FOXEA@VTVAX3.BITNET (09/19/87)
In V3 #20 the call for papers for RIAO '88 was published. I have heard that
there has been a disappointing response from US universities. Since some
of you may not have received #20, due to mail problems or summer trips,
I am sending out the call again.
Some may have noted that this conference is the same week as the
Office Information Systems Conference. Special arrangements will be
made to schedule people who want to attend both to speak on the 21st
or 22nd if they want to then go on to the OIS conference.
While it is desirable that systems being discussed be demonstrable,
it is understood that university systems are typically prototypes, so
people should not be scared off by that factor. - Ed
CALL FOR PAPERS
RIAO 88
USER-ORIENTED CONTENT-BASED
TEXT AND IMAGE HANDLING
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
March 21-24, 1988
Conference
organized by:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Centre National de Recherche des Telecommunications (CNET)
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique
et Automatique (INRIA)
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris
Centre de Hautes Etudes Internationales d'Informatique
Documentaires (CID)
US participating organizations:
American Federation of Information Processing Societies
(AFIPS)
American Society for Information Science (ASIS)
Information Industry Association (IIA)
This conference is prepared under the direction of:
Professor Andre Lichnerowicz
de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris
and
Professor Jacques Arsac
correspondant de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris
RIAO: Recherche d'Informations Assistee par Ordinateur
A GENERAL INTRODUCTION:
RIAO 88 is being held to demonstrate the state of the art in
information retrieval, a domain that is in rapid evolution
because of developments in the technology for machine control of
full-text and image databases. This evolution is stimulated by
the demands of end-users generated by the recent availability of
CD-ROM full text publishing and general public access to
information data bases.
A group of French organizations has taken the initiative of
preparing this conference. Its wish in promoting this forum is
not only to stimulate and challenge researchers from all nations
but also to increase an awareness of European technology.
This "call for papers" is beeing distributed world-wide. We
want to reach individuals in the research communities throughout
the university and industrial sectors.
The conference will be held in Cambridge, MA. We hope that
it will encourage the exchange of European and American
viewpoints, and establish new links between research teams in
United-states and Europe.
CALL FOR PAPERS
General theme
Full-text and mixed media database systems are
characterized by the fact that the structure of the
information is not known a priori.
This prevents advance knowledge of the types of
questions that will be asked, unlike the situation found in
hierarchical and relational database management systems.
You are invited to submit a paper showing how the
situation can be dealt with. Special attention will be given to:
- techniques designed to reduce imprecision
in full-text database searching;
- data entry and control;
- "friendly" end-user interfaces.
- new media
A large number of specific subjects can be treated
within this general framework. Some suggestions are made in
the following section.
Specific themes
A) Linguistic processing and interrogation of full
text databases:
- automatic indexing,
- machine generated summaries,
- natural language queries,
- computer-aided translation,
- multilingual interfaces.
B) Automatic thesaurus construction,
C) Expert system techniques for retrieving information
in full-text and multimedia databases:
- expert systems reasoning on open-ended domains
- expert systems simulating librarians accessing
pertinent information.
D) Friendly user interfaces to classical information
retrieval systems.
E) Specialized machines and system architectures designed
for treating full-text data, including managing and accessing
widely distributed databases.
F) Automatic database construction scanning techniques,
optical character readers, output document preparation, etc...
G) New applications and perspectives suggested by
emerging new technologies:
- optical storage techniques (videodisk,
CD-ROM, CD-I, Digital Optical Disks);
- integrated text, sound and image retrieval
systems;
- electronic mail and document delivery based
on content;
- voice processing technologies for database
construction;
- production of intelligent tutoring
systems;
- hypertext, hypermedia.
Conditions for participation
The program committee is looking for communications
geared toward practical applications. Papers which have not been
validated by a working model, a prototype or a simulation, or for
which a realization of such a model seems currently unlikely, may
be refused.
Authors must submit a paper of about 10 pages doubled
spaced, and a 100 word abstract.
Four copies must be sent before October 30 to one of
these two addresses:
- RIAO 88, Conference Service Office, MIT, Bldg 7, Room 111
CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
- RIAO 88, CID, 36 bis rue Ballu, 75009 PARIS FRANCE
Each presentation will last 20 minutes followed by 10
minutes of discussion and questions.
Arrangement have been made with the international
journal "Information Processing and Management" for publishing
expanded versions of some papers.
High quality audiovisual techniques should be used
when presenting the paper.
Separate demonstration sessions can be scheduled
if requested.
Particular attention will be paid to :
- the use of readily available equipment for
demonstrations (IBM PC, APPLE, network connec-
tions...);
- pre-recorded video or floppy disk displays.
Hardcopy printouts of results should be avoided if
possible.
English is the working language of the conference.
For further information call:
in North America : Karen Daifuku,
tel: (202) 944 62 52
in other countries: Secretariat General du CID in France,
tel: (1) 42 85 04 75