This workshop aims at fostering the interaction between researchers
in the areas of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Information Retrieval
(IR), and furthermore, promoting discussions on the current and potential
benefits of common approaches to related research challenges. The central
topic is the application of Language Technologies to Information Retrieval,
including (but not limited to):
The growing research and application possibilities provided by the
increased amount of networked information have motivated new attempts to
explore the relationship between NLP and IR. For researchers in IR,
a compelling challenge is to move from (monolingual) document retrieval
within controlled text collections, to actually retrieving information,
rather than individual documents, from multilingual, heterogeneous and
dynamic webs of interlinked documents and online services. The reciprocal
challenge for NLP research is to scale up, adapt and possibly reshape techniques
and resources to help bridge the gap between document and information retrieval
in practical applications.
Judith Klavans, Columbia University (Co-Chair)
Julio Gonzalo, UNED (Co-Chair)
Jamie Callan (CMU)
Bruce Croft (CIIR)
Eric Gaussieur (Xerox Research Centre Europe)
Eduard Hovy (ISI/USC)
Christian Jacquemin (LIMSI)
Noriko Kando (NII Tokio)
Bob Krovetz (NEC Princeton)
Mun-Kew Leong (Kent Ridge Digital Labs)
Carol Peters (IEI-CNR)
Mark Sanderson (Univ. of Sheffield)
Tomek Strlkowski (GE)
Evelyne Tzoukermann (Lucent Technologies)
Felisa Verdejo (UNED)
Nina Wacholder (Columbia University)
Deadline for submissions: July 15, 2000
Notification of acceptance: August 7, 2000
Camera-ready version: September 1, 2000
Workshop: October 8, 2000
Last revised: Dec 7, 2000. Comments to Julio
Gonzalo.