Second European Conference on
Research and Advanced Technology for
Digital Libraries
European European ICS-FORTH University of
Union Research Crete
Consortium for
Informatics and
Mathematics
19 - 23 September, 1998
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Web Page
http://www.csi.forth.gr/2EuroDL
E-mail
ecdl@cc.uch.gr
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- Objectives
This conference is the second of a series of European conferences on research
and technology for digital libraries funded by the European Commission's TMR
Programme. Its objectives are: to bring together researchers from multiple
disciplines whose science relates to the development of digital libraries;
to provide an opportunity for these scientists to form a research community
in Europe specific to digital library development and to enable them to discuss
issues and strategies specific to the European context; to assist young
researchers in establishing relationships with senior scientists in their areas
of interest; to enable review and discussion of research under way in Europe,
the US, Japan and other countries on digital libraries; to stimulate
researchers, especially young scientists, to explore new areas of interest in
digital library development; to establish a forum for discussion of issues
specific to Europe such as interoperability, multilinguality, intellectual
property policy, and information commerce; to provide an opportunity for
researchers in the relevant enabling technologies and information sciences,
to discuss issues related to interoperability between world wide distributed
digital libraries.
>From a technical point of view, the European Conferences series aims to
contribute to the definition of those digital library parameters which
especially influence issues of access, retrieval, and interaction with
information; to identify key problems which must be solved to make digital
library services an effective reality; to identify a general structure or
framework for integrating research and solutions; and to propose and encourage
specific, high priority research directions within such a framework.
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- Topics
The conference organisers solicit papers on topics related to digital
libraries, including but not limited to the following list:
o Digital Library Models, Frameworks, and System Requirements
o Metadata
o System Integration and Architecture Issues
o Interoperability, Scalability
o Networked Information Discovery, Agent Technologies
o Information Retrieval, Organisation, Navigation - Tools and Paradigms
o Multilinguality
o Role of Knowledge Representation Systems in Digital Library Interactions
o Collecting, Capturing, Filtering, Cataloging, Indexing,
o Preserving
o Intellectual Property Rights, Terms and Conditions, Rights Management
o Authoring, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Commerce and
Information Economies
o Economic and Social Implications and Issues
o User Interfaces
o Handling of Graphics, GIS, Medical Data, Multimedia Information,
Experimental Data and
o Scientific Models
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- Conference Programme
The conference will be held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Tutorials will be
organised on the 19th and 20th of September 1998. The opening session will
take place at 9.00a.m. on Monday the 21th of September 1998 and the final
session will take place on Wednesday afternoon, the 23th of September 1998.
Full details on the scientific programme of the Conference will be published
on our Web site by the 1st of July 1998.
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- Important Dates
15 March 1998 Proposals for tutorials, panels and demos
due to the Programme Chair
15 April 1998 Notification of tutorial, panel and demo acceptance
15 May 1998 Papers and proposals for posters
due to the Programme Chair
25 June 1998 Notification of paper and poster acceptance
1 July 1998 Scientific Programme on the Web
25 July 1998 Final papers due
9, 20 September 1998 Tutorials
21-23 September 1998 Conference
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- Panels
Suggestions for the organisation of panel sessions on one of the proposed
topics or on related topics are welcomed. Proposals should include a short
CV and position paper for each panelist.
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- Posters
During the conference a space will be reserved for poster sessions. Research
projects of any scale are invited to illustrate innovative concepts and
prototype systems.
Poster proposals should include title, names of presenters and outline
(max. 500 words).
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- Tutorials
Tutorial days will be held before the Conference, on Saturday the 19th and
Sunday the 20th of September 1998. Proposals for tutorials are solicited.
Tutorials would be either half day (3 hours) or full day (6 hours).
Each proposal should include a title, a summary (intentions, objectives, etc.),
duration and a short CV of the instructor(s).
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- Demos
Result demonstrations of on-going projects are strongly encouraged. Those
interested should submit a description of the intended Demo to the
Programme Chair.
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- Papers
Papers (max 20 pages, double spaced) should be submitted electronically in HTML
format, either by e-mail to the Conference Secretary, Mrs. Rena Kalaitzaki,
or to our ftp site, ftp://ftp.ics.forth.gr/2EuroDL.
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- Proceedings
The Proceedings will be published by Springer as a volume in their Lecture
Notes in Computer Science series and will be distributed at the Conference.
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- Fellowship for Young Researchers
A limited number of fellowships for the Conference and also for Tutorials are
available for young researchers who are citizens of European Union countries or
Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland. The fellowship offers free registration for
the participants and, in special cases where necessary and appropriately
justified, may pay for or reimburse travel and lodging expenses.
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- Programme Chair
Christos Nikolaou, University of Crete & ICS-FORTH
Leoforos Knossou, GR-71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Tel: +30 81 393199,
Fax: +30 81 210106
E-mail: nikolau@cc.uch.gr
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- Programme Committee
Serge Abiteboul INRIA, France
Robert B. Allen Bellcore, USA
Thomas Baker Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
William Birmingham University of Michigan, USA
Panos Constantopoulos University of Crete & ICS-FORTH, Greece
Bruce Croft University of Massachusetts, USA
Costis Dallas Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece
Edward A. Fox Virginia Technical University, USA
Norbert Fuhr University of Dortmund, Germany
Hector Garcia-Molina Stanford University, USA
Keith Jeffery RAL-CLRC, UK
Martin Kersten CWI, Netherlands
Judith Klavans Columbia University, USA
Carl Lagoze Cornell University, USA
Clifford A. Lynch Coalition for Networked Information, USA
Jeff MacKie-Mason University of Michigan, USA
A. Desai Narasimhalu National University of Singapore, Singapore
Ann Okerson Yale University, USA
Olle Olsson SICS, Sweden
Andreas Paepcke Stanford University, USA
Nicholas Patrikalakis MIT, USA
Carol Peters IEI-CNR, Italy
Jakka Sairamesh IBM-T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Peter Schauble ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Hans Joerg Schek ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Eric Simon INRIA, France
Ingeborg T. Solvberg University of Science and Technology, Norway
Constantine Stephanidis ICS-FORTH, Greece
Shigeo Sugimoto University of Library and Information Science Japan
Costantino Thanos IEI-CNR, Italy
Ulrich Thiel GMD-IPSI, Germany
Stuart Weibel OCLC, USA
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- Local Organising Committee
Sarantos Kapidakis ICS-FORTH, Greece
Penelope Constanta ICS-FORTH, Greece
Spiros Lalis University of Crete, Greece
Gioylh Koraoy University of Crete, Greece
Stella Vourou University of Crete, Greece
Mixalhs Tzekakhs University of Crete, Greece
Maria Stavrakaki University of Crete, Greece
Rena Kalaitzaki University of Crete, Greece
Maria Prevelianaki ICS-FORTH, Greece
Liana Kefalaki ICS-FORTH, Greece
Dimitris Papadakis University of Crete, Greece
Manolis Marazakis University of Crete, Greece
Anastasia Anastasiadi ICS-FORTH, Greece
Stavros Papadakis University of Crete, Greece
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- Contact Info
For more information regarding this conference contact the conference
secretariat,
Rena Kalaitzaki,
University of Crete,
Computer Science Department,
Tel: +30 81 393504
Fax: +30 81 393501
E-mail: ecdl@cc.uch.gr
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