[Asis-l] 2nd CFP: Workshop on Collaborative Information Retrieval

[Tara Mani Dahal]

Thanks !

On 4/29/08, Gene Golovchinsky <gene at fxpal.com> wrote:
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> Reminder: Workshop submission deadline (May 2) is approaching!
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> *1st International Workshop on Collaborative Information Retrieval*
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> In conjunction with JCDL 2008
> Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
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> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA June 16-20, 2008
> http://workshops.fxpal.com/jcdl2008
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> Workshop Date: June 20, 2008
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> About this Workshop:
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> Support for explicit collaboration is becoming increasingly important
> for certain kinds of collection-building activities in digital
> libraries. In the last few years, several research groups have pursued
> various issues related to collaboration during search. We can represent
> collaboration in search on two dimensions - synchrony and intent.
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> Synchronous, explicit search has some interesting characteristics that
> distinguish it from asynchronous, implicit collaborative search (e.g.,
> collaborative filtering, recommendation engines). There is much more
> emphasis on interaction, as the system has to not only communicate
> search results to users, but also mediate some forms of communication
> and data sharing among its users in near real time. There are new
> algorithms that need to be invented that use inputs from multiple people
> to produce search results, and new evaluation metrics need to be
> invented that reflect the collaborative and interactive nature of the
> task. Finally, we need to integrate the expertise of library and
> information science researchers and practitioners by revisiting
> real-world information seeking situations with an eye for explicit,
> synchronous collaborative search.
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> The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers interested in
> various aspects of small-team collaborative search to share ideas, to
> stimulate research in the area, and to increase the visibility of this
> emerging area. We expect to identify promising directions for further
> exploration and to establish collaborative links among research groups.
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> We are looking for previously-unpublished contributions in the following
> areas of collaborative search:
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> - *User Interfaces*: Shared awareness, coordination, communication,
> interaction design, input and display devices, etc.
> - *Retrieval Algorithms*: Coordination of input, fusion, distribution of
> search results, modified ranking algorithms, etc.
> - *Evaluation*: Novel evaluation methodology to assess collaborative
> system performance and to compare different systems, novel metrics,
> empirical study (qualitative and quantitative) of potential user groups
> and applications, etc.
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> Please submit your position papers in PDF format by e-mail to
> jeremy at fxpal.com. Papers should be in ACM format, and should be two to
> four pages long.
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> Important Dates:
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> May 2, 2008 Deadline for paper submission
> May 9, 2008 Notification to authors
> May 16, 2008 Camera-ready copy due
> May 19, 2008 JCDL Early Registration deadline
> June 20, 2008 Workshop
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> Contributions will be peer-reviewed by at least two members of our
> program committee.
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> Workshop Organization:
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> Jeremy Pickens, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc.
> Gene Golovchinsky, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc.
> Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research
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> Contact: jeremy at fxpal.com
> Information about the workshop can be found at
> http://workshops.fxpal.com/jcdl2008
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> Tentative program Committee:
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> Colum Foley, Dublin City University
> Gene Golovchinsky, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc.
> Diane Kelly, UNC Chapel Hill
> Gary Marchionini, UNC Chapel Hill
> Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research
> Jeremy Pickens, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc.
> Alan Smeaton, Dublin City University
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