From kobsa@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de Mon Oct 4 21:11:03 EDT 1993 Article: 19030 of comp.ai Xref: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:19030 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!hermes.uni-konstanz.de!news From: Alfred Kobsa Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Cfp: UM94: 4th Int'l Conference on User Modeling Date: 30 Sep 1993 19:57:26 GMT Organization: University of Konstanz, Germany Lines: 146 Distribution: world Message-ID: <28fdn6$c38@hermes.uni-konstanz.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: toth.inf-wiss.ivp.uni-konstanz.de X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d24 X-XXDate: Thu, 30 Sep 93 01:57:20 GMT UM-94: Call for Papers and SIG Meeting Proposals FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON USER MODELING Hyannis, Cape Cod, MA, U.S.A. August 15-19, 1994 Research in the field of user modeling and user-adapted interaction provides crucial foundations for improving the usability of interactive software systems and technical devices in many application areas. UM-94, the Fourth International Conference on User Modeling, will offer a forum for presenting the results of academic and industrial research in this field to an international audience. Whereas UM-86, UM-90 and UM-92 were invitational workshops, UM-94 will be a conference with open participation. Much of the original character will be preserved, however, by holding the meeting in a workshop-like setting, with ample room for presentations, special interest group meetings and system demonstrations. Submissions are invited on original and substantial academic or industrial research on all aspects of user modeling and user-adapted interaction, including (but not limited to) the following topic areas: user model acquisition, plan and intent recognition, user stereotypes, representation of user models, inference, consistency of user models, user modeling shell systems, explanation generation, intelligent/adaptive user interfaces, intelligent tutoring systems, navigational aids, adaptive hypertext and hypermedia, information retrieval and information filtering, knowledge-based information presentation, natural-language systems, and applications in office machines and consumer electronics. Accepted submissions will be published in a proceedings volume. Extended versions of high-quality papers should be submitted to the international journal User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction after the conference. General and Local Arrangements Chair: Brad Goodman, The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA, USA Program Chairpersons: Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, Germany Diane Litman, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA Program committee: Doug Appelt, SRI, Stanford, CA, USA Peter Brusilovsky, ICSTI, Moscow, Russia David Chin, University of Hawaii, USA Michael Desmarais, CRIM, Montreal, Canada Mark Elsom-Cook, EBC, Leeds, England Jim Foley, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA A. Jameson, Univ. of Saarbrucken, Germany Andrew Jennings, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Craig Kaplan, IBM, San Jose, CA, USA Bob Kass, EDS, Troy, MI, USA Uwe Malinowski, Siemens, Munich, Germany Cecile Paris, ISI, Marina del Rey, CA, USA Karen Sparck Jones, Univ. of Cambridge, England Carlo Tasso, University of Udine, Italy Junichi Toyoda, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Japan Sherman Tyler, NASA Ames Res. Ctr., CA, USA Gerrit van der Veer, Free University, Netherlands Submission of papers: Submissions should be no longer than 12 pages in length (excluding title page and references), and should use a font no smaller than 12-point. Five (5) hardcopies should be sent to Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, P.O. Box 5560-D73, D-78434 Konstanz, Germany. Papers should include the authors' postal and email addresses as well as their phone and fax numbers. Authors are strongly encouraged to also send an electronic abstract of their papers to um94-abstracts@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de This will significantly aid the reviewing process by helping direct the papers to the most appropriate reviewers. If possible, authors should additionally transfer a Postscript version of their papers to the directory /incoming on the ftp server ftp.rz.uni-konstanz.de The name of the file should be the first author's last and first name, as: ..ps. The directory /incoming is unreadable for anonymous ftp users. Submission of proposals for special interest group meetings: Proposals of not more than one page should be submitted to Diane Litman, Room 2B-412, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA, diane@research.att.com. Electronic submissions are preferred. The proposals should include the proposed topic, an abstract, reasons for the usefulness of the meeting, and the names of several other participants who have agreed to participate in the proposed meeting. Registration of system demonstrations: Various platforms will be available for unrefereed system demonstrations. Prospective presenters should contact Brad Goodman (bgoodman@mitre.org) and specify their hardware and software requirements. Important deadlines: Feb. 28, 1994: hardcopy submissions to be received by Alfred Kobsa March 31, 1994: proposals for special interest group meetings to be received by Diane Litman May 1, 1994: notification of authors about acceptance or rejection June 15, 1994: final copies to be received by Brad Goodman June 30, 1994: system demonstrations to be registered with Brad Goodman Best paper award: A cash prize donated by Kluwer Academic Publishers will be awarded to the author(s) of the best paper presented at the conference. Financial support: Limited financial support will be available for students and for participants from Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Persons who wish to apply for such a grant should indicate so upon the submission of their paper. Further information: Further information on the conference, including hotel reservation and travel directions, can be obtained from the automatic mail agent um94@linus.mitre.org in due course. ------- Prof. Dr. Alfred Kobsa Knowledge-Based Information Systems kobsa@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de University of Konstanz Phone: +49 7531 88 3593 P.O. Box 5560-D73 Secretary & FAX: 88 3065 D-78434 Konstanz, Germany Article 4814 of news.announce.conferences: Xref: crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu news.announce.conferences:4814 Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences Path: crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sparky!rick From: kobsa@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de (Alfred Kobsa) Subject: CFP: UM94 - 4th Int'l Conference on User Modeling Message-ID: <1993Oct3.172805.26544@sparky.sterling.com> Sender: rick@sparky.sterling.com (Richard Ohnemus) Organization: University of Konstanz, Germany Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1993 17:28:05 GMT Approved: rick@sparky.sterling.com Expires: Mon, 2 May 1994 08:00:00 GMT Lines: 146 X-Md4-Signature: da14d986923482f6b5dac4aa3aad52e7 UM-94: Call for Papers and SIG Meeting Proposals FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON USER MODELING Hyannis, Cape Cod, MA, U.S.A. August 15-19, 1994 Research in the field of user modeling and user-adapted interaction provides crucial foundations for improving the usability of interactive software systems and technical devices in many application areas. UM-94, the Fourth International Conference on User Modeling, will offer a forum for presenting the results of academic and industrial research in this field to an international audience. Whereas UM-86, UM-90 and UM-92 were invitational workshops, UM-94 will be a conference with open participation. Much of the original character will be preserved, however, by holding the meeting in a workshop-like setting, with ample room for presentations, special interest group meetings and system demonstrations. Submissions are invited on original and substantial academic or industrial research on all aspects of user modeling and user-adapted interaction, including (but not limited to) the following topic areas: user model acquisition, plan and intent recognition, user stereotypes, representation of user models, inference, consistency of user models, user modeling shell systems, explanation generation, intelligent/adaptive user interfaces, intelligent tutoring systems, navigational aids, adaptive hypertext and hypermedia, information retrieval and information filtering, knowledge-based information presentation, natural-language systems, and applications in office machines and consumer electronics. Accepted submissions will be published in a proceedings volume. Extended versions of high-quality papers should be submitted to the international journal User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction after the conference. General and Local Arrangements Chair: Brad Goodman, The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA, USA Program Chairpersons: Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, Germany Diane Litman, ATT Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA Program committee: Doug Appelt, SRI, Stanford, CA, USA Peter Brusilovsky, ICSTI, Moscow, Russia David Chin, University of Hawaii, USA Michael Desmarais, CRIM, Montreal, Canada Mark Elsom-Cook, EBC, Leeds, England Jim Foley, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA A. Jameson, Univ. of Saarbrucken, Germany Andrew Jennings, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Craig Kaplan, IBM, San Jose, CA, USA Bob Kass, EDS, Troy, MI, USA Uwe Malinowski, Siemens, Munich, Germany Cecile Paris, ISI, Marina del Rey, CA, USA Karen Sparck Jones, Univ. of Cambridge, England Carlo Tasso, University of Udine, Italy Junichi Toyoda, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Japan Sherman Tyler, NASA Ames Res. Ctr., CA, USA Gerrit van der Veer, Free University, Netherlands Submission of papers: Submissions should be no longer than 12 pages in length (excluding title page and references), and should use a font no smaller than 12-point. Five (5) hardcopies should be sent to Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, P.O. Box 5560-D73, D-78434 Konstanz, Germany. Papers should include the authors' postal and email addresses as well as their phone and fax numbers. Authors are strongly encouraged to also send an electronic abstract of their papers to um94-abstracts@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de This will significantly aid the reviewing process by helping direct the papers to the most appropriate reviewers. If possible, authors should additionally transfer a Postscript version of their papers to the directory /incoming on the ftp server ftp.rz.uni-konstanz.de The name of the file should be the first author's last and first name, as: ..ps. The directory /incoming is unreadable for anonymous ftp users. Submission of proposals for special interest group meetings: Proposals of not more than one page should be submitted to Diane Litman, Room 2B-412, ATT Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA, diane@research.att.com. Electronic submissions are preferred. The proposals should include the proposed topic, an abstract, reasons for the usefulness of the meeting, and the names of several other participants who have agreed to participate in the proposed meeting. Registration of system demonstrations: Various platforms will be available for unrefereed system demonstrations. Prospective presenters should contact Brad Goodman (bgoodman@mitre.org) and specify their hardware and software requirements. Important deadlines: Feb. 28, 1994: hardcopy submissions to be received by Alfred Kobsa March 31, 1994: proposals for special interest group meetings to be received by Diane Litman May 1, 1994: notification of authors about acceptance or rejection June 15, 1994: final copies to be received by Brad Goodman June 30, 1994: system demonstrations to be registered with Brad Goodman Best paper award: A cash prize donated by Kluwer Academic Publishers will be awarded to the author(s) of the best paper presented at the conference. Financial support: Limited financial support will be available for students and for participants from Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Persons who wish to apply for such a grant should indicate so upon the submission of their paper. Further information: Further information on the conference, including hotel reservation and travel directions, can be obtained from the automatic mail agent um94@linus.mitre.org in due course. ------- Prof. Dr. Alfred Kobsa Knowledge-Based Information Systems kobsa@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de University of Konstanz Phone: +49 7531 88 3593 P.O. Box 5560-D73 Secretary & FAX: 88 3065 D-78434 Konstanz, Germany Article 20410 of comp.ai: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:20410 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!news.belwue.de!hermes.uni-konstanz.de!news From: Alfred Kobsa Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: UM94: 4th Int'l Conference on User Modeling (long) Date: 26 Jan 1994 17:49:06 GMT Organization: University of Konstanz, Germany Lines: 775 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2i6aei$c89@hermes.uni-konstanz.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: toth.inf-wiss.ivp.uni-konstanz.de X-UserAgent: Version 1.1.3 X-XXDate: Wed, 26 Jan 94 17:49:00 GMT YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE Fourth International Conference on User Modeling Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts U.S.A. 15 - 19 August 1994 Research in the field of user modeling and user-adapted interaction provides crucial foundations for improving the usability of interactive software systems and technical devices in many application areas. UM-94, the Fourth International Conference on User Modeling, will offer a forum for presenting the results of academic and industrial research in this field to an international audience. The conference will gather international researchers in User Modeling from a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary fields. Whereas UM-86, UM-90 and UM-92 were invitational workshops, UM-94 will be a conference with open participation. Much of the original character will be preserved, however, by holding the meeting in a workshop-like setting, with ample room for presentations, special interest group meetings and system demonstrations. Enclosed in this package are a Call for Papers, Registration and Accommodations forms, along with information about activities happening in and around the Cape Cod Area. There is a bus service that will be operating to and from Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, for which schedules will be made available closer to the conference date. We believe that attendees will find the conference facilities superb, and the atmosphere of Cape Cod in the summer time outstanding. General and Local Arrangements Chair: Brad Goodman, The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA, USA Program Chairpersons: Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, Germany Diane Litman, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- UM-94: Call for Papers and SIG Meeting Proposals Fourth International Conference on User Modeling Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.A. August 15-19, 1994 Research in the field of user modeling and user-adapted interaction provides crucial foundations for improving the usability of interactive software systems and technical devices in many application areas. UM-94, the Fourth International Conference on User Modeling, will offer a forum for presenting the results of academic and industrial research in this field to an international audience. Whereas UM-86, UM-90 and UM-92 were invitational workshops, UM-94 will be a conference with open participation. Much of the original character will be preserved, however, by holding the meeting in a workshop-like setting, with ample room for presentations, special interest group meetings and system demonstrations. Submissions are invited on original and substantial academic or industrial research on all aspects of user modeling and user-adapted interaction, including (but not limited to) the following topic areas: user model acquisition, plan and intent recognition, user stereotypes, representation of user models, inference, consistency of user models, user modeling shell systems, explanation generation, intelligent/adaptive user interfaces, intelligent tutoring systems, navigational aids, adaptive hypertext and hypermedia, information retrieval and information filtering, knowledge-based information presentation, natural-language systems, and applications in office machines and consumer electronics. Accepted submissions will be published in a proceedings volume. Extended versions of high-quality papers should be submitted to the international journal User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction after the conference. General and Local Arrangements Chair: Brad Goodman, The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA, USA Program Chairpersons: Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, Germany Diane Litman, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA Program committee: Doug Appelt, SRI, Stanford, CA, USA Peter Brusilovsky, ICSTI, Moscow, Russia David Chin, University of Hawaii, USA Michael Desmarais, CRIM, Montreal, Canada Mark Elsom-Cook, EBC, Leeds, England Jim Foley, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA A. Jameson, Univ. of Saarbrucken, Germany Andrew Jennings, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Craig Kaplan, IBM, San Jose, CA, USA Bob Kass, EDS, Troy, MI, USA Uwe Malinowski, Siemens, Munich, Germany Cecile Paris, ISI, Marina del Rey, CA, USA Karen Sparck Jones, Univ. of Cambridge, England Carlo Tasso, University of Udine, Italy Junichi Toyoda, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Japan Sherman Tyler, NASA Ames Res. Ctr., CA, USA Gerrit van der Veer, Free University, Netherlands Sponsors: The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Inc. (IJCAII), and the MITRE Corporation are co-sponsoring the conference. The conference is also being held In Cooperation With ACM/SIGART. Submission of papers: Submissions should be no longer than 12 pages in length (excluding title page and references), and should use a font no smaller than 12-point. Five (5) hardcopies should be sent to Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, P.O. Box 5560-D73, D-78434 Konstanz, Germany. Papers should include the authors' postal and email addresses as well as their phone and fax numbers. Authors are strongly encouraged to also send an electronic abstract of their papers to um94-abstracts@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de This will significantly aid the reviewing process by helping direct the papers to the most appropriate reviewers. If possible, authors should additionally transfer a Postscript version of their papers to the directory /incoming on the ftp server ftp.rz.uni-konstanz.de The name of the file should be the first author's last and first name, as: ..ps. The directory /incoming is unreadable for anonymous ftp users. Submission of proposals for special interest group meetings: Proposals of not more than one page should be submitted to Diane Litman, Room 2B-412, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA, diane@research.att.com. Electronic submissions are preferred. The proposals should include the proposed topic, an abstract, reasons for the usefulness of the meeting, and the names of several other participants who have agreed to participate in the proposed meeting. Registration of system demonstrations: Various platforms will be available for unrefereed system demonstrations. Prospective presenters should contact Brad Goodman (bgoodman@mitre.org) and specify their hardware and software requirements. Important deadlines: Feb. 28, 1994: hardcopy submissions to be received by Alfred Kobsa March 31, 1994: proposals for special interest group meetings to be received by Diane Litman May 1, 1994: notification of authors about acceptance or rejection June 15, 1994: final copies to be received by Brad Goodman June 30, 1994: system demonstrations to be registered with Brad Goodman Best paper award: A cash prize donated by Kluwer Academic Publishers will be awarded to the author(s) of the best paper presented at the conference. Financial support: Limited financial support will be available for students of all countries and for participants from Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Persons who wish to apply for such a grant should indicate so upon the submission of their paper. Further information: Further information on the conference, including hotel reservation and travel directions, can be obtained from the automatic mail agent um94@linus.mitre.org in due course. ------------------------------------------------------------------- UM 94 GENERAL INFORMATION Location and Accommodation The conference is to be held at the Tara Hyannis Hotel & Resort in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA. Accommodations are available for conference attendees at the Tara Hyannis Hotel. Most rooms include two full-size beds and private bathroom. Accommodations will be assigned on a first come first serve basis. Register early to ensure on-site accommodation and a special conference discount. Reservations are to be made directly with the Tara Hyannis Hotel and Resort. Social Activities The main social activities include: - Welcome reception (15 August) - Banquet reception (17 August) - Conference banquet - New England Lobster - Clambake (17 August) - Opportunities to sightsee. Insurance The UM94 organizers and sponsors can accept no liability for personal injuries, or for loss or damage to property belonging to conference participants or accompanying persons, either during or as a result of the conference. It is recommended that attendees take out personal travel insurance. Costs Conference registration costs include the technical program, conference facilities, the conference proceedings, breaks, receptions, and the banquet for conference attendees. Costs for accompanying persons is additional. Payment Payment of fees must accompany all registration forms. No reservations will be confirmed until payment is received. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars. Cancellations and Refunds Cancellations should be notified in writing to the General Chairperson. Cancellations received prior to 14 May 1994 will incur a 25% cancellation fee. Cancellation received prior to 1 August 1994 will incur a 50% cancellation fee. We regret that no refunds can be made for cancellations received after 1 August 1994. Sponsors The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Inc. (IJCAII), and the MITRE Corporation are co- sponsoring the conference. The conference is also being held In Cooperation With ACM/SIGART. Transportation By car: Hyannis is easily accessed by car from major cities in northeastern United States. By air: Barnstable Airport (+1-508-778-9458) is located in Hyannis off Route 132 and the Airport Rotary. It services direct flights to and from Boston, Massachusetts and Newark, New Jersey. US Air / US Air Express ((800) 428-4322 or +1- 617-482-3160) and Delta Air Lines / Delta Business Express ((800) 345-3400 or +1-617-567- 4100) serves Boston. Cape Air (+1-508-771- 6944) provides service to Newark, New Jersey. By bus: The Hyannis Bus Terminal provides regular service to major cities in the northeast. Frequent connections to and from Logan International Airport in Boston is provided by Plymouth and Brockton Bus Lines (+1-508-775- 5524). Bonanza Bus Lines (+1-617-720-4110) and Greyhound Bus Lines (+1-617-423-5810) provide service from major northeastern cities, such as New York City and Boston, to Hyannis. Travel Grants A limited number of travel grants for students of all countries and participants from Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States are available through the contributions of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Inc. (IJCAII), and the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (ACM/SIGART). Important Deadlines: Paper Submissions Due: 28 Feb 94 SIG Proposals Due: 31 Mar 94 Early Registration: 15 May 94 System Demo Registration: 30 June 94 Regular Registration: 01 Jul 94 Hotel Reservation Cutoff: 12 Jul 94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UM 94 Hyannis, Massachusetts and Cape Cod Location "The southernmost tip of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts stretches approximately 100 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean. This wonderful peninsula is known as Cape Cod: the northside shore opens to the cool waters of Massachusetts Bay while the southern beaches reach to the warm and gentle waters of Nantucket Sound. Centrally situated is the town of Barnstable with shorefront on both north and south coasts." "Within the town of Barnstable are seven villages: Barnstable, West Barnstable, Marstons Mills, Cotuit, Osterville, Centerville and Hyannis. The largest and most central is the village of Hyannis - the Hub of the Cape: terminus for island ferries, major bus transportation, and airlines. The Islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard lie to the east and southeast of the mainland." History "The history of Hyannis and the Town of Barnstable is rich and colorful, from the first explorer to yesterday." "In 1602, Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold was the first of the Old World explorers to view the area known as Hyannis." "In 1620, the Pilgrims stopped in Hyannisport but were deterred from settling here permanently because of the extremely low tides and treacherous rocky harbor. However, settlers from Barnstable, England did incorporate the town of Barnstable in 1639." "The early settlers of the town of Barnstable were primarily farmers who turned toward the sea. The maritime harvest was plentiful, for frequently there were drift whales on our beaches. By the close of the 19th century over 800 shipmasters sailed worldwide for the homeport of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Many of these brave mariners established strong family ties in our area and their descendents are still vital, well-known members of our community today." "City dwellers had begun to appreciate the pleasures of summer vacations spent by the edge of the sea. In 1872, the Hyannis Land Company purchased nearly 1,000 acres extending from Lewis Bay to Craigville, including most of Hyannisport, for about $100. Thus began the ever expanding tourist industry radiating from Hyannis." "Among the earliest nationally known personalities to enjoy the Hyannis area was President Ulysses S. Grant in 1874. Some years later President Grover Cleveland visited Hyannisport. During the 1960's the eyes of the world focused on Hyannis when native son John F. Kennedy ascended to the Presidency of the United States." Hyannis, The Hub of the Cape "Hyannis is the largest of Barnstable's seven principal villages and is within one day's drive of one third of the population of the United States, with 6 million people entering and leaving Hyannis year round." "Hyannis is the Cape's commercial and transportation hub." "Known as Cape Cod's urban center, Hyannis boasts the area's largest concentration of businesses, shops, motels, hotels, restaurants and entertainment spots. Located mid-Cape, 40 miles from Plymouth and 50 miles from Provincetown, Hyannis is the perfect 'take off' point for exciting side trips." "Downtown you'll find Main Street: from east end to west end, a variety of specialty shops, factory outlets and eateries to dazzle the eye and palate. Midway along Main Street be sure to enter the Old Town Hall for a tour of the JFK Museum, the Cape Years, an exhibit which highlights the special aura Cape Cod offered to President Kennedy." "Within pleasant walking distance of Main Street is Hyannis Harbor. At the intersection of South and Ocean Streets, you will see the newly refurbished Aseiton Park, the beginning of the proposed scenic Walkway to the Sea. As you travel this route, enjoy the ambiance of the dock area of Hyannis Harbor at Bismore Park. There, awaiting visitors, are the ferries for the islands of Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard, as well as excursion and charter boats for daily fishing trips, catboat and windjammer scenic cruises of the harbor and replica steamboats to carry passengers on frequent sightseeing tours. Beyond the harbor area is the JFK Memorial Park on Ocean Street overlooking Veteran's Beach. Continue along Ocean Street to Kalmus Beach which boasts shoreline on both Hyannis Harbor and Lewis Bay. The village of Hyannis also offers the Orrin Keyes beach on Sea Street for additional sunning, swimming, shelling, and strolling." "For a different water vista and activity enjoy the flavor of whale-watching cruises from Barnstable Harbor on the north side of the Cape, or from Provincetown." [The excerpts above are from the 1993 Hyannis Guidebook, Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce, RS Walters Agency, 1993. For more information on Hyannis, contact the Hyannis Chamber of Commerce, 1481 Route 132, Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 USA; phone +1-508-775-2201.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION FORM "User Modeling 1994" 15-19 August 1994, Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA Please Complete Form Below and Submit Payment. Section 1: PERSONAL INFORMATION Name:____________________________________________________________ Affiliation:_____________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Country:_______________________________________ Postal Code:___________________________________ Telephone:_____________________________________ Fax:___________________________________________ Email:_________________________________________ Accompanying person(s): (names) 1.________________________________________________ 2.________________________________________________ Dietary needs:___________________________________________________________ Other special needs:___________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Section 2: REGISTRATION COSTS ** Important Note: Participants who register early will receive $30 (USD) off The Tara Hyannis special conference daily room rates for up to four nights (a discount of up to $120 (USD) total.) To take advantage of this special discount, registration and payment must be received by 15 May 1994. DEADLINE DATES Individual Student On or Before 15 May ____$350 USD ____$275 USD 1994 16 May 1994 - 1 July ____$400 USD ____$325 USD 1994 After 1 July ____$450 USD ____$325 USD (subject to availability) Insert appropriate information, amounts, and totals. All costs are in U.S. dollars. Students must submit a supporting letter from faculty member for any discount. Accompanying Persons: $_____Receptions: $30 x number of guests $_____Banquet (subject to space): $35 x number of guests (Childrens menu available at minimal price) TOTALS $_________ Registration Individual $_________ Registration Students $_________ Guests ----------------------------------------------------------------- Section 3: METHOD OF PAYMENT (Registration Portion Only) (Payable to "The MITRE Corporation") _____International Draft; Draft#____________AMOUNT = $_______US _____Check AMOUNT = $______USD (drawn on US Bank) Please be sure form is filled out properly, completed and returned with payment (payable to "The MITRE Corporation") to: BRAD GOODMAN, The MITRE Corporation, MS K302, 202 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730. USA PHONE +1-617-271-2085 FAX +1-617-271-2352 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Section 4: ACCOMMODATIONS The conference will be held at the Tara Hyannis Hotel and Resort in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE MADE DIRECTLY WITH THE HOTEL USING THE ATTACHED FORM. Expected Arrival Date:_________________________ Departure Date:___________________________ The hotel provides a free shuttle bus service to the nearby Craigville Beach. An 18-hole golf course is available on site. The Tara Hyannis and its sister hotel, The Cape Codder, offer an activities program for children (ages 4 and up) on the hotel property for a nominal fee. If you are interested in the program, please list the names and ages of the children. Name:________________________Age:_______ Name:________________________Age:_______ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Section 5: ACTIVITIES There are many attractions on Cape Cod in the Hyannis area. The hotel can arrange for you, family members, and our group to participate in these activities. Please check below the activities that interest you or other members of your party. This is not a reservation but will help us determine interest in particular activities. _____Hyannis Harbor Cruise: Enjoy a 1 1/2 hour cruise on the waters of Lewis Bay and Hyannisport harbor. Professional guides will point out places of interest such as the JFK Memorial, Kennedy Compound, Squaw Island and more. ______Provincetown: A day trip to the tip of Cape Cod is a great way to experience the Cape. Visit MacMillan Wharf, the National Seashore, and Highland Lighthouse. Stroll among the dozens of shops and restaurants on Commercial Street. ______Martha's Vineyard: A day trip to the island seven miles off Cape Cod to see colorful Gay Head Cliffs, Vineyard Haven, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, pristine beaches, unique shops and museums. ______Nantucket: A day trip to this beautiful island off Cape Cod with its cobblestone streets, quaint shops, glorious beaches, and museums. ______Whale Watch: An experience you will never forget. You will be fascinated by these magnificent mammals in their natural habitat. _______Sandwich and Plymouth: A day trip to the towns of Sandwich and Plymouth. Visit the Sandwich Glass Museum, Heritage Plantation, and Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower II. _______Falmouth: A half day trip to Falmouth and Woods Hole and the Oceanographic Institute. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6: DEMONSTRATING SOFTWARE Would you like to demonstrate any software? If so, what?__________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ If yes, will you provide your own equipment? Yes / No If no, what will you require? Macintosh/PC/Other:_____________________________________________________ Please state your software and hardware requirements: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Section 7: TRAVEL GRANTS A limited number of travel grants for students of all countries and participants from Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States are available through the contributions of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intellligence Inc. (IJCAII), and ACM SIGART. If you wish to apply for one of these travel grants, indicate below: ______Student Grant Request ______Eastern European & Commonwealth of Independent States Grant Request Please outline your travel needs below: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- RETURN FORM AND REGISTRATION PAYMENT TO: Brad Goodman The MITRE Corporation Mailstop K302 202 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 USA Phone: +1-617-271-2085 Fax: +1-617-271-2352 Email: UM94@linus.mitre.org ---RESERVATION-FORM--------cut-here---------RESERVATION-FORM--------- Tara Hyannis Hotel & Resort West End Circle Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 USA +1-508-775-7775 Fourth International Conference on User Modeling (UM94) August 15 - 19, 1994 PLEASE RESERVE THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS: _______ $115.00 PER ROOM, PER NIGHT, SINGLE OCCUPANCY + 9.7% TAX _______ $115.00 PER ROOM, PER NIGHT, DOUBLE OCCUPANCY + 9.7% TAX A THIRD AND FOURTH PERSON (17 YEARS & OLDER) IN A ROOM IS $15.00 PLUS TAX PER NIGHT Please indicate date preference. Special conference hotel rate is $115 (USD) per day plus taxes from 13 - 21 August. (I) (WE) WILL ARRIVE ON:_____________________ AND DEPART ON:_______________________ Hotel Registration Must be Received No Later Than 12 JULY 1994 Name:___________________________________________ Phone&Fax:______________________________________ Affiliation:_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Country/Postal Code _____________________________________________ ** A LIMITED NUMBER OF NON-SMOKING ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE - PLEASE CHECK YOUR PREFERENCE: SMOKING________ NON SMOKING_________ The Tara Hyannis and its sister hotel, the Cape Codder, offer an activites program for children (ages 4 and up) at the Cape Codder property for a nominal fee. If you are interested in the program, please list the names and ages of the children. NAME(S) & AGE(S):__________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Will you or a guest require any special needs?_____________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ___ ONE NIGHT'S DEPOSIT PER ROOM PLUS 9.7% ROOM TAX REQUIRED TO GUARANTEE THE RESERVATION. (PLEASE ENCLOSE CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO THE TARA HYANNIS HOTEL DRAWN ON A US BANK) FOR THOSE USING AN INTERNATIONAL DRAFT OR A CREDIT CARD AS A GUARANTEE PLEASE COMPLETE THE SECTION BELOW. RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL TUESDAY JULY 12, 1994. AFTER THIS DATE RESERVATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. YOUR DEPOSIT WILL BE APPLIED TO THE LAST NIGHT OF YOUR ROOM RESERVATION. RESERVATIONS FAX #: +1-508-778-6039 1. International Draft: #:______________ Draft Amount: $__________________USD 2. Check: Amount: $____________USD 3. Credit Card: _____VISA _____MASTERCARD _____DINERS _____AMEX _____EUROCARD Card #:______________________________________ Expiration Date______________________________ Signature________________________________________________________ REFUND OF DEPOSIT GIVEN IF CANCELLATION IS MADE 72 HOURS OR MORE PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. NO REFUND GIVEN IF: A. RESERVATION IS CANCELLED WITHIN 72 HOURS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. B. GUEST DOES NOT ARRIVE ON DATE SPECIFIED. RESERVATION IS AUTOMATICALLY CANCELLED IF YOU FAIL TO ARRIVE ON DATE SPECIFIED. REINSTATING RESERVATION IS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. CHECK IN TIME AFTER 3:00PM - CHECK OUT TIME BY 11:00AM PLEASE COMPLETE AND SEND WITH YOUR DEPOSIT TO OUR RESERVATION MANAGER ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Prof. Dr. Alfred Kobsa Knowledge-Based Information Systems kobsa@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de University of Konstanz Phone: +49 7531 88 3593 P.O. Box 5560-D73 Secretary & FAX: 88 3065 D-78434 Konstanz, Germany Article 22047 of comp.ai: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu news.announce.conferences:6202 comp.ai:22047 comp.ai.edu:1815 comp.edu:9731 comp.human-factors:8611 comp.groupware:3735 comp.ai.nat-lang:1604 sci.psychology:22525 comp.infosystems:3247 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!nigel.msen.com!zib-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!sparky!not-for-mail From: bgoodman@aldebaran.mitre.org (Bradley A. Goodman) Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences,comp.ai,comp.ai.edu,comp.edu,comp.human-factors,de.sci.ki.announce,comp.groupware,comp.ai.nat-lang,sci.psychology,comp.infosystems Subject: 4th International Conference on User Modeling (UM94) Followup-To: poster Date: 9 May 1994 15:48:46 -0500 Organization: The MITRE Corporation Lines: 1011 Sender: rick@sparky.sterling.com Approved: rick@sparky.sterling.com Distribution: world Expires: 20 Aug 1994 8:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <2qm7je$cms@sparky.sterling.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.sterling.com UM 94 YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE Fourth International Conference on User Modeling Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts U.S.A. 15 - 19 August 1994 Research in the field of user modeling and user-adapted interaction provides crucial foundations for improving the usability of interactive software systems and technical devices in many application areas. UM-94, the Fourth International Conference on User Modeling, will offer a forum for presenting the results of academic and industrial research in this field to an international audience. The conference will gather international researchers in User Modeling from a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary fields. Whereas UM-86, UM-90 and UM-92 were invitational workshops, UM-94 will be a conference with open participation. Much of the original character will be preserved, however, by holding the meeting in a workshop-like setting, with ample room for presentations, special interest group meetings and system demonstrations. Enclosed in this package are a Tentative Program Schedule, the Call for Papers, Registration and Accommodations forms, along with information about activities happening in and around the Cape Cod Area. There is a bus service that will be operating to and from Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, for which schedules will be made available closer to the conference date. We believe that attendees will find the conference facilities superb, and the atmosphere of Cape Cod in the summer time outstanding. General and Local Arrangements Chair: Brad Goodman, The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA, USA Program Chairpersons: Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, Germany Diane Litman, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- UM94 Tentative Program Schedule 15 - 19 August 1994 Tutorials User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction (An Introduction) Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz Sandra Carberry, University of Delaware Student Modeling Peter Brusilovsky, ICSTI, Moscow, Russia Exploiting User Models in Generation Cecile Paris, University of Brighton NOTE: Tutorials will be free to registered participants of the conference and will be offered at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, 15 August. If you are interested in one of these tutorials (they will be held in parallel), please email um94@mitre.org and indicate which one you are interested in. Invited Plenary Sessions Cognitive Tutors: Lessons Learned John Anderson, Carnegie- Mellon University Lies, Damned Lies and Stereotypes Judy Kay, University of Sydney Towards Personalized Multimedia Wolfgang Wahlster, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Paper Sessions A Bayesian Approach to Diagnosing Problems with Prolog Control Flow David Duncan & Les Morss, Napier University Paul Brna, Lancaster University Query and Response Generation During Information-Seeking Interactions Bhavani Raskutti, Telecom Research Labs Ingrid Zukerman, Monash University Adaptive Performance Support: User Acceptance of a Self-Adapting Systems Beth Meyer, AT&T Global Info. Solutions The Justified User Model R. Cook & J . Kay, University of Sydney Apprising the User of User Models: Interface Guidelines Jon Orwant, The Media Laboratory - MIT The Dynamic Construction of Cognition in a Computerized Architecture of Learning Andre Mayers, Universite de Montreal Bernard Lefebvre, Univ. du Quebec a Montreal A Framework for Soliciting Clarification from Users During Plan Recognition Robin Cohen, University of Waterloo Ken Schmidt & Peter van Beek, University of Alberta A Dynamic Vocabulary For Student Modelling Mark Kuzmycz, Deakin University Quantitative Modeling of User Preferences for Plan Recognition Mathias Bauer, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Recognizing Plans in Instructional Systems Using Granularity Gina Koehn & Jim Greer, University of Saskatchewan Student Modelling Beyond Domain Knowledge Susan Bull, Helen Pain & Paul Brna, University of Edinburgh Building a User Model for Self-Adaptive Menu-Based Interfaces A. Berthome-Montoy, LISI - Univ. Cl. Bernard et INSA de LYON Reasoning about the User within a Simulation-based Real-time Training System C. Eliot, B. P. Woolf, Univ. of Massachusetts KN-AHS: An Adaptive Hypertext Client of the User Modeling System BGP-MS A. Kobsa, D. Mueller & A. Nill, Univ. of Konstanz A Cognitive Load Application Approach to Tutoring A. Kashihara, A. Sugano, K. Matsumura, T. Hirashima & J. Toyoda I.S.I.R, Osaka University Recognizing and Utilizing User Preferences in Collaborative Consultation Dialogues S. Elzer, J. Chu & S. Carberry, Univ.of Delaware User Modeling for Domains without Explicit Design Theories Knut Pitschke, University of Oldenburg Modelling Complex Cognition: Contextual Modularity and Transitions Simon Grant, City University, London Adaptivity in a System Supporting Cooperation Monica Divitini & Carla Simone, University of Milano Plan Inference for a Purpose Annika Waern, Swedish Institute of Computer Science Multi-Dimensional User Models for Multi-media I/O in the Maintenance Consultant D.Chin, M.Inaba, H.Pareek, K.Nemoto, M.Wasson & I.Miyamoto, University of Hawaii TAGUS- A User and Learner Modeling System A. Paiva & J. Self, Lancaster University Distributed Diagnostic Reasoning: A New Approach to Student Modeling Vincenzo Loia, Universita di Salerno A Multi Modal Logic for Stereotyping Ullrich Hustadt, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik Updating the User Model on the Basis of the Recognition of the User's Plans L. Ardissono, L. Lesmo, & D. Sestero, Univ. di Torino Responding to User's Informational Needs in Time-Critical Situations Abigail S. Gertner, University of Pennsylvania A Practical and Adaptable User Model for Browsing in a Hypermedia Information System J. Vassileva, University of the Federal Armed Forces Student Model Centered Architecture for Intelligent Learning Enviroments P. Brusilowski, Intl. Ctr. for Scientific & Tech. Info., Russia A User-Centered Approach to Adaptive Hypertext Based on an Information Relevance Model N. Mathe & J. Chen, NASA Ames NOTE: The Technical Program will begin at 8:45am on Tuesday, 16 August and will end around 12 noon on Friday, 19 August. Poster Sessions Constraint Satisfaction as an Approach to Plan Recognition Jun Hong, University of Bradford User Beliefs Modeling and Consistency Checking for Cooperative Query Answering Xu Wu & Nick Cercone, Univ. of Regina Adaptive Customization of User Interfaces Harald Pitz, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Inductive Logic Programming for Incremental Cognitive Diagnosis Emmanuel Siou, IRISA, Campus universitaire de Beaulieu Generating Patient Specific Explanation in Migraine G. Carenini, V. O. Mittal & J. D. Moore, University of Pittsburgh Adaptive Training Based Upon Computerized Knowledge Assessment M. Desmarais, J. Liu, & A. Maluf, Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal The Glass Box User Model for Filtering J. Karlgren, K. Hook, A. Lantz, J. Palme & D. Pargman, Stockholm University Restmod: A Student Model to Diagnose Students in Problem Solving D. W. Gurer & P. T. Ota, SRI International Generating Consumer-Tailored Plans D. Dengler, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) User Model Acquisition Heuristics Based on Dialogue Acts W. Pohl, A. Kobsa & O. Kutter, University of Konstanz Generating a Model of a Student's Misconceptions in the Domain of Second Language Learning S. Sentance, Univ. of Huddersfield User Models and Scrutable Systems: How Decision Theorie and Abductive Reasoning Support Designing Presentations and Recognizing User Models A. Csinger & D. Poole, Univ. of British Columbia NOTE: A final date for the poster sessions is to be determined at a later time. It is expected to be in the evening on Tuesday, August 16th. SIG Meetings User Modeling in Information Retrieval Systems Julita Vassileva University of the Federal Armed Forces Standardization of User Modeling Shell Systems Alfred Kobsa University of Konstanz Adaptive Hypertext and Hypermedia Peter Brusilovsky ICSTI, Russia Doctoral Consortium Linda Strachan University of Manitoba, Canada NOTE: A final date will be set at a later time for the SIG meetings. They are expected to be held on the afternoon of Wednesday, 17 August. ------------------------------------------------------------------- UM-94: Call for Papers and SIG Meeting Proposals Fourth International Conference on User Modeling Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.A. August 15-19, 1994 Research in the field of user modeling and user-adapted interaction provides crucial foundations for improving the usability of interactive software systems and technical devices in many application areas. UM-94, the Fourth International Conference on User Modeling, will offer a forum for presenting the results of academic and industrial research in this field to an international audience. Whereas UM-86, UM-90 and UM-92 were invitational workshops, UM-94 will be a conference with open participation. Much of the original character will be preserved, however, by holding the meeting in a workshop-like setting, with ample room for presentations, special interest group meetings and system demonstrations. Submissions are invited on original and substantial academic or industrial research on all aspects of user modeling and user-adapted interaction, including (but not limited to) the following topic areas: user model acquisition, plan and intent recognition, user stereotypes, representation of user models, inference, consistency of user models, user modeling shell systems, explanation generation, intelligent/adaptive user interfaces, intelligent tutoring systems, navigational aids, adaptive hypertext and hypermedia, information retrieval and information filtering, knowledge-based information presentation, natural-language systems, and applications in office machines and consumer electronics. Accepted submissions will be published in a proceedings volume. Extended versions of high-quality papers should be submitted to the international journal User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction after the conference. General and Local Arrangements Chair: Brad Goodman, The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA, USA Program Chairpersons: Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, Germany Diane Litman, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA Program committee: Doug Appelt, SRI, Stanford, CA, USA Peter Brusilovsky, ICSTI, Moscow, Russia David Chin, University of Hawaii, USA Michael Desmarais, CRIM, Montreal, Canada Mark Elsom-Cook, EBC, Leeds, England Jim Foley, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA A. Jameson, Univ. of Saarbrucken, Germany Andrew Jennings, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Craig Kaplan, IBM, San Jose, CA, USA Bob Kass, EDS, Troy, MI, USA Uwe Malinowski, Siemens, Munich, Germany Cecile Paris, ISI, Marina del Rey, CA, USA Karen Sparck Jones, Univ. of Cambridge, England Carlo Tasso, University of Udine, Italy Junichi Toyoda, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Japan Sherman Tyler, NASA Ames Res. Ctr., CA, USA Gerrit van der Veer, Free University, Netherlands Contributors: The Association for Computing Machinery Special Interst Group on Artificial Intelligence (ACM/SIGART), Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Inc. (IJCAII), and the MITRE Corporation have contributed funding for the conference. Submission of papers: Submissions should be no longer than 12 pages in length (excluding title page and references), and should use a font no smaller than 12-point. Five (5) hardcopies should be sent to Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, P.O. Box 5560-D73, D-78434 Konstanz, Germany. (Note: For express delivery services, replace "P.O. Box 5560-D73" by "Campus Mailstop D73 Room D340") Papers should include the authors' postal and email addresses as well as their phone and fax numbers. Authors are strongly encouraged to also send an electronic abstract of their papers to um94-abstracts@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de This will significantly aid the reviewing process by helping direct the papers to the most appropriate reviewers. If possible, authors should additionally transfer a Postscript version of their papers to the directory /incoming on the ftp server ftp.rz.uni-konstanz.de The name of the file should be the first author's last and first name, as: ..ps. The directory /incoming is unreadable for anonymous ftp users. Submission of proposals for special interest group meetings: Proposals of not more than one page should be submitted to Diane Litman, Room 2B-412, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA, diane@research.att.com. Electronic submissions are preferred. The proposals should include the proposed topic, an abstract, reasons for the usefulness of the meeting, and the names of several other participants who have agreed to participate in the proposed meeting. Registration of system demonstrations: Various platforms will be available for unrefereed system demonstrations. Prospective presenters should contact Brad Goodman (bgoodman@mitre.org) and specify their hardware and software requirements. Important deadlines: Feb. 28, 1994: hardcopy submissions to be received by Alfred Kobsa March 31, 1994: proposals for special interest group meetings to be received by Diane Litman May 1, 1994: notification of authors about acceptance or rejection June 15, 1994: final copies to be received by Brad Goodman June 30, 1994: system demonstrations to be registered with Brad Goodman Best paper award: A cash prize donated by Kluwer Academic Publishers will be awarded to the author(s) of the best paper presented at the conference. Financial support: Limited financial support will be available for students of all countries and for participants from Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Persons who wish to apply for such a grant should indicate so upon the submission of their paper. Further information: Further information on the conference, including hotel reservation and travel directions, can be obtained from the automatic mail agent um94@linus.mitre.org in due course. ------------------------------------------------------------------- UM 94 GENERAL INFORMATION Location and Accommodation The conference is to be held at the Tara Hyannis Hotel & Resort in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA. Accommodations are available for conference attendees at the Tara Hyannis Hotel. Most rooms include two full-size beds and private bathroom. Accommodations will be assigned on a first come first serve basis. Register early to ensure on-site accommodation and a special conference discount. Reservations are to be made directly with the Tara Hyannis Hotel and Resort. Social Activities The main social activities include: - Welcome reception (16 August) - Banquet reception (18 August) - Conference banquet - New England Lobster - Clambake (18 August) - Opportunities to sightsee. Insurance The UM94 organizers and sponsors can accept no liability for personal injuries, or for loss or damage to property belonging to conference participants or accompanying persons, either during or as a result of the conference. It is recommended that attendees take out personal travel insurance. Costs Conference registration costs include the technical program, conference facilities, the conference proceedings, breaks, receptions, and the banquet for conference attendees. Costs for accompanying persons is additional. Payment Payment of fees must accompany all registration forms. No reservations will be confirmed until payment is received. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars. Checks should be made out to "The MITRE Corporation" and drawn on a U.S. bank. Cancellations and Refunds Cancellations should be notified in writing to the General Chairperson. Cancellations received prior to 14 May 1994 will incur a 25% cancellation fee. Cancellation received prior to 1 August 1994 will incur a 50% cancellation fee. We regret that no refunds can be made for cancellations received after 1 August 1994. Contributors The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interst Group on Artificial Intelligence (ACM/SIGART), the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Inc. (IJCAII), and the MITRE Corporation have contributed funding for the conference. Transportation By car: Hyannis is easily accessed by car from major cities in northeastern United States. By air: Barnstable Airport (+1-508-778-9458) is located in Hyannis off Route 132 and the Airport Rotary. It services direct flights to and from Boston, Massachusetts and Newark, New Jersey. US Air / US Air Express ((800) 428-4322 or +1- 617-482-3160) and Delta Air Lines / Delta Business Express ((800) 345-3400 or +1-617-567- 4100) serves Boston. Cape Air (+1-508-771- 6944) provides service to Newark, New Jersey. By bus: The Hyannis Bus Terminal provides regular service to major cities in the northeast. Frequent connections to and from Logan International Airport in Boston is provided by Plymouth and Brockton Bus Lines (+1-508-775-5524). Plymouth and Brockton Bus Lines departs for Hyannis at least once an hour from Logan Airport in Boston from 8:45am until 8:45pm and returns to Logan Airport at least once an hour from 4:30am until 7:30pm (travel time is around 2 hours). The cost of a roundtrip ticket from Logan Airport to Hyannis is under $35(U.S.). Bonanza Bus Lines (+1-617-720-4110) and Greyhound Bus Lines (+1-617-423-5810) provide service from major northeastern cities, such as New York City and Boston, to Hyannis. Travel Grants A limited number of travel grants for students of all countries and participants from Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States are available through the contributions of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Inc. (IJCAII), and the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (ACM/SIGART). Important Deadlines: Paper Submissions Due: 28 Feb 94 SIG Proposals Due: 31 Mar 94 Early Registration: 15 May 94 System Demo Registration: 30 June 94 Regular Registration: 01 Jul 94 Hotel Reservation Cutoff: 12 Jul 94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UM 94 Hyannis, Massachusetts and Cape Cod Location "The southernmost tip of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts stretches approximately 100 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean. This wonderful peninsula is known as Cape Cod: the northside shore opens to the cool waters of Massachusetts Bay while the southern beaches reach to the warm and gentle waters of Nantucket Sound. Centrally situated is the town of Barnstable with shorefront on both north and south coasts." "Within the town of Barnstable are seven villages: Barnstable, West Barnstable, Marstons Mills, Cotuit, Osterville, Centerville and Hyannis. The largest and most central is the village of Hyannis - the Hub of the Cape: terminus for island ferries, major bus transportation, and airlines. The Islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard lie to the east and southeast of the mainland." History "The history of Hyannis and the Town of Barnstable is rich and colorful, from the first explorer to yesterday." "In 1602, Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold was the first of the Old World explorers to view the area known as Hyannis." "In 1620, the Pilgrims stopped in Hyannisport but were deterred from settling here permanently because of the extremely low tides and treacherous rocky harbor. However, settlers from Barnstable, England did incorporate the town of Barnstable in 1639." "The early settlers of the town of Barnstable were primarily farmers who turned toward the sea. The maritime harvest was plentiful, for frequently there were drift whales on our beaches. By the close of the 19th century over 800 shipmasters sailed worldwide for the homeport of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Many of these brave mariners established strong family ties in our area and their descendents are still vital, well-known members of our community today." "City dwellers had begun to appreciate the pleasures of summer vacations spent by the edge of the sea. In 1872, the Hyannis Land Company purchased nearly 1,000 acres extending from Lewis Bay to Craigville, including most of Hyannisport, for about $100. Thus began the ever expanding tourist industry radiating from Hyannis." "Among the earliest nationally known personalities to enjoy the Hyannis area was President Ulysses S. Grant in 1874. Some years later President Grover Cleveland visited Hyannisport. During the 1960's the eyes of the world focused on Hyannis when native son John F. Kennedy ascended to the Presidency of the United States." Hyannis, The Hub of the Cape "Hyannis is the largest of Barnstable's seven principal villages and is within one day's drive of one third of the population of the United States, with 6 million people entering and leaving Hyannis year round." "Hyannis is the Cape's commercial and transportation hub." "Known as Cape Cod's urban center, Hyannis boasts the area's largest concentration of businesses, shops, motels, hotels, restaurants and entertainment spots. Located mid-Cape, 40 miles from Plymouth and 50 miles from Provincetown, Hyannis is the perfect 'take off' point for exciting side trips." "Downtown you'll find Main Street: from east end to west end, a variety of specialty shops, factory outlets and eateries to dazzle the eye and palate. Midway along Main Street be sure to enter the Old Town Hall for a tour of the JFK Museum, the Cape Years, an exhibit which highlights the special aura Cape Cod offered to President Kennedy." "Within pleasant walking distance of Main Street is Hyannis Harbor. At the intersection of South and Ocean Streets, you will see the newly refurbished Aseiton Park, the beginning of the proposed scenic Walkway to the Sea. As you travel this route, enjoy the ambiance of the dock area of Hyannis Harbor at Bismore Park. There, awaiting visitors, are the ferries for the islands of Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard, as well as excursion and charter boats for daily fishing trips, catboat and windjammer scenic cruises of the harbor and replica steamboats to carry passengers on frequent sightseeing tours. Beyond the harbor area is the JFK Memorial Park on Ocean Street overlooking Veteran's Beach. Continue along Ocean Street to Kalmus Beach which boasts shoreline on both Hyannis Harbor and Lewis Bay. The village of Hyannis also offers the Orrin Keyes beach on Sea Street for additional sunning, swimming, shelling, and strolling." "For a different water vista and activity enjoy the flavor of whale-watching cruises from Barnstable Harbor on the north side of the Cape, or from Provincetown." [The excerpts above are from the 1993 Hyannis Guidebook, Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce, RS Walters Agency, 1993. For more information on Hyannis, contact the Hyannis Chamber of Commerce, 1481 Route 132, Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 USA; phone +1-508-775-2201.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION FORM "User Modeling 1994" 15-19 August 1994, Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA Please Complete Form Below and Submit Payment. Section 1: PERSONAL INFORMATION Name:____________________________________________________________ Affiliation:_____________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Country:_______________________________________ Postal Code:___________________________________ Telephone:_____________________________________ Fax:___________________________________________ Email:_________________________________________ Accompanying person(s): (names) 1.________________________________________________ 2.________________________________________________ Dietary needs:___________________________________________________________ Other special needs:___________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Section 2: REGISTRATION COSTS ** Important Note: Participants who register early will receive $30 (USD) off The Tara Hyannis special conference daily room rates for up to four nights (a discount of up to $120 (USD) total.) To take advantage of this special discount, registration and payment must be received by 15 May 1994. DEADLINE DATES Individual Student On or Before 15 May ____$350 USD ____$275 USD 1994 16 May 1994 - 1 July ____$400 USD ____$325 USD 1994 After 1 July ____$450 USD ____$325 USD (subject to availability) Insert appropriate information, amounts, and totals. All costs are in U.S. dollars. Students must submit a supporting letter from faculty member for any discount. Accompanying Persons: $_____Receptions: $30 x number of guests $_____Banquet (subject to space): $35 x number of guests (Childrens menu available at minimal price) TOTALS $_________ Registration Individual $_________ Registration Students $_________ Guests ----------------------------------------------------------------- Section 3: METHOD OF PAYMENT (Registration Portion Only) (Payable to "The MITRE Corporation") _____International Draft; Draft#____________AMOUNT = $_______US _____Check AMOUNT = $______USD (drawn on US Bank) Please be sure form is filled out properly, completed and returned with payment (payable to "The MITRE Corporation") to: BRAD GOODMAN, The MITRE Corporation, MS K302, 202 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730. USA PHONE +1-617-271-2085 FAX +1-617-271-2352 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Section 4: ACCOMMODATIONS The conference will be held at the Tara Hyannis Hotel and Resort in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE MADE DIRECTLY WITH THE HOTEL USING THE ATTACHED FORM. Expected Arrival Date:_________________________ Departure Date:___________________________ The hotel provides a free shuttle bus service to the nearby Craigville Beach. An 18-hole golf course is available on site. The Tara Hyannis and its sister hotel, The Cape Codder, offer an activities program for children (ages 4 and up) on the hotel property for a nominal fee. If you are interested in the program, please list the names and ages of the children. Name:________________________Age:_______ Name:________________________Age:_______ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Section 5: ACTIVITIES There are many attractions on Cape Cod in the Hyannis area. The hotel can arrange for you, family members, and our group to participate in these activities. Please check below the activities that interest you or other members of your party. This is not a reservation but will help us determine interest in particular activities. _____Hyannis Harbor Cruise: Enjoy a 1 1/2 hour cruise on the waters of Lewis Bay and Hyannisport harbor. Professional guides will point out places of interest such as the JFK Memorial, Kennedy Compound, Squaw Island and more. ______Provincetown: A day trip to the tip of Cape Cod is a great way to experience the Cape. Visit MacMillan Wharf, the National Seashore, and Highland Lighthouse. Stroll among the dozens of shops and restaurants on Commercial Street. ______Martha's Vineyard: A day trip to the island seven miles off Cape Cod to see colorful Gay Head Cliffs, Vineyard Haven, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, pristine beaches, unique shops and museums. ______Nantucket: A day trip to this beautiful island off Cape Cod with its cobblestone streets, quaint shops, glorious beaches, and museums. ______Whale Watch: An experience you will never forget. You will be fascinated by these magnificent mammals in their natural habitat. _______Sandwich and Plymouth: A day trip to the towns of Sandwich and Plymouth. Visit the Sandwich Glass Museum, Heritage Plantation, and Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower II. _______Falmouth: A half day trip to Falmouth and Woods Hole and the Oceanographic Institute. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6: DEMONSTRATING SOFTWARE Would you like to demonstrate any software? If so, what?__________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ If yes, will you provide your own equipment? Yes / No If no, what will you require? Macintosh/PC/Other:_____________________________________________________ Please state your software and hardware requirements: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Section 7: TRAVEL GRANTS A limited number of travel grants for students of all countries and participants from Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States are available through the contributions of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intellligence Inc. (IJCAII), and ACM SIGART. The deadline for applying for travel grants is 15 May 1994. If you wish to apply for one of these travel grants, indicate below: ______Student Grant Request ______Eastern European & Commonwealth of Independent States Grant Request Please outline your travel needs below: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- RETURN FORM AND REGISTRATION PAYMENT TO: Brad Goodman The MITRE Corporation Mailstop K302 202 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 USA Phone: +1-617-271-2085 Fax: +1-617-271-2352 Email: UM94@linus.mitre.org ---RESERVATION-FORM--------cut-here---------RESERVATION-FORM--------- Tara Hyannis Hotel & Resort West End Circle Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 USA +1-508-775-7775 Fourth International Conference on User Modeling (UM94) August 15 - 19, 1994 PLEASE RESERVE THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS: _______ $115.00 PER ROOM, PER NIGHT, SINGLE OCCUPANCY + 9.7% TAX _______ $115.00 PER ROOM, PER NIGHT, DOUBLE OCCUPANCY + 9.7% TAX A THIRD AND FOURTH PERSON (17 YEARS & OLDER) IN A ROOM IS $15.00 PLUS TAX PER NIGHT Please indicate date preference. 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If you are interested in the program, please list the names and ages of the children. NAME(S) & AGE(S):__________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Will you or a guest require any special needs?_____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ONE NIGHT'S DEPOSIT PER ROOM PLUS 9.7% ROOM TAX REQUIRED TO GUARANTEE THE RESERVATION. (PLEASE ENCLOSE CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO THE TARA HYANNIS HOTEL DRAWN ON A US BANK) FOR THOSE USING AN INTERNATIONAL DRAFT OR A CREDIT CARD AS A GUARANTEE PLEASE COMPLETE THE SECTION BELOW. RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL TUESDAY JULY 12, 1994. AFTER THIS DATE RESERVATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. YOUR DEPOSIT WILL BE APPLIED TO THE LAST NIGHT OF YOUR ROOM RESERVATION. RESERVATIONS FAX #: +1-508-778-6039 1. International Draft: #:______________ Draft Amount: $__________________USD 2. Check: Amount: $____________USD 3. Credit Card: _____VISA _____MASTERCARD _____DINERS _____AMEX _____EUROCARD Card #:______________________________________ Expiration Date______________________________ Signature________________________________________________________ REFUND OF DEPOSIT GIVEN IF CANCELLATION IS MADE 72 HOURS OR MORE PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. NO REFUND GIVEN IF: A. RESERVATION IS CANCELLED WITHIN 72 HOURS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. B. GUEST DOES NOT ARRIVE ON DATE SPECIFIED. RESERVATION IS AUTOMATICALLY CANCELLED IF YOU FAIL TO ARRIVE ON DATE SPECIFIED. REINSTATING RESERVATION IS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. CHECK IN TIME AFTER 3:00PM - CHECK OUT TIME BY 11:00AM PLEASE COMPLETE AND SEND WITH YOUR DEPOSIT TO OUR RESERVATION MANAGER ------------------------------------------------------------------- Article 22835 of comp.ai: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu news.announce.conferences:6467 comp.ai:22835 comp.ai.edu:1894 comp.edu:10020 comp.human-factors:9238 comp.groupware:4126 comp.ai.nat-lang:1790 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!news2.near.net!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-ulm.de!zib-berlin.de!uni-paderborn.de!urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de!rubb.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de!news.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!sparky!not-for-mail From: diane@alice.att.com (Diane Litman 0112620) Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences,comp.ai,comp.ai.edu,comp.edu,comp.human-factors,de.sci.ki.announce,comp.groupware,comp.ai.nat-lang Subject: 4th International Conference on User Modeling (UM94) detailed program Followup-To: poster Date: 27 Jun 1994 14:48:53 -0500 Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 676 Sender: rick@sparky.sterling.com Approved: rick@sparky.sterling.com Distribution: world Expires: 20 Aug 1994 8:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <2unaf5$h1n@sparky.sterling.com> Reply-To: diane@alice.att.com (Diane Litman 0112620) NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.sterling.com YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE Fourth International Conference on User Modeling (UM94) Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts U.S.A. 15 - 19 August 1994 UM94 will feature 29 talks, 3 keynote addresses, a poster session, 8 workshops, 3 free tutorials, and a lobster banquet. This message includes a Detailed Program Schedule, as well as Registration and Accommodation forms. Please note the following important deadlines: System Demo Registration: 30 June 94 Conference Preregistration: 01 July 94 Guaranteed Hotel Reservations: 12 July 94 Further information can be obtained from the automatic mail agent um94@linus.mitre.org. ******************************************************************************** Program Schedule ******************************************************************************** Monday, 15 August 2:30 - 5:30 FREE TUTORIALS User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction (An Introduction) Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz Sandra Carberry, University of Delaware Student Modeling Peter Brusilovsky, ICSTI, Moscow Exploiting User Models in Natural Language Generation Cecile Paris, University of Brighton NOTE: Tutorials will be free to registered participants of the conference. If you are interested in one of these tutorials (they will be held in parallel), please email um94@mitre.org and indicate which one you are interested in. ******************************************************************************** Tuesday, 16 August 7:30 - 8:30 FREE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 8:30 - 8:45 WELCOMING REMARKS 8:45 - 10:00 INVITED TALK Toward Personalized Multimedia Wolfang Wahlster, German Research Center for AI (DFKI) 10:00 - 10:30 BREAK 10:30 - 12:30 SESSION 1 Updating the User Model on the Basis of the Recognition of the User's Plans L. Ardissono, L. Lesmo, & D. Sestero, Univ. di Torino A Framework for Soliciting Clarification from Users During Plan Recognition Robin Cohen, University of Waterloo Ken Schmidt & Peter van Beek, University of Alberta Recognizing and Utilizing User Preferences in Collaborative Consultation Dialogues Stephanie Elzer, Jennifer Chu-Carroll & Sandra Carberry, Univ.of Delaware Query and Response Generation During Information-Seeking Interactions Bhavani Raskutti, Telecom Research Laboratories Ingrid Zukerman, Monash University 12:30 - 2:30 LUNCH 2:30 - 4:00 SESSION 2 Student Model Centered Architecture for Intelligent Learning Environments P. Brusilovsky, Intl. Ctr. for Scientific & Tech. Info. Distributed Diagnostic Reasoning: A New Approach to Student Modeling Vincenzo Loia, Universita di Salerno TAGUS- A User and Learner Modeling System Ana Paiva & John Self, Lancaster University 4:00 - 4:30 BREAK 4:30 - 6:00 SESSION 3 Building a User Model for Self-Adaptive Menu-Based Interfaces A. Berthome-Montoy, LISI - Univ. Cl. Bernard et INSA de LYON Adaptivity in a System Supporting Cooperation Monica Divitini & Carla Simone, University of Milano Adaptive Performance Support: User Acceptance of a Self-Adapting Systems Beth Meyer, AT&T Global Info. Solutions 6:30 - 8:30 RECEPTION & POSTER SESSION NOTE: Posters listed below. 8:30 UMUAI EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING ******************************************************************************** Wednesday, 17 August 7:30 - 8:45 FREE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 8:45 - 10:00 INVITED TALK Cognitive Tutors: Lessons Learned John Anderson, Carnegie Mellon University 10:00 - 10:30 BREAK 10:30 - 12:30 SESSION 4 Quantitative Modeling of User Preferences for Plan Recognition Mathias Bauer, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) A Bayesian Approach to Diagnosing Problems with Prolog Control Flow David Duncan, Napier University Paul Brna, Lancaster University Les Morss, Napier University A Multi-Modal Logic for Stereotyping Ullrich Hustadt, Max-Planck-Institut fur Informatik Plan Inference for a Purpose Annika Waern, Swedish Institute of Computer Science 12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH 1:30 - 2:30 BUSINESS MEETING 2:30 - 5:30 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) MEETINGS Adaptive Hypertext and Hypermedia Peter Brusilovsky, ICSTI, Moscow, plb@plb.icsti.su Ian Beaumont, Fraunhofer-Institut (IBMT), beaumont@ibmt.fhg.de Applied Planning and Plan Recognition Annika Waern, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, annika@sics.se Ingrid Zukerman, Monash University, ingrid@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au Doctoral Consortium Linda Strachan, University of Manitoba, strachan@cs.umanitoba.ca The Empirical Evaluation of User Models and Adaptive Systems Jack Edwards, AI Management and Development Corp, aim@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca The Relationship between User and Task Models Gerhard Peter, Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing, gerhard@faw.uni-ulm.de The Role of User Modeling in Knowledge Acquisition and Knowledge Representation Bob Cohen, United Technologies Research Center, rmc@chimera.res.utc.com Standardization of User Modeling Shell Systems Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, kobsa@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de User Modeling in Information Retrieval Systems Julita Vassileva, Federal Armed Forces University - Munich, jiv@informatik.unibw-muenchen.de NOTE: SIG workshops will be free to registered participants of the conference. A nominal $50 USD feel will be charged to non-UM94 participants payable on-site. If you are interested in participating in one of these SIG Meetings (they will be held in parallel), please contact the listed organizer(s). ******************************************************************************** Thursday, 18 August 7:30 - 9:00 FREE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 9:00 - 10:30 SESSION 5 KN-AHS: An Adaptive Hypertext Client of the User Modeling System BGP-MS A. Kobsa, D. Mueller & A. Nill, Univ. of Konstanz A User-Centered Approach to Adaptive Hypertext Based on an Information Relevance Model N. Mathe & J. Chen, NASA Ames A Practical Architecture for User Modeling in a Hypermedia-Based Information System Julita Vassileva, Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen 10:30 - 11:00 BREAK 11:00 - 12:30 SESSION 6 Reasoning about the User within a Simulation-based Real-time Training System C. Eliot, B. P. Woolf, Univ. of Massachusetts Responding to Users' Informational Needs in Time-Critical Situations Abigail S. Gertner, University of Pennsylvania Recognizing Plans in Instructional Systems Using Granularity Gina Koehn & Jim Greer, University of Saskatchewan 12:30 - 2:30 LUNCH 2:30 - 4:00 SESSION 7 Multi-Dimensional User Models for Multi-media I/O in the Maintenance Consultant David N. Chin, Mitsuyuki Inaba, Harish Pareek, Keiichi Nemoto, Michael Wasson & Isao Miyamoto, University of Hawaii The Justified User Model: A Viewable, Explained User Model R. Cook & J. Kay, University of Sydney Apprising the User of User Models: Interface Guidelines Jon Orwant, The Media Laboratory - MIT 4:00 - 4:30 BREAK 4:30 - 6:00 SESSION 8 Modelling Complex Cognition: Contextual Modularity and Transitions Simon Grant, City University, London A Cognitive Load Application Approach to Tutoring A. Kashihara, A. Sugano, K. Matsumura, T. Hirashima & J. Toyoda, I.S.I.R, Osaka University The Dynamic Construction of Cognition in a Computerized Architecture of Learning Andre Mayers, Universite de Montreal Bernard Lefebvre, Univ. du Quebec a Montreal 6:30 - 7:30 BANQUET RECEPTION 7:30 - 9:30 BANQUET ******************************************************************************** Friday, 19 August 7:30 - 8:45 FREE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 8:45 - 10:00 INVITED TALK Lies, Damned Lies and Stereotypes: Pragmatic Approximations of Users Judy Kay, University of Sydney 10:00 - 10:30 BREAK 10:30 - 12:00 SESSION 9 A Dynamic Vocabulary For Student Modelling Mark Kuzmycz, Deakin University User Modeling for Domains without Explicit Design Theories Knut Pitschke, University of Oldenburg Student Modelling Beyond Domain Knowledge Susan Bull, Helen Pain & Paul Brna, University of Edinburgh 12:00 - 12:15 CLOSING REMARKS ******************************************************************************** POSTERS TO BE PRESENTED TUESDAY EVENING Generating Patient Specific Explanations in Migraine Giuseppe Carenini, Vibhu O. Mittal & Johanna D. Moore, University of Pittsburgh User Models and Scrutable Systems: How Decision Theory and Abductive Reasoning Support Designing Presentations and Recognizing User Models A. Csinger & D. Poole, Univ. of British Columbia Generating Consumer-Tailored Plans D. Dengler, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Adaptive Training Based Upon Computerized Knowledge Assessment Michael C. Desmarais, Jiming Liu, & Ameen Maluf, Centre de recherche informatique de Montreal RESTMOD: A Student Model to Diagnose Students in Problem Solving Denise W. Gurer, SRI International Patti T. Ota, Lehigh University Constraint Satisfaction as an Approach to Plan Recognition Jun Hong, University of Ulster at Jordanstown Dynamically Constructed Bayesian Networks for Modeling Interests and Knowledge Anthony Jameson & Ralph Sch"afer, University of Saarbr"ucken The Glass Box User Model for Filtering Jussi Karlgren, Kristina Hook, Ann Lantz, Jacob Palme & Daniel Pargman, SICS & Stockholm University Adaptive Customization of User Interfaces Harald Pitz, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University User Model Acquisition Heuristics Based on Dialogue Acts Wolfgang Pohl, Alfred Kobsa & Oliver Kutter, University of Konstanz Generating a Model of a Student's Misconceptions in the Domain of Second Language Learning S. Sentance, Univ. of Huddersfield Inductive Logic Programming for Cognitive Diagnosis Emmanuel Siou, IRISA, Campus universitaire de Beaulieu User Beliefs Modeling and Consistency Checking for Cooperative Query Answering Xu Wu & Nick Cercone, Univ. of Regina ******************************************************************************** ABSTRACTS FOR INVITED TALKS Cognitive Tutors: Lessons Learned John Anderson Carnegie-Mellon University This talk reviews the ten year history of tutor development based on the ACT theory (Anderson, 1983, 1993). LISP, geometry, and algebra tutors were developed on the principle that students should be instructed by making reference to a running production system model that was solving the same problems as the students. A set of eight principles loosely based on the ACT theory and cognitive psychology were articulated for fashioning interactions with these tutors. Early evaluations usually but not always showed significant achievement gains. Best case evaluations showed that students could achieve at least the same level of proficiency as conventional instruction in one-third of the time. Empirical studies showed that students were learning skills in production-rule units and that the best tutorial interaction style was one in which the tutor provides immediate feedback, consisting of short and directed error messages. The tutors appear to work better if they present themselves to students as non human tools to assist learning rather than as emulations of human tutors. The learning that students do appears somewhat specific to the problem-solving interface and they display transfer to other environments to the degree that they can map the tutor environment into the test environment. These experiences have coalesced into a new system for developing and deploying tutors. This system involves first selecting a problem-solving interface, then constructing a curriculum under the guidance of a domain expert, then designing a cognitive model for solving problems in that environment, then building instruction around the productions in that model, and finally deploying the tutor in the classroom. New tutors are being built in this system to achieve the NCTM standards for high school mathematics in an urban setting. Lies, Damned Lies and Stereotypes: Judy Kay Pragmatic Approximations of Users University of Sydney Programmer's stereotypes of their users are built into most software. Current research in hci, especially usability, has a large emphasis on defining effective stereotype models of relevant user populations. The promise of user modelling comes from making user models explicit and then, on the basis of a range of models, systems can offer greater flexibility in adaptation to different users. One of the most important notions for building such models is that of stereotypes. They are a pervasive element of much work in user modelling. They are especially important as powerful, statistically accurate models of groups of users. This talk deals with the ways that stereotypes have been used, both in user modelling research and, by other names, in many other areas. In fact, they are so pervasive that I argue user modelling is already a large industry. From this, I develop several essential bases for the effective use of stereotypes to build collections of tools that will operate in such diversified areas as information filtering, help systems, advisors and the tailoring of information presentation. To achieve this, there are many issues that will need attention and these constitute a research agenda for deploying stereotypes. This includes technical issues like the representation and acquisition of stereotypes and matching individuals to them. There are also socio-policitical issues: as we tackle the technical problems, we need to be cognisant of these. I will discuss some of these, including the user's right of real access, understanding and control of the way that the user modelling in systems works. The talk describes projects that have been developing toolkits for the various technical components of the tasks. These include extensive and diversified approaches to building the stereotypes, determining which to apply to individual users and exploiting them in individualising the user's interaction with the machine. Also, mindful of the lies that are inherent in the approximation that a stereotype must be, I discuss tools and approaches to attending to the socio-policitical concerns. Toward Personalized Multimedia Wolfgang Wahlster German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) The concept of tailoring multimedia presentations to the user can be seen as an extended version of the view concept known from database technology. The quest for adaptation is based on the fact that it is impossible to anticipate the needs and requirements of each potential user in an infinite number of presentation situations. In our PPP project, we "personalize" a multimedia presentation system in two senses of the word : On the one hand, PPP makes a presentation personal by tailoring it to a specific user. On the other hand, we personify the presentation system and the user model as a virtual presentation agent, which appears as an animated character and highlights, comments on, and explains the generated multimodal presentation. During a presentation the user can address the presentation agent to complain about the current style of presentation or about incorrect assumptions in PPP's user model. The use of the presentation agent means that PPP must be able to plan and temporally coordinate multimodal presentations and multimedia presentation acts. ******************************************************************************** CONFERENCE INFORMATION General and Local Arrangements Chair: Brad Goodman, The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA, USA Program Chairpersons: Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz, Germany Diane Litman, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA Program committee: Doug Appelt, SRI, Stanford, CA, USA Peter Brusilovsky, ICSTI, Moscow, Russia David Chin, University of Hawaii, USA Michael Desmarais, CRIM, Montreal, Canada Mark Elsom-Cook, EBC, Leeds, England Jim Foley, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA A. Jameson, Univ. of Saarbrucken, Germany Andrew Jennings, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia Craig Kaplan, IBM, San Jose, CA, USA Bob Kass, EDS, Troy, MI, USA Uwe Malinowski, Siemens, Munich, Germany Cecile Paris, ISI, Marina del Rey, CA, USA Karen Sparck Jones, Univ. of Cambridge, England Carlo Tasso, University of Udine, Italy Junichi Toyoda, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Japan Sherman Tyler, NASA Ames Res. Ctr., CA, USA Gerrit van der Veer, Free University, Netherlands Contributors: The Association for Computing Machinery Special Interst Group on Artificial Intelligence (ACM/SIGART), Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Inc. (IJCAII), and the MITRE Corporation have contributed funding for the conference. -------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION FORM "User Modeling 1994" 15-19 August 1994, Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA Please Complete Form Below and Submit Payment. 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Name:________________________Age:_______ Name:________________________Age:_______ ---RESERVATION-FORM--------cut-here---------RESERVATION-FORM--------- Tara Hyannis Hotel & Resort West End Circle Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 USA +1-508-775-7775 Fourth International Conference on User Modeling (UM94) August 15 - 19, 1994 PLEASE RESERVE THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS: _______ $115.00 PER ROOM, PER NIGHT, SINGLE OCCUPANCY + 9.7% TAX _______ $115.00 PER ROOM, PER NIGHT, DOUBLE OCCUPANCY + 9.7% TAX A THIRD AND FOURTH PERSON (17 YEARS & OLDER) IN A ROOM IS $15.00 PLUS TAX PER NIGHT Please indicate date preference. Special conference hotel rate is $115 (USD) per day plus taxes from 13 - 21 August. (I) (WE) WILL ARRIVE ON:_____________________ AND DEPART ON:_______________________ Hotel Registration Must be Received No Later Than 12 JULY 1994 Name:___________________________________________ Phone&Fax:______________________________________ Affiliation:_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Address:_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Country/Postal Code _____________________________________________ ** A LIMITED NUMBER OF NON-SMOKING ROOMS ARE AVAILABLE - PLEASE CHECK YOUR PREFERENCE: SMOKING________ NON SMOKING_________ The Tara Hyannis and its sister hotel, the Cape Codder, offer an activites program for children (ages 4 and up) at the Cape Codder property for a nominal fee. If you are interested in the program, please list the names and ages of the children. NAME(S) & AGE(S):__________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Will you or a guest require any special needs?_____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ONE NIGHT'S DEPOSIT PER ROOM PLUS 9.7% ROOM TAX REQUIRED TO GUARANTEE THE RESERVATION. (PLEASE ENCLOSE CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO THE TARA HYANNIS HOTEL DRAWN ON A US BANK) FOR THOSE USING AN INTERNATIONAL DRAFT OR A CREDIT CARD AS A GUARANTEE PLEASE COMPLETE THE SECTION BELOW. RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL TUESDAY JULY 12, 1994. AFTER THIS DATE RESERVATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. YOUR DEPOSIT WILL BE APPLIED TO THE LAST NIGHT OF YOUR ROOM RESERVATION. RESERVATIONS FAX #: +1-508-778-6039 1. International Draft: #:______________ Draft Amount: $__________________USD 2. Check: Amount: $____________USD 3. Credit Card: _____VISA _____MASTERCARD _____DINERS _____AMEX _____EUROCARD Card #:______________________________________ Expiration Date______________________________ Signature________________________________________________________ REFUND OF DEPOSIT GIVEN IF CANCELLATION IS MADE 72 HOURS OR MORE PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. NO REFUND GIVEN IF: A. RESERVATION IS CANCELLED WITHIN 72 HOURS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. B. GUEST DOES NOT ARRIVE ON DATE SPECIFIED. RESERVATION IS AUTOMATICALLY CANCELLED IF YOU FAIL TO ARRIVE ON DATE SPECIFIED. REINSTATING RESERVATION IS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. CHECK IN TIME AFTER 3:00PM - CHECK OUT TIME BY 11:00AM PLEASE COMPLETE AND SEND WITH YOUR DEPOSIT TO OUR RESERVATION MANAGER ------------------------------------------------------------------- Article 22926 of comp.ai: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:22926 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!zib-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!hermes.uni-konstanz.de!news From: Alfred Kobsa Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: 4th Int'l Conf. on User Modeling: Call for Workshop Contributions Date: 2 Jul 1994 18:48:51 GMT Organization: University of Konstanz, Germany Lines: 681 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2v4cqj$b64@hermes.uni-konstanz.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: toth.inf-wiss.ivp.uni-konstanz.de X-UserAgent: Version 1.1.3 X-XXDate: Sat, 2 Jul 94 20:48:45 GMT CALL FOR WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION Workshops held in conjunction with UM'94 (Fourth International Conference on User Modeling) Wednesday afternoon, August 17 1994 Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.A. UM'94 will feature 29 talks, 3 keynote addresses, a poster session, 8 workshops, 3 free tutorials, and a lobster banquet. A full program and further information is available from um94@linus.mitre.org. This message contains details regarding the following workshops: Adaptive Hypertext and Hypermedia Applied Planning and Plan Recognition Doctoral Consortium The Empirical Evaluation of User Models and Adaptive Systems The Relationship between User and Task Models The Role of User Modeling in Knowledge Acquisition and Knowledge Representation Standardization of User Modeling Shell Systems User Modeling in Information Retrieval Systems Workshops will be free to registered participants of UM'94. A nominal $50 USD feel will be charged to non-UM'94 participants payable on-site. If you are interested in participating in one of these workshops (they will be held in parallel), please contact the listed organizer(s). *********************************************************************** ********* Adaptive hypertext and hypermedia Description of Workshop ----------------------- Hypertext/hypermedia systems and user-model-based adaptive systems (i.e. intelligent tutoring systems, information retrieval systems) are most often considered as two different approaches to browsing information spaces and interface organisation. Adaptive hypertext and hypermedia systems (AHS) attempt to bridge the gap between the two extremes. AHS enhance classic hypermedia with an intelligent agent which supports a user in her work with hypermedia. The intelligent agent can adapt the content of a hypermedia page to the user's knowledge and goals or suggest the most relevant links to follow. AHS avoid the `unrelevant adaptation' problem of classic adaptive systems by providing space for user-driven adaptation. AHS also avoid the `lost in hyperspace' problem of classic hypermedia systems by providing intelligent guidance. The goal of the workshop is to exchange the experience on the development of adaptive hypermedia systems and to discuss several important problems centered around adaptive hypermedia. Participation ------------- ...is open to everybody agreeing to contribute in one the following ways: * prepare a short paper (3-4 pages) presenting the experience of development and/or application of adaptive hypertext/hypermedia system (the presentation of ongoing work is encouraged) * prepare a position paper (2-3 pages) on one or more of the proposed workshop topics * suggest a new topic related with adaptive hypermedia and prepare a position paper on this topic Suggested topics ---------------- 1. Do we really need adaptive hypermedia systems? Opponents hold that the very idea of hypermedia is that different users can adapt the hypermedia based system to their needs, while the system itself has to be static. 2. What can be adapted in adative hypermedia. Several ways of adaptive presentation support and adaptive navigation support are expected to be discussed 3. How the hypermedia can be adapted. What types of user models and what adaptation techniques can be used. 4. How to combine adaptive hypermedia with the more traditional use of hypermedia for human-driven adaptation. 5. How to apply AHS to some traditional application areas as intelligent tutoring systems, information retrieval systems, on-line help systems. 6. Architectures for adaptive hypermedia systems. How such systems can be integrated with other user-model-based systems (i.e. ITS). Format of the Workshop ---------------------- The workshop will have a round-table format. Its duration will be 4 hours. Several presentations based on the accepted papers will be given. The workshop starts with presentations of several implemented adaptive hypermedia systems followed by position papers presentation. The presentations are intended to act as catalysts for discussion of various problems related with adaptive hypermedia. Any questions regarding the technical content of the workshop should be directed to the workshop organizers. Submission Requirements ----------------------- Submit a position papers or short work report of 2-4 pages. Send submissions in plain ascii format to the organizers: plb@plb.icsti.su and beaumont@ibmt.fhg.de . Authors whose papers are accepted will be requested to prepare 10-20 minute presentations of their work. Authors of short work report papers are welcome to send a copy of their previous publications on adaptive hypermedia related with the topic of their papers. The accepted papers will not be included into the conference proceedings. However, conference organizers will ensure that a sufficient number of copies of all accepted papers will be available for the workshop. Important Dates --------------- July 3 1994 Deadline for submissions July 15 1994 Notification of acceptance Workshop Organizers ------------------- Dr. Peter Brusilovsky International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information, Kuusinen str. 21b, Moscow 125252, Russia E-mail: plb@plb.icsti.su FAX: +7 095 943 0089 Telex: 411925 MCNTI Ian Beaumont Fraunhofer-Institut (IBMT) Ensheimerstr. 48 66386 St. Ingbert Germany e-mail beaumont@ibmt.fhg.de FAX: +49 06894 980 400 *********************************************************************** ********* Applied Planning and Plan Recognition MEETING TOPIC This SIG meeting is intended to bring together researchers in the field of planning and plan recognition as user modelling techniques, to discuss the practical use of their work. Issues in focus are: - novel application areas, - requirements on knowledge representation in particular applications, - knowledge acquisition (and machine learning) methods, - usability and user acceptance of systems exploiting planning or plan recognition. The workshop will consist of a small number of presentations interleaved with in-depth discussions. Papers reporting practical experiences are particularly encouraged, although position papers also are welcome. NOTIFICATION OF PARTICIPATION AND SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Participants should notify the organisers of their intention to participate in the workshop no later than July 15th. Participants that wish to make a presentation should submit a three (3) page abstract of their subject together with their notification of participation. Abstracts should be submitted preferably by email in postcript or text form. Hard-copy submissions are also acceptable. The number of presentations at the workshop will be strictly limited in order to promote discussions rather than talks. Thus, authors of some accepted abstracts may not be able to present their work. However, all accepted abstracts will be included in the workshop proceedings. ORGANISERS: Annika Waern Swedish Institute of Computer Science Box 1263, S - 164 28 Kista Sweden Email: annika@sics.se Phone: +46-8-752 15 14 Fax: +46-8-751 72 30 Ingrid Zukerman Department of Computer Science Monash University Clayton, VICTORIA 3168 AUSTRALIA email: ingrid@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au phone: +61 3 905-5202 fax: +61 3 905-5146 *********************************************************************** ********* DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Motivation ---------- The idea of offering Doctoral Consortiums at major conferences is becoming more popular. A number of conferences are offering them this year, including HCI '94: People and Computers, and OOPSLA '94. This is a tremendous opportunity for graduate students in User Modeling, particularly those who are at institutions where there is not a great deal of active User Modeling research. Students will benefit in several different ways; primarily by presenting work to a knowledgable audience, but other benefits include meeting established researchers and other graduate students doing similar work. This Doctoral Consortium will be especially timely since, for the first time, the UM-94 conference will have open participation. Suggested Topics ---------------- In much the same way that the research done in User Modeling spans several different domains, graduate research may cover a wide range of topics but should contribute to some aspect of user modeling and user-adapted interaction. The conference Call for Participation includes a comprehensive list of possible topics. Format of the Consortium ------------------------ Advanced doctoral students are invited to apply to the consortium to present their research to scholars and researchers in the field who will provide constructive comments about their work. Students are expected to have completed their proposals and be able to document in a brief submission the thesis topic, the approach to be taken and the amount of work that has already been completed, if any. A small number of applicants will be chosen by the consortium committee and invited to present their work in a short presentation. This presentation may include a demonstration if appropriate. After the presentation the committee members will informally comment on the student's work. The consortium will be three hours in length, from 2:30-5:30 pm on Wednesday, August 17, 1994. Submission Requirements ----------------------- Students who are interested in participating should submit a two page abstract of their doctoral research in plain ascii format to: strachan@cs.umanitoba.ca All students whose submissions have been accepted will be expected to present their research in a 15 minute presentation. A maximum of 6 submissions will be accepted. Researchers who are interested in participating as part of the committee are requested to provide an electronic submission indicating their willingness to participate and their general field of research by the July 3, 1994 Deadline for Submissions. Committee members will be responsible for selecting the students based on their submissions and providing the informal feedback based on the presentations at the consortium. Important Dates --------------- July 3 1994 Deadline for Submissions July 15 1994 Notification of Acceptance Consortium Organizer -------------------- Linda Strachan Department of Computer Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA R3T 2N2 Email: strachan@cs.umanitoba.ca Phone: 204-474-8313 Fax: 204-269-9178 *********************************************************************** ******** The Empirical Evaluation of User Models and Adaptive Systems Although considerable work has been done using empirical data to construct user models, there has been less empirical support for the resulting models' usefulness. If elaborate user models and other adaptive techniques are to become part of real-world systems, it must be demonstrated that they can extend and improve those systems. This Workshop will provide an opportunity for those interested in this important topic to share their ideas and experience. The Workshop will consist of short position papers, brief reports of empirical studies and discussion. It should serve as a forum for identifying components of user models and adaptive systems requiring empirical investigation, presenting methodological proposals for how such investigations might be conducted, identifying areas in which work is being done and where work is still needed, presenting short reports describing the findings from empirical studies, and finally, identifying advantages, disadvantages and limitations of such studies. Discussion of issues and sharing of ideas are key to a successful Workshop, and as much time as possible will be provided for interaction among the participants. Submissions of position papers and brief reports are invited, including work-in-progress. SIG Workshop Format: --------------------------- The Workshop will be be limited to 3 hours and will be held on Wednesday, August 17 from 2:30-5:30. The time available should allow for up to five brief reports and position papers. The presentations are intended to focus discussion and stimulate a lively exchange of ideas on the topic. Some attempt will be made at the end of the Workshop to summarize the issues and direction of this area. Attendance at the Workshop ---------------------------------- Attendance at the workshop will include those individuals who have submitted papers or reports. The Workshop will also be open to those who have been active in the area or who intend to work in the area in future. Submissions --------------- Submit a position paper or a short work report of between 2-4 pages. Authors whose papers are accepted will be requested to prepare a 10-15 minute presentation. The total time allowed for presentation and discussion will be 30 minutes. Send your submissions in ASCII format to aim@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca. Electronic submission is preferred, but if that is not possible, you may either fax a copy to my attention at (416) 486-6013, or send a copy to Dr. Jack Edwards at the address below. The papers and reports presented at the Workshop will not be published in the official proceedings of the Conference but copies will be made and distributed to Workshop attendees. Important Deadlines ------------------------- July 11, 1994 Deadline for submission July 18, 1994 Notification of acceptance Workshop Organizer: Dr. Jack Edwards AI Mangament and Development Corp. 206 Keewatin Ave. Toronto, ON Canada M4P 1Z8 email: aim@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca Phone: (416) 488-6068 Fax: (416) 486-6013 *********************************************************************** ******** The relationship between user and task models Description of Workshop ----------------------- Task models are an important source of information for adaptive and/or adaptable systems. They contain information about the necessary tools, the participating objects, etc. From such task descriptions, for example, competence models can be derived. However, there is evidence that the design of of most prototypical adaptive systems is not explicitly based on task modeling. The workshop tries to identify the difficulties of employing task models as an information source and to work out possible approaches to overcome these difficulties. Submissions of position papers or short work reports are invited. Topics include, but are not limited to: * task modeling and plan recognition * intelligent user support based on task models * extension of task models (task induction, evaluation) and its relationship to machine learning * user-adapted presentation of task models * acquisition of task knowledge * representation of task knowledge The presentation of ongoing work is encouraged. Format of the Workshop ---------------------- The workshop will have a round-table format. Up to five presentations based on the accepted papers will be given. Its duration will be 3 hours. The presentations are intended to act as catalysts for discussion which can and should go beyond the presentations themselves. Attendance ---------- Attendance at the workshop will be restricted to persons whose position paper or work report has been accepted. Participants should register for both the workshop and the general conference. For those who do not register for the general conference a small amount (probably $50) will be charged to cover miscellaneous expenses and a snack break. Any questions regarding the technical content of the workshop should be directed to the workshop organizer. Submission Requirements ----------------------- Submit a position papers or short work report of 2-5 pages. Authors whose papers are accepted will be requested to prepare an informal 5-10 minute presentation of their work. Send submissions in plain ascii or Latex source format to gerhard@faw.uni-ulm.de, or mail 3 copies of hardcopy submissions to Gerhard Peter at the address below. Electronic submissions are preferred. Please do not send floppy disks or tapes. Important Dates --------------- July 15 1994 Deadline for submissions July 20 1994 Notification of acceptance Publication ----------- The accepted papers will not be included into the conference proceedings. However, conference organizers will care that a sufficient number of copies of all accepted papers will be available for the workshop. Workshop Organizer ------------------ Gerhard Peter Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing PO-Box 2060, 89010 Ulm, Germany Phone: ++49 731/501-8681 Fax: ++49 731/501-999 gerhard@faw.uni-ulm.de *********************************************************************** ******** THE ROLE OF USER MODELING IN KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION AND KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION The purposes of user modeling are several. For the cognitive scientist, an improved understanding of user behavior helps flesh our the cognitive model of problem solving. This, of course, has implications for knowledge representation and human-computer interaction. For the applications developer, the contextual anticipation of user skills and needs incresases the likelihood that the user will deem the software to be usable, useful, and worthy using after the novelty wears off. User modeling can also allow software to grow over time. In short, the concept of user modeling holds significant pomise for a wide range of research and development activities in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and software development. User modeling also presents significant challenges, particulaely when the application domain is complex. Even under the assumptions that (a) it suffices to "extract" knowledge from a single domain expert, and (b) such an expert is available, several issues remain. In addition, one needs more than an expert to interview as a user - a range of users from novice on up is needed. First, who is going to sit at the keyboard; i.e., the direct user? The amount and kind of intervention, constraint checking, and advice depends on several factors, including the nature of the problem to be solved, the stage of solution, and the skill level of the problem solver. For example, one might expect the needs and behaviors of a domain novice to differ substantially from those of a domain expert. Those needs may also vary depending on how well-defined the problem is, or how complete or satisfactory the solution is. This has implications for the knowledge acquisition process itself, as well as for how the knowledge acquired is used in the application system to add user modeling enhanced capabilities. Second, despite the availability of a human expert, that person's relevant "compiled" knowledge may be inaccessible outside of his or her work environment. Knowledge acquisition is complex and one must take into account the environment and people who are being queried. For example, reasonably "chunked" problems used in laboratory settings may be too pristine to provide a natural incentive for the problem solver to ignore the knowledge acquisition task, of which he/she is the focus, and delve into the problem. Similarly, the expert's deep knowledge and behaviors may remain submerged because the selected problem is not real; i.e., there are no consequences of a bad or simplistic solution. The resulting user model may be aimed at a fictitious ideal user. Under such circumstances, the real user may either perform inadequately or feel inadequately served. The purpose of this workshop is to explore methods for research and development of large knowledge-based systems, in domains in which expertise is difficult to access. The specific focus is on the central role that user modeling can play in (a) the knowledge acquisition/software development process, (b) the development of successful human-computer interfaces, and (c) the underlying knowledge representation that connects the two. Contact: Bob Cohen United Technologies Research Center rmc@chimera.res.utc.com 203-727-7436 *********************************************************************** ********* Standardization of User Modeling Shell Systems One can expect that user modeling shell systems will play an increasingly important role in the next few years. It therefore seems advisable to standardize the interface between applications and user modeling shells, and possibly also aspects of user modeling shell systems that are already scientifically established. The standardization of the interface will allow programmers of adaptable and adaptive application systems (a) to clearly define the boundary between the application and the user modeling components, (b) to delay the selection of a user modeling shell until the user modeling needs of the application are clearly defined, and (c) to switch to a different user modeling shell when the user modeling needs of the application increase or decrease, or when a new shell system with the same functionality becomes available that is preferable for other reasons. The standardization of scientifically established aspects of user modeling shell systems would include: (a) Standardization of the functionality of a user modeling system: application programmers would profit if there were a basic minimal functionality that all user modeling systems would fulfill; (b) Standardization of the user modeling terminology: application programmers (and also scientists) would profit if common terminology would be employed in the description of user modeling shell systems. The aim of this SIG meeting is to explore the needs for standardization in cooperation between shell developers and application-directed researchers, and to fix a priority list and (if possible) a time-table for future work. Participants should give short presentations that include position statements, work reports, or proposals regarding the topic of the workshop. Written summaries of not more than 2-4 pages in plain ascii format should be sent to the organizer: kobsa@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de. The accepted papers will be distributed among the workshop participants. Deadlines: July 15 1994 Deadline for submissions July 20 1994 Notification of acceptance Contact: Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz P.O. Box 5560 D73, 78434 Konstanz, Germany kobsa@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de FAX: +49 7531 88 3065 *********************************************************************** ********* USER MODELING IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS MOTIVATION Adaptive systems for Information Retrieval (IR) are become increasingly important with the growth and availability of data-bases and Hypermedia. More and more users who are unfamiliar with the system and/or domain have access to IR systems and face difficulties in formulating good queries. The need of adaptive IR systems that can help the user search for information has been recently recognised by industry and this field promises to become one of a great commercial interest in the near future. Adaptivity of software can be obtained by modelling the users and tailoring the system's interactions to their goals/tasks/interests. There are a lot of general issues concerning User Modeling in IR. So far, however, little or no integration of work on UM in IR has been done, in order to compare and evaluate the general problems and approaches in this field. The goal of the SIG Meeting is to discuss the issues of User Modeling in IR - to help create a picture of the state of the art, to exchange experience and to find the promising tendencies in the field. SUGGESTED TOPICS The SIG discussion will be focused on identifying the common and specifics of User Modelling (UM) in systems for Information Retrieval (IR). The discussion will center around the following questions: 1. In what ways can adaptivity help the user of an IR system? How much adaptivity and adaptability is desirable in an IR context? How to support optimally collaborative and individual work? 2. What sorts of information does the user model need to enable these types of adaptation and adaptability? 3. How can the User Model acquire this information? 4. How can this information best be represented internally and processed? How can general UM approaches be applied and compared in the context of different types of applications? 5. What knowledge acquisition techniques can be used for UM in IR (for example, in defining user-groups, user-interests, user-tasks)? What degree of co-operation from the users can be expected? Is it possible to create methodologies for UM in certain types of applications? 6. What types of applications are currently of interest for industry? What practical limitations exist? PARTICIPATION The goal of the meeting is to carry out a DISCUSSION rather than another paper-presentation session. Therefore, participants are encouraged to share their ideas about the provided topics around which the discussion will focus. Of course, if anyone would like to propose a new topic, (s)he shouldn't hesitate to do so! Every potential participant can contribute to the discussion in one of the following ways: (1) prepare statements on one or several of the listed topics. Each statement should be not longer than 1 page. It would be very good, if the participant's own work with respect to the given topic is addressed, however this is not required. Provocative statements are welcome! (2) propose a new topic of discussion and provide a 1-page motivation for doing so and a statement on this topic. (3) prepare a short presentation-summary (max. 3 pages) of their own experience in the field, but in a way that it explicitly addresses some of the mentioned topics or poses new ones. FORMAT OF THE SIG MEETING The SIG meeting will take about 3 hours. The discussion will be moderated in a way to show different, hopefully conflicting viewpoints in a dynamic way. All participants will have the chance to present their ideas in 5 to 10 minutes, long self-contained presentations will not be tolerated. An attempt to summarise and draw conclusions from the discussion will be made finally. SUBMISSION Submissions are expected in one of the three types (1), (2) or (3). They should be sent in plain ASCII text format or in RTF (file interchange format) to jiv@informatik.unibw-muenchen.de Write subject of the message "SIG submission". Authors are also welcome to send copies of their papers, if they think this will help to explain with more details their position statements or presentations. For this they can use the postal address below. The accepted statements and presentations will not be published in the conference proceedings. However, copies will be made available together with protocols of the discussion after the SIG meeting. DEADLINES July 6-th Submission deadline July 15-th Notification of acceptance SIG MEETING ORGANIZER Dr. Julita Vassileva Federal Armed Forces University - Munich Computer Science Department D-85577 Neubiberg, Germany Fax: + 49 89 6004 35 60 Email: jiv@informatik.unibw-muenchen.de Article 22984 of comp.ai: Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu news.announce.conferences:6547 comp.ai:22984 comp.ai.edu:1908 comp.edu:10072 comp.human-factors:9337 comp.groupware:4181 comp.ai.nat-lang:1818 comp.infosystems:3638 Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!news.duke.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!swrinde!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!uunet!sparky!not-for-mail From: kobsa@post.inf-wiss.ivp.uni-konstanz.de (Alfred Kobsa) Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences,comp.ai,comp.ai.edu,comp.edu,comp.human-factors,comp.groupware,comp.ai.nat-lang,comp.infosystems Subject: User Modeling (UM'94): Call for Workshop Contributions Followup-To: poster Date: 6 Jul 1994 07:31:26 -0500 Organization: University of Konstanz, Germany Lines: 681 Sender: rick@sparky.sterling.com Approved: rick@sparky.sterling.com Distribution: world Expires: 16 Jul 1994 8:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <2ve86u$f2r@sparky.sterling.com> Reply-To: kobsa@post.inf-wiss.ivp.uni-konstanz.de (Alfred Kobsa) NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.sterling.com CALL FOR WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION Workshops held in conjunction with UM'94 (Fourth International Conference on User Modeling) Wednesday afternoon, August 17 1994 Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.A. UM'94 will feature 29 talks, 3 keynote addresses, a poster session, 8 workshops, 3 free tutorials, and a lobster banquet. A full program and further information is available from um94@linus.mitre.org. This message contains details regarding the following workshops: Adaptive Hypertext and Hypermedia Applied Planning and Plan Recognition Doctoral Consortium The Empirical Evaluation of User Models and Adaptive Systems The Relationship between User and Task Models The Role of User Modeling in Knowledge Acquisition and Knowledge Representation Standardization of User Modeling Shell Systems User Modeling in Information Retrieval Systems Workshops will be free to registered participants of UM'94. A nominal $50 USD feel will be charged to non-UM'94 participants payable on-site. If you are interested in participating in one of these workshops (they will be held in parallel), please contact the listed organizer(s). *********************************************************************** ********* Adaptive hypertext and hypermedia Description of Workshop ----------------------- Hypertext/hypermedia systems and user-model-based adaptive systems (i.e. intelligent tutoring systems, information retrieval systems) are most often considered as two different approaches to browsing information spaces and interface organisation. Adaptive hypertext and hypermedia systems (AHS) attempt to bridge the gap between the two extremes. AHS enhance classic hypermedia with an intelligent agent which supports a user in her work with hypermedia. The intelligent agent can adapt the content of a hypermedia page to the user's knowledge and goals or suggest the most relevant links to follow. AHS avoid the `unrelevant adaptation' problem of classic adaptive systems by providing space for user-driven adaptation. AHS also avoid the `lost in hyperspace' problem of classic hypermedia systems by providing intelligent guidance. The goal of the workshop is to exchange the experience on the development of adaptive hypermedia systems and to discuss several important problems centered around adaptive hypermedia. Participation ------------- ...is open to everybody agreeing to contribute in one the following ways: * prepare a short paper (3-4 pages) presenting the experience of development and/or application of adaptive hypertext/hypermedia system (the presentation of ongoing work is encouraged) * prepare a position paper (2-3 pages) on one or more of the proposed workshop topics * suggest a new topic related with adaptive hypermedia and prepare a position paper on this topic Suggested topics ---------------- 1. Do we really need adaptive hypermedia systems? Opponents hold that the very idea of hypermedia is that different users can adapt the hypermedia based system to their needs, while the system itself has to be static. 2. What can be adapted in adative hypermedia. Several ways of adaptive presentation support and adaptive navigation support are expected to be discussed 3. How the hypermedia can be adapted. What types of user models and what adaptation techniques can be used. 4. How to combine adaptive hypermedia with the more traditional use of hypermedia for human-driven adaptation. 5. How to apply AHS to some traditional application areas as intelligent tutoring systems, information retrieval systems, on-line help systems. 6. Architectures for adaptive hypermedia systems. How such systems can be integrated with other user-model-based systems (i.e. ITS). Format of the Workshop ---------------------- The workshop will have a round-table format. Its duration will be 4 hours. Several presentations based on the accepted papers will be given. The workshop starts with presentations of several implemented adaptive hypermedia systems followed by position papers presentation. The presentations are intended to act as catalysts for discussion of various problems related with adaptive hypermedia. Any questions regarding the technical content of the workshop should be directed to the workshop organizers. Submission Requirements ----------------------- Submit a position papers or short work report of 2-4 pages. Send submissions in plain ascii format to the organizers: plb@plb.icsti.su and beaumont@ibmt.fhg.de . Authors whose papers are accepted will be requested to prepare 10-20 minute presentations of their work. Authors of short work report papers are welcome to send a copy of their previous publications on adaptive hypermedia related with the topic of their papers. The accepted papers will not be included into the conference proceedings. However, conference organizers will ensure that a sufficient number of copies of all accepted papers will be available for the workshop. Important Dates --------------- July 3 1994 Deadline for submissions July 15 1994 Notification of acceptance Workshop Organizers ------------------- Dr. Peter Brusilovsky International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information, Kuusinen str. 21b, Moscow 125252, Russia E-mail: plb@plb.icsti.su FAX: +7 095 943 0089 Telex: 411925 MCNTI Ian Beaumont Fraunhofer-Institut (IBMT) Ensheimerstr. 48 66386 St. Ingbert Germany e-mail beaumont@ibmt.fhg.de FAX: +49 06894 980 400 *********************************************************************** ********* Applied Planning and Plan Recognition MEETING TOPIC This SIG meeting is intended to bring together researchers in the field of planning and plan recognition as user modelling techniques, to discuss the practical use of their work. Issues in focus are: - novel application areas, - requirements on knowledge representation in particular applications, - knowledge acquisition (and machine learning) methods, - usability and user acceptance of systems exploiting planning or plan recognition. The workshop will consist of a small number of presentations interleaved with in-depth discussions. Papers reporting practical experiences are particularly encouraged, although position papers also are welcome. NOTIFICATION OF PARTICIPATION AND SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Participants should notify the organisers of their intention to participate in the workshop no later than July 15th. Participants that wish to make a presentation should submit a three (3) page abstract of their subject together with their notification of participation. Abstracts should be submitted preferably by email in postcript or text form. Hard-copy submissions are also acceptable. The number of presentations at the workshop will be strictly limited in order to promote discussions rather than talks. Thus, authors of some accepted abstracts may not be able to present their work. However, all accepted abstracts will be included in the workshop proceedings. ORGANISERS: Annika Waern Swedish Institute of Computer Science Box 1263, S - 164 28 Kista Sweden Email: annika@sics.se Phone: +46-8-752 15 14 Fax: +46-8-751 72 30 Ingrid Zukerman Department of Computer Science Monash University Clayton, VICTORIA 3168 AUSTRALIA email: ingrid@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au phone: +61 3 905-5202 fax: +61 3 905-5146 *********************************************************************** ********* DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Motivation ---------- The idea of offering Doctoral Consortiums at major conferences is becoming more popular. A number of conferences are offering them this year, including HCI '94: People and Computers, and OOPSLA '94. This is a tremendous opportunity for graduate students in User Modeling, particularly those who are at institutions where there is not a great deal of active User Modeling research. Students will benefit in several different ways; primarily by presenting work to a knowledgable audience, but other benefits include meeting established researchers and other graduate students doing similar work. This Doctoral Consortium will be especially timely since, for the first time, the UM-94 conference will have open participation. Suggested Topics ---------------- In much the same way that the research done in User Modeling spans several different domains, graduate research may cover a wide range of topics but should contribute to some aspect of user modeling and user-adapted interaction. The conference Call for Participation includes a comprehensive list of possible topics. Format of the Consortium ------------------------ Advanced doctoral students are invited to apply to the consortium to present their research to scholars and researchers in the field who will provide constructive comments about their work. Students are expected to have completed their proposals and be able to document in a brief submission the thesis topic, the approach to be taken and the amount of work that has already been completed, if any. A small number of applicants will be chosen by the consortium committee and invited to present their work in a short presentation. This presentation may include a demonstration if appropriate. After the presentation the committee members will informally comment on the student's work. The consortium will be three hours in length, from 2:30-5:30 pm on Wednesday, August 17, 1994. Submission Requirements ----------------------- Students who are interested in participating should submit a two page abstract of their doctoral research in plain ascii format to: strachan@cs.umanitoba.ca All students whose submissions have been accepted will be expected to present their research in a 15 minute presentation. A maximum of 6 submissions will be accepted. Researchers who are interested in participating as part of the committee are requested to provide an electronic submission indicating their willingness to participate and their general field of research by the July 3, 1994 Deadline for Submissions. Committee members will be responsible for selecting the students based on their submissions and providing the informal feedback based on the presentations at the consortium. Important Dates --------------- July 3 1994 Deadline for Submissions July 15 1994 Notification of Acceptance Consortium Organizer -------------------- Linda Strachan Department of Computer Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA R3T 2N2 Email: strachan@cs.umanitoba.ca Phone: 204-474-8313 Fax: 204-269-9178 *********************************************************************** ******** The Empirical Evaluation of User Models and Adaptive Systems Although considerable work has been done using empirical data to construct user models, there has been less empirical support for the resulting models' usefulness. If elaborate user models and other adaptive techniques are to become part of real-world systems, it must be demonstrated that they can extend and improve those systems. This Workshop will provide an opportunity for those interested in this important topic to share their ideas and experience. The Workshop will consist of short position papers, brief reports of empirical studies and discussion. It should serve as a forum for identifying components of user models and adaptive systems requiring empirical investigation, presenting methodological proposals for how such investigations might be conducted, identifying areas in which work is being done and where work is still needed, presenting short reports describing the findings from empirical studies, and finally, identifying advantages, disadvantages and limitations of such studies. Discussion of issues and sharing of ideas are key to a successful Workshop, and as much time as possible will be provided for interaction among the participants. Submissions of position papers and brief reports are invited, including work-in-progress. SIG Workshop Format: --------------------------- The Workshop will be be limited to 3 hours and will be held on Wednesday, August 17 from 2:30-5:30. The time available should allow for up to five brief reports and position papers. The presentations are intended to focus discussion and stimulate a lively exchange of ideas on the topic. Some attempt will be made at the end of the Workshop to summarize the issues and direction of this area. Attendance at the Workshop ---------------------------------- Attendance at the workshop will include those individuals who have submitted papers or reports. The Workshop will also be open to those who have been active in the area or who intend to work in the area in future. Submissions --------------- Submit a position paper or a short work report of between 2-4 pages. Authors whose papers are accepted will be requested to prepare a 10-15 minute presentation. The total time allowed for presentation and discussion will be 30 minutes. Send your submissions in ASCII format to aim@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca. Electronic submission is preferred, but if that is not possible, you may either fax a copy to my attention at (416) 486-6013, or send a copy to Dr. Jack Edwards at the address below. The papers and reports presented at the Workshop will not be published in the official proceedings of the Conference but copies will be made and distributed to Workshop attendees. Important Deadlines ------------------------- July 11, 1994 Deadline for submission July 18, 1994 Notification of acceptance Workshop Organizer: Dr. Jack Edwards AI Mangament and Development Corp. 206 Keewatin Ave. Toronto, ON Canada M4P 1Z8 email: aim@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca Phone: (416) 488-6068 Fax: (416) 486-6013 *********************************************************************** ******** The relationship between user and task models Description of Workshop ----------------------- Task models are an important source of information for adaptive and/or adaptable systems. They contain information about the necessary tools, the participating objects, etc. From such task descriptions, for example, competence models can be derived. However, there is evidence that the design of of most prototypical adaptive systems is not explicitly based on task modeling. The workshop tries to identify the difficulties of employing task models as an information source and to work out possible approaches to overcome these difficulties. Submissions of position papers or short work reports are invited. Topics include, but are not limited to: * task modeling and plan recognition * intelligent user support based on task models * extension of task models (task induction, evaluation) and its relationship to machine learning * user-adapted presentation of task models * acquisition of task knowledge * representation of task knowledge The presentation of ongoing work is encouraged. Format of the Workshop ---------------------- The workshop will have a round-table format. Up to five presentations based on the accepted papers will be given. Its duration will be 3 hours. The presentations are intended to act as catalysts for discussion which can and should go beyond the presentations themselves. Attendance ---------- Attendance at the workshop will be restricted to persons whose position paper or work report has been accepted. Participants should register for both the workshop and the general conference. For those who do not register for the general conference a small amount (probably $50) will be charged to cover miscellaneous expenses and a snack break. Any questions regarding the technical content of the workshop should be directed to the workshop organizer. Submission Requirements ----------------------- Submit a position papers or short work report of 2-5 pages. Authors whose papers are accepted will be requested to prepare an informal 5-10 minute presentation of their work. Send submissions in plain ascii or Latex source format to gerhard@faw.uni-ulm.de, or mail 3 copies of hardcopy submissions to Gerhard Peter at the address below. Electronic submissions are preferred. Please do not send floppy disks or tapes. Important Dates --------------- July 15 1994 Deadline for submissions July 20 1994 Notification of acceptance Publication ----------- The accepted papers will not be included into the conference proceedings. However, conference organizers will care that a sufficient number of copies of all accepted papers will be available for the workshop. Workshop Organizer ------------------ Gerhard Peter Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing PO-Box 2060, 89010 Ulm, Germany Phone: ++49 731/501-8681 Fax: ++49 731/501-999 gerhard@faw.uni-ulm.de *********************************************************************** ******** THE ROLE OF USER MODELING IN KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION AND KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION The purposes of user modeling are several. For the cognitive scientist, an improved understanding of user behavior helps flesh our the cognitive model of problem solving. This, of course, has implications for knowledge representation and human-computer interaction. For the applications developer, the contextual anticipation of user skills and needs incresases the likelihood that the user will deem the software to be usable, useful, and worthy using after the novelty wears off. User modeling can also allow software to grow over time. In short, the concept of user modeling holds significant pomise for a wide range of research and development activities in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and software development. User modeling also presents significant challenges, particulaely when the application domain is complex. Even under the assumptions that (a) it suffices to "extract" knowledge from a single domain expert, and (b) such an expert is available, several issues remain. In addition, one needs more than an expert to interview as a user - a range of users from novice on up is needed. First, who is going to sit at the keyboard; i.e., the direct user? The amount and kind of intervention, constraint checking, and advice depends on several factors, including the nature of the problem to be solved, the stage of solution, and the skill level of the problem solver. For example, one might expect the needs and behaviors of a domain novice to differ substantially from those of a domain expert. Those needs may also vary depending on how well-defined the problem is, or how complete or satisfactory the solution is. This has implications for the knowledge acquisition process itself, as well as for how the knowledge acquired is used in the application system to add user modeling enhanced capabilities. Second, despite the availability of a human expert, that person's relevant "compiled" knowledge may be inaccessible outside of his or her work environment. Knowledge acquisition is complex and one must take into account the environment and people who are being queried. For example, reasonably "chunked" problems used in laboratory settings may be too pristine to provide a natural incentive for the problem solver to ignore the knowledge acquisition task, of which he/she is the focus, and delve into the problem. Similarly, the expert's deep knowledge and behaviors may remain submerged because the selected problem is not real; i.e., there are no consequences of a bad or simplistic solution. The resulting user model may be aimed at a fictitious ideal user. Under such circumstances, the real user may either perform inadequately or feel inadequately served. The purpose of this workshop is to explore methods for research and development of large knowledge-based systems, in domains in which expertise is difficult to access. The specific focus is on the central role that user modeling can play in (a) the knowledge acquisition/software development process, (b) the development of successful human-computer interfaces, and (c) the underlying knowledge representation that connects the two. Contact: Bob Cohen United Technologies Research Center rmc@chimera.res.utc.com 203-727-7436 *********************************************************************** ********* Standardization of User Modeling Shell Systems One can expect that user modeling shell systems will play an increasingly important role in the next few years. It therefore seems advisable to standardize the interface between applications and user modeling shells, and possibly also aspects of user modeling shell systems that are already scientifically established. The standardization of the interface will allow programmers of adaptable and adaptive application systems (a) to clearly define the boundary between the application and the user modeling components, (b) to delay the selection of a user modeling shell until the user modeling needs of the application are clearly defined, and (c) to switch to a different user modeling shell when the user modeling needs of the application increase or decrease, or when a new shell system with the same functionality becomes available that is preferable for other reasons. The standardization of scientifically established aspects of user modeling shell systems would include: (a) Standardization of the functionality of a user modeling system: application programmers would profit if there were a basic minimal functionality that all user modeling systems would fulfill; (b) Standardization of the user modeling terminology: application programmers (and also scientists) would profit if common terminology would be employed in the description of user modeling shell systems. The aim of this SIG meeting is to explore the needs for standardization in cooperation between shell developers and application-directed researchers, and to fix a priority list and (if possible) a time-table for future work. Participants should give short presentations that include position statements, work reports, or proposals regarding the topic of the workshop. Written summaries of not more than 2-4 pages in plain ascii format should be sent to the organizer: kobsa@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de. The accepted papers will be distributed among the workshop participants. Deadlines: July 15 1994 Deadline for submissions July 20 1994 Notification of acceptance Contact: Alfred Kobsa, University of Konstanz P.O. Box 5560 D73, 78434 Konstanz, Germany kobsa@inf-wiss.uni-konstanz.de FAX: +49 7531 88 3065 *********************************************************************** ********* USER MODELING IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS MOTIVATION Adaptive systems for Information Retrieval (IR) are become increasingly important with the growth and availability of data-bases and Hypermedia. More and more users who are unfamiliar with the system and/or domain have access to IR systems and face difficulties in formulating good queries. The need of adaptive IR systems that can help the user search for information has been recently recognised by industry and this field promises to become one of a great commercial interest in the near future. Adaptivity of software can be obtained by modelling the users and tailoring the system's interactions to their goals/tasks/interests. There are a lot of general issues concerning User Modeling in IR. So far, however, little or no integration of work on UM in IR has been done, in order to compare and evaluate the general problems and approaches in this field. The goal of the SIG Meeting is to discuss the issues of User Modeling in IR - to help create a picture of the state of the art, to exchange experience and to find the promising tendencies in the field. SUGGESTED TOPICS The SIG discussion will be focused on identifying the common and specifics of User Modelling (UM) in systems for Information Retrieval (IR). The discussion will center around the following questions: 1. In what ways can adaptivity help the user of an IR system? How much adaptivity and adaptability is desirable in an IR context? How to support optimally collaborative and individual work? 2. What sorts of information does the user model need to enable these types of adaptation and adaptability? 3. How can the User Model acquire this information? 4. How can this information best be represented internally and processed? How can general UM approaches be applied and compared in the context of different types of applications? 5. What knowledge acquisition techniques can be used for UM in IR (for example, in defining user-groups, user-interests, user-tasks)? What degree of co-operation from the users can be expected? Is it possible to create methodologies for UM in certain types of applications? 6. What types of applications are currently of interest for industry? What practical limitations exist? PARTICIPATION The goal of the meeting is to carry out a DISCUSSION rather than another paper-presentation session. Therefore, participants are encouraged to share their ideas about the provided topics around which the discussion will focus. Of course, if anyone would like to propose a new topic, (s)he shouldn't hesitate to do so! Every potential participant can contribute to the discussion in one of the following ways: (1) prepare statements on one or several of the listed topics. Each statement should be not longer than 1 page. It would be very good, if the participant's own work with respect to the given topic is addressed, however this is not required. Provocative statements are welcome! (2) propose a new topic of discussion and provide a 1-page motivation for doing so and a statement on this topic. (3) prepare a short presentation-summary (max. 3 pages) of their own experience in the field, but in a way that it explicitly addresses some of the mentioned topics or poses new ones. FORMAT OF THE SIG MEETING The SIG meeting will take about 3 hours. The discussion will be moderated in a way to show different, hopefully conflicting viewpoints in a dynamic way. All participants will have the chance to present their ideas in 5 to 10 minutes, long self-contained presentations will not be tolerated. An attempt to summarise and draw conclusions from the discussion will be made finally. SUBMISSION Submissions are expected in one of the three types (1), (2) or (3). They should be sent in plain ASCII text format or in RTF (file interchange format) to jiv@informatik.unibw-muenchen.de Write subject of the message "SIG submission". Authors are also welcome to send copies of their papers, if they think this will help to explain with more details their position statements or presentations. For this they can use the postal address below. The accepted statements and presentations will not be published in the conference proceedings. However, copies will be made available together with protocols of the discussion after the SIG meeting. DEADLINES July 6-th Submission deadline July 15-th Notification of acceptance SIG MEETING ORGANIZER Dr. Julita Vassileva Federal Armed Forces University - Munich Computer Science Department D-85577 Neubiberg, Germany Fax: + 49 89 6004 35 60 Email: jiv@informatik.unibw-muenchen.de