From: Anne-Marie.Vercoustre@.inria.fr (Anne-Marie Vercoustre)
Newsgroups: alt.hypertext
Subject: Hypertext Conference : Call for Papers
Date: 29 Dec 92 16:51:43 GMT
Organization: INRIA * Rocquencourt BP 105 * F-78153 LE CHESNAY CEDEX* France



                             HYPERTEXT'93

                       ACM Conference on Hypertext
                        Seattle, Washington, USA
                          November 14-18, 1993

Sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery and its special
interest groups (SIGLINK, SIGOIS, and SIGIR)

IMPORTANT DATES:
April 1, 1993     Papers, panels, courses, commercial symposium,
                    videos, and technical briefings received
June 15, 1993     Acceptance notifications to authors 
July 15, 1993     Final versions received for the proceedings
August 2, 1993    Demos and posters received
August 27, 1993   Final videos received for production

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:
Hypertext '93 is an international conference on hypertext theory, 
systems, and applications. The ACM Hypertext Conference occurs 
annually, alternating between locations in the United States and 
Europe.

Hypertext systems provide computer support for locating, gathering, 
annotating, and organizing information. Hypertext systems are being 
designed for information collections of material in diverse 
heterogeneous media, hence the alternate name, hypermedia.

Hypertext is by nature multi-disciplinary, involving research in 
many fields, including computer science, cognitive science, rhetoric, 
and education, as well as many application domains. This conference
will interest a broad spectrum of professionals in these fields 
including theoreticians, behavioral researchers, systems researchers, 
and applications developers. 

The conference will provide a forum for papers, panels, courses, 
commercial symposium, videos, technical briefings, posters, and 
demonstrations. Topics include but are not limited to:

Paradigms for information access 
Information design
Theories, models, and frameworks
Experimental or observational studies
Workplace deployment issues
Structuring hypertext documents for reading and retrieval
Innovative hypertexts
Underlying technologies (persistent object stores, link
services, databases, information retrieval, access control)

TECHNICAL PAPERS:
Technical papers present integrative reviews or original reports of 
substantive new work in areas that are theoretical (models, analysis 
techniques, semantics), empirical (experiments, case studies), or 
implementation-oriented (new systems, authoring methods, 
interfaces).

Submissions: Papers must be written in English, contain a maximum 
of 6000 words (excluding figures), and in no case should exceed 14 
single-spaced pages. Please submit 7 copies of the paper and one
copy of a cover page. On the cover page include the title, the author 
name(s), author affiliation(s), contact information (mailing 
address, telephone, FAX, e-mail), the word count, an abstract of about 
200 words, and several topical keywords. The title, author names 
and affiliations, the abstract, and the keywords should also appear on 
the first page of the paper itself.

Requests for information by electronic mail to: 
furuta@cs.umd.edu or stotts@cs.unc.edu.

Submissions to:
David Stotts
Department of Computer Science
Campus Box 3175
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175 USA
phone: 919 962-1833

COURSES:
Proposals for both 1/2- and 1-day courses at both introductory and 
advanced levels are solicited. Courses can be proposed with a 
technology, methods, or applications focus. The examples below are 
illustrative, not exhaustive.

Technology Focus: Technical options in using underlying or related 
technology such as databases, information retrieval, indexing, 
artificial intelligence, expert systems, application development tools, 
graphics, multimedia, filmmaking, and SGML.

Methods Focus: Systematic approaches, firmly grounded on 
experience and lessons learned, for planning and carrying out 
successful hypertext projects such as project management, 
evaluation, testing, standards, CALS compliance, and legal issues.

Applications/Domain Focus: Coherent frameworks with case studies, 
lessons learned, technology and methods for developing applications 
in particular domains such as online documentation, software 
engineering, education, public access information, museums, 
collaborative authoring, manufacturing, and medicine.

Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of the instructor's 
qualifications for teaching the proposed course and the contribution 
of the course to the overall conference program.

Submissions: Proposals should include a 200-word abstract, a 1-page 
topical outline of the course content, and describe the course 
objectives, intended audience, length (half- or full-day), and the 
instructor's qualifications. Proposers are invited to contact the 
courses chairman to discuss their planned proposals. Submit four 
copies of the proposal.

Submissions and requests for information to: 
Robert J. Glushko 
Passage Systems 
723 Hastings Street 
Pittsburgh, PA 15206 USA 
voice/fax: 412 362-3356 
email: glushko@passage.com 

COMMERCIAL SYMPOSIUM:
Proposals from vendors are solicited to demonstrate how their 
product or service solves practical problems in hypertext projects.
Sessions will be organized around topics of concern in real-world 
projects. Vendors should specify one of the following sessions in 
which they would like to participate:
- Authoring for Hypertext
- Conversion of Printed Documents
- Multimedia Data Management
- Presentation Tools and Technologies
- Delivery and Distribution Technologies

A moderator will outline the technical issues of each session. Vendors 
will have 20 minutes to describe commercially viable approaches to 
solving the technical problems. Sales-oriented presentations are not 
appropriate. Demonstrations of technology should relate directly to 
the goals of the session. 

Submissions: Vendors are invited to submit a brief (3 to 5 page) 
description of their presentation. Submissions should describe the 
technical problem to be addressed and how their technology helps 
solve the problem. Vendors who are interested in participating are 
encouraged to contact the symposium chair well in advance of the 
proposal deadline to discuss their approach. 

Submissions and requests for information to: 
Daryl V. Savell 
Search Technology 
4898 South Old Peachtree Road, Suite 200 
Atlanta, Georgia 30071 USA 
voice: 404 441-1457 
fax: 404 263-0802 
email: savell@searchtech.com

TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS:
Technical briefings provide a medium for presenting details of a 
concrete design rather than an empirical or theoretical contribution. 
Presenters should emphasize experience in the design and 
implementation of a hypertext system or application, and discuss 
decision points and trade-offs. Briefings can also communicate 
insights into authoring large or highly original hypertexts.

A briefing consists of a 30 minute in-depth presentation of the 
interesting contributions made by the system or hypertext, 
accompanied by live interaction. Proposed presentations will be 
judged on the value of the technical messages they deliver to 
designers or the insights they convey to other hypertext authors.

Submissions: Proposals (approx. 1500 words or 5 pages) should be 
submitted in five paper copies and outline the points that will be 
made in the briefing. A separate page must contain the title of the 
briefing, name(s), affiliation(s), and complete mailing address(es) 
(including phone, fax, and e-mail) of the author(s). A short 
description of the technical briefing will appear in the conference 
proceedings.

Submissions and requests for information to: 
Catherine Marshall 
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center 
3333 Coyote Hill Road 
Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
voice: 415 812-4740 
fax: 415 812-4777 
email: marshall@parc.xerox.com

PANELS:
Panels will provide a dramatic and spontaneous forum for exploring 
the art of hypertext, looking back upon the recent past, and for 
proposing future directions. We particularly encourage panels that 
bring a diverse range of views and methodologies to bear on analysis 
and criticism of specific, published hypertexts, collections of 
hypertexts, or hypertext writing environments. 

Submissions: Proposals should describe, in appropriate detail, the 
issues the panelists will address, the approaches they adopt, and the 
likely questions and controversies the panel will explore. The 
background and qualifications of each panelist should be discussed. 
Full position papers will appear in the proceedings.

Submissions and requests for information to: 
Mark Bernstein 
Eastgate Systems, Inc. 
134 Main Street 
Watertown, MA 02172 USA 
voice: 617 924-9044 
fax: 617 923-4575 
email: EastgateS@aol.com

POSTERS:
Poster presentations enable researchers to present late-breaking 
results, significant work in progress, or work that is best 
communicated in conversation. Poster sessions let conference 
attendees exchange ideas one-on-one with authors, and let authors 
discuss their work in detail with those attendees most deeply 
interested in the same topic.

Submissions: Submit an extended abstract of at most two pages 
emphasizing the problem, what was done, and why the work is 
important. Electronic submission is preferred. Please provide cover 
information: the title, the name and affiliation of the author(s), and 
complete address (including telephone, fax, email) for the author to 
whom correspondence should be addressed.

Submissions and requests for information to: 
Gary Perlman 
Computer & Information Science, 228 Bolz Hall 
2036 Neil Avenue 
Ohio State University 
Columbus, OH 43210-1277 USA
phone: 614 292-2566 
fax: 614 292-9021 
email: perlman@cis.ohio-state.edu

DEMONSTRATIONS:
We invite proposals for demonstrations of hypertext technology and 
applications. Demonstrations should focus on aspects of the system 
that are novel and important. The system may represent an 
interesting hypertext technology or an interesting hypertext 
application. Presenters of the systems should be individuals who 
have been directly involved with the development of the system, 
and who are aware of the differentiating and interesting ideas 
embodied by their system. 

Submissions: Submit a proposal of at most three pages describing the 
planned demonstration. The proposal should include a description of 
noteworthy and distinguishing ideas or approaches your demo will 
illustrate; an explanation of how your demo will illustrate these ideas 
or approaches; information about the person(s) who will present the 
demo; a 100-word summary for inclusion in a program description; 
and hardware and software requirements, including electrical 
requirements. 

Submissions and requests for information to: 
William Jones 
Boeing Computer Services 
P.O. Box 24346, MS 7L-64 
Seattle, WA 98124-0346 USA
phone: 206 865 3319 
email: william@atc.boeing.com

VIDEOS:
The video program will be shown continuously during the 
conference. Videos are appropriate for demonstrations that would be 
difficult to show live, for illustrating concepts that are hard to 
describe verbally, or for presenting prototypes or work in progress. 
Video may also be appropriate for hypertext systems whose 
individual features are not unique, but whose total effect is a 
significant advance. For the first time, we will also be accepting some 
short films which have a nonlinear narrative structure or other 
relation to the field of hypertext.

Submissions: Submit one copy of a tape. 3/4 inch Umatic tapes are 
preferred. 1/2 inch VHS or 8mm formats will also be accepted, but 
may result in lower visual quality. NTSC format (used in North 
America and Japan) is strongly preferred, but PAL (used in most of 
Europe) will also be accepted. Please clearly indicate format on the 
submission.

A rough cut and/or full shooting script, with final program length 
indicated, will be considered but judged more stringently. Each 
submission should be accompanied by a one page description with 
full credits, for inclusion in the conference literature. A primary 
contact person should be designated. Indicate the final format which 
will be delivered for production.

Submissions and requests for information to: 
Jeremy J. Bornstein 
Apple Computer 
One Infinite Loop, MS 301-4A 
Cupertino, CA 95014 USA 
phone: 408 974-0143 
fax: 408 974-5505 
email: jeremy@apple.com

EQUIPMENT SUPPORT:
The conference encourages use of multimedia and computers. 
Standard computer hardware and systems software configurations 
and screen projection equipment will be provided by the conference. 
Washington State law prohibits rental of applications software, so 
each presenter must bring what they need. Non-standard or 
specialized hardware will be supported when possible, but 
presenters may need to ship it to the conference site.

Proposals for demonstrations must include a description of hardware 
and software requirements. Other participants will receive a request 
for information about audio/visual and computer requirements when 
proposals are accepted.

Conference Committee:
General Chair: Steven Poltrock (Boeing Computer Services)
Program Co-Chair: Richard Furuta (U. of Maryland)
Program Co-Chair: David Stotts (U. of North Carolina)
Treasurer: Keith Lash (Boeing Computer Services)
Registration: Charles Schafer (Boeing Computer Services)
Publicity: Muru Palaniappan (Aldus)
Publications Co-Chair: Paul Goode (Microsoft)
Publications Co-Chair: Christopher Brown (Microsoft)
Proceedings Co-Chair: Charles Kacmar (Florida State U.) 
Proceedings Co-Chair: John Schnase (Texas A&M U.)
Audio/Visual: David Hicks (Texas A&M U.)
Local Arrangements: Douglas Schuler (Boeing Computer Services)
Equipment: Chris Esposito (Boeing Computer Services)
Industry Liaison: Dennis Egan (Bellcore)
Student Volunteers: Michael Bieber (NJ Institute of Technology)
European Coordinator: Dario Lucarella (CRA-ENEL)
Courses: Robert Glushko (Passage Systems)
Commercial Symposium: Daryl Savell (Search Technology)
Panels: Mark Bernstein (Eastgate Systems)
Technical Briefings: Catherine Marshall (Xerox PARC)
Videos: Jeremy Bornstein (Apple Computer)
Demos: William Jones (Boeing Computer Services)
Posters: Gary Perlman (The Ohio State University)

Information
For general conference information, contact:
Steven Poltrock
Boeing Computer Services
P.O. Box 24346 MS 7L-64
Seattle, WA 98124-0346
email: ht93@atc.boeing.com
phone: 206 865-3270