humphrey@suesun.nlm.nih.gov (Susanne M Humphrey) (02/06/91)
2nd ASIS '91 Workshop on Classification Research
Organized by the ASIS Special Interest Group on
Classification Research (SIG/CR)
Call for Participation
The American Society for Information Science Special Interest Group on
Classification Research (ASIS SIG/CR) invites submissions for the 2nd ASIS '91
Classification Research (CR) Workshop, to be held at the 54th Annual Meeting of
ASIS in Washington, DC. The Workshop will take place Sunday, October 27th,
1991, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ASIS '91 continues through Thursday, October 31.
The CR Workshop is designed to be an exchange of ideas among those engaged in
active research or practice in the creation, development, management,
representation, display, comparison, compatibility, theory, and application of
classification schemes. Emphasis will be on semantic classification, in
contrast to statistically-based schemes. Topics include, but are not limited
to:
- Warrant for concepts in classification schemes.
- Concept acquisition.
- Basis for semantic classes.
- Automated techniques to assist in creating classification schemes.
- Statistical techniques used for developing explicit, nonstatistically-based
semantic classes.
- Relations and their properties.
- Inheritance and subsumption.
- Knowledge representation schemes.
- Classification algorithms.
- Procedural knowledge in classification schemes.
- Reasoning with classification schemes.
- Software for managing classification schemes.
- Data structures and programming languages for classification schemes.
- Comparison and compatibility between classification schemes.
- Previously-named topics, highlighting specific applications such as subject
analysis, database navigation, information retrieval, natural language
understanding, expert systems, and image processing.
The CR Workshop welcomes submissions from various disciplines. Attendance will
be by invitation only. Those interested in participating are invited to submit
a short (1-2 page single-spaced) position paper, summarizing their substantive
work in the above areas or other areas related to semantic classification
schemes, and a statement briefly outlining the reason for wanting to
participate in the workshop. Submissions may include background papers as
attachments. Those selected as presenters will be invited to submit expanded
versions of their position papers and to speak to those papers in brief
presentations during the workshop. All position papers (both expanded and
short papers) will be published in proceedings to be distributed prior to the
workshop. The workshop registration fee is $30.00 per person, and includes a
copy of the proceedings and lunch and refreshments.
Submissions should be sent by email, or diskette accompanied by paper copy, or
paper copy only (fax or postal), to arrive by May 1, 1991, to Barbara Kwasnik:
Barbara Kwasnik, Co-Chair Raya Fidel, Co-Chair
School of Information Studies Graduate School of Library and
4-206 Center for Science and Technology Information Science
Syracuse University University of Washington, FM-30
Syracuse, NY 13244 Seattle, WA 98195
Internet: bkwasnik@suvm.acs.syr.edu Internet: fidelr@vax1.u.washington.edu
Phone: (315) 443-2911 Phone: (206) 543-1888
Fax: (315) 443-5806