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<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>[apologies for multiple postings]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> Call for Participation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Doctoral Forum at the Second Information <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Interaction in Context Symposium (IIiX)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>October 14, 2008, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Application deadline: June 1, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Doctoral Forum at the Second
Information Interaction in Context Symposium (IIiX) is a one-day event that
will take place on 14 October 2008, one day prior to the <a
href="http://irsg.bcs.org/iiix2008/index.php">IIiX symposium</a>. The primary
objective of the Doctoral Forum is to provide doctoral students with a forum to
present and discuss their research projects with senior researchers and fellow
students and to <span style='display:none'>develop </span>their relationships
with other scientists. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>We invite all <span style='display:none'>doctoral
</span>students investigating aspects in, e.g., information retrieval,
information seeking or human-computer interaction related areas to apply for
the forum. We especially welcome projects where contextual features are being
considered as part of the research design. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Students are to give a 15-20 minute
presentation of their research project. Each presentation will be followed by
15 to 20 minutes of discussion with senior researchers, which are experts in
one or more of the general IIiX <a
href="http://irsg.bcs.org/iiix2008/themes.php">symposium themes</a>: <br>
<br>
- Case studies, field experiments, simulations, etc. of context-sensitive
information seeking & retrieval <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Context-aware retrieval models <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Relevance feedback (implicit &
explicit) and query modification issues for capturing context <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Other approaches to eliciting,
identifying and expressing/capturing contextual information <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Task-based interactive information
retrieval and seeking behaviour <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- The effect of genre, media, language,
modality and structure on context <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Personalised and collaborative
information access in context <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Contextual information interaction theory
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Interactive information retrieval and
interface issues <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Nature of relevance in contexts <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Measures of performance in context and
situation-sensitive information access <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Test collections for context-sensitive
research <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Due to the time consuming form of the
Doctoral Forum, the number of participants is restricted. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>Doctoral Forum Chairs:</span></font></b><span lang=EN-US> <br>
Erica Cosijn, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South
Africa, <a href="mailto:erica.cosijn@up.ac.za">erica.cosijn@up.ac.za</a> <br>
Ross Wilkinson, Research Director, Information Engineering, CSIRO ICT Centre,
Australia, <a href="mailto:ross.wilkinson@csiro.au">ross.wilkinson@csiro.au</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>Applications:</span></font></b><span lang=EN-US> <br>
To apply to the workshop, please submit an application of 1500 words
containing: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>* a description of your doctoral research
project that includes research questions; and <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>* a motivation for your student
participation at the Doctoral Forum. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>The first page of the application must
contain the name, affiliation and full address of the doctoral student
including phone and fax numbers and email address. Proof of student status will
be required from successful applicants. <br>
The application should be submitted electronically through the conference
submission software no later than <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>June 1,
2008</span></b> in PDF format. We recommend that student participation and presentation
of the research project at the Doctoral Forum are credited 2 ECTS by their home
department. We also recommend that doctoral students register for the main IIiX
symposium, and submit full papers or research in progress papers related to
their projects. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kind regards <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ross Wilkinson and Erica Cosijn <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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