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1. ACH/ALLC Call for Papers (170 lines)
2. Prof. Bruce Croft on "Putting Information Retrieval to the Test"
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From: NEUMAN@GUVAX.BITNET
Subject: ACH/ALLC Call for Papers
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Dear Colleagues,

November 1st, the deadline for submitting proposals for ACH-ALLC93, is
fast approaching.  We welcome your inquiries and your submissions.
For more details, see the call for papers below.

Regards,
Michael Neuman
Georgetown University
for ACH-ALLC93

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            ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES
         ASSOCIATION FOR LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING

          1993 JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE  ACH-ALLC93

                          JUNE 16-19, 1993
               GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C.


                          CALL FOR PAPERS

This conference is the major forum for literary, linguistic and
humanities computing.  It is concerned with the development of new
computing methodologies for research and teaching in the
humanities, the development of significant new networked-based and
computer-based resources for humanities research, and the
application and evaluation of computing techniques in humanities
subjects.

TOPICS: We welcome submissions on topics such as text encoding;
statistical methods for text analysis; hypertext; text corpora;
computational lexicography; morphological, syntactic, semantic and
other forms of text analysis; also, computer applications in history,
philosophy, music and other humanities disciplines. For the 1993
conference, ACH and ALLC extend a special invitation to members of the
library community to contribute to the conference on the topics of
creating and cataloguing network-based resources in the humanities,
developing and integrating databases of texts and images of works
central to the humanities, and refining retrieval techniques for
humanities databases.

LOCATION: Georgetown, an historic residential district along the Potomac
River, is a six-mile ride by taxi from Washington National Airport.
International flights arrive at Dulles Airport, which offers regular
bus service to the Nation's Capital.

REQUIREMENTS: Proposals should describe substantial and original
work. Proposals describing the development of new computing
methodologies should make clear how these methodologies are applied
to research and/or teaching in the humanities. Those concerned with a
particular application (e.g., a study of the style of an author)
should cite previous approaches to the problem and should include some
critical assessment of the computing methodologies used. All proposals
should include references to important sources.

ABSTRACT LENGTH: Abstracts of 1500-2000 words in length should be
submitted for presentations of thirty minutes including questions.

SESSION PROPOSALS: Proposals for sessions (90 minutes) are also
invited. These should take the form of either:

(a) Three papers. The session organizer should submit a 500-word
statement describing the session topic, include abstracts of
1000-1500 words for each paper, and indicate that each author is
willing to participate in the session.

(b) A panel of up to 6 speakers.  The panel organizer should submit
an abstract of 1500-2000 words describing the panel topic, how it will
be organized, the names of all the speakers, and an indication that
each speaker is willing to participate in the session.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: November 1, 1992

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: February 1, 1993

FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS: Electronic submissions are strongly
encouraged, and should follow strictly the format given below.
Submissions that do not conform to this format will be returned to the
authors for reformatting, or may not be considered if they arrive near
the deadline.

All submissions should include a header in the following format:

TITLE: title of paper
AUTHOR(S): names of authors
AFFILIATION: affiliations of author(s)
CONTACT ADDRESS: full postal address of main author (for contact)
E-MAIL: electronic mail address of main author followed by other
              authors (if any)
FAX NUMBER: fax for main author
PHONE NUMBER: phone for main author

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS: Please submit plain ASCII text files. Files
that include formatting by a wordprocessor, TAB characters, and soft
hyphens are not acceptable. Paragraphs should be separated by blank
lines. Headings and subheadings should be on separate lines and be
numbered. References (up to six) and notes should appear at the end of
the abstract. Where necessary, a simple markup scheme for accents and
other characters that cannot be transmitted by electronic mail should
be used; provide an explanation of the markup scheme after the title
information.

If diagrams are necessary for the evaluation of an electronic
submission, they should be faxed to 1-202-687-6003 (after dialing
one's international access code) or 202-687-6003 (from within the US),
and a note to indicate the presence of diagrams should be inserted
at the beginning of the abstract.

Address for electronic submissions: Neuman@GUVAX.Georgetown.edu
(include a subject line "<Author's surname> Submission for
ACH-ALLC93").


PAPER SUBMISSIONS: Submissions should be typed or printed on one side
of the paper only, with ample margins. Six copies should be sent to

ACH-ALLC93 (Paper submission)
Dr. Michael Neuman
Academic Computer Center
238 Reiss Science Building
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057


PUBLICATION: A selection of papers presented at the conference will be
published in the series Research in Humanities Computing edited by
Susan Hockey and Nancy Ide, published by Oxford University Press.


INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chair: Marianne Gaunt, Rutgers University (ACH)
       Thomas Corns, University of Wales, Bangor (ALLC)
       Paul Fortier, University of Manitoba (ACH)
       Jacqueline Hamesse, Universite Catholique Louvain-la-Neuve
          (ALLC)
       Susan Hockey, Rutgers and Princeton Universities (ALLC)
       Nancy Ide, Vassar College (ACH)
       Randall Jones, Brigham Young University (ACH)
       Michael Neuman, Georgetown University (ACH) (Local organizer)
       Antonio Zampolli, University of Pisa (ALLC)


INQUIRIES

Please address all inquiries to:

ACH-ALLC93
Dr. Michael Neuman, Local Organizer
Academic Computer Center
238 Reiss Science Building
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C. 20057

Phone: 202-687-6096
FAX:   202-687-6003
Bitnet:  Neuman@Guvax
Internet:  Neuman@Guvax.Georgetown.edu

Please include your name, full mailing address, telephone and fax
numbers, and e-mail address with any inquiry.



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From: january@donner.cc.bellcore.com (Amy Wang @ Bellcore)
Subject: Prof. Bruce Croft on "Putting Information Retrieval to the Test"


                                 NJ/ASIS

                         Distinguished Lectureship

                              W. Bruce Croft

                             October 14, 1992

The New Jersey Chapter of the American Society for Information Science
proudly announces Professor W. Bruce Croft of the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst as the recipient of its eighth annual Distinguished Lectureship
award.  New Jersey established this award in 1985 to honor individuals who
have made significant contributions to the field of information science.
You are cordially invited to attend the events surrounding the presentation
of this award.

COLLOQUIUM:  W. Bruce Croft, "Current Research at the University of
             Massachusetts Information Retrieval Laboratory."   He will
             present and discuss recent results from IR research including the
             use of phrases in retrieval, automatic thesaurus construction,
             the inference net retrieval model, and integration with database
             systems.

          Rutgers University Student Center       Colloquium:  2:30 - 4:00
          Multipurpose Room                       with an informal reception
          126 College Avenue                      immediately following at
          New Brunswick, NJ 08903                 SCILS, 3rd Floor
                                                  Faculty Lounge.

Please park in Lot 26 or 30 behind the Student Center or the deck on
College Avenue.  No parking permit is necessary; simply write ASIS on a
piece of paper and leave on windshield.

RECEPTION
AND DINNER:    Somerset Marriott
               110 Davidson Avenue
               Somerset, NJ 08873
               Reception  5:30 PM; Dinner  6:30 PM; Speaker  7:30 PM.

PROGRAM:  NJ/ASIS Distinguished Lectureship Award
          W. Bruce Croft, "Putting Information Retrieval to the Test:
          Experiences from the TIPSTER Project."  This talk will focus on
          the DARPA-funded TIPSTER project in which IR techniques are
          evaluated using large, full-text databases in English and
          Japanese. The early experiences from this project will be
          discussed, along with the potential impact of this work on the
          development of commercial systems.


I plan to attend the following events of the NJ/ASIS Distinguished
Lectureship:

___ COLLOQUIUM

___ DINNER/PROGRAM                           COST
   _____ Chicken Piccata                      ___ $30.00 Nonmembers
   _____ Fillet of Sole, Stuffed with         ___ $25.00 Members
             Crabmeat                         ___ $15.00 Students, retirees,
   _____ Vegetarian Lasagna                              unemployed



NAME: ____________________________________________ AFFILIATION: ___________

COMPANY: _________________________________________ TELEPHONE: _____________


Return this portion with your check payable to NJ/ASIS no later than
October 9, 1992 to:

                Judith Roff
                Ciba-Geigy
                556 Morris Avenue, SIC 134
                Summit, NJ 07980
                (908) 277-5404

Please note:  Payment is expected in advance.  No refunds without 72 hours
notice.

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VICTORIA, CANADA - OCTOBER 18 TO 21, 1992

This conference is of MAJOR INTEREST to many physicians, nurses, academics,
and managers, in health care and information systems. REGISTRATION FORMS AND
PROGRAMS ARE READY!  Many people are already registered!

UPDATES !         PLEASE REGISTER SOON....

      *  The Pre-Conference Workshop, "COMPUTER NETWORKING FOR COMMUNITY
      HEALTH", will be given by the University of Victoria's, School of Health
      Information Science.  Some Spaces Still Open.

      *  60-70 Papers will be given by participants from across Canada and the
      U.S.A., also from; England, China, Fiji, Wales, Germany, Netherlands,
      New Caledonia, and other countries. The themes of ITCH'92 include;
        CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT - TELE-PARTNERSHIPS - SYNERGISTIC LINKAGES

      *  DR. RUTH LUBIC from New York City, a University of Victoria Lansdowne
      Lecturer, will open the conference with "Family Empowerment Through
      Shared Responsibility for Information Collection".

      *  Students are participating in a STUDENT PAPER AND POSTER CONTEST;
      sponsored by: METRO-MCNAIR CLINICAL LABORATORIES of Vancouver, Canada.

      *  DR. MAX HOUSE, of the Centre for Offshore and Remote Medicine, will
      discuss "Distance Health Systems - Collaboration Brings Success".

      *  DR. HAROLD GOLDBERG will join us from the University of Washington in
      Seattle to discuss "Firm System Research Using Ongoing Randomization".

      *  CONFERENCE REVIEW:FINAL PLENARY SESSION Dr. Ken Thornton, Professor
      at the University of Victoria, Patricia M. Coward, RN,MN, Acting Vice-
President of Patient Care at the Greater Victoria Hospital Society and
      Dr. Max House, will lead a comprehensive review of the contents and
      effectiveness of the Conference.

      *  EXHIBITORS & SPONSORS: B.C.Systems Corporation, Metro-McNair Clinical
      Laboratories, B.C. Telephone Company, B.C.Ministry of Health, School of
      Health Information Science, Thornton & Associates,  University of
      Victoria, Canadian Public Health Association, UVic Lansdowne Lecturers,
      Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, U.S. National
      Library of Medicine, Clinicare Corporation, MedCal(COSTAR) Ltd.,
      Shoreline Technology Ltd., etc. (Contact Jim Coward for Exhibitor &
      Vendor Information (604) 598-3681)

DON'T MISS THIS ONE !

Larry Scott, Chair ITCH'92 PHONE (604)721-8577
University of Victoria. po box 3050
VICTORIA BC V8W 3N6 E-MAIL: LSCOTT@UVVM.UVIC.CA

ITCH'92 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN COMMUNITY HEALTH