BCS IR Call for Participation and Booking Form
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For NIR people in the UK. This is the British Computer Society's Information Retrieval group's conference. -- Jill >X-Version: Mailbase (TM) Enhanced List Manager Version 2.3 >Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 16:08:35 GMT >From: Ruben Leon <ruben@dis.strath.ac.uk> >To: ir@mailbase.ac.uk >Subject: BCS IR Call for Participation and Booking Form >X-List: ir@uk.ac.mailbase >Reply-To: Ruben Leon <ruben@dis.strath.ac.uk> >Sender: ir-request@mailbase.ac.uk >Precedence: list > > > BCS IR CONFERENCE PROGRAMME > > 22, 23 March 1994 > > Drymen, by Loch Lomond, Scotland > > > *** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *** > > >The conference will take place in the Buchanan Highland Hotel,Drymen, a >small atmospheric village located some 15 miles north of Glasgow and 30 >minutes walk from Loch Lomond. Is is hosted by the Department of >Information Science, University of Strathclyde. > > > >TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM GLASGOW > >A special bus is available for transportation to/from Glasgow to Drymen. >On Tuesday 22 March the bus will leave from the front of Livingstone >Tower, Strathclyde University, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow (this is >right in the city centre), at 12:00. It will depart from Drymen on >Wednesday 23 March at 14:15 arriving in Glasgow city centre at 15:00. >Public Transport to Drymen is also available hourly from Glasgow >Buchanan Bus Station, full details will be posted on registration and >are available on request by email from conference@dis.strath.ac.uk > >Weather permitting attendees are cordially invited to an afternoon >promenade in the gardens of Ross Priory on Wednesday 23 March. Ross >Priory (now owned by Strathclyde University) is an 18th Century Country >house situated at the south shore of Loch Lomond, near Drymen. > > >CONFERENCE PROGRAMME > >11 - on Registration > >12:00 Private Bus Leaves from Glasgow City Centre, Dept. of > Information Science, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow. > >1:00 -2:00 Lunch > >2:00 - 2:15 Open > >2:15 - 2:45 "Partitioned Signature Files and Beyond". F. Kelledy > Dublin City University. > >2:45 - 3:15 "IR by imaging". Fabio Crestani, > Padova University. > >3:15 - 4:00 Coffee > >4:00 - 4:30 "A Linguistic approach to IR". Ruari O'Donnell > Dublin City University. > >4:30 - 5:00 "The Roiters Collection" Mark Sanderson. > >5:00 AGM >7:00 Drinks >8:00 Dinner > > >Wednesday 23 March (Parallel Sessions A and B) > >9:00 - 9:30 - "Potential for Incorporating Document Ranking into the > MenUSE Front-End Search Intermediary System", Martin > Smith, Huddersfield University. > > - "A Natural Language Understanding system for reference > resolution in information dialogues", F. C. Johnson, > Manchester Metropolitan University. > >9:30 - 10:00 - "Discovery of optimal weights in a concept selection > system",P.V.G Bradbeer,Napier University. > > - "Design of Graphical User Interface for a Highly > Interactive IR System", Margaret Fieldhouse > City University(London). > >10:00 - 10:30 - "Codon Signatures: A document retrieval method", > Jaber Al-Merri,Strathclyde University. > > - "Supporting Query by Navigation", F.C. Berger > Nijmegen University. > >10:30 - 11:15 Coffee > >11:15 - 11:45 - "Using Worldnet for Conceptual Distance Measurement" > R. Richardson, Dublin City University. > > - "Situations, a General Framework for Studying IR", > T.W.C Huibers, Utrecht University. > >11:50 - 12:20 "Mrs. Thatcher Handbag Modem", John Lindsay, > Kingston University. > >12:20 - 12:30 Close > >12:30 Lunch > >2:15 Return bus departs to Glasgow (arrives Glasgow 15:00) > >2:15 - 4:00 Afternoon promenade in Ross Priory gardens (by Loch > Lomond), Weather permitting. All welcome. > >17:00 Minibus from Ross Priory arrives in Glasgow George > Square. > >------------------------------------------------------ > > > 16th BCS IR COLLOQUIUM > 22-23 MARCH 1994 > > *** CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM *** > >Please complete and return this form to conference@dis.strath.ac.uk >or by post together with a booking deposit to BCS IR Conference, >Information Science Dept, Strathclyde University, 26 Richmond Street, >Glasgow G1 1XH, Scotland. For further information please contact >secretary@dis.strath.ac.uk, fax 44 41 553 1393, or telephone >44 41 552 4400 ext 3700 > > >A) PERSONAL DETAILS > First Names: > Surname: > Institution: > Address: > Telephone No: > E-mail: > Fax: > > Please indicate registration fee category (prices in sterling, > for details see below)*: > > Standard Fee 160 > Standard Fee (Students) 140 > Standard Fee (Speakers) 130 > Non Residential Fee 55 > > >B) SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS. > > > > >C) EXTRA NIGHTS > > I do/do not require an extra night accommodation at Buchanan Highland > Hotel,Drymen ($50 sterling per night including breakfast) on the > following dates (please tick): > > Monday 22 March 1994 ___ > Wednesday 23 March 1994 ___ > > >IMPORTANT > A deposit of 30 *must* be paid at the time of this booking. Please > post cheques in sterling, made payable to "University of Strathclyde" to > > BCSIR Conference, > Department of Information Science, > University of Strathclyde. > 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XH > Scotland. > > >ATTENDANCE FEES >There is a standard residencial conference fee (with discounts for >students and speakers), and a reduced non-residencial fee (all figures >quoted are in sterling). > >The standard residencial fee (all at the Buchanan Highland Hotel,Drymen) >for attendance to the two day colloquium is $160, $students 140, and >speakers $130. This includes: > > - transport to Drymen from Glasgow by private bus > - conference registration > - accomodation, coffee, lunch and dinner on Tuesday 22 March > - breakfast and lunch on Wednesday 23 March > - transport back to Glasgow city centre by private bus > - conference proceedings > >The reduced non-residencial fee is 55. This includes only conference >registration, tea/coffee, and lunch on 22d and 23d march. There is a Youth >Hostel in Rowardenan by Loch Lomond, some 10 miles away from the >conferece's venue. Please note that those subscribing to the >non-residencial fee are responsible for their own transportation. > > >TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM GLASGOW >A special bus is available for transportation to/from Glasgow to Drymen. >On Tuesday 22 March the bus will leave from the front of Livingstone >Tower, Strathclyde University, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow (this is >right in the city centre), at 12:00. A return bus will depart from >Drymen on Wednesday 23 March at 14:15 arriving in Glasgow city centre at >15:00. > >There is also a reduced public transport service between Glasgow and >Drymen. Buses from Glasgow to Drymen leave from Buchanan Bus Station >(Glasgow City Centre) daily at 8:30, 11:30, 14:15 and 16:00. Return >buses (Drymen to Glasgow) depart Drymen at 13:10, 16:15 and 17:45. > >
- BCS IR Call for Participation and Booking Form Jill.Foster
- Re: BCS IR Call for Participation and Booking Form Jane Dunlap Smith