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Fwd: BooksOnline'10 Workshop - Papers due July 7

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonardo Candela)
Tue Jun 29 20:30:45 2010

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Apologies for multiple posts

> BooksOnline'10 Workshop:  Research Advances in Large Digital Book =
Repositories and Complementary Media
> CIKM 2010, October 26, 2010, Toronto, Canada
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> http://research.microsoft.com/booksonline10/
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> Call for papers =96 Submission deadline extended to July 7, 2010
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> Breaking news
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> James Crawford (Engineering Lead for Google Books) will give keynote =
speech.
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> Goals
> The 3rd BooksOnline workshop aims to bring together researchers and =
industry practitioners in Information Retrieval, Digital Libraries, =
eBooks, Human Computer Interaction, Publishing industry and on-line book =
services to foster progress on addressing challenges and exploring =
opportunities around large collections of digital books and =
complementary media.  BooksOnline=9210 provides a forum to follow the =
community progress, share results, highlight and address issues, and =
evolve the research agenda.
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> We solicit research papers, position papers and project proposals =
around key research issues and innovation opportunities. The workshop =
will serve as a forum for the presentation of research papers and the =
discussion of the challenges and opportunities identified in the =
position papers and project proposals. Participants will be encouraged =
to jointly create innovative solutions in collaboration around the =
themes that emerge from the submissions and discussions at the workshop. =
A seed fund of =A33,000, provided by Microsoft Research, will be awarded =
to one or more selected projects as judged by the workshop organizers =
and a selected panel of experts. Seed fund winners will be invited to =
report on their projects at the following BooksOnline workshop.
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> Workshop format
> The one day workshop will include keynote and selected paper =
presentations, a poster session, break-out sessions to brainstorm around =
proposals and research ideas, and a panel discussion to present and =
summarize the results of the break-out sessions.
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> The =A33,000 seed fund will be awarded following the workshop to one =
or more research project proposals selected by a panel of judges from =
those proposed at the workshop.
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> Topics of interest
> We invite submissions of full research papers (up to 10 pages) =
describing novel developments and research, or position papers and =
project proposals (up to 5 pages) presenting ideas, goals or directions =
of work, highlighting pressing issues or opportunities for innovation =
involving digital books and complementary media.
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> The following is a sample listing of possible topics of interests. =
Other topics relevant to research advances, developments, emerging =
issues and possible opportunities for innovation in large digital book =
repositories and complementary media are all welcome:
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> =B7         Enriched digital collections:
> o   Virtual learning environments and eBooks and eBooks in teaching
> o   eBooks as integrated content, data, and media
> o   Knowledge discovery and sharing in digital book repositories
> o   Cross-referencing and sense making
> o   Community interests and social context.
> =B7         Usage scenarios and user expectations from digital book =
services:
> o   Affordances of physical books and electronic media
> o   Mobile and multi-touch devices for reading and annotating
> o   Ink-based applications
> o   Social navigation and annotations, social interactions
> o   User profiles and content types
> o   Children and electronic reading
> o   Usage scenarios: searching, browsing, collection building, =
annotations, authoring, sharing
> o   Personalization and context sensitivity
> o   Ubiquitous access
> o   Immersive user experience =20
> o   User studies and study design
> =B7         Design and technology
> o   eBook UI and interaction designs, e.g., for active reading
> o   Usability issues when reading digital books
> o   Feature engineering for collection browsing
> o   Content representation and discovery
> o   Indexing and retrieval
> o   Scalability and interoperability
> o   Technologies for searching, browsing, filtering, and information =
extraction
> o   Universal access across nations and cultures; translation of =
content and metadata
> o   Integration of complementary content and services
> o   Evaluation methodology and practices
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> Paper submission and participation
> Submissions must be written in English, formatted using the ACM =
templates: using the "Option 2" style. This is also the style that will =
be required for final papers. Papers must be submitted as pdf files.
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> To submit a research paper (max 10 pages), position paper or project =
proposal (max 5 pages), please go to the BooksOnline'10 Easychair =
submission site. Please note that you may need to create an account =
first.
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> Contributions will be reviewed by the programme committee. Authors of =
selected topics will be invited to give an oral or poster presentation =
or facilitate a brainstorming session at the workshop.
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> Authors will be notified by July 30, 2010 of the outcome of the review =
process. Camera ready copies of accepted papers will be due by August =
10, 2010. One author per accepted paper is required to register and =
attend the workshop.
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> Organizers
> Gabriella Kazai (Microsoft Research, UK)
> Peter Brusilovsky (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
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> Programme Committee
> Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard (State and University Library, Denmark)
> Bruce Croft (University of Massachusetts Amherst, US)
> Gilles Falquet (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
> Norbert Fuhr (University of Duisburg, Germany)
> Gene Golovchinsky (FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc.)
> Ananda Gunawardena (Carnegie Mellon University, US)
> Ivan Koychev (Sofia University, Bulgaria)
> Monica Landoni (University of Lugano, Switzerland)
> Birger Larsen (Royal School of Library and Information Science, =
Denmark)=20
> Ray Larson (University of California, Berkeley, US)
> Michael E. Lesk (Rutgers University, US)
> Catherine C. Marshall (Microsoft Corporation, US)
> John Ockerbloom (Carnegie-Mellon University, US)
> Prakash Reddy (Hewlett-Packard)
> Ian Witten (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
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> Further information
> For further information, please visit =
http://research.microsoft.com/booksonline10/
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