IR-L Digest, Vol.XVII, No.8, Issue 492

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

IRLIST Digest                                       ISSN 1064-6965
February 21, 2000
Volume XVII, Number 8
Issue 492

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  I. QUERIES
        1. Search Results -- Online Experiment
        2. ELRA/ELDA On-line Survey
II. JOBS
        1. GateSource Partners: Vocabulary Resource Manager
        2. University of Paris: Postdoc in a European Project
        3. Ergo Linguistic Technologies: NLP Question/Answer Curriculum
           Developer
III. NOTICES
     A. Publications
        1. GreyNet Newsletter, 9:1, 2000 
        2. Informing Science Journal 3:2: Information Science Research
           Special Issue
        3. Version 29, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
     B. Meetings
        1. [NET00] Networking 2000
        2. IV2000: Special Session: Autonomous Vehicle Cooperation and
           Coordination: CFPapers
        3. OzCHI 2000: CFPapers
        4. BISCA 2000

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I. QUERIES

I.1.
Fr: Einat Amitay <einat@ics.mq.edu.au> 
Re: Search Results -- Online Experiment 

Hi,
I would like to invite you to participate in an experiment I am conducting as
part of my PhD research on users' interaction with search results. The
experiment is conducted online and should take less then 10 minutes to
complete. After analysing the data, I will make the results available through
my web page.

In order to participate, your browser should allow JavaScript to run
(JavaScript enabled in your browser options). It is best to view the pages
with
commercial browsers like Netscape or IE (other browsers may lose or distort
some of the information).

The URL for the experiment is: 
http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/~einat/experiment3/

Thanks for agreeing to participate! 
Einat

Einat Amitay 
einat@ics.mq.edu.au 
http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/~einat

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I.2.
Fr: JA/AM <mance@elda.fr> 
Re: ELRA/ELDA On-line Survey

GEMA Users’ Survey

The European Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA) is conducting
another user needs survey within the framework of the European Commission
funded GEMA (Gates for an Enhanced Multilingual resource Access) project
(http://www..linglink.lu/hlt/projects/GEMA-M2/ and
http://www.elda.fr/proj/gema.html). We encourage all people who use the
internet
for locating and accessing terminological data (for example, linguists,
lexicographers, terminologists, technical writers, translators, documentation
specialists, and others) to participate. 

An on-line version of the survey can be found at the following page:
http://www.elda.fr/proj/gemasurv.html 

This survey is conducted in cooperation with SALT project (see
http://www.ttt.org/salt or
http://www.linglink.lu/hlt/projects/salt/summary.asp)

Thank you in advance for your participation.

Best,
The ELDA team

All specific answer will remain confidential. Only statistics from this study
will be reproduced in project reports.

Please place an x in the boxes below that are relevant to you or your
organisation and return your completed questionnaire to <mance@elda.fr>

Your name:
Your organisation:
E-mail:

1. About Yourself

1.1. Are you : 

[ ] A translator
[ ] A technical writer
[ ] A terminologist
[ ] A lexicographer
[ ] A linguistic tools developer
[ ] A localizer
[ ] Other - please specify ______________________

1.2. Do you work in a 

[ ] free-lance position?

[ ] in-house position? [ ] linguistic department of a company / organisation?
[ ] documentation department?
[ ] localization department?
[ ] translation agency?
[ ] publishing house?
[ ] Other - please specify ____________________

[ ] academia? [ ] research
[ ] teaching

[ ] Other - please specify ______________

1.3. What fields do you work in?

[ ] Administrative
[ ] Aeronautics
[ ] Agriculture
[ ] Architecture/construction
[ ] Arts
[ ] Automobile
[ ] Biology
[ ] Business
[ ] Chemistry
[ ] Computing and Information technology
[ ] Economics & finance 
[ ] Education & pedagogy
[ ] Electrical engineering
[ ] Electronics
[ ] Food sciences
[ ] Geography
[ ] Geology 
[ ] Heavy-machinery
[ ] History
[ ] Insurance
[ ] Law
[ ] Leisure
[ ] Medicine
[ ] Navigation
[ ] Pharmaceutical
[ ] Physics
[ ] Psychology
[ ] Sociology
[ ] Sports
[ ] Tourism
[ ] Telecommunications
[ ] General (any domain)
[ ] Other - please specify ________________

1.4. What languages do you work in?

[ ] Arabic
[ ] Chinese
[ ] Danish
[ ] Dutch
[ ] English
[ ] Finnish
[ ] French
[ ] German 
[ ] Greek 
[ ] Italian
[ ] Japanese
[ ] Polish
[ ] Portuguese
[ ] Russian
[ ] Spanish
[ ] Swedish
[ ] Other- please specify __________________

2. The language resources you use

2.1. What types of language resources do you use?

[ ] dictionaries
[ ] glossaries [ ] monolingual glossaries 
[ ] bilingual glossaries
[ ] multilingual glossaries

[ ] lexicographical databases
[ ] monolingual corpora
[ ] multilingual corpora (non parallel, but same domain)
[ ] terminological databases [ ] monolingual databases
[ ] bilingual databases
[ ] multilingual databases

[ ] translation memories / parallel texts

2.2. How do you currently obtain language resources?

[ ] purchases 
[ ] exchanges with other producers
[ ] consulting of experts / technicians
[ ] free-of-charge consulting (via Internet, libraries)
[ ] in-house

2.3. On what media are these resources available?

[ ] CD
[ ] Internet
[ ] Intranet
[ ] Paper
[ ] Other - please specify _______________________

2.4. What are they used for?

[ ] to provide information on specific fields for translation and domain
    understanding
[ ] to elaborate glossaries, dictionaries, databases 
[ ] to be integrated in machine translation systems
[ ] to be integrated in translation memory systems
[ ] to supply a terminology management system with data
[ ] to be incorporated in a Language Engineering system - please specify
______________

3. In the case of in-house resources

3.1. What types of language resources do you produce?

[ ] glossaries
[ ] terminological databases
[ ] dictionaries
[ ] corpora [ ] monolingual
[ ] multilingual

[ ] Other - please specify __________________

3.2. What tools do you use to store your data?

[ ] ACCESS
[ ] DBase
[ ] WORD
[ ] EXCEL
[ ] Multiterm
[ ] Other - please specify _______________________

3.3. What interchange formats do you use?

[ ] GENETER
[ ] IIF
[ ] MARTIF
[ ] MATER
[ ] OLIF
[ ] In-house, SGML-based format
[ ] Other - please specify ________________________

3.4. Would you be willing to make your resources available to others according
to a negotiated standardised distribution agreement?

[ ] Yes [ ] for consultation only
[ ] for sale

[ ] No

3.5. If no, what are the reasons for not distributing your resources?

[ ] technical
[ ] commercial (pricing policy)
[ ] legal (Copyright, Industrial / intellectual property rights)
[ ] strategic
[ ] Other - please specify _________________

3.6. If Yes, whom would you be ready to sell your resources to?

[ ] end-users
[ ] tool developers
[ ] researchers

3.7. Would you be ready to provide data samples for format conversion?

[ ] Yes
[ ] No

3.8. Would you be ready to provide documents describing your data’s structure?

[ ] Yes
[ ] No

4. Language resources on the Internet

4.1. For consulting resources on the Internet, what sites do you use? 

[ ] linguistic sites / portals with general information
[ ] linguistic sites with links to glossaries and lexicons
[ ] linguistic sites dedicated to specific fields (economics, sciences...)
[ ] non linguistic sites dedicated to specific fields (economics, sciences...)
[ ] non linguistic sites with links to glossaries and lexicons
[ ] non linguistic but reference sites (from companies / industries / 
    organisations)
[ ] terminological databases 
[ ] Other - please specify _____________

4.2. Why do you consult these sites (please, select only 3 propositions)?

[ ] They cover the fields you work in
[ ] The data are provided by official terminology centres or international / 
    national organisations
[ ] The data are provided by technical / scientific organisations or companies
    / industries
[ ] They are accessible free of charge
[ ] Resources or tools can be downloaded
[ ] The interface is user-friendly

4.3. How do you find your language resources on the Internet?

[ ] by doing your own search with search engines (Altavista, Yahoo...)
[ ] by using portals dedicated to language(s)

4.4. In the case of portals, what services do they systematically offer?

[ ] Language / terminological Resources [ ] on-line-consultation
[ ] on-line acquisition

[ ] On-line acquisition of linguistic tools 

[ ] Value-added services [ ] validation or consolidation of existing tools / 
    resources 
[ ] resource creation support

[ ] Information [ ] newsgroups
[ ] forum
[ ] technical / scientific / business information (reports, articles)
[ ] job offers 

[ ] Other - please specify ____________________

4.5. What services would you like to find more often on these portals? 

[ ] Language / terminological Resources [ ] on-line-consultation
[ ] on-line acquisition

[ ] On-line acquisition of linguistic tools 

[ ] Value-added services [ ] validation or consolidation of existing tools / 
    resources
[ ] resource creation support

[ ] Information [ ] newsgroups
[ ] forum
[ ] technical / scientific / business information (reports, articles)
[ ] job offers 

[ ] Other - please specify ____________________

4.6. How valuable are Language Resources on the Internet?

[ ] very valuable
[ ] valuable
[ ] poorly valuable

4.7. Rank the following scenarios in order of preference, with 1 as highest
preference and 3 as lowest preference:

[ ] a paying access to a site without advertising
[ ] access at a lower cost, with advertising for linguistic-related products
[ ] an access free of charge, with a significant amount of advertising

4.8. What type of subscription is reasonable for you to access language
resources?

[ ] A set fee for:
[ ] less than 100 searches (please, suggest a price___________Euro)
[ ] between 100 & 1 000 searches (please, suggest a price___________Euro)
[ ] between 1 000 & 10 000 searches (please, suggest a price___________Euro)

[ ] Payment per view 
[ ] Annual subscription (please, suggest a price___________Euro)

5. Contact details

5.1. Are you member of any association related to Language Resources,
Translation, Terminology...? If Yes, which one(s)?

5.2. Do you wish to be kept informed of any further developments concerning
this project?

[ ] Yes
[ ] No

5.3. Would you like to be contacted for other surveys in relation to language
resources/terminology and this particular project?

[ ] Yes
[ ] No


Please return this questionnaire to mance@elda.fr 

Jeff Allen 
mail: jeff@elda.fr
GEMA: http://www.linglink.lu/hlt/Projects/GEMA-M2/
GEMA - USERS' SURVEY: http://www.elda.fr/proj/gema.html
ELRA/ELDA
tel.: 33 1 43 13 33 33
fax:  33 1 43 13 33 30

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II. JOBS

II.1.
Fr: Kent Clizbe <kent@gatesource.com> 
Re: GateSource Partners, San Francisco: Vocabulary Resource Manager 

Opportunities for those with MLS, IS, MLIS, and related backgrounds
continue to
expand in the ecommerce arena. Experience with controlled vocabularies,
metadata, and other classification resources is in high demand. Pasted below
are details of an immediate opening with a web-based company in San Franciso. 

If you know of anyone who would be interested in this, or similar,
opportunities, please contact me immediately.

Thanks.
Kent Clizbe 
GateSource Partners 
kent@gatesource.com 
703-222-6627 
www.gatesource.com

Vocabulary Resource Manager
Our client is a dynamic, successful mid-stage pre-IPO, in a premiere San
Francisco location: South of Market, next to the new baseball park. We provide
a product that enables a web-site visitor to find what they want without
knowing exactly how to ask for it. Compensation package includes pre-IPO
options, base range $65k to $100k. Relocation available. 

Job Description
The Vocabulary Resource Manager position is responsible for researching,
collecting, and organizing vocabularies relevant to the searching needs of
targeted domain areas. A primary goal of this position is to locate and
acquire
existing vocabulary and terminology resources. The person in this position
will
be tasked with building up and maintaining an inventory of electronic
vocabulary resources to support product development. A subset of this
inventory
will be assessed and processed into a format that can be used in our products
and stored in a vocabulary resource repository.

Reports to the Director of Development.

Job Responsibilities 
· Develop a Source Vocabulary Repository based on a prioritized list of
  target domains. 
· Research the availability of structured vocabularies and terminologies
  for target domains. 
· Research intellectual property restrictions and licensing agreements
  for vocabulary resources. 
· Develop classification structures and taxonomies appropriate for 
  target domain areas. This involves bringing in appropriate structured
  vocabularies and adapting them when necessary to specific domain
  needs.

Job Qualifications 
· Information Science degree or equivalent education and experience. 
. Knowledge of the use of vocabulary resources in an information
  retrieval context. 
· Experience in developing classification structures for browsing web
  site content. 
· Experience with standard resources (SIC/NAICS, UMLS, CAS Registry,
  etc.) is desired. 
· Knowledge of classification principles, the use of term relationships
  in structured vocabularies, and the use of classification structures
  to search for information. 
· Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 
· Familiarity with XML and basic text processing experience in Perl or
  similar scripting language desired. 
· Ability to create and maintain a database of vocabulary resources.

Email your resume immediately, or call: 
Kent Clizbe 
Kent@gatesource.com 
703-222-6627 

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II.2.
Fr: Philippe Dague <Philippe.Dague@lipn.univ-paris13.fr> 
Re: University of Paris: Postdoc in a European Project 


Within the EC 5th Framework Programme on research and technology development,
in response to the 1st 1999 call of the Competitive and Sustainable Growth,
the
LIPN (Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris-Nord) of the university Paris 13
participates to the IDD (Integrated Design process for on-board Diagnosis)
project.

Industrial partners are the car constructors CRF (Fiat Research Center,
Orbassano, Italy), prime contractor, DaimlerChrysler (Stuttgart, Germany), PSA
(Peugeot Citroen Automobiles, Neuilly sur Seine, France) and REGIENOV 
(REGIE Renault Recherche et Innovation, Guyancourt, France), the supplier
Magneti Marelli (Milano,Italy) and the software company OCC'M
(Oberhaching/Deisenhofen, Germany). Academic partners are the university of
Torino (Italy), the technical university of Munchen (Germany) and the
university of Paris 13 (France).

The objectives of IDD are the following: to make a contribution to
re-organising the design process to include aspects of diagnosis in early
steps; to develop a methodology for integrating the analysis of diagnosability
and avoidance of fault effects in the design chain and a set of tools that
support the designer in this analysis; to create interfaces between current
used tools such as CAD and numerical modelling and simulation and advanced
Model Based systems; ultimately to improve performance of car with respect to
reliability, safety and environmental impact.

IDD project begins february 1st 2000 and has a duration of 36 months.

The LIPN participates for 30 person*months, i.e. has a a position for one
post-doc/engineer during 30 months. The beginning of the position is planned
for july 1st 2000. 29 pm are shared among: 
- WP1: requirements on the on-board diagnosis design process and
  specification (6 pm) 
- WP2: integration of models for model based concurrent design (12 pm) 
- WP3: specification and development of the tool box for model based co-
  design (11 pm)

The LIPN is looking for a highly-qualified researcher with a great autonomy,
having sound background in Artificial Intelligence techniques of model-based
modelling and reasoning for diagnosis, in CAD systems and numerical modelling
and simulation systems, such as MATLAB/SIMULINK and Statemate, in
object-oriented (UML) formalisms for software specification and analysis
and in
programming. 

Inquiries should be directed to Philippe Dague. 
Email or write with full CV and contact details.

Philippe DAGUE
LIPN - UPRESA 7030 Tel. 33 - 1 49 40 36 17 
Université Paris 13 Fax. 33 - 1 48 26 07 12 
99 Av. J-B. Clément Email. dague@lipn.univ-paris13.fr 
93430 Villetaneuse France http://www-lipn.univ-paris13.fr/ 

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II.3.
Fr: Philip A. Bralich <bralich@hawaii.edu> 
Re: Ergo Linguistic Technologies: NLP Question/Answer Curriculum
    Developer 

Ergo Linguistic Technologies is about to expand its question and answer
line of
NLP products and are looking for curriculum developers in the areas of Natural
Science, History and Geography. We would prefer linguists or language teachers
with a secondary background in one of the target areas. Work may be done as a
telecommute. The work involves developing the knowledge base for interactive
tutors. To see an example, go to http://www.ergo-ling.com and review "Roswell
Teaches English". The immediate task is to create "Roswell Teaches
Geography/History/etc." Complimentary copies of that and other of Ergo's
software tools are available for serious inquiries. 

Contact as below for details:
Phil Bralich

Philip A. Bralich, Ph.D. 
President and CEO 
Ergo Linguistic Technologies 
2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 175 
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808)539-3920 
Fax: (808)539-3924 
bralich@hawaii.edu 
http://www.ergo-ling.com

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III. NOTICES

III.A.1.
Fr: GreyNet <Dominic.Farace@inter.nl.net> 
Re: GreyNet Newsletter, 9:1, 2000 

N e w s B r i e f N e w s 
http://www.konbib.nl/greynet/vol9no1.htm 

GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service 
Quarterly Newsletter 
Volume 9, Number 1, 2000
ISSN 1389-1804 (Print) 
ISSN 1389-1812 (Online) 

CONTENTS: 
1. GreyNet Membership 2000 
2. Grey Literature and the Web of Innovation 
3. GL-Compendium, a Netbased Directory of Grey Literature Collections 
4. Out Now ... GL'99 Conference Proceedings, International Guide ... 
5. Express Voucher 

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 : 20 Euros (excluding postage & handling) 

P.S. If you do not yet hold GreyNet Membership, we invite you to join us
today!
http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet/membership.htm

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III.A.2.
Fr: Eli Cohen <Eli_Cohen@acm.org> 
Re: Informing Science Journal 3:2: Information Science Research
    Special Issue 

Colleagues,
I am please to announce that a special issue of Informing Science: The
International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline is available on the web.
Dr. Amanda Spink served as editor of this issue.

Table of Contents:

Overview of this Informing Science Special Issue on Information Science
Research 
Amanda Spink, The Pennsylvania State University 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

Human Information Behavior 
T.D. Wilson, University of Sheffield 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

Interactive Information Retrieval: Context and Basic Notions 
David Robins, Louisiana State University 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

Image Information Retrieval: An Overview of Current Research 
Abby A. Goodrum, Drexel University 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

Relevance: An Interdisciplinary and Information Science Perspective 
Howard Greisdorf, University of North Texas 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

Toward a Theoretical Framework for Information Science 
Amanda Spink, The Pennsylvania State University 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

Applications Of Informetrics To Information Retrieval Research 
Dietmar Wolfram, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

Representation and Organization of Information in the Web Space: From MARC to
XML 
Jian Qin, Syracuse University 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

Social Informatics in the Information Sciences: Current Activities and
Emerging
Directions 
Steve Sawyer, Pennsylvania State University 
Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

Also in this issue:

Information Systems Executives: The Changing Role of New IS/IT Leaders 
Petter Gottschalk , Norwegian School of 
Management 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

Teaching Information Management to Honors Degree Students: The Information
Challenges Approach 
Kevin Grant, Bell College of Technology, Scotland 
Mark Stansfield, University of Paisley, Scotland 
Ray Land, University of Edinburgh, Scotland 
http://inform.nu/Articles\Vol3\indexv3n2.htm

The journal Informing Science endeavors to provide an understanding of the
complexities in informing clientele. Fields from information systems, library
science, journalism in all its forms to education all contribute to this
science. These fields, which developed independently and have been researched
in separate disciplines, are evolving to form a new transdiscipline, Informing
Science.

Informing Science publishes articles that provide insight into how best to
inform clients using information technology. Authors may use epistemologies
from engineering, computer science, education, psychology, business,
anthropology, and such. The ideal paper will serve to inform fellow
researchers, perhaps from other fields, of contributions to this problem.

Accepted papers are published quarterly in print and immediately on the web.
The latter provides colleagues around the world immediate access to articles.
Works published in Informing Science can be cited and used more quickly.

Accepted articles are available free of charge on the web site
http://inform.nu
. Issues are also available in print. I encourage you to visit this web site
and contribute your quality manuscripts to the journal.

All the best,
Eli Cohen
Editor-in-Chief

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III.A.3.
Fr: Charles W. Bailey, Jr. <cbailey@UH.EDU> 
Re: Version 29, Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography  

Version 29 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now
available. This selective bibliography presents over 1,100 articles, books,
electronic documents, and other sources that are useful in understanding
scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet and other networks.

HTML: <URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html> 
Acrobat: <URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.pdf> 
Word 97: <URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.doc>

The HTML document is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a
separate file. There are live links to sources available on the Internet. It
can be can be searched using Boolean operators.

The HTML document also includes Scholarly Electronic Publishing 
Resources, a collection of links to related Web sites:
<URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm>

The Acrobat and Word files are designed for printing. Each file is over 290
KB.
(Revised sections in this version are marked with an asterisk.)

Table of Contents
1 Economic Issues* 
2 Electronic Books and Texts 
2.1 Case Studies and History* 
2.2 General Works* 
2.3 Library Issues* 
3 Electronic Serials 
3.1 Case Studies and History* 
3.2 Critiques 
3.3 Electronic Distribution of Printed Journals* 
3.4 General Works* 
3.5 Library Issues* 
3.6 Research* 
4 General Works* 
5 Legal Issues 
5.1 Intellectual Property Rights* 
5.2 License Agreements* 
5.3 Other Legal Issues 
6 Library Issues 
6.1 Cataloging, Classification, and Metadata* 
6.2 Digital Libraries* 
6.3 General Works* 
6.4 Information Conversion, Integrity, and Preservation* 
7 New Publishing Models* 
8 Publisher Issues 
8.1 Electronic Commerce/Copyright Systems* 
Appendix A. Related Bibliographies by the Same Author 
Appendix B. About the Author

Best Regards, 
Charles
Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Systems, 
University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 
77204-2091. E-mail: cbailey@uh.edu. Voice: (713) 743-9804. 
Fax: (713) 743-9811.
<URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/cwb/bailey.htm> 
<URL:http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html>

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III.B.1.
Fr: Joan K Lippincott <joan@cni.org> 
Re: [NET00] Networking 2000

"Policy Issues for the New Millennium"
EDUCAUSE Networking 2000
March 30-31, 2000
Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Networking 2000 is the premier conference on federal policy affecting
networking and information technology for higher education. Presentations and
discussion focus on whether the 2000 elections will harbor any changes in
federal IT policy, global approaches to deploying advanced networks, the
public
policy impact of applications, higher education's role in relation to the
Internet and lifelong learning, industry perspectives on technology policy,
and
updates on the hottest topics in Washington telecommunications and Internet
policy. Space is limited, so register soon. Conference fees are $275 for
registrations postmarked on or before March 6 and $300 for registrations
received after March 6. The online registration form is available at:
http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/contents/events/mar2000/

SPEAKERS 
Our speakers for this year's conference include: The Honorable Bob Goodlatte,
U.S. House of Representatives (R-Virginia) <> Mike McCurry, cochair, iAdvance
<> Rory O'Connor, founding editor, National Journal's Technology Daily <>
Walter Baer, RAND Corporation <> Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy and
Technology <> George Brett, NLANR <> Robert Cannon, Federal Communications
Commission (invited) <> Jeri Clausing, N.Y. Times - Cybertimes <> Dewayne
Hendricks, CEO, Dandin Group <> Mary Kratz, UCAID

SCHEDULE INFORMATION 
The meeting will kick off with a gala reception aboard the Odyssey III on
Wednesday evening (boarding starts at 6 p.m., sailing starts at 7 p.m. and
ends
at 10 p.m.).The meeting will be held all day Thursday and Friday morning.

For the complete and up-to-date schedule, see: 
http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/contents/events/mar2000/

Networking 2000 participants are also encouraged to visit their congressional
representatives while in Washington. Capitol Hill visits are being scheduled
for Wednesday and Thursday, March 29-30, subject to availability of your
federal representative and their staff. Please see the registration form to
sign up. 

MEETING LOCATION 
Renaissance Hotel 
999 Ninth Street NW, Washington, DC 
800-468-3571 or 202-898-9000 
Fax: 202-789-4213 
http://www.renaissancehotels.com/WASRB/

SPONSORS: 
EDUCAUSE 
American Library Association 
Association of Research Libraries 
Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation 
Coalition for Networked Information 
Computing Research Association 
Corporation for Research and Educational Networking 
University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development

FOR MORE INFORMATION: 
Contact EDUCAUSE Customer Service at 303-449-4430 or info@educause.edu, or see
our Web site at: 
http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/contents/events/mar2000/

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III.B.2.
Fr: Stefano Cagnoni <cagnoni@CE.UniPR.IT> 
Re: IV2000: Special Session: Autonomous Vehicle Cooperation and
    Coordination: CFPapers

IV 2000: Call for Papers
IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Dearborn, MI, USA
October 4-5, 2000

The IEEE Intelligent Transportation System Council (ITSC) is sponsoring a
professional-level conference on basic research andpresent and future
applications for Intelligent Vehicles and Intelligent Infrastructures. Papers
dealing with vehicle-centered intelligent systems are solicited. This
symposium
is characterized by a single session format so that all the attendees
remain in
a single room for multilateral communications in an informal atmosphere. As
another tradition, the meetings have enthusiastic participation from industry,
as well as research centers and universities. The IEEE Conference on
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) will be held at the same location on
Oct. 2-3, 2000, and a single -reduced rate- registration option will be
available for both Conferences, as well as individual registrations.

* TOPICS
Driver Assistance Systems System Architectures Sensors 
Navigation/Guidance Systems Imaging and Vision Enhancement Vehicle Control 
Information Systems Human-machine Interfaces Active Safety 
Traffic Monitoring and Control Communications and Networks CAN

* PAPER SUBMISSION
Prospective authors are invited to submit a paper in electronic form
(Postscript) by March 1st, 2000 for peer review, following the submission
guidelines available at http://www.ce.unipr.it/iv2000. Submitted papers
must be
no longer than six (6) pages in IEEE two-column format, including figures and
references. Papers exceeding this length limit may be rejected without review.
The first page should include (1) the title of the paper, (2) the names of the
authors, (3) the technical categories, and (4) the name, mailing address,
telephone and fax number, and e-mail address of the contact author. Same
papers
may not be submitted to both IV and ITSC conferences.

* SPECIAL SESSIONS

Military Applications and Current Research 

Theme: This session will provide an opportunity to explore research and
development activities for autonomous and semi-autonomous ground vehicle
systems. It examines the technology requirements and operational capabilities
of robotic vehicle programs for military, and commercial applications. The
session brings together technologists to discuss needs, opportunities and
approaches for adapting commercial automotive intelligent systems to meet
military off-road autonomous applications. The conference provides a unique
opportunity to identify commercial research projects and leverage the results
to meet crucial military requirements. 

Topics: Government and Commercial programs: technical and performance
challenges, system performance, test results, lessons learned; Machine
perception for navigation and mission execution; Vehicle mobility and motion
control; Operator interface and human-robot interactions.

Organizer: 
Bruce Brendle U.S. Army Tank-automotive & Armaments Command 
brendleb@tacom.army.mil

Autonomous Driving on Extreme Courses

Theme: This session is concerned with research and advanced development for
autonomous vehicle guidance in extreme driving environment. Coping with such
conditions is a prerequisite for the introduction of advanced driver
assistance
functions. Hence, a discussion of the requirements and approaches to meet with
these challenging conditions is expected to enhance insight into future
developments, reveal missing links between current research and realization
and
provide impetus for new activities. The session will gather experts from
various disciplines to shed light on the topic from different views.

Topics: System architecture, Multisensor systems, Advanced vehicle control,
Driving strategy formation, Self-assessment, Reliability and Safety, Driving
robot. 

Organizer: 
Christoph Stiller, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany 
christoph.stiller@de.bosch.com

User Interfaces for On-Board Systems

Theme: This session will focus on user interfaces issues in vehicle-centered
intelligent systems and will feature experiences from the usability
engineering
perspective. Issues include, for instance, feedback, integration,
synchronization, context, and how to make the most value from devices within
vehicles: many of these are also issues for stand-alone systems, but mobility
adds extra problems and opportunities. Those attending the session will be
able
to learn from and establish contacts with researchers who are innovators in
developing human-computer interfaces. 

Topics: Feedback, Feedthrough, Integration, Synchronization, Context, 
Multimodality, Design, Prototyping, Evaluation, Empirical studies.

Organizer: 
Mauro Mosconi University of Pavia, Italy 
mauro@vision.unipv.it

Vehicle Motion Control Systems

Theme: This session will focus on control systems for autonomous vehicle
motion. Longitudinal and lateral control strategies of car-like vehicles will
be presented and the tight interplay with sensing systems (vision and
nonvision
based) will be highlighted. This session solicits methodology contributions as
well as experimental results. 

Topics: Automatic steering control, Sensing systems, Visual guidance, Image
dynamics estimation, Trajectory generation, Supervisory control, Advanced
control systems design.

Organizers: 
Aurelio Piazzi, Corrado Guarino Lo Bianco University of Parma, Italy 
aurelio@ce.unipr.it

Autonomous Vehicle Cooperation and Coordination 

Theme: Cooperation and coordination of activities and actions are fundamental
tasks when more than one agent is involved in accomplishing a complex common
goal. During the last few years several projects have been started on such a
topic. Among others, the European Handshaking (part of Prometheus Project)
subproject where automobiles exchange information to better organize traffic
flow; the Japanese rescue project for intervention of autonomous vehicles
(robots) during catastrophic events; the international RoboCup initiative
where
a team of autonomous indoor vehicles (robots) have to coordinate their actions
to implement a common strategy to compete against another team according to
the
soccer rules. The goal of the workshop is to focus on indoor and outdoor
autonomous vehicles cooperation and coordination issues and related topics. 

Topics: fleets of indoor/outdoor autonomous vehicles; autonomous vehicles
cooperation; team strategies for autonomous vehicles; team coordination in
challenging environments; team competitions; cooperative/competitive
behaviours; cooperative distributed perception.

Organizers: 
Giovanni Adorni, University of Parma, Italy 
adorni@ce.unipr.it 
Hiroaki Kitano, Sony Computer Science Labs, Japan 
kitano@csl.sony.co.jp

To propose other Special Sessions, please contact the Program Chair at 
broggi@ce.unipr.it

* DEADLINES
Papers due for peer review . . . . . . . March 1, 2000 
Notification of acceptance . . . . . . . May 1, 2000 
Camera-ready copy for proceedings due .  July 1, 2000

* UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION
Please refer frequently to the following websites for the most up-to-date
information or contact the General Chair (Jim Rillings,
jrilling@notes.gmr.com)
or the Program Chair (Alberto Broggi,  broggi@ce.unipr.it):

IV-2000 Home Page: . . . .  http://www.ce.unipr.it/iv2000 
ITSC-2000 Home Page: . . . .http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/its/cfp-itsc-2000.html 
IEEE ITS Council Home Page: http://www.ieee.org/its

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III.B.3.
Fr: Judy Potter <judyp@welldone.com.au> 
Re: OzCHI 2000: CFPapers

OZCHI 2000 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Interfacing reality in the new millennium
Sydney, Australia, 4-8 December 2000
http://www.cmis.csiro.au/ozchi2000/
Call for submissions

OZCHI is the annual conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special
Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, and Australia
and New-Zealand's leading forum for work in all areas of Human-Computer
Interaction.

OZCHI attracts an international community of researchers and practitioners
with
a wide range of interests, including human factors and ergonomics,
human-computer interaction, information systems, software engineering,
artificial intelligence, design, social sciences and management. Original
papers, posters and proposals for the doctoral consortium are solicited, as
well as demonstrations and proposals for half-day and full-day workshops and
tutorials. Paper submissions will be subject to a double blind refereeing
process by an international panel.

Submissions in all areas of HCI are invited, including: 
· HCI methods, practice, and theory 
· Organisational, societal, and cross cultural issues 
· Theories, models, and modelling of users and interfaces 
· CSCW, group work, groupware, and computer-mediated human communication 
· User interface architectures, tools, techniques, and technology 
· Interfaces for all 
· Distributed interfaces, including the world wide web 
· Mobile and small devices 
· Methods, models and tools for user-centered and organisation-driven
  design and development 
· Industry based case studies of user interface design and development 
· Innovative interfaces, including virtual reality, augmented reality,
  multimedia, and adaptive interfaces 
· HCI education and training

In keeping with the theme: Interfacing Reality, special emphasis will be
placed
on issues of accessibility and on novel interfaces, including: 
· Web: Web design and evaluation, Access to the Web, Children and the
  Web 
· Electronic communities 
· Ecommerce 
· Accessibility issues 
· Pervasive and invisible computing 
· WAP and portable computing 
· Usability and Fun 
· Usability in game applications 
· Augmented reality 
· Remote work 
· Working in 3D

Important dates 
- May 29th 2000 Submission deadline for full papers, tutorial proposals 
  and workshop proposals in electronic format 
- June 5th 2000 Submission deadline for full papers, tutorials and 
  workshops in paper format 
- June 26th 2000 Submission deadline for posters, demonstrations,
  doctoral consortium, late-breaking news in electronic format 
- July 3rd 2000 Submission deadline for posters, demonstrations,
  doctoral consortium, late-breaking news in paper format 
- End of July 2000 Notification to authors of workshop proposals 
- 3rd week of August 2000 Notification to authors of full papers,
  tutorial proposals, posters, demonstrations, doctoral consortium,
  late-breaking news 
- Mid September 2000 Deadline for camera-ready papers

Where and how to submit 
Electronic and paper submissions will be accepted. Electronic submissions must
be PDF, RTF, or Word for PC files. Detailed instructions to authors, including
the publication format will be available on
http://www.cmis.csiro.au/ozchi2000/
from the end of April 2000. 

Submissions should be forwarded to: 
Ozchi@welldone.com.au
OzCHI2000 
Well Done Events 
PO Box 90 
Cambewarra, NSW 2540 
Australia

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III.B.4.
Fr: Roberto Poli <roberto.poli@soc.unitn.it> 
Re: BISCA 2000 

BISCA 2000
Bolzano International Schools in Cognitive Analysis
"Dependence and Dynamic Categories"
18-22 September 2000
Maretsch Castle
Bolzano (Italy)

Recent and less recent developments in science require the forging of new
categories as well as the rethinking of traditional ontological 
and epistemological categories. 
BISCA 2000 shall present a number of cutting-edge new proposals, centered on
the opposition between (1) Upward and downward, (2) being in time and being
time, (3) coupling of processes and unfolding of processes, (4) Kinds of
description.

Speakers

HARALD ATMANSPACHER, 
Ontic and Epistemic Descriptions in the Sciences

MARK BICKHARD, 
The Dynamical Birth of Representation

ROBERTO POLI, 
Upward and Downward Dependence (Levels of Reality)

ROBERT PORT,
Timing as Opposed to Being-in-time

General information:

1. Attendance to the school will be limited to about 30 participants.
2. A hotel list will be sent upon notification of acceptance. Hotel
   costs in Bolzano range between 70,000 and 250,000 Italian Liras per
   day.
3. Each speaker will give 4 lectures, with ample time for discussion.
4. All lectures will be in English.
5. The lectures will be given at Castel Maretsch, downtown, starting
   September 18, at 9 a.m.
6. A small number of boursaries are available to qualified students to
   Meet the costs of participation.

People wishing to participate should write to Roberto Poli, Department of
Sociology and Social Research, 26 Verdi st., 38100 Trento, Italy (call: (++39)
461 881 403; fax: (++39) 461 881 348), or send an e-mail message to:
roberto.poli@soc.unitn.it 

BISCA's board of directors includes: L. Albertazzi (Trento), R. Langacker (La
Jolla), J. Petitot (Paris), R. Poli (Trento) and L. Talmy (Buffalo) 

Information about the past BISCAs (previously (1988 - 1995): Bolzano
International Schools in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence):

http://www.soc.unitn.it/dsrs/IMC/IMC.htm

Roberto Poli 
Department of Sociology and Social Research 
26, Verdi street 
38100 Trento -- Italy 
Tel. ++39-461-881-403 
Fax: ++39-461-881-348 
e-mail: roberto.poli@soc.unitn.it 
Axiomathes: http://www.soc.unitn.it/dsrs/Axiomathes/Axiomathes.htmIMC:
http://www.soc.unitn.it/dsrs/IMC/IMC.htm 

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