RIAO '97 Conference

Roy Tennant rtennant at library.berkeley.edu
Tue Apr 8 16:46:49 EDT 1997


Posted by request of  Jian-Yun Nie <nie at IRO.UMontreal.CA>.
Roy

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                    Call For Participation

                     RIAO'97 CONFERENCE
           Computer-Assisted Searching on the Internet
                      June 25-27, 1997
           McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

   http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/RIAO97    [note: RIAO in CAPS]




  Brief Description :
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         Every three years the Centre de Hautes Etudes Internationales
d'Information Documentaire (CID) of Paris, France, along with various
international affiliates, organizes an RIAO conference (RIAO is the
French acronym for Computer-Assisted Information Retrieval) under the
sponsorship of European Community (EC), Ministere des affaires etrangeres,
Ministere de l'industrie, Secretariat d'etat a la recherche (France),
Ministere de l'industrie, du commerce, de la science et de la technologie
(Quebec) and CRIM (Canada).  RIAO97 will be the fifth conference in the
series.  RIAO85 was held in Grenoble, France; RIAO88 at MIT; RIAO91 in
Barcelona; and RIAO94 at Rockefeller University in New York.

         RIAO conferences have the special feature of incorporating
both scientific papers and innovative product demonstrations.  Both
the product demonstrations and the scientific papers (which are often
accompanied by prototype system demonstrations) are subject to a
rigorous selection process.  The mix of scientific expertise and
state-of-the-art industrial development lends itself to a critical
examination of both aspects, stimulating both new product development,
ecnouraging sponsorship of start-ups, as well as initiating lines of
further, critical research investigations.

	RIAO97 focuses on new problems in information retrieval, filtering,
and dissemination resulting from the recent profusion and extensions
of networks.  In particular, RIAO97 brings together search specialists
and web-based media specialists to consider how searching can best be
accomplished in the context of the proliferation of web sites, content
formats, browsing modalities, amount of data accessible, and number of
user accesses.

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                        FINAL PROGRAM AND SCHEDULE


                               GENERAL SESSION
                                June 25, 1997
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9:00-9:15 a.m   WELCOMING STATEMENT
                Dr B. Robaire
                Vice Principal, Research
                McGill University, Canada

9:15-9:30 a.m   RIAO97' Introduction
                J. Thuiller
                Professor at the College de France
                President of the C.I.D.

9:30-10:00 a.m  Invited Speaker
                GILS Projet
                N. Brodie
                National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
                ---------------------------------
                SESSION 1: INFORMATION DISCOVERY
                ---------------------------------
Chairman: L. Devroye, McGill University

10:00-10:25 a.m "The Do-I-Care Agent: Effective Social Discovery and
                Filtering on the Web"
                M.S. Ackerman, B. Starr,  M. Pazzani
                University of California, USA

10:25-10:50 a.m "Mining Information In Order To Extract Hidden And
                Strategical Information"
                T.Dkaki, B. Dousset, J. Mothe
                Universite P. Sabatier, Toulouse, France

10:50-11:20 a.m Break and Demonstrations
                ----------------------------------------------------------
                SESSION 2:  VISUALISATION TOOLS FOR INFORMATION NAVIGATION
                ----------------------------------------------------------
Chairman: S. Tohme, ENST France

11:20-11:45 a.m "Design Issues for World Wide Web Navigation Visualisation
                Tools"
                A. Cockburn,  S. Jones
                University of Canterbury, University of Waikato, New Zealand

11:45-12:10 a.m "Footprints: History-Rich Web Browsing"
                A. Wexelblat, P. Maes
                Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

12:10-12:35 p.m "Using terminological base for Term-based information
                 retrieval"
                J-Y Nie, Universite de Montreal, Canada

12:35-2:05 p.m  LUNCH
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                SESSION 3:  AUTOMATIC ABSTRACTING, REPOSITORIES
                ------------------------------------------------
Chairman: G. Grefenstette, Rank Xerox Research Centre

2:05-2:30 p.m   "Development of a Document Summarization System for
                Effective Information Services"
                D. H. Jang, S. H. Myaeng
                Chungnam National University, Taejon, Korea

2:30-2:55 p.m   "Automatic summarization on the Web? RAFI: A system for
                summarizing using indicating fragments"
                A. Lehmam, Universite de Nancy II, France

2:55-3:20 p.m   "Towards Sophisticated Wrapping of Web-based Information
                Repositories"
                B. Chidlovskii, U. M. Borghoff, P.Y. Chevalier
                Rank Xerox Research Centre, France

3:20-3:45 p.m  "Annotating the World Wide Web using Natural Language"
                B. Katz, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, USA

3:45-4:15 p.m   Break and Demonstrations
                ---------------------------------------------------------
                SESSION 4:  LINGUISTIC APPROACH FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
                ---------------------------------------------------------
Chairman:  R. Cencioni, European Community

4:15-4:40 p.m   "IRENA: Information Retrieval Engine based on Natural
                Language Analysis"
                A.T. Arampatzis ,T. Tsoris,  C.H.A. Koster.
                Patras, Greece and Netherlands

4:40-5:05 p.m   "The Effect of Syntactic Phrase Indexing on Retrieval
                Performance for Dutch Texts"
                R. Pohlmann , W. Kraaij
                Utrecht University, TNO-TPD, Netherlands

5:05-5:30 p.m   "Using Simulated Annealing to Understand Natural Language
                Texts"
                S.A. Laribi, G. Desrocques, A. Laribi, J.C. Bassano
                Universite d'Orleans, France. Geneva Univeristy, Switzerland

5:30-5:55 p.m   "An Analysis of Statistical and Syntactic Phrases"
                M. Mitra, C. Buckley, A. Singhal, C. Cardie
                Cornell University, USA
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                        June 26, 1997
                SESSION 5:  MULTILINGUAL APPROACH
                ----------------------------------
Chairman: C. Fluhr, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique. France

9:00-9:25 a.m  "Multi-Language Text Indexing for Internet Retrieval"
                M.Wechsler, P. Sheridan, P. Schauble
                Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

9:25-9:50 a.m   "Adaptative Filtering of Multilingual Document Streams"
                D.W. Oard, University of Maryland, USA

9:50-10:15 a.m  "A domain Specific Lexicon Acquisition Tool for
                Cross-Language Information Retrieval"
                D. Hiemstra, F. de Jong, W. Kraaij
                CTIT, Twente University, Netherlands

10:15-10:45 a.m Break and Demonstrations


                ----------------------------
                SESSION 6:  IRS ARCHITECTURE
                ----------------------------
Chairman: R. Marcus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)

10:45-11:10 a.m "EAGLE: An Extensible Architecture for General Linguistic
                Engineering"
                B. Baldwin , C. Doran,  J.C. Reynar

11:10-11:35 a.m "Information Retrieval On The Word Wide Web using a Decision
                Making System"
                F. Corvaisier, A. Mille, J.M. Pinon, INSA, Lyon, France

11:35-12:00 a.m "A Multiagent Architecture for Information Retrieval on the
                World-Wide Web"
                V.N. Gudivada, S.P. Tolety
                Wayne State University, University of Missouri. USA

12:00-1:30 p.m  LUNCH
                ---------------------------------
                SESSION 7: INFORMATION EXTRACTION
                ---------------------------------

Chairman: C. Jacquemin, Universite de Nantes. France

1:30-2:45 p.m   Panel
                        TREC in Many Languages
                        * TREC-5: English
                           D. Harman
                           National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
                        * TREC-5: Spanish and Chinese
                           A. Smeaton
                           Dublin City University, Ireland
                        *The Amaryllis Project
                           C. Fluhr
                           Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), France


2:45-3:10 p.m   "Integrated text categorisation and information extraction
                using pattern matching and linguistic processing"
                 W. J. Black, L. Gilardoni, F. Rinaldi, R Dressel
                 UMIST, UK. Quinary Spa, Italy

3:10-3:35 p.m   "On-Line Resource Discovery using Natural Language"
                O.R. Zaine , A. Fall, S. Rochefort, V. Dahl, P. Tarau
                Simon Fraser University, Canada

3:35-4:00 p.m  "Coupling information retrieval and information extraction:
                A new text technology for gathering information from the web"
                R. Gaizauskas, A.M. Robertson
                University of Sheffield, UK

4:00-4:30 p.m   Break and Demonstrations
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                SESSION 8:  DOCUMENT / RELEVANCE RANKING
                ----------------------------------------
Chairman: D.J. Harman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA.

4:30-4:55 p.m   "Summarizing Similarities and differences Among Related
                Documents"
                I. Mani , E. Bloedorn
                The MITRE Corporation, USA

4:55-5:20 p.m   "Relevance Ranking for One to Three Term Queries"
                C.L.A. Clarke , G.V. Cormack, E.A. Tudhope
                University of Toronto. Canada

5:20-5:45 p.m   "Space Optimizations for Total Ranking"
                D.R. Cutting, J.O. Pedersen
                Excite Inc., USA

5:45-6:10 p.m   "A Similarity-Based Agent for Internet Searching"
                T.G. Rose, P. J. Wyard, Canon, UK
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                        June 27, 1997
                SESSION 9: IRS ARCHITECTURE- II
                -------------------------------
Chairman: U. Heid, Stuttgart University, Germany

9:00-9:25 a.m   "ARACHNID: Adaptive Retrieval Agents Choosing
                Heuristic Neighborhoods for Information Discovery"
                F. Menczer , R.K. Belew
                University of California, USA

9:25-9:50 a.m   "Cobra: A new approach to IR System design"
                T. Mills, K. Moody, K. Rodden
                University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. UK

9:50-10:15 a.m  "Interactive Image Retrieval by Means of Abductive Inference"
                A. Muller, A. Everts
                GMD. Germany

10:15-10:45 a.m Break and Demonstrations
                ---------------------------------
                SESSION 10:  QUERY REFORMULATION
                ---------------------------------
Chairman: J.C. Bassano, Universite d'Orleans France.

10:45-11:10 a.m "Query modification based on relevance backpropagation"
                M. Boughanem, C. Soule-Dupuy
                MSI, Universite de Limoges, France

11:10-11:35 a.m "Query ReFormulation on the Internet: Empirical Data and the
                Hyperindex Search Engine"
                P.D. Bruza , S. Dennis
                Queensland University of Technology, Australia

11:35-12:00 a.m SQLET:  Short Query Linguistic Expansion Techniques:
                Palliating One or Two-word Queries by Providing Intermediate
                Structure to WWW Pages
                G. Grefenstette
                Rank Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble, France

12:00-1:30 p.m  LUNCH
                ---------------------------------
                SESSION 11: INFORMATION FILTERING
                ---------------------------------
Chairman:  V. Semenova, ANALIT, Moscow

1:30-1:55 p.m   "Probabilistic Learning for Information Filtering"
                G. Amati , F. Crestani, F. Ubaldini, S. de Nardis
                Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Universita di Padova, Universita di
                Roma, Italy

1:55-2:20 p.m   "Using Syntactic Information in Document Filtering: A
                Comparative Study of Part-of-speech Tagging and Supertagging"
                R. Chandrasekar , B. Srinivas
                University of Pennsylvania, USA

2:20-2:45 p.m   "Querying Hierarchical Text and Acyclic Hypertext  with
                Generalized Context-Free Grammars"
                Y. Marcoux, M. Sevigny
                Universite de Montreal, Canada

2:45-3:15 p.m   Break and Demonstrations
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                SESSION 12: INFORMATION EXTRACTION II
                -------------------------------------
Chairman: J.P. Haton, Universite Henri-Poincare, Nancy I, France

3:15-3:40 p.m   "A probabilistic model of Passage Categorization"
                M. Iwayama, T. Tokunaga
                Advanced Research Laboratory, Japan

3:40-4:05 p.m   "Knowledge Discovery From Natural Language Texts"
                U. Hahn, K. Schnattinger
                Freiburg University, Germany

4:05-4:30 p.m   "Extraction of Index Words from Manuals"
                H. Nakagawa
                Yokohama National University, Japan

                --------------------------------
                SESSION 13:  JUDICIAL PROBLEMS
                --------------------------------
Chairman: J. Perriere, C.I.D. France

4:30-4:55 p.m   "Limits of Using Data"
                Maitre Feral-Schuhl
                Ordre Des Avocats du Barreau de Paris, France.

4:55-5:20 p.m   "Data Security"
                 Maitre G. Arendt
                 President of Computer Commission of the International
                 Union of Lawyers, Luxemburg


5:20-5:45 p.m   "Security Concerns On The Intranet"
                Maitre Landry
                Montreal, Canada.
                Union Internationale des Avocats.


5:45-6:15 p.m   Conclusions




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                CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
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Registration may be proceeded in one of the following ways:
- via the WWW at
                http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/RIAO97
- by e-mail: riao97 at irin.univ-nantes.fr
- by fax to the CID: (33) 01 48 78 49 61 or (33) 01 45 26 84 45
- or by surface mail:
        CID, 36 bis rue Ballu, 75009 Paris, France
     or
        CID, c/o Constantin and co., 575 Madison Ave, 25th Floor, NY, NY
        10022, USA

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                Registration Fees
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(before June 1, 1997): US$ 475 or CA$ 650 or 415 ECUS
(from June 1, 1997):   US$ 530 or CA$ 725 or 460 ECUS

Students (presenting valid Student ID):
(before June 1, 1997): US$ 315 or CA$ 435 or 275 ECUS
(from June 1, 1997):   US$ 390 or CA$ 530 or 340 ECUS

Registration fees can be made by bank transfer:

in US dollars:
        CID/CASIS No: 02 050 25 061 2
        Banque Societe Generale, Agence Montmartre,
        89 rue de Clichy, 75009 Paris, France
or
        CASIS No: 15 39 90 34
        City Bank,
        460 Park Avenue and 57th Street, NY, NY 10022 USA

in Canadian dollars:
        CID No: 035 500 65 48 1
        Banque Societe Generale, Agence Montmartre,
        89 rue de Clichy, 75009 Paris, France

in ECUs:
        CID No: 055 500 65 48 1
        Banque Societe Generale, Agence Montmartre,
        89 rue de Clichy, 75009 Paris, France

or Credit Card payments (only VISA Card can be accepted) in writing or
faxing request to C.I.D. 36 bis rue Ballu, 75009 Paris, France,
fax (33) 01 48 78 49 61 or (33) 01 45 26 84 45.

Registration includes access to all presentations and sessions,
including the Working Group,Thursday morning, June 26th, and a copy of
the proceedings. On-Site Registration will take place on Tuesday June
24 from 5 pm, and on Wednesday June 25, from 8 am on.

Telephones accepting credit cards are available throughout the University.
Lunches can be taken at the University Cafeteria, 3840 McTavish Street.
Lunch tickets will be available at the Registration Desk for $10 (Canadian)
per ticket.

McGill University is located in the center of Montreal and numerous
other restaurants are available nearby.
An optional visit and dinner will be organized for RIAO'97 participants
on June 26th at 7 p.m.


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                AIRFARE AND HOTELS
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Reductions in air fare will be possible for flights leaving from
France. Contact the CID before June 1, 1997.
A block of rooms have been reserved at several hotels in Montreal
at a special rate for RIAO97 participants.
When you make your reservation, please indicate that you are a participant
of RIAO97 Conference. In most cases, rooms will only be held at a special
rate until one month before the conference.

Hotel list
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Chateau de Versailles
      1659 Sherbrooke St. West
      Montreal, Quebec
      H3H 1E3
      Tel : (514) 933-3611
      Fax: (514) 933-6867
      price: single $ 89 per night
Castel Durocher
      3488 Durocher
      Montreal, Quebec
      H2X 2E1
      Tel : (514) 282-1697
      Fax: (514) 282-0025
      price: single $ 85 per night
Delta Montreal
      450 Sherbrooke St. West
      Montreal, Quebec
      H3A 2T4
      Tel : (514) 286-1986
      Fax: (514) 284-4306
      price: single $ 119 per night
Howard Johnson
      475 Sherbrooke Street West
      Montreal, Quebec
      H3A 2L9
      Tel : (514) 842-3961
      Fax: (514) 842-0945
      price: single $ 98 per night
Best Western Ville Marie Hotel
      3407 Peel Street
      Montreal, Quebec
      Tel : (514) 288-4141
      Fax: (514) 288-3021
      price: single $ 99 per night
Manoir Ambrose
      3422 rue Stanley
      Montreal Canada
      H3A IR8
      Tel : (514) 288-6922
      Fax: (514) 288-5757
      price: single $ 80 per night
Manoir Sherbrooke
      157 rue Sherbrooke West
      H2X 1C7
      Tel : (514) 285-0895
      Fax: (514) 284-1125
      price: single $ 80 par nuit
Casa Bella
      264 rue Sherbrooke West
      H2X 1X9
      Tel : (514) 849-2777
      Fax: (514) 849-1126
      price: single $ 80 per night





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