CALL FOR PAPERS
7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON USER MODELING
June 20 - 24, 1999
Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada
http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99
User modeling has been found to enhance the effectiveness and/or usability
of software systems in a wide variety of situations. A user model is an
explicit representation of properties of a particular user, which allows
the system to adapt diverse aspects of its performance to individual
users. Techniques for user modeling have been developed and evaluated by
researchers in a number of fields, including artificial intelligence,
education, psychology, linguistics, and human-computer interaction and
information science. The 7th International Conference on User Modeling
will provide a forum in which academic and industrial researchers from all
of these fields can exchange their complementary insights. The size and
format of the meeting support intensive discussion, which often continues
long after the conference has ended.
FORMS OF PARTICIPATION
- tutorials,
- invited talks,
- research papers,
- application papers,
- poster sessions,
- doctoral consortium,
- workshops,
- system demonstrations.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- theoretical foundations,
- techniques for UM (e.g. adaptive testing, machine learning, and
uncertainty management),
- construction of user models,
- modeling user cognitive processing resources (memory, motor and
perceptual processing etc.),
- user modeling agents,
- interface adaptation,
- personalized and adaptive information filtering and retrieval,
- tailored knowledge-based information presentation,
- adaptive teaching and learning environments,
- adaptive hypermedia, information management on the Internet,
- multi-modal adaptive systems,
- adaptive support of collaboration,
- innovative applications of UM techniques and new media,
- practical issues of UM (privacy, access, consistency, evaluation
standardization).
BEST PAPER AWARDS
- Best Research Paper prize sponsored by Kluwer Publishers
- Best Application Paper prize sponsored by humanIT, Germany.
SUBMISSIONS
Electronic submission is preferred. For formatting and other details see
the web site: http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99
Submissions and queries should be mailed to the Program Chair:
Judy Kay <judy@cs.usyd.edu.au>
Basser Dept of Computer Science Tel: +61-2-9351-4502
Madsen F09, University of Sydney Fax: +61-2-9351-3838
Australia 2006
IMPORTANT DATES:
Nov 14, 1998 - paper deadline (abstracts due 1 week earlier, Nov 7)
- workshop proposals deadline
- tutorial proposals deadline
Nov 21, 1998 - posters deadline
Jan 31, 1999 - workshop paper deadline
- doctoral consortium paper deadline
UM99 is being organized under the auspices of User Modeling, Inc.
CONFERENCE SITE
The Banff Centre is located in the heart of the Canadian Rockies near
Calgary.
PROCEEDINGS
The proceedings of UM99 will be published as a book by Springer-Wien-New
York. This book will appear in time for the conference. In addition, the
proceedings will be made available indefinitely on the World Wide Web. The
electronic version of the proceedings of UM97, which were published in the
same way, is available at: http://um.org/um_97/proceedings-overview.html
These proceedings should be useful to authors who are considering
submitting to UM99. In particular, the detailed hypertext indexing of the
papers will help them to identify related previous research.
BRIEF SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
(for detailed instructions see the conference website):
http://www.cs.usask.ca/UM99
Submissions are invited that describe original academic or industrial
research on some aspect of user modeling.
*Papers* should describe significant, mature research; they will be
published in full length in the proceedings and presented in
talks at the conference. Paper submissions must fit within
10 single-spaced pages printed with a 12-point font. These 10
pages must include all elements of the submission. Page 1
must include the title of the paper, a short abstract (150
words), a list of keywords, and the authors' postal and
e-mail addresses and fax and phone numbers. (Page 1 can also
include the beginning of the main text of the manuscript.)
The abstract and the author information on Page 1 must also
be included in an e-mail message that is sent to the program
chair one week before the submission of the manuscript.
Papers may either describe important research contributions
in user modelling or significant applications of user
modeling is real systems.
*Posters* typically describe research which does not yet represent a
substantial advance but which can stimulate the exchange of
ideas. The accepted posters will be included in the
proceedings. Poster submissions must fit within 3 pages. The
formatting requirements described above apply. A manuscript
can be submitted either electronically (as a PostScript file
or an MS Word attachment) or as a hard copy.
All authors of paper or poster submissions should consult the full
submission instructions on the conference web-page.
*Doctoral Consortium.* The doctoral consortium will offer PhD
students a chance to discuss their plans and the intermediate
results of their research with a diverse and knowledgeable
international audience. Summaries of the accepted
presentations will be included in the proceedings volume. For
further information, see the doctoral consortium page.
*Workshops.* Half-day workshops will permit discussion and debate on
topics of current interest. The format for each half-day
workshop will be determined by the proposer of that workshop.
Workshop proposals must include a rationale for holding the
workshop, a description of proposed organization and content
of the workshop, and an organizing committee of at least 3
researchers. Before submitting a proposal, please obtain
detailed instructions from the conference web site and advice
by e-mail from the Program Chair.
*Tutorials.* Half-day tutorials will introduce attendees to new
topics of current interest. The format for each half-day
tutorial will be determined by the proposer of that tutorial.
Proposals must include a rationale for holding the tutorial,
a description of proposed organization and content of the
tutorial, and a description of the credentials of the
proposer. Before submitting a proposal, please obtain
detailed instructions from the conference web site and advice
by e-mail from the Program Chair.
*System Demonstrations.* Various platforms will be available for
unrefereed system demonstrations. Prospective presenters
should contact the Demonstration Coordinator by e-mail and
specify their hardware and software requirements.
CONFERENCE CHAIR: Jim Greer (University of Saskatchewan)
<greer@cs.usask.ca>
PROGRAM CHAIR: Judy Kay (University of Sydney)
<judy@cs.usyd.edu.au>
LOCAL ORGANIZATION: Julita Vassileva (University of Saskatchewan)
<jiv@cs.usask.ca>
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Peter Brusilovsky (USA)
Sandra Carberry (USA)
Tak-Wai Chan (Taiwan)
David Chin (USA)
Mary Czerwinski (USA)
Kristina Höök (Sweden)
Gerhard Fischer (USA)
Brad Goodman (USA)
Eric Horvitz (USA)
Anthony Jameson (Germany)
Bonnie John (USA)
Alfred Kobsa (Germany)
Diane Litman (USA)
Robert Mislevy (USA)
Cécile Paris (Australia)
Gordon McCalla (Canada)
Riichiro Mizoguchi (Japan)
Reinhard Oppermann (Germany)
Helen Pain (UK)
Fiorella de Rosis (Italy)
John Self (UK)
Costas Stephanidis (Greece)
Carlo Tasso (Italy)
Gerrit van der Veer (Netherlands)
Wolfgang Wahlster (Germany)
Geoffrey Webb (Australia)
Ingrid Zukerman (Australia)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
UM99 (Jim Greer)
Dept of Computer Science
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A9
CANADA
Tel: +1 (306) 966-7922
Fax: +1 (306) 966-4884
Email: um99@cs.usask.ca