CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE DEMONSTRATIONS
The Sheraton, Seattle, WA, USA,
July 9-13, 1995
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Deadline for proposal submissions: Friday, February 10, 1995
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SIGIR invites proposals for demonstrations of information
retrieval (IR) systems and applications. Demonstrations should
focus on aspects of the system that are novel and important.
Demonstrations provide an opportunity for first-hand, interactive
experience with information retrieval systems. Researchers have
the opportunity to present their new developments and conference
participants have the opportunity to interact directly with
developers of the systems demonstrated.
Demonstrations are_NOT_limited to experimental systems only.
IR researchers participating in the NIST/DARPA sponsored TREC,
MUC, TIPSTER projects and the European Union research initiatives
are encouraged to participate.
Presenters of the systems must be individuals who have been
directly involved with the development of the system, and who are
aware of the differentiating and interesting ideas embodied in
their system. All presenters are expected to register for the
conference.
Presenters shall submit a proposal to the Demonstration Chair of
at most three pages describing the planned demonstration.
The proposal shall include:
(a) A description of noteworthy and distinguishing ideas or
approaches the demonstration will illustrate.
(b) A brief explanation of how the demonstration will illustrate
the above, (a), ideas or approaches.
(c) Complete contact information (mailing address, telephone,
fax, and e-mail) and affiliation of the person(s) who will
present the demonstration, including their relationship to
the project (e.g., principal investigator, developer,
project manager, architect).
(d) A 100-word summary for inclusion in a program description.
[(d1) A description of the technical specifications of the
system. (NOTE: For the systems selected for
demonstrations a brief system description will be
requested. This is modeled after the TREC system
specification descriptions. An electronic form will be
available via e-mail, ftp, http.)]
(e) A bibliography, if it exists, of published and unpublished
material that relate to the system, its algorithms and
underlying theories as well as any evaluations that have
been undertaken.
(f) The hardware and software requirements for the demonstration,
including the electrical requirements of the equipment.
(g) The network (Internet) requirements and the system's
dependence to an Internet connection. Will you be able to
provide a demonstration without an Internet connection
available to you?
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** NOTE: The summary (d), system description (d1) and
** bibliography (e) will be published in the Proceedings
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** The goal of the publication is to disseminate
** information on IR systems research to a wider audience
** and to provide a resource for IR education.
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No fax submissions; E-mail submissions preferred and shall be in
LaTeX or plain ascii text.
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Deadline for proposal submissions: Friday, February 10, 1995
Acceptance notification: March 10, 1995
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Demonstrations Chair:
Efthimis N. Efthimiadis
Assistant Professor
Department of Library and Information Science
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
University of California at Los Angeles
241 GSE&IS Building, 152004
405 Hilgard Avenue,
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520
tel: 310-825-8975; fax: 310-206-4460;
email: efthimis@gslis.ucla.edu