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From: graf@dfki.uni-sb.de (Winfried Graf)
To: mod-ki@unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 90 12:31:11 +0100
Subject: <mod-ki 0599> UM92 - Call for Participation
Keywords: Workshops

mod-ki message 0599            COPYRIGHT 1990 Hans-Werner Hein, Dortmund
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                 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION / CALL FOR PAPERS
 
                                  UM 92
 
               3rd International Workshop on User Modeling
 
                           August 10-13, 1992
   International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science
                                 (IBFI)
                         Dagstuhl Castle, Germany
 

The third International User Modeling Workshop, UM92, will be held  from
August 10  to  August 13,  1992  at  the  International  Conference  and
Research Center for Computer Science (IBFI) at Dagstuhl Castle, Germany.
Local arrangements will be  handled  by  Elisabeth Andre,  Winfried Graf
and Wolfgang Wahlster of  the  German  Research  Center  for  Artificial
Intelligence (DFKI), Saarbruecken site. More information can be obtained
from graf@dfki.uni-sb.de.

ORGANIZATION

The workshop will be organized to allow for:
 
(i)   Paper presentations, organized into sessions chaired by a
      commentator;
      at the end of each session, the commentator will direct general
      discussion
(ii)  Organized panel discussions
(iii) Parallel discussion groups on specific sub-topics, with all
      participants
      from the parallel groups later joining together for sharing of
      new insights
 
PARTICIPATION

Because of the format combining paper presentations and discussion,  the
call for participation is open to researchers who either  have  a  paper
to present or some concrete ideas with respect to  the  open  discussion
portion of the workshop. People  who  submit  papers  that  do  not  get
accepted  for  presentation  will  still  be  considered  as   potential
discussion participants. People who  attend  to  present  a  paper  will
automatically be assigned to one of the  organized  parallel  discussion
groups, for participation. The best papers  will  be  published  in  the
international journal 'User Modeling and User-Adapted Information' after
the workshop.

Attendance at  the  workshop  is  limited  to  60  persons.  All  papers
submitted will be reviewed; accepted papers  will  be  granted  a  small
amount of time for revision. The program committee is chaired  by  Robin
Cohen, Bob Kass and Cecile  Paris,  and  will  be  composed  of  leading
researchers in the field, to be announced at a later date.

Participation in the workshop is  by  invitation  only.  Anyone  who  is
interested  in  attending  the  workshop  must  fill  in  the  call  for
participation form and submit it by  February 22, 1991(!) to:

     UM92; c/o Robin Cohen; Department of Computer Science;
     University of Waterloo; Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; N2L 3G1

Note that commentators will  be  given  the  papers  for  their  session
(about 3-4 papers per session) in advance of the workshop, in  order  to
prepare directed discussion. Panels and panel topics,  discussion  group
topics are quite open - innovative, concrete suggestions are  solicited.
The discussion portion  of  the  workshop  is  intended  to  lead  to  a
clarification of the aims and directions of the field.

IMPORTANT DATES
 
     February 22, 1991(!) - call for participation forms due
     February  1, 1992    - submitted papers due
     April     1, 1992    - notification of acceptance
     May      15, 1992    - final papers due

INFORMATION ON PAPER SUBMISSIONS

Send five (5) copies of an extended abstract by February 1, 1992 to:
 
     Bob Kass; EDS Center for Machine Intelligence;
     2001 Commonwealth Blvd; Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA

The abstract should be 2500 words maximum (about 8 pages double spaced).
Clearly indicate the proposed advances to the field  of  user  modeling,
and include comparison with related  work.  Papers  will  be  judged  on
originality, clarity of presentation and significance to the field. Full
papers will be allowed up to 5000 words. Electronic submissions will not
be accepted.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES FOR REFERENCE

Robin Cohen; Department of Computer Science; University of Waterloo;
      Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  N2L 3G1
Bob Kass; EDS Center for Machine Intelligence; 2001 Commonwealth Blvd.;
      Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA (kass@cmi.com)
Cecile Paris; USC/Information Sciences Institute; 4674 Admiralty Way;
      Marina del Rey, California 90292-6695, USA (paris@vaxa.isi.edu)

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION FORM


Name:
Address:
Phone:
E-mail:


I plan to submit a paper:  Yes_____  No_____
  If yes: supply a max. 350 word preliminary abstract (on a separate
  page); indicate general sub-area of user modeling:
  _____________________________________________________________________
  _____________________________________________________________________
  _____________________________________________________________________
 
I am interested in serving as a commentator:   Yes___    No____
  If yes: provide position, rank, institution, brief biography,
  indicating sub-area(s) of interest within user modeling.
  _____________________________________________________________________
  _____________________________________________________________________
  _____________________________________________________________________
I am interested in participating in a panel or subgroup discussion:
  Yes____  No____
  If yes: provide position, rank, institution, brief biography,
  indicating sub-area(s) of interest within user modeling.
  _____________________________________________________________________
  _____________________________________________________________________
  _____________________________________________________________________
 
For panels, present a brief description of proposed panel, including
  title, scope and any panelists you already have in mind:
  _____________________________________________________________________
  _____________________________________________________________________
  _____________________________________________________________________
 
- Are you willing to chair a panel?  Yes____  No____
 
- Which discussion group on  the preliminary list interests you?
  _____________________________________________________________________
 
- Is there another discussion group topic you want to propose?
  If so, provide title, brief sketch:
  _____________________________________________________________________
  _____________________________________________________________________
  _____________________________________________________________________
 
- Are you willing to chair a discussion group? Yes___  No____


User Modeling Sub-Areas:
 
 1. Psychological foundations and cognitive modeling
 2. Student modeling
 3. Plan recognition
 4. User modeling for natural language dialog
 5. User modeling for natural language generation
 6. Formal representations of user models (belief modeling)
 7. Acquisition of user models
 8. Explanation strategies with user modeling
 9. Recognition and correction of misconceptions
10. Shell systems for user modeling
11. User modeling and the design of interfaces

Preliminary Discussion Groups List:
 
 1. What is user modeling? - towards a definition
 2. When is user modeling not necessary?
 3. The advantages and disadvantages of stereotypes?
 4. Does student modeling have different issues from user modeling?
 5. Does user modeling require psychological modeling?
 6. Does interface design differ from user modeling?
 7. The practicality of user models -  ready for real systems
    or still far away?
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