CFP: Information Filtering Workshop

[Shoshana Hardt-Kornacki]

                         Bellcore Workshop 
                                  on 
  
                 High-Performance Information Filtering:
                 Foundations, Architectures, and Applications

                         November 5-7, 1991
                         Chester, New Jersey
 
  
  
Information filtering can be viewed, both, as a way to control the
flood of information that is received by an end-user, and as a way
to target the information that is sent by information providers.
The information carrier, which provides the appropriate connectivity 
between the information providers, the filter and the end-user, 
plays a major role in providing a cost effective architecture which
also ensures end-user privacy.  The aim of the workshop is to examine 
issues that can advance the state-of-the-art in filter construction,
usage, and evaluation, for various information domains, such as
news, entertainment, advertizing, and community information.
We focus on creative approaches that take into consideration
constraints imposed by realistic application contexts.

Topics include but not limited to:

Taxonomy of information domains and their dynamics
Information retrieval and indexing systems 
Information delivery architectures 
Cognitive models of end-user's interests and preferences 
Cognitive models for multimedia information processing
Adaptive filtering agents and distributed filters 
Information theoretic approaches to filter performance evaluation
 

The workshop is by invitation only. Please submit a 5-10 page paper
(hardcopy only), summerizing the work you would like to present, or
a one page description of your interests and how they relate to this 
workshop.  Demonstrations of existing prototypes are welcome.
Proceedings will be available at the workshop.

Workshop Chair: 
Shoshana Hardt-Kornacki (Bellcore)

Workshop Program Committee:
Bob Allen (Bellcore) 
Nick Belkin (Rutgers University)
Louis Gomez (Bellcore)
Tom Landauer (Bellcore)
Bill Mansfield (Bellcore)



Papers should be sent to:
Shoshana Hardt-Kornacki
Bell Communications Research
445 South Street,
Morristown NJ, 07962.
(201) 829-4528, shoshi at bellcore.com

Papers due: July 15, 1991.
Invitations sent: August 15, 1991.
 
Workshop dates: November 5-7, 1991.