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From: sonnenberger@ubilab.ubs.ch (Gabriele Sonnenberger)
Subject: Reminder: SIGIR '96 - Call for Papers
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                                SIGIR '96
                             Call for Papers

              19th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference 
           on Research and Development in Information Retrieval

                     Held at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
                          August 18 - 22, 1996
  
                               Organized by:
                 UBILAB, Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich
            ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich

                           In co-operation with:
         ACM, AICA-GLIR (Italy), BCS-IRSG (UK), CEPIS-EIRSG (Europe)
         GI (Germany), IPSJ (Japan), OCG (Austria), SI (Switzerland)



ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

SIGIR '96 is an international research conference on information retrieval (IR) 
theory, systems, and applications. The ACM SIGIR conference occurs annually, 
alternating between locations in North America and elsewhere (e.g. Europe). 
It attracts a broad range of professionals including theoreticians, developers, 
publishers, researchers, educators, and designers of systems, interfaces,
information bases, and related applications. 


IMPORTANT DATES

Presently: E-mail sigir96@ubilab.ubs.ch with subject 'subscribe' and an empty 
     message body to be added to the mailing list.
January 26, 1996: Submission of papers to the relevant Program Co-chair.
March 1, 1996: Submission of proposals for tutorials, panels, demonstrations, 
     posters, and workshops to the relevant Chair.
April 3, 1996: Author notification.
May 10, 1996: Final manuscript due in camera ready and electronic forms. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

Detailed information on the SIGIR '96 conference is available on the World 
Wide Web. URL: http://www.ubilab.ubs.ch/sigir96/welcome.html. Questions 
should be addressed to sigir96@ubilab.ubs.ch.
