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RIAO 2000
6th Conference on
"Content-Based Multimedia Information Access"
College de France
Paris, France
April 12-14, 2000
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CALL FOR PAPERS & APPLICATION DEMONSTRATIONS
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Organized by:
Centre de Hautes Etudes Internationales d'Informatique Documentaire
(C.I.D., France)
&
Center for the Advanced Study of Information Systems, Inc (C.A.S.I.S.,
USA)
With the collaboration of AII, ASIS, ELRA, Elsnet, ESCA, Francil
(preliminary list)
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Web site: http://host.limsi.fr/RIAO
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INTRODUCTION
The theme of the conference is "Content-Based Multimedia Information
Access". The conference scope will range from the traditional processing of
text documents to the rapidly growing field of automatic indexing and
retrieval of images and speech and, more generally, to all processing of
audio-visual and multimedia information on various distribution venues,
including the Net. The conference is of interest for several scientific
communities, including Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing,
Spoken Language Processing, Computer Vision, Human-Computer
Interaction and Digital Libraries. RIAO 2000 will, thereby, serve as a forum
for cross-discipline initiatives and innovative applications.
RIAO 2000 will present recent scientific progress, demonstrations of
prototypes resulting from this research as well as the most innovative
products now appearing on the market. A worldwide Call for Papers is
addressed to researchers engaged in academic or industrial research. The
associated Call for Applications is addressed to companies and public
organizations developing or marketing hardware or software related to the
conference topics.
The Scientific Committee will select the papers and the Application
Committee will select the innovative applications and products to be
presented at the conference. In order to support the multi-disciplinary goals
of the conference, these international committees include representatives of
different scientific communities.
The RIAO (Recherche d'Informations Assistee par Ordinateur = Computer-
Assisted Information Retrieval) International Conference is held every 3
years. Sites for the conference have been Grenoble (1985), Boston (1988),
Barcelona (1991), New York (1994) and Montreal (1997). Paris will host the
next RIAO conference in Spring 2000. The conference is organized by the
Centre de Hautes Etudes Internationales d'Informatique Documentaire
(C.I.D.) and the Center for the Advanced Study of Information Systems
(C.A.S.I.S.).
RIAO 2000 Conference Topics, under the "Content-Based Multimedia
Information Access" theme:
Document processing:
Hypertextual and Hypermedia documents
Human-Computer Interaction for document handling
Textual and voice-based annotation creation and retrieval
Digital libraries
AI techniques for document generation and consultation
Multimodal and transmodal human-machine communication
Information Retrieval:
Information retrieval systems and methods
Document search over the internet, Text Mining
Information and document routing/profiling/alerting
Document classification
Spoken Language Processing:
Voice-based document segmentation and transcription
Voice-based document indexing and retrieval
Identification of language of speaker
Speaker recognition, Audio Mining
Non-verbal sound processing (music, noise...)
Natural Language Processing:
Information extraction
NLP techniques for document processing
Terminology extraction and analysis
Automatic thesaurus construction
Multilingual and crosslingual document handling
Machine translation of documents
Automatic summarization
Identification of language of text
Image processing:
Automatic indexing and retrieval of visual documents
Computer graphics for document generation and consultation
Segmentation and indexing of visual data
Face, gaze and expression recognition
Character recognition in visual documents
Image Mining, Video indexing and retrieval
System architecture:
Multi-agent architecture, search agents
Intelligent agents, Androids and Avatars
Usage and best practice:
Socio-economics of information retrieval
Quantitative, qualitative and comparative evaluation
Coding standards and Quality of Services, Security and privacy
Cognitive aspects, Human Factors and Ergonomics
Legal aspects of multimedia document handling
Multimedia and multimodal resources
Applications:
Computer-aided information access for the handicapped
Multimedia systems for medical applications
Image Guided Surgery and Augmented Reality
Medical documents archiving and retrieval
Transmodal information access systems
Telephone-based, nomad and in-vehicle systems
Intelligent systems for call-center reporting
Customized customer support (Aerospace product manuals...)
Strategic and technology watch & Business Intelligence
Real-Time information access for financial markets
Information access for decision aid systems
Multimodal Geographical Information Systems
Television and Radio Broadcast Archiving and Browsing...
PROGRAM
The Scientific Program will include invited talks, presentations of accepted
papers in oral and poster sessions, referenced demonstrations of innovative
applications and products, and possibly deal sessions, between industry and
academia, and panel sessions. There will be parallel sessions, devoted to a
given research field, and plenary sessions, presenting topics of interest for all
participants. The mode of presentation (oral versus poster) will be based on
the appropriateness of the paper to that mode of communication, not on the
quality of the paper.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Authors are invited to submit short or long papers on the conference topics.
The papers will be reviewed by the International Scientific Committee, and
selected on the basis of their scientific and technological quality, their
innovative content and their relevance to the topic of the conference.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
Innovative applications and products related to the conference topics are
sought for demonstration at special conference sessions. They will be
selected by the International Application Committee, on the basis of their
innovation, utility, and present and future marketability. Selected applications
will be given free demonstration space.
FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION
Submission of short papers should consist of a summary of about 1000 words
(up to 2 pages), together with the answers to the enclosed questionnaire, in
ASCII format. Submission of long papers should consist of the full paper of
about 6000 words + figures (up to 20 pages, double-spaced), including an
abstract of up to 200 words, as an attached file in PDF or PS format. If a
demo is connected to a paper, please attach the outline of the demonstration
to the paper.
Submission of proposed application and product demonstrations will be
reviewed in the same way, and should consist of a summary of about 1000
words (up to 2 pages). A questionnaire to be filled out will be sent by the
Application Committee after reception of this summary.
All the submissions should include a separate title page, providing the
following information: the type of proposal (paper or application - in the case
of a paper submission, please also indicate if it is a short or long paper, the
preferred mode of presentation (oral versus poster) and whether the paper is
accompanied by a demonstration); the title to be printed in the program of the
Conference; the topic of the proposal (from the list of Conference topics); up
to 5 keywords, the names and affiliations of the authors or proposers; the full
address of the first author (or of the contact person), including telephone, fax,
email, URL and the required facilities (overhead projector, data
videoprojector, other hardware, platforms, workstations, communications
etc).
PROTOTYPE AND PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS
Internet connections and various computer platforms and facilities should be
available at the Conference site. In addition to referenced Application and
Product demonstrations, it may be possible to run unreferenced demos of
products, prototypes, systems, applications or tools. Those interested should
contact the Application Committee Chairman: Gregory Grefenstette
(Gregory.Grefenstette@xrce.xerox.com).
LANGUAGE
The working language of the conference is English. However, in agreement
with the French regulations ("Loi Toubon"), submission of papers in French,
and presentation of papers (if selected) in French will be accepted.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION
Submission should be made preferably electronically. Two hard copies of the
submitted paper should also be sent by mail to the Conference secretariat.
The submission deadline applies to the electronic submission.
Submission of papers should be sent to "Riao2000@limsi.fr", indicating
"Paper Submission" or "Application Submission" in the subject field of the
Email header.
Electronic submissions will be acknowledged within 48 hours. If they are not
acknowledged, please check the Email address and resubmit. Submission of a
proposal implies a commitment to present the paper or the demonstration at
the conference, if accepted.
SUBMISSION IN HARD COPY
You may also submit only hard copies. In this case, please send five paper
copies, together with the Paper or Application Demonstration Submission
Form, to the Conference Secretariat.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Authors of accepted papers will be asked to send a typed manuscript. Details
regarding the format of the final papers will be sent together with the
notification of acceptance. Ready-to-print files will be required by January
15, 2000.
RIAO 2000 International Scientific Committee :
Co-Chairs : Joseph Mariani (LIMSI-CNRS, France) and Donna Harman
(NIST, USA)
Jean-Claude Bassano (University of Orleans, France)
Alain Berthoz (LPPA, College de France, France)
Patrick Bouthemy (IRISA/INRIA, France)
George Carayannis (ILSP, Greece)
Francine Chen (Xerox, USA)
Bruce Croft (University of Massachusets, USA)
Franciska de Jong (University of Twente,The Netherlands)
Susan Dumais (Microsoft, USA)
David Evans (CMU and Claritech, USA)
Christian Fluhr (CEA, France)
Hiroya Fujisaki (Science University of Tokyo, Japan)
Pascale Fung (University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
Sadaoki Furui (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Edouard Geoffrois (DGA/CTA, France)
Jean-Paul Haton (LORIA, France)
Alex Hauptman (CMU, USA)
Ulrich Heid (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Roland Hjerppe (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)
Christian Jacquemin (LIMSI-CNRS, France)
Mun Kew Leong ( Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore)
Judith Klavans (Columbia University, USA)
Wessel Kraaij (TNO-TPD, The Netherlands)
Francis Kubala (BBN, USA)
Gianni Lazzari (IRST, Italy)
Alain Leger (CNET- France Telecom, France)
R. Manmatha (University of Massachusetts, USA)
Richard Marcus (MIT, USA)
Mark Maybury (MITRE, USA)
Frank Nack (GMD IPSI, Germany)
Klaus Netter (DFKI, Germany)
Jian-Yun Nie (University of Montreal, Canada)
Douglas Oard (University of Maryland, USA)
Dragutin Petkovic (IBM, USA)
Georges Quenot (CLIPS, France)
K. J. Ray Liu (University of Maryland, USA)
Ze'ev Rivlin (Natural Speech Communication, Israel)
Arnold Smeulders (ISIS, UvA, The Netherlands)
Karen Sparck Jones (University of Cambridge, UK)
Evelyne Tzoukermann (Lucent technologies, USA)
Ross Wilkinson (CSIRO, Australia)
Phil Woodland (CUED, UK)
RIAO 2000 International Application Committee :
Chair: Gregory Grefenstette (Xerox, France) and Pascal Faudemay (LIP6,
France)
Marie-Francoise Clergeau (College de France, France)
Daniel Confland (Jouve, France)
Max Copperman (Kanisa, USA)
Giorgio Dimino (RAI, Italy)
Michael Horowitz (Claritech, USA)
Hitoshi Iida (Sony Speech & Language Laboratory, Japan)
Hans-Joachim Novak (IBM, Germany)
Norbert Paquel (Canope, France)
Sylvie Regnier-Prost (Aerospatiale-Matra, France)
Remi Ronfard (INA, France)
Antonio Sanfilippo (EC, Luxembourg)
Laurent Schmitt (INIST-CNRS, France)
Vera Semenova (Sciper/Analit, Russia)
Joop Van Gent (TNO-TPD, The Netherlands)
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:
The RIAO 2000 Conference is organized by:
Centre de Hautes Etudes Internationales d'Informatique Documentaires
(C.I.D.)
36 bis rue Ballu
75009 Paris France
Tel: (33 / 0) 1 42 85 04 75
Fax: (33 / 0) 1 48 78 49 61 or 1 45 26 84 45
and
Center for the Advanced Study of Information Systems, Inc (C.A.S.I.S.)
Co / C. Constantin
575 Madison Avenue
25th floor
New York N.Y. 10022 USA
CONTACTS:
Email: riao2000@limsi.fr
Web: http://host.limsi.fr/RIAO
ORGANIZING AND COORDINATING COMMITTEE:
Chair: Agnes Beriot (CID, France)
Peter Brodnitz (CASIS, USA)
Jean-Louis Darc (France-Pologne, France)
Jean-Jacques Guilbart (College de France, France)
Nicolas Masson (LIMSI-CNRS, France)
Jean Perriere (CID, France)
Sharyn Rozart (CASIS, USA)
Anne Tabutiaux (Recherche et Diffusion Scientifique, France)
Tony Venables (ECAS, Belgium)
CALENDAR:
- Preliminary announcement: July 1999
- Call for Papers & Demonstrations: September 23, 1999
- Submission deadline: November 8, 1999
- Notification of acceptance: December 15, 1999
- Submission of complete papers: January 15, 2000
- Final Program: January 25, 2000
- Conference: April 12-14, 2000
VENUE
The conference will take place at the prestigious College de France, in the
heart of the Quartier Latin in Paris. College de France is an institution of
higher learning founded in Paris, France, in 1529 by Francois Ier at the
instigation of Guillaume Bude. It was founded to encourage humanistic
studies and has always been independent of any university and free from
supervision. Now its range of studies encompasses numerous humanistic and
scientific fields. Its faculty includes many distinguished scholars. The
College de France has brand new conference facilities. Its situation in
downtown Paris allows easy accommodation, with a lot of hotels, restaurants
and cafes nearby.
PROJECT MEETINGS AND SATELLITE WORKSHOPS
Projects or working groups wishing to take this opportunity for organizing
meetings should contact the Conference Secretariat for assistance in
arranging meeting facilities. Those wishing to take the opportunity of
RIAO2000 to organize a satellite workshop should also indicate their
initiative to the Conference secretariat as soon as possible.
CONFERENCE ADDRESSES
The chair of the Scientific Committee is:
Joseph MARIANI
LIMSI-CNRS
BP 133
91403 ORSAY Cedex
France
Tel.: (33 / 0) 1 69 85 80 85
Fax : (33 / 0) 1 69 85 80 88
Email: mariani@limsi.fr
The co-chair of the Scientific Committee is:
Donna HARMAN
Information Access and User Interfaces Division (894)
Technology Building (225), Room A219
NIST
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8940
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8940
USA
Tel. : (1) (301) 975-3569
Email: donna.harman@nist.gov
The chair of the Application Committee is:
Gregory GREFENSTETTE
Xerox Research Centre Europe
6 chemin de Maupertuis
38240 Meylan
France
Tel.: (33 / 0) 4 76 61 50 82
Fax : (33 / 0) 4 76 61 50 99
Email: Gregory.Grefenstette@xrce.xerox.com
The co-chair of the Application Committee is:
Pascal FAUDEMAY
LIP6
4, Place Jussieu
F 75252 Paris Cedex 05
France
Tel: (33 / 0) 1 44 27 71 16
Fax: (33 / 0) 1 44 27 71 16
Email: Pascal.Faudemay@lip6.fr
The Conference Secretariat, which will provide general information on the
Conference, is:
RIAO 2000 Secretariat
Centre de Hautes Etudes Internationales d'Informatique Documentaires
(C.I.D.)
36 bis rue Ballu
75009 Paris (France)
Tel: (33 / 0) 1 42 85 04 75
Fax: (33 / 0) 1 48 78 49 61 or 1 45 26 84 45
Email: riao2000@limsi.fr
C.I.D.
For more information about C.I.D. (Centre de Hautes Etudes Internationales
d'Informatique Documentaires), please contact:
Ms Agnes Beriot
Centre de Hautes Etudes Internationales d'Informatique Documentaires
(C.I.D.)
Email: cidcol@club-internet.fr
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PAPER or APPLICATION DEMONSTRATION SUBMISSION FORM
(To be sent before or on November 8, 1999 at latest to Riao2000@limsi.fr):
I intend to:
______ submit a short paper
______ submit a long paper
Preferred mode of presentation: oral / poster
Accompanying demonstration: yes / no
______ submit the demonstration of a product or of an application
Title:
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Topic (from the list of conference topics):
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Up to 5 Keywords:
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First Name and Last Name of contact person:
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Position:
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Affiliation:
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Address:
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City:
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State/Province:
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Country:
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Postal/Zip Code:
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Phone:
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Fax:
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Email:
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URL:
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List of Authors and Affiliations:
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SHORT PAPER SUBMISSION
1) Include an abstract of up to 1000 words in ASCII format
2) Questionnaire (to be filled out):
Describe concisely the problem that you have addressed and why it is
important:
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Describe the original contribution of your work, compare it to your previous
reported work or to the work of others:
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Indicate whether the results presented in the paper have been evaluated and
specify in which framework and on which data:
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3) Required facilities (Audiovisual equipment, Workstation, Internet access
etc):
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LONG PAPER SUBMISSION
1) Join the full paper of about 6000 words + figures (up to 20-pages, double-
spaced), including an abstract of up to 200 words, in PDF or PS format.
2) Required facilities (Audiovisual equipment, Workstation, Internet access
etc):
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INNOVATIVE APPLICATION or PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION
SUBMISSION
1) Include an abstract of up to 1000 words in ASCII format
2) Required facilities (Audiovisual equipment, Workstation, Internet access
etc):
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ATTENDANCE INTENTION FORM
RIAO 2000: Content-Based Multimedia Information Access
College de France, Paris, France
April 12-14, 2000
EMAIL TO:
or FAX TO:
RIAO 2000 Secretariat
Fax: (33 / 0) 1 48 78 49 61 or 1 45 26 84 45
First Name and Last Name:
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Position:
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Affiliation:
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Address:
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City:
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State/Province:
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Country:
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Postal/Zip Code:
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Phone:
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Fax:
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Email:
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URL:
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I intend to attend the conference as a
____ full participant
____ student