 pages in
standard 11pt Latex article style or equivalent.
- send the paper in standard postscript via e-mail (see address below) no
later
than April 20th, 2000 to the chair of the Program Committee as well as a
message containing the paper title, the names of all authors, an indication of
the author to be contacted, and the affiliation of such author (including full
address, phone/fax numbers, and e-mail address).

E-mail: spire2000@infor.uva.es
- use the standard IEEE CS format for the final version of accepted papers,
which will have to be sent via ftp to the publisher either as postscript or
PDF.

LOCAL ORGANIZATION
The local organization committee is chaired by Nieves R. Brisaboa from
Univ. of
A Coruña, Spain. For any questions about local matters please send e-mail to
spire00@udc.es.

WEB HOMEPAGE
http://rosalia.dc.fi.udc.es/spire2000/

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III.B.3.
Fr: Steve Lawrence <lawrence@research.nj.nec.com> 
Re: AI for Web Search Workshop at AAAI 2000: CFPapers 

Call for Papers/Participation
AAAI-2000 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Web Search
http://archive.org/kurt/aaai2000.html
July 30, 2000, Austin, TX
Paper submission deadline: 10 March 2000

The World Wide Web offers an immense diversity of knowledge; however, the
Web's
size, rapid growth, high diversity, and erratic organization often make it
difficult to find information. AI techniques can be used for organizing,
searching, and classifying information on the Web. A broad range of AI
techniques are relevant including machine learning, autonomous agents, expert
systems, knowledge representation, data mining, and natural language
processing.

Topics:
Web keyword search 
- Topical clustering and classification of search results 
- Learning to suggest keywords 
- Ranking of results
Improving search and browsing by learning from users 
- Using access information (e.g. collaborative filtering) 
- Personalized search and browsing
Understanding Web structure and organization 
- Link analysis 
- Web site/page clustering 
- Computational complexity issues 
- Can optimal browsing be learned?
Web page features 
- Feature extraction and knowledge representation for search 
- Use of Web page metadata

Attendance:
The workshop will be of interest to academics, graduate students, and industry
researchers/engineers in the areas described above.

Format:
There will be invited speakers, and regular submitted paper presentations, and
above all, extensive interactions and discussions among participants.
Extensive
discussions that we plan will encourage the right kind of interactive
atmosphere during the workshop.

Submissions from all disciplines related to using AI to find information on
the
Web are welcome. Speakers will be topically grouped, and presentations will be
followed by a moderated discussion on each topic. In a final plenary session,
directions for joint post-workshop efforts will be discussed. An
opportunity to
give demonstrations of research prototypes and techniques may be provided.

To encourage discussions, accepted contributions and discussion topics will be
published on the Web at http://archive.org/kurt/aaai2000.html before the
workshop. As a consequence, the background of all participants will be known
beforehand, so that presentations and discussions can focus on the technical
questions. Participants will be encouraged to prepare questions for speakers.

Submissions:
Submissions should be between one and six pages and be formatted using the
standard AAAI guidelines. Submissions of brief, concise papers presenting
novel
ideas are specifically encouraged. Papers should be submitted
electronically in
Postscript or PDF format (preferably as a MIME attachment to an ASCII cover
letter) via e-mail to aaai2000@archive.org.

Dates:
10 March 2000: Submissions due to aaai2000@archive.org. 
24 March 2000: Notification e-mails sent. 
26 April 2000: Camera ready papers due. 
30 July 2000: Workshop takes place.

Additional Information:
See http://archive.org/kurt/aaai200.html for additional details. Also see the
AAAI 2000 homepage:
http://www.aaai.org/Conferences/National/2000/aaai-iaai2000.html

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III.B.4.
Fr: Richard Hill <rhill@asis.org> 
Re: Defining Information Architecture 

"Defining Information Architecture"
Boston, Massachusetts
April 7-9, 2000
sponsored by the American Society for Information Science
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/Summit2000/

Information Architecture is an emerging and rapidly growing field, merging
ideas from many traditional disciplines with the goal of designing better
information systems. If you are an information architect or are interested in
the field, "Defining Information Architecture" is your opportunity to:
* Explore definitions for Information Architecture with a panel of leading
thinkers and practitioners. 
* Understand the types of expertise that should and will have an impact on
Information Architecture. 
* Learn about the role that the Information Architect plays within different
settings. 
* Meet your colleagues and build a broader community of information
architects.

The American Society for Information Science has assembled a compelling
list of
speakers (http://www.asis.org/Conferences/Summit2000/speakers.html)
representing
many relevant perspectives: Anthropology * Data Modeling * Graphic Design *
Meta-Data * Human Computer Interaction * Information Design * Information
Retrieval * Interface Design * Markup Languages * Librarianship * Technical
Communications * Usability Engineering

Attendance is limited, so please register soon. Visit
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/Summit2000/ for details. 
 
Richard Hill 
American Society for Information Science 
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501 
Silver Spring, MD 20910 
(301) 495-0900 
FAX: (301) 495-0810 
http://www.asis.org

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III.B.5.
Fr: Markus Hannebauer <hannebau@first.gmd.de> 
Re: ECAI 2000/PAIS 2000: Final CFPapers 

ECAI 2000/PAIS 2000
14th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems
Berlin, Humboldt University
August 20-25, 2000
http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de

IMPORTANT DATES 
2 Feb 2000 Deadline for paper summaries 
4 Feb 2000 Deadline for papers 
28 Apr 2000 Notification of acceptance 
29 May 2000 Camera-ready copies of papers 
23-25 Aug 2000 Technical program at ECAI 2000/PAIS 2000

ECAI 2000 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

The ECAI 2000 Program Committee invites submission of papers for the technical
program of the 14th biennial European Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(ECAI 2000). Submissions are invited on substantial, original and previously
unpublished research in all fields of Artificial Intelligence.

FORMATTING GUIDELINES
It is highly recommended to submit papers using the final camera-ready
formatting style. Submissions must not exceed five pages in camera-ready
format. Submissions of unformatted papers are limited to 6000 words including
footnotes, figure captions, tables, appendices, and bibliography. Each
half-page of figures will be counted as 600 words. (Please note that for some
papers five camera-ready pages may be considerably less than 6000 words in
practice.) Over-length submissions will be rejected without re- view. Authors
submitting unformatted papers must include a word count on their paper. Latex
style files to support formatting of submissions will be available. Final
versions of accepted papers will be required to conform strictly to the
formatting requirements specified in the ECAI 2000 style guide (see ECAI
homepage). Each accepted paper will be allocated five pages in the
proceedings.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Submission is a two-stage process. Authors are asked to submit a brief summary
of their paper by 2 February 2000. The strongly preferred submission method is
to use the web-based summary submission form. Submitted summaries will be
assigned a unique tracking number that should be marked on the full paper
submission. 

Authors without access to the web should send a summary including the title,
authors, contact address and abstract for the paper (maximum 200 words), plus
keywords drawn from the above list (plus other keywords if appropriate) to the
ECAI 2000 Program Chair (by email or postal mail). The summary information and
the tracking number should also be included with the paper itself, on a
separate sheet of paper. (Authors not able to use the web-based submission
form
may omit the tracking number).

Submission of the paper is in hard copy form only, fax or electronic
submissions will not be accepted. Six copies of the paper (each including the
summary sheet) should be sent by postal mail or courier service to the ECAI
2000 Program Chair at the address below. The deadline for receipt of papers is
4 February 2000. Papers received after this date will not be reviewed.

Notification of receipt of full papers will be mailed to the corresponding
author soon after receipt.

Address for submission
Werner Horn 
ECAI 2000 Program Chair 
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ÖFAI) 
Schottengasse 3 
A-1010 Vienna 
Austria
Email: ecai2000@ai.univie.ac.at 
Tel: +43-1-4277-63114 
Fax: +43-1-4277-9631

Style guide and summary form
http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/style.html
http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/summary.html
  
Multiple submissions policy 
ECAI 2000 will not accept any paper that at the time of submission is under
review for, or has already been published or accepted for publication in a
journal or another conference. Authors are also expected not to submit their
papers elsewhere during the review period. These restrictions apply only to
journals and conferences and not to workshops or similar specialized meetings
with limited audiences. The title page should include a statement that the
paper is not under review or accepted for publication in another conference or
journal.

REVIEW PROCEDURE
All submissions will be subject to academic peer review by the ECAI 2000
Program Committee under the chairmanship of the ECAI 2000 Program Chair. The
ECAI 2000 Program Chair has final authority over the review process and all
decisions relating to acceptance of papers. Review criteria include
originality
of ideas, technical soundness, significance of results, and quality of
presentation. Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers will
be mailed to the corresponding author by 28 April 2000.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
The conference proceedings will be published and distributed by IOS Press. The
authors will be responsible for producing camera- ready copies of papers,
conforming to the ECAI 2000 formatting guidelines, for inclusion in the
proceedings. The deadline for receipt of the camera-ready copy is 29 May 2000.
Note that at least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the
conference to present the paper. ECAI 2000 is organised by the German
Informatics Society (GI) and the European Coordinating Committee for
Artificial
Intelligence (ECCAI) and hosted by Humboldt University Berlin.
 
PAIS 2000 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

ECAI is pleased to announce its Prestigious Applications of Intelligent
Systems
(PAIS 2000) sub-conference. The PAIS 2000 Program Committee invites authors to
submit application papers.

This event, associated with ECAI 2000 is created to specifically highlight
significant successful applications of Intelligent Systems (IS) technology.
The
purpose of the event is to provide a forum for industry practitioners to learn
about the power and applicability of selected IS techniques and share
experience on the applicability, development and deployment of intelligent
systems in industry. This will be the largest showcase in Europe of real
application using Intelligent Systems technology and the ideal place to meet
with those working to make successful IS-based applications. 

The Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems event will present papers
describing successful applications of Intelligent Systems. Papers are selected
to highlight critical areas of success (and failure) and to present the
benefits and lessons of value to other developers. Submitted papers should
make
these points clear. Papers should contain sections covering the following
information: 

Descriptive Title and Abstract: These should convey clearly and simply what
the
application is and its operational status. Do use a title that makes it clear
to a reader what the application is. Don't use a clever, or an obscure title.
Problem description: This should describe the problem that the application
solves, stating the objectives of the application and explaining why an
Intelligent Systems solution was required. If other solutions were tried and
failed, briefly outline these solutions with reasons for failure.

Application description: This should describe the solution to the problem,
with
technical details on design and implementation. It should describe any
methodological approach used, detail the key IS techniques used and if
appropriate show how they were integrated with conventional techniques. If
commercial tools were used they should be identified and reasons for their
selection given. 

Application building: This should describe the size and skill make-up of the
project team, how long is took to build and the costs involved. How it
was/will
be installed and introduced to the users, with details of any training
required. Describe any plans for maintenance, in particular how the knowledge
is expected to change over time, and any features to aid the updating of
knowledge, etc. 

Application benefits: Were potential benefits identified before building the
application and have these been realised or are likely to be realised? Has the
application been in use and, if so, how often has it been used and by how many
users? What further long term benefits are expected? What future plans have
been made for its enhancement and use? 

For PAIS 2000, a paper is acceptable even if it describes a system which has
not yet been installed, PROVIDED the application is original AND the paper
discusses the aspects and issues that would help someone thinking of
implementing a similar system in their own organisation. It must concisely
describe and scope the problem tackled, saying why it is hard, and why IS
techniques are needed. It should also make clear the status of the system, and
should discuss such things as the project duration and effort, how the project
was justified and the expected benefits estimated, any problems encountered,
the performance of the final system and the reactions of users. The review
procedure is different and separate from the ECAI technical conference. Papers
will be evaluated by experienced application developers, based on the above
criterion. Accepted papers will be published in the ECAI proceedings.

FORMATTING GUIDELINES
It is highly recommended to submit papers using the final camera-ready
formatting style. Submissions must not exceed five pages in camera-ready
format. Submissions of unformatted papers are limited to 6000 words including
footnotes, figure captions, tables, appendices, and bibliography. Each
half-page of figures will be counted as 600 words. (Please note that for some
papers five camera-ready pages may be considerably less than 6000 words in
practice.) Overlength submissions will be rejected without re- view. Authors
submitting unformatted papers must include a word count on their paper. Latex
style files to support formatting of submissions will be available. Final
versions of accepted papers will be required to conform strictly to the
formatting requirements specified in the ECAI 2000 style guide (see ECAI
homepage). Each accepted paper will be allocated five pages in the
proceedings.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Submission is a two-stage process. Authors are asked to submit a brief summary
of their paper by 2 February 2000. The strongly preferred submission method is
to use the web-based PAIS summary submission form. Submitted summaries will be
assigned a unique tracking number that should be marked on the full paper sub-
mission. Authors without access to the web should send a summary including the
title, authors, contact address and abstract for the paper (maximum 200
words),
plus a set of indicative keywords to the ECAI 2000 Program Chair (by email or
postal mail). The summary information and the tracking number should also be
included with the paper itself, on a separate sheet of paper. (Authors not
able
to use the web-based submission form may omit the tracking number).

Submission of the paper is in hard copy form only, fax or electronic
submissions will not be accepted. Six copies of the paper (each including the
summary sheet) should be sent by postal mail or courier service to the ECAI
2000 Program Chair at the address below. The deadline for receipt of papers is
4 February 2000. Papers received after this date will not be reviewed. 

Notification of receipt of full papers will be mailed to the corresponding
author soon after receipt.

Address for submission
Werner Horn 
PAIS 2000 
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (ÖFAI) 
Schottengasse 3 
A-1010 Vienna 
Austria
Email: pais2000@ai.univie.ac.at 
Tel: +43-1-4277-63114 
Fax: +43-1-4277-9631

Style guide and summary form
http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/style.html
http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/summary.html

REVIEW PROCEDURE
All submissions will be subject to review by a team of experienced application
developers in the PAIS 2000 Program Committee under the chairmanship of the
PAIS 2000 Program Chair, Rob Milne. The PAIS 2000 Program Chair has final
authority over the review process and all decisions relating to acceptance of
papers. Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers will be
mailed to the corresponding author by 28 April 2000.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Accepted PAIS 2000 papers will appear in a special section of the ECAI
conference proceedings and will be published and distributed by IOS Press. The
authors will be responsible for producing camera-ready copies of papers,
conforming to the ECAI 2000 formatting guidelines, for inclusion in the
proceedings. The deadline for receipt of the camera-ready copy is 29 May 2000.
Note that at least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the
conference to present the paper. PAIS 2000 is organised by the German
Informatics Society (GI) and the European Coordinating Committee for
Artificial
Intelligence (ECCAI) and hosted by Humboldt University Berlin.

ECAI 2000 PUBLICITY OFFICE | 
Markus Hannebauer
Dipl.-Inform., Research Fellow hannebau@first.gmd.de  
Research Institute for Computer Architecture 
and Software Technology (FIRST) 
phone: +49- 30-63 92 18 66 
German National Research Center cell. p.: +49-177-267 43 60
for Information Technology (GMD) fax: +49- 30-63 92 18 05 | 

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III.B.6.
Fr: Lionel Clement <lionel.clement@linguist.jussieu.fr> 
Re: TAG+5: Extended Deadline

TAG+5
International Workshop on Tree Adjoining Grammars and Related Formalisms
May 25 - 27, 2000
Jussieu, Paris, France
CALL FOR PAPERS
EXTENDED DEADLINE: January 31, 2000

The fifth workshop on tree-adjoining grammars and related frameworks (hence
the
+ after TAG) will be held at the University of Paris 7, from May 25 to May 27
2000, sponsored by ATALA (Association pour le Traitement Automatique des
Langues).

Previous workshops were held at Dagstuhl (1990), UPenn (1992), Univ. Paris 7
(1994) and UPenn (1998).

Original submissions on all aspects of TAGs (linguistic, mathematical,
computational, and applicational) are invited, as well as those relating TAGs
to other frameworks, lexicalized (dependency grammars, categorial
grammars...),
tree-based (DTG, TFG, GB...) or feature-based (LFG, HPSG...).

As in the past, there will be some invited talks on other grammar formalisms
that have interesting relationships to TAGs.

ABSTRACTS: 
You can submit papers for three kinds of presentations: long talks (25 minutes
+ 5 min for discussion), short talks (10 min + 5) and/or tool demonstrations.

Please note that an author (or a given set of co-authors) should not submit
more than one paper.

Submissions will be anonymous, and should therefore not include the author's
name, nor any self-reference. 

Abstracts should be no longer than 4 pages. 2 hardcopies should be sent by
surface mail to: 
TAG+5 
UFRL, Université Paris 7 
TALaNa, case 7003 
2, place Jussieu 
F-75251 Paris cedex 05 

A separate identification page (with the following information : title of the
paper, author's name, affiliation, postal address, email address, fax and
telephone number) should also be included. Please also indicate if you
submitted your abstract to other conferences. Also a postcript file should be
sent to tag+@linguist.jussieu.fr. 

Please indicate "tag+5 submission" in the subject field.

Important: all postcript files MUST be in an A4 format 

Proceedings including extended versions of accepted abstracts will be
available
at the workshop.

Languages of the workshop: English and French

If you do not want to submit an abstract, but would like to attend, we would
appreciate if you could send a message. If you would like to present a demo,
please let us know as soon as possible, including information about required
hardware and software.

DATES:
Extended deadline for submissions:           January 31 
Notification of acceptance:                  March 3 
Deadline for camera-ready extended abstract: April 15 
Workshop Dates:                              May 25 to May 27

CONTACT ADDRESS 
TAG+5 
UFRL, Université Paris 7 
TALaNa, case 7003 
2, place Jussieu 
F-75251 Paris cedex 05
phone: +33 1 44 27 53 70 
fax: +33 1 44 27 79 19 
email: tag+@linguist.jussieu.fr 
web: http://tagplus.linguist.jussieu.fr/

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III.C.1.
Fr: Fabrizio Sebastiani <fabrizio@iei.pi.cnr.it> 
Re: A Bibliography on Automated Text Categorization 

I have recently created an up-to-date bibliography on automated text
categorization. Its emphasis is on the induction of automatic text classifiers
by machine learning techniques, and contains references on theoretical,
experimental, and applicative work on ATC. It contains more than 160 entries,
75% of which have pointers to online .ps copies of the papers, and it will be
regularly (I hope) updated. 

The bibliography may be accessed from
http://faure.iei.pi.cnr.it/~fabrizio/central.html#ATCbiblio, and is fully
searchable thanks to the software provided by Alf-Christian Achilles
<achilles@ira.uka.de>. Everyone is welcome to let me know either additional
references or corrections and additions (e.g. URLs, where they are not already
present) to the existing ones.

Fabrizio Sebastiani
Istituto di Elaborazione dell'Informazione  
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche  
Via S. Maria, 46 - 56126 Pisa (ITALY) 
Phone: +39.050.593407  
Fax: +39.050.554342 
E-mail: fabrizio@iei.pi.cnr.it 
WWW: http://faure.iei.pi.cnr.it/~fabrizio/ 

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IV. PROJECTS

IV.C.1.
Fr: Joan K. Lippincott <joan@cni.org> 
Re: TOP Grants 

COMMERCE ANNOUNCES $12.5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO BE AWARDED TO HELP CLOSE 
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

Secretary Daley to launch 12-city tour next month to highlight efforts to
close
digital gap

WASHINGTON * Approximately $12.5 million will be awarded in a new round of
grants by the Commerce Department this year as part of the Clinton-Gore
Administration's on-going efforts to close the gap between Americans with
access and those without access to new technologies, tools critical to
economic
success and advancement, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley announced today.
"New technologies are now the major driving force of our country's economic
growth," Daley said, noting that more than one-third of U.S. growth stems from
the nation's burgeoning information technology industries. "Access and
training, therefore, become even more essential so that all Americans have the
ability to participate and benefit from the new economy," Daley added.

Daley also announced that the grant program, formerly known as the
Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP),
has been renamed the Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) to better reflect
opportunities the many new technologies provide for economic advancement. The
grants announced today are being awarded to state, local and tribal
governments
and non-profit entities as part of the Administration's program to extend the
benefits of the Internet and other information technologies to all Americans,
especially those in underserved rural and urban communities. "There are still
many Americans who do not receive the benefits of our nation's digital
economy," said Gregory L. Rohde, assistance secretary of Commerce for
communications and information and head of National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA), which administers the grant program. "These
grants play a vital role in the Administration's efforts to provide otherwise
disadvantaged populations, low-income persons and the less educated with
access
to information sources," Rohde said. "Since 1994, the TOP program has helped
close the digital divide for minorities, low-income and rural populations, and
explored useful applications of new technologies that deliver the dividends of
the digital era," Rohde said.

Last July, NTIA released the findings of a major study that reported the gap
between American information "haves" and "have nots" has widened
significantly.
On Dec. 9 Daley hosted a Digital Divide Summit at the Commerce Department,
which Rohde said was a critical step in bringing together the public and
private sectors to expand collectively initiatives that promote technology and
economic development in underserved communities. Next month Daley is scheduled
to launch a 12-city tour to raise public awareness of the need to improve
access to new technologies by all Americans and to highlight initiatives aimed
at closing the digital divide.

TOP is a highly-competitive, merit-based program that provides start-up money
for innovative, practical projects that use advanced telecommunications and
information technology. The program has provided more than $135 million in
matching grants since its inception in 1994. This year, the program is
specifically encouraging projects developed by smaller, locally-based
organizations that both serve and represent technologically underserved
communities. Grant applicants are also encouraged to consider the use of
advanced network technologies to enhance the quality and efficiency of
services
delivered through non-profit entities.

Moreover, TOP is interested in cross-cutting projects involving partnerships
among its four application areas--community networking and services; lifelong
learning and the arts; health; and public safety. NTIA will hold a series free
regional Technical Assistance Workshops to discuss the TOP funding priorities,
application requirements, and lessons learned from previous TOP grantees. This
is a key opportunity for interested parties to understand the TOP goals and
process, and meet representatives of other organizations interested in the TOP
program.

The Technical Assistance Workshops will be held on January 31, in New 
York, New York; February 2, in Houston, Texas; and February 4, in Los Angeles,
California. Online registration for the workshops is now available at
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ Assistant Secretary Rohde will hold a special
briefing
for interested parties in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 2000, at the
Department of Commerce, Room 4830, at 2:00 p.m. The press is invited to
attend.
Information about the program's regulations and procedures can be found in the
Notice of Availability of Funds, published in the Federal 
Register on January 5, 2000. The deadline for receiving applications is March
16, 2000. For more information about TOP and the Technical Assistance
Workshops, call (202) 482-2048, or e-mail to: top@ntia.doc.gov, or access
NTIA's website at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/

NTIA serves as the principal adviser to the President, Vice President and
Secretary of Commerce on domestic and international communications and
information issues. 

Note to Editors: A fact sheet on the TOP program is attached. Press may also
visit TOP's readable database http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ to review TOP
projects in
their respective areas and follow pointers to grants and search funded
projects. 

FACT SHEET: TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM (TOP)
Objectives: The Department of Commerce's Technology Opportunities Program
(TOP)
promotes the widespread availability and use of advanced telecommunications
technologies in the public and non-profit sectors. As part of the Department's
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), TOP gives
grants for model projects demonstrating innovative uses of network technology.
TOP evaluates and actively shares the lessons learned from these projects to
ensure the benefits are broadly distributed across the country, especially in
rural and underserved communities. 

Grants: Since 1994, TOP has made matching grants to state, local and tribal
governments, health care providers, schools, libraries, police departments,
and
community-based non-profit organizations. TOP projects demonstrate how
networks
support lifelong learning for all Americans, help public safety officials
protect the public, assist in the delivery of health care and public health
services, and foster communication, resource-sharing, and economic development
within rural and urban communities. To date, TOP has awarded 421 grants, in
all
50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, totaling
$135.8 million and leveraging $203 million in local matching funds. 

TOP projects are nationally significant demonstrations of how
telecommunications and information technologies can be used to extend and
improve the delivery of valuable services and opportunities to all Americans,
especially the underserved. By serving as models that can be replicated in
similar communities across the country, TOP projects extend their benefits far
beyond the communities in which they take place, and provide economic and
social benefits to the nation as a whole. 

Evaluation & Dissemination: By working closely with its grantees, TOP has
accumulated a significant body of knowledge about the creation and management
of information technology applications. For example, in February, 1999, TOP
released the first report evaluating the program's impact and synthesizing the
lessons learned by early TOP grant recipients. This initial TOP Evaluation
Report (and the accompanying 24 Case Studies) focuses on the 1994 and 1995 TOP
grantees. Since then, TOP has evaluated grants made in 1996, and an additional
12 case studies are now available online. 

In addition, TOP continuously disseminates the results and insights learned
from the projects it supports by providing technical assistance, creating
publications, newsletters and online resources, and hosting conferences. 

TOP is administered by the United States Department of Commerce's National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). For more information
on the 1999 TOP grant round and a complete list of TOP grants, including
project descriptions and contact information, as well as TOP publications and
case studies, see NTIA's Home Page on the Web at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ or
contact TOP at (202) 482-2048.

To be added to the TOP mailing list, call or email TOP@ntia.doc.gov. 
In addition, many TOP projects have developed their own websites, accessible
through the NTIA web site. 

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