From ferro at dei.unipd.it Mon Feb 16 13:07:18 2015 From: ferro at dei.unipd.it (Nicola Ferro) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:07:18 +0100 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Call for Bids to Host CLEF 2017 - The Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum - September 2017 Message-ID: INTRODUCTION The CLEF Initiative (Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum) is a self-organized body whose main mission is to promote research, innovation, and development of information access systems with an emphasis on multilingual and multimodal information with various levels of structure. The CLEF Initiative is structured in two main parts: - a series of Evaluation Labs, i.e. laboratories to conduct evaluation of information access systems and workshops to discuss and pilot innovative evaluation activities; - a peer-reviewed Conference on a broad range of issues, including - investigation continuing the activities of the Evaluation Labs; - experiments using multilingual and multimodal data; in particular, but not only, data resulting from CLEF activities; - research in evaluation methodologies and challenges. Since 2000 CLEF has played a leading role in stimulating investigation and research in a wide range of key areas in the information retrieval domain. It has promoted the study and implementation of appropriate evaluation methodologies for diverse types of tasks and media. Over the years, a wide, strong, and multidisciplinary research community has been built, which covers and spans the different areas of expertise needed to deal with the breadth of CLEF activities. CALL FOR BIDS The CLEF Steering Committee solicits proposals from groups interested in organizing the CLEF conference and labs in September 2017. Groups submitting a bid for CLEF 2017 also commit themselves to collect membership fees on behalf of the CLEF Association and to pass them to the CLEF Association. Guidelines on submitting a bid can be found in the Template for Bids available at: http://www.clef-initiative.eu/documents/71612/87713/CLEF-Initiative-Template_for_bids.docx Bids must be submitted by *Friday, May 29th 2015* by email to the Steering Commitee Chair Nicola Ferro (chair at clef-initiative.eu ). The Steering Committee will review and select the proposals. The Steering Committee can ask for modifications and changes to the proposals, if deemed necessary. Interested parties can contact the Steering Committee Chair Nicola Ferro (chair at clef-initiative.eu ) to receive further details. IMPORTANT DATES - Bid submission deadline: May 29th, 2015 - Feedback to bidders and discussion: June - July 2015 - Bid selection: July 2015 STEERING COMMITTEE - Martin Braschler, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland - Khalid Choukri, Evaluations and Language resources Distribution Agency (ELDA), France - Paul Clough, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom - Nicola Ferro, University of Padua, Italy - Julio Gonzalo, National Distance Education University (UNED), Spain - Donna Harman, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), USA - Djoerd Hiemstra, University of Twente, The Netherlands - Evangelos Kanoulas, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Henning M?ller, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland - Mihai Lupu, Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Maarten de Rijke, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Paolo Rosso, Universitat Polit?cnica de Val?ncia, Spain - Giuseppe Santucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy - Alan Smeaton, Dublin City University, Ireland - Christa Womser-Hacker, University of Hildesheim, Germany From Richard.Chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Tue Feb 17 03:13:52 2015 From: Richard.Chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:13:52 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Sigdl-l] CFP AIAI 2015: 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (September 14-17, 2015 - Biarritz/Bayonne, France) In-Reply-To: <1292551937.5812970.1400140245662.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> References: <1619833220.1063422.1378673582388.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> <1292551937.5812970.1400140245662.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> Message-ID: <984453789.4478500.1424160832867.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> * Sorry for cross-posting * ************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS ************************************************* The 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI'15) http://aiai2015.sigappfr.org/ September 14-17, 2015 Bayonne/Biarritz - France Description and Objectives --------------------------- The importance of Artificial Intelligence is underlined by the fact that it is nowadays being embraced by a vast majority of research fields across different disciplines, from Engineering Sciences to Economics and Medicine, as a means to tackle highly complicated and challenging computational as well as cognitive problems. Being one of the main streams of information processing, Artificial Intelligence may now offer solutions to such problems using advances and innovations from a wide range of sub-areas that induce thinking and reasoning in models and systems. The Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations Conference (AIAI) is a major technical event in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing. The 11th AIAI Conference will be held in Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne (BAB) in France, from September 14th to 17th 2015. Its general focus is to present different perspectives on how Artificial Intelligence may be applied and offer solutions to real world problems, serving the study, analysis and modelling of theoretical and practical issues. The primary target of AIAI is to present highly novel research papers describing innovative algorithms, systems, tools and techniques, as well as proposing advanced prototypes in the area of Artificial Intelligence. General survey papers indicating future directions and professional work-in-progress reports are of equal interest. Acceptance will be based on quality, originality and practical merit of the work. AIAI is supported and sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). Topics ------- AIAI 2015 seeks contributions in the following areas: - Theoretical Advances Machine Learning Adaptive Control Data Fusion Reasoning Methods Knowledge Acquisition and Representation Planning and Scheduling Artificial Neural Networks Expert Systems Fuzzy Logic and Systems Genetic Algorithms and Programming Particle Swarm Optimisation Bayesian Models - Knowledge Engineering Data Mining and Information Retrieval Decision Support Systems Knowledge Management for e-Learning and Enterprise Portals Intelligent Information Systems Web- and Knowledge-Based Information Systems Ontologies - Multimedia, Graphics and Artificial Intelligence Multimedia Computing Multimedia Ontologies Smart Graphics Colour/Image Analysis Speech Synthesis - Signal Processing Techniques and Knowledge Extraction Computer Vision Human-Machine Interaction / Presence Learning and Adaptive Systems Pattern Recognition Signal and Image Processing Speech and Natural Language Processing - Artificial Intelligence Applications eBusiness, eCommerce, eHealth, eLearning Engineering and Industry Environmental Modelling Finance Telecommunications - Transportation Crisis and Risk Management Medical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering Political Decision Making Natural Language Processing Planning and Resource Management Project Management Emerging Applications Forensic Science - Trends in Computing Accessibility and Computers Affective Computing Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Autonomous and Ubiquitous Computing Distributed AI Systems and Architectures Grid-Based Computing Intelligent Profiling and Personalisation Robotics and Virtual Reality - Other AI and Ethical Issues Evaluation of AI Systems Social Impact of AI Paper Submission ---------------- Authors are invited to electronically submit original, English-language research contributions no longer than 10 pages formatted according to the well known LNCS Springer style, or experience reports. Submitted papers must present unpublished work, not being considered for publication in other journals or conferences. Paper submission deadline is April 26th, 2015. Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. Submitted papers will be refereed by at least three reviewers for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance. Notification and reviews will be communicated via email. Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and included in the proceedings, which will be published by SPRINGER and they will be available on site. At least, one author must register and attend the conference to present the paper. Proceedings will be published by Springer in IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology Series and indexed by major indexes. Paper submission is available online via: EasyChair for AIAI 2015 website. Important Dates ---------------- - Submission Deadline: April 26th, 2015 - Notification of Acceptance: May 29th, 2015 - Camera Ready: June 15th, 2015 - Paper Registration: June 17th, 2015 - Conference Dates: 14-17 September 2015 Special issues and Journal Publication --------------------------------------- Extended versions of selected papers will be published in several peer reviewed journals, such as: - Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering - International Journal of Neural Systems General Chairs --------------------- - Richard Chbeir, University of Pau and Adour Countries, France - Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Program Chairs ???????----------------------- - Ilias Maglogiannis, University of the Piraeus, Greece - Reda ElHajj, University of Calgary, Canada International Program Committee: -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From ppichappan at gmail.com Tue Feb 24 05:32:19 2015 From: ppichappan at gmail.com (Pit Pichappan) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:02:19 +0530 Subject: [Sigdl-l] CFP: ICDCST 2015 Message-ID: First International Conference on Data and Communication for Science, Technology and Society (ICDCST 2015) Colombo, Srilanka June 08-10, 2015 (http://socio.org.uk/icdcs/index.html) Data and communication are the two eyes for any research activity. They play significant role in promoting research in all the domains. ?In the last one decade the research community emphasizes basic principles and topics of fundamental importance concerning the technology and architecture of various domains and provides a detailed discussion of leading-edge topics. Realizing its value the international conference on Data and Communication for Science, Technology and Society is planned and being organized. It lends a stimulating platform for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary topics. The conference provides a review of the extensive research on the social structure and process of informal scholarly scientific communication and more recent research on the adoption and use of information and communication technologies by scientists for informal scholarly scientific communication. The conference will have many tracks highlighting many major domains. Track 1: Data Processing and its technical features Track 2: E-communities, Digital Libraries, Social networks and Web Track 3: Data and Society Track 4: Data Management for Economics and Governance Track 5: Electronic Communication and its processing Track 6: Communication Networks Track 7: Big Data Track 8: Telecommunication Track 9: Communication Technology Track 10: Soft Computing Track 11: Data Management for Science including Pure and Applied Sciences Proceedings and Journal Publications The conference will result in the publication of the proceedings and all the accepted papers will be published in large number of journals. The primary publication database is the DLINE (dline.info) and many other journals are in pipeline. Important Dates Submission of papers March 20, 2015 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection April 20, 2015 Camera ready May 20, 2015 Registration early bird May 20, 2015 Registration Late May 25, 2015 Conference Dates June 8-10 2015 Organization Chairs Wathmanel Seneviratne, Open University of Sri Lanka Programme Chairs Hathairat Ketmaneechairat, King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thailand Ezendu Ariwa, University of Bedfordshire, UK Bhim Dhoj Shetra, Centre of LIS & research, Tribhuvan University, Nepal Paper Submission Manuscript submissions should be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) or Word Document Format (DOC) only. For submission click here: http://www.socio.org.uk/icdcs/openconf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ecorrado at binghamton.edu Wed Feb 25 10:42:40 2015 From: ecorrado at binghamton.edu (Edward Corrado) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:42:40 -0500 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Digital Initiatives Librarian In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just a reminder that review of applications for this position will begin March 2. There is still time to apply! On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Edward Corrado wrote: > The following position is available at Binghamton University. A full job > description with more details and requirements is available at the link > below. One of the duties this person will have is working with our digital > preservation system (Rosetta). Incidentally we also have an opening for a > Fine Arts Librarian as well. Details can also be found at the link below. > Applications will be reviewed startling the beginning of March for both > positions. Please free to share with anyone who you think might be > interested... Edward > > Digital Initiatives Librarian > > Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton, New York, are currently > accepting applications for a Digital Initiatives Librarian. Binghamton > University is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and is > located in upstate New York. This tenure-track library faculty position > will collaborate in the planning, implementation and monitoring of digital > projects including digital curation, preservation and digital exhibits. > > Required Qualifications include an ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent and > knowledge of and experience with current trends in digital preservation, > experience developing web applications, and strong UNIX or Linux skills. > > Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. > Excellent benefits, including TIAA/CREF. > > Applications > Review of applications will begin on March 2, 2015 and continue until the > position is filled. 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URL: From rafiqlibrarian at gmail.com Thu Feb 26 03:21:05 2015 From: rafiqlibrarian at gmail.com (Rafiq) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:21:05 +0500 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Call for Submissions - International Conference on Information Management and Libraries (ICIML 2015) Message-ID: The Department of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore [Pakistan] is celebrating its centenary anniversary this year. PU became the first in Asia to establish a seat of formal learning in library education by appointing an American Librarian, Asa Don Dickenson, to teach a Certificate Course in Librarianship in 1915. Since its inception the nomenclature has also been evolved as ?Librarianship?, ?Library Science?, ?Library and Information Science?, and most recent ?Information Management? to display the dynamic nature of the discipline. The Department has planned an International Conference on Information Management and Libraries (ICIML 2015) to celebrate the centenary anniversary. Conference website is available at http://pu.edu.pk/iciml/index.html *Submissions:* The key focus of the ICIML2015 is on Education and Research Trends in Management of Information, Knowledge, Libraries and similar organizations. We aim to look into the past, analyze the present and foresee the future. You are very cordially invited to disseminate your research and experience in any of the following tracks: 1. Juried Full Paper (5000-7000) 2. Research in-progress (short paper 2000-3000) 3. Best practices and Lessons Learned: Oral presentations Authors will have the opportunity to publish their papers in conference proceedings, Library Management (Emerald) and Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries. *Proposed Themes for Authors? Guidance (though not limited to these)*: - Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Academic Programs - Curriculum Designing and Implementing in Evolving Scenario - Issues in National and International Collaborations - Job Market and Professional Education - Leadership Development Challenges for the Information Professionals - Social and Communication Skills for Information Professionals - Challenges to Library Associations in Developing Countries - Electronic Scholarly Communication - Open Access - Information Behaviours in the Emerging Information Environment - Information and Digital Literacy - Information Storage and Retrieval - Digital Libraries - Social Media and Information Organizations - Library 2.0 - Metadata Schemas and Ontologies - Big Data; Linked Data - E-science; E-government; E-learning - Digital Preservation - Disaster Management in Information Organizations - Bibliometrics, Informetrics, Webometrics - Health Informatics - Digital Humanities - Re-positioning Libraries and Information Organizations in Google Era - Freedom of Information and Copyright Issues in Developing Countries - Access Management in Information Organizations - Personal Knowledge Management - Marketing and Customer Focused Information Services - Services Quality in Libraries and other Information Organizations - Human Resources Management for Information Organizations - Continuing Professional Development - Cloud Computing and Libraries - Re-defining Library as a Space - Media Librarianship - Archives and Record Management - Institutional Repositories - Professional Ethics *Author Guidelines:* Please follow APA Style Manual 6th edition, for preparing manuscript according to the following structure: *Abstract Submission (Structured):* Purpose/Aim, Research Design, Key Findings (if applicable), Significance/implications, Key words. *Full Paper: *Structured Abstract; Keywords (4-6); Background/Introduction; Purpose/Problem Statement; Research Objectives/Research Questions/Hypotheses; Literature Review; Research Design/Methodology; Findings; Discussion; Recommendations and Conclusion; Research Implications. *Important Dates:* Abstract Submission (Structured) 9th March, 2015 Notification of Acceptance 9th April, 2015 Full Paper Submission 24th June, 2015 Final Notification of Acceptance 5th August, 2015 Camera Ready Final Version Submission 30th August, 2015 *Key Note Speakers:**? * *Prof. Gary E. Gorman* Professor of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington, Professor of Information Science at the University of Malaya, Joint Director of Asia-New Zealand Informatics Associates *Prof. John Feather* Emeritus Professor of Library and Information Studies at Loughborough University, UK. *Prof. Sanda Erdelez* University of Missouri, USA *Organization:* *Conference Chair: * Kanwal Ameen Professor & Chairperson, Department of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore. kanwal.im at pu.edu.pk *Honorary Chair: * Mumtaz A. Anwar ( anwar.mumtazali at yahoo.com) *Conference Secretary:* Muhammad Rafiq (rafiq.im at pu.edu.pk) *Conveners:* Program Advisory Committee: Nosheen Fatmia Warraich ( nosheen.im at pu.edu.pk) Organizing Committee: Shafiq Ur Rehman ( shafiq.im at pu.edu.pk) Marketing & Promotion Committee: Syeda Hina Batool (hina.im at pu.edu.pk) Sponsorship & Exhibition Committee: Haseeb Piracha ( chieflibrarian at pu.edu.pk) Finance Committee: Aalia Arshad ( aalia.im at pu.edu.pk) Registration & Reception Committee Ammara Malik (ammara.im at pu.edu.pk) * International Steering Committee* Abdus Sattar Chaudhry, Kuwait University, Kuwait Abebe Rorissa, State University of New York Albany, USA Abrizah Binti Abdullah, Malyasia Adnan Adil, National Health Services London, UK Aryati Bakri University of Technology, Johor Barhu, Malaysia Bharat Mehra, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. USA Christopher Khoo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dilara Begum, East West University Dhaka, Bangladesh Fabrice PAPY, Universit? de Lorraine Nancy, France Farasat Shafi Ullah, University of Dammam, KSA Farzana Shafiqu, University of Dammam, KSA Hamid Saeed, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Ismail Abdullahi, NCCU, North Carolina, USA Jagtar Singh, Punjabi University, Patiala, India Javed Iqbal, British Council, UK Joho Hideo, University of Tsukuba, Japan Khalid Mahmood, University of Dammam, KSA Lili Luo, San Jose State University, USA Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC Research, USA Mohinder P. Satija, India Muzamil Tahira, UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia Nadeem Siddique, University of Dammam, KSA Noorminshah Ihad , University of Technology, Johor Barhu, Malaysia P. K. Jain, University of Delhi, India P. Wijetunge, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Pervaiz Ahmad, Edith Cowan University, Australia Robert B. Allen, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea S. M. Zabed Ahmad, University of Dacca Sajjad ur Reman, Kuwait University, Kuwait Serap Kurbano?lu, Hacettepe University, Turkey Shaheen Majid, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Sheela Webber, The University of Sheffield, UK Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Steve O. Conner, Information Exponentials, Australia Susmita Chakraborty, University of Calcutta, India Trishingit Kaur, Punjabi University, Patiala, India Widad Mustafa El Hadi, University of Lille3, France *Conference Website: *http://pu.edu.pk/iciml/index.html *Conference Email: *iciml at pu.edu.pk -- Dr. Muhammad Rafiq, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore [Pakistan] Email: rafiq.im at pu.edu.pk dr.rafiqm at gmail.com Cell: +92 (0) 333 311 0909 *HEC Approved PhD Supervisor* *The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellow, OH, USA * *Associate to Mortenson Centre for International Library Programs, IL, USA* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: