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<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>[apologies for
multiple postings]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Final Call for
Participation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Doctoral Forum at
the Second Information <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Interaction in
Context Symposium (IIiX)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>October 14, 2008,
London, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Application
deadline: June 1, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>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 develop their relationships with other scientists. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>We invite all doctoral
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></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>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></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- Context-aware
retrieval models <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- Relevance
feedback (implicit & explicit) and query modification issues for capturing
context <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- Other approaches
to eliciting, identifying and expressing/capturing contextual information <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- Task-based
interactive information retrieval and seeking behaviour <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- The effect of
genre, media, language, modality and structure on context <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- Personalised and
collaborative information access in context <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- Contextual
information interaction theory <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- Interactive
information retrieval and interface issues <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- Nature of
relevance in contexts <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- Measures of
performance in context and situation-sensitive information access <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>- Test collections
for context-sensitive research <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Due to the time
consuming form of the Doctoral Forum, the number of participants is restricted.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-US>Doctoral Forum
Chairs:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> <br>
Erica Cosijn, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South
Africa, erica.cosijn</span> {at} <span lang=EN-US>up.ac.za <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black'>Ross Wilkinson, CSIRO, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Australia, ross.wilkinson {at} csiro.au<span
style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span lang=EN-US>Applications:</span></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'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>* a description of
your doctoral research project that includes research questions; and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>* a motivation for
your student participation at the Doctoral Forum. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>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 directly by email to Erica Cosijn
(erica.cosijn {at} up.ac.za) or </span>Ross Wilkinson (ross.wilkinson <span
lang=EN-US>{at} </span>csiro.au) <span lang=EN-US>no later than *<b>June 1,
2008*</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></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Kind regards <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-US>Ross Wilkinson and
Erica Cosijn <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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