21. SIGIR 1998: Melbourne, Australia

Keynote Address

• Steve Kirsch:
  The Future of Internet Search (Keynote Address). 1
  

Opening Session

• Anastasios Tombros, Mark Sanderson:
  Advantages of Query Biased Summaries in Information Retrieval. 2-10
  
• Warren R. Greiff:
  A Theory of Term Weighting Based on Exploratory Data Analysis. 11-19
  
• Martin Wechsler, Eugen Munteanu, Peter Schäuble:
  New Techniques for Open-Vocabulary Spoken Document Retrieval. 20-27
  

Event Detection and Clustering

• Yiming Yang, Thomas Pierce, Jaime G. Carbonell:
  A Study of Retrospective and On-Line Event Detection. 28-36
  
• James Allan, Ron Papka, Victor Lavrenko:
  On-Line New Event Detection and Tracking. 37-45
  
• Oren Zamir, Oren Etzioni:
  Web Document Clustering: A Feasibility Demonstration. 46-54
  

Cross-Lingual Retrieval

• Ari Pirkola:
  The Effects of Query Structure and Dictionary Setups in Dictionary-Based Cross-Language Information Retrieval. 55-63
  
• Lisa Ballesteros, W. Bruce Croft:
  Resolving Ambiguity for Cross-Language Retrieval. 64-71
  
• David Eichmann, Miguel E. Ruiz, Padmini Srinivasan:
  Cross-Language Information Retrieval with the UMLS Metathesaurus. 72-80
  

Categorisation

• Wai Lam, Chao Yang Ho:
  Using a Generalized Instance Set for Automatic Text Categorization. 81-89
  
• Leah S. Larkey:
  Automatic Essay Grading Using Text Categorization Techniques. 90-95
  
• L. Douglas Baker, Andrew McCallum:
  Distributional Clustering of Words for Text Classification. 96-103
  

Distributed Retrieval

• Krishna Bharat, Monika Rauch Henzinger:
  Improved Algorithms for Topic Distillation in a Hyperlinked Environment. 104-111
  
• Jinxi Xu, James P. Callan:
  Effective Retrieval with Distributed Collections. 112-120
  
• James C. French, Allison L. Powell, Charles L. Viles, Travis Emmitt, Kevin J. Prey:
  Evaluating Database Selection Techniques: A Testbed and Experiment. 121-129
  

Using Structure

• Jaana Kekäläinen, Kalervo Järvelin:
  The Impact of Query Structure and Query Expansion on Retrieval Performance. 130-137
  
• Sung-Hyon Myaeng, Don-Hyun Jang, Mun-Seok Kim, Zong-Cheol Zhoo:
  A Flexible Model for Retrieval of SGML Documents. 138-145
  
• Ke Wang, Huiqing Liu:
  Discovering Typical Structures of Documents: A Road Map Approach. 146-154
  

Interactive Retrieval

• Mari Saito, Kazunori Ohmura:
  A Cognitive Model for Searching for Ill-Defined Targets on the Web: The Relationship Between Search Strategies and User Satisfaction. 155-163
  
• Eric Lagergren, Paul Over:
  Comparing Interactive Information Retrieval systems Across Sites: The TREC-6 Interactive Track Matrix Experiment. 164-172
  
• Russell C. Swan, James Allan:
  Aspect Windows, 3-D Visualizations, and Indirect Comparisons of Information Retrieval Systems. 173-181
  

Combination of Evidence

• Justin Picard:
  Modeling and Combining Evidence Provided by Document Relationships Using Probabilistic Argumentation Systems. 182-189
  
• Christopher C. Vogt, Garrison W. Cottrell:
  Predicting the Performance of Linearly Combined IR Systems. 190-196
  
• Gareth J. F. Jones, Tetsuya Sakai, Masahiro Kajiura, Kazuo Sumita:
  Experiments in Japanese Text Retrieval and Routing Using the NEAT System. 197-205
  

Query and Profile Modification

• Mandar Mitra, Amit Singhal, Chris Buckley:
  Improving Automatic Query Expansion. 206-214
  
• Robert E. Schapire, Yoram Singer, Amit Singhal:
  Boosting and Rocchio Applied to Text Filtering. 215-223
  
• James P. Callan:
  Learning While Filtering Focuments. 224-231
  

Information Retrieval Experiments

• Joemon M. Jose, Jonathan Furner, David J. Harper:
  Spatial Querying for Image Retrieval: A User-Oriented Evaluation. 232-240
  
• Shian-Hua Lin, Chi-Sheng Shih, Meng Chang Chen, Jan-Ming Ho, Ming-Tat Ko, Yueh-Ming Huang:
  Extracting Classification Knowledge of Internet Documents with Mining Term Associations: A Semantic Approach. 241-249
  
• K. L. Kwok, M. Chan:
  Improving Two-Stage Ad-Hoc Retrieval for Short Queries. 250-256
  

Retrieval Models

• Norbert Fuhr, Norbert Gövert, Thomas Rölleke:
  DOLORES: A System for Logic-Based Retrieval of Multimedia Objects. 257-265
  
• Iadh Ounis, Marius Pasca:
  RELIEF: Combining Expressiveness and Rapidity into a Single System. 266-274
  
• Jay M. Ponte, W. Bruce Croft:
  A Language Modeling Approach to Information Retrieval. 275-281
  

Efficiency

• Gordon V. Cormack, Christopher R. Palmer, Charles L. A. Clarke:
  Efficient Construction of Large Test Collections. 282-289
  
• Vo Ngoc Anh, Alistair Moffat:
  Compressed Inverted Files with Reduced Decoding Overheads. 290-297
  
• Edleno Silva de Moura, Gonzalo Navarro, Nivio Ziviani, Ricardo A. Baeza-Yates:
  Fast Searching on Compressed Text Allowing Errors. 298-306
  

Information Retrieval Experiments

• Justin Zobel:
  How Reliable Are the Results of Large-Scale Information Retrieval Experiments? 307-314
  
• Ellen M. Voorhees:
  Variations in Relevance Judgments and the Measurement of Retrieval Effectiveness. 315-323
  
• Pia Borlund, Peter Ingwersen:
  Measures of Relative Relevance and Ranked Half-Life: Performance Indicators for Interactive IR. 324-331
  

Panel

• Donna Harman, Paul Over:
  Tools for Searching the Web (panel). 332
  

Posters

• Bas van Bakel:
  Modern Classical Document Indexing: A Linguistic Contribution to Knowledge-Based IR. 333-334
  
• Jaime G. Carbonell, Jade Goldstein:
  The Use of MMR, Diversity-Based Reranking for Reordering Documents and Producing Summaries. 335-336
  
• Martin Franz, Salim Roukos:
  A Method for Scoring Correlated Features in Query Expansion. 337-338
  
• Mountaz Hascoët, Xavier Soinard:
  Using Maps as a User Interface to a Digital Library. 339-340
  
• Yasuaki Hyoudo, Kazuhiko Niimi, Takashi Ikeda:
  Comparison Between Proximity Operation and Dependency Operation in Japanese Full-Text Retrieval. 341-342
  
• Marcin Kaszkiel, Justin Zobel:
  Term-Ordered Query Evaluation versus Document-Ordered Query Evaluation for Large Document Databases. 343-344
  
• Tsuyoshi Kitani, Yasushi Ogawa, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Haruo Kimoto, Ikuo Keshi, Jun Toyoura, Toshikazu Fukushima, Kunio Matsui, Yoshihiro Ueda, Tetsuya Sakai, Takenobu Tokunaga, Hiroshi Tsuruoka, Hidekazu Nakawatase, Teru Agata:
  Lessons from BMIR-J2: A Test Collection for Japanese IR Systems. 345-346
  
• William Kornfeld, John Wattecamps:
  Automatically Locating, Extracting and Analyzing Tabular Data. 347-348
  
• Ting-Sheng Lai, John Tait:
  Using Global Colour Features for General Photographic Image Indexing and Retrieval. 349-350
  
• Ming-Jer Lee, Lee-Feng Chien:
  Automatic Acquisition of Phrasal Knowledge for English-Chinese Bilingual Information Retrieval. 351-352
  
• Anton Leuski, James Allan:
  Visual Interactions with a Multidimensional Ranked List. 353-354
  
• Rodger J. McNab, Yong Wang, Ian H. Witten, Carl Gutwin:
  Predicting Query Times. 355-356
  
• Mourad Mechkour, David J. Harper, Gheorghe Muresan:
  The WebCluster Project: Using Clustering for Mediating Access to the World Wide Web. 357-358
  
• Marie-Francine Moens, Jos Dumortier:
  Automatic Abstracting of Magazine Articles: The Creation of 'Highlight' Abstracts. 359-360
  
• Matthew Montebello:
  Optimizing Recall/Precision Scores in IR over the WWW. 361-362
  
• Josiane Mothe, Taoufiq Dkaki:
  Interactive Multidimensional Document Visualization. 363-364
  
• Corinna Ng, Justin Zobel:
  Speech Retrieval Using Phonemes with Error Correction. 365-366
  
• Yasushi Ogawa, Toru Matsuda:
  Optimizing Query Evaluation in n-gram Indexing. 367-368
  
• Hein Ragas, Cornelis H. A. Koster:
  Four Text Classification Algorithms Compared on a Dutch Corpus. 369-370
  
• Sta Jean-David:
  Automatic Acquisition of Terminological Relations from a Corpus for Query Expansion. 371-372
  
• Yoshimi Suzuki, Fumiyo Fukumoto, Yoshihiro Sekiguchi:
  Keyword Extraction of Radio News Using Term Weighting with an Encyclopedia and Newspaper Articles. 373-374
  
• Toru Takaki, Tsuyoshi Kitani:
  Efficient Search Server Assignment in a Disproportionate System Environment. 375-376
  
• Yuen-Hsien Tseng:
  Multilingual Keyword Extraction for Term Suggestion. 377-378
  
• Hayato Yamana, Kent Tamura, Hiroyuki Kawano, Satoshi Kamei, Masanori Harada, Hideki Nishimura, Isao Asai, Hiroyuki Kusumoto, Yoichi Shinoda, Yoichi Muraoka:
  Experiments of Collecting WWW Information Using Distributed WWW Robots. 379-380
  
• Michael Chen, Marti A. Hearst:
  Presenting Web Site Search Results in Context: A Demonstration. 381
  
• Yi-Shiou Chen, Schy Chiou, Yuan-Kai Wang, Wen-Lian Hsu:
  Personal Browser. 382
  
• Yves Chiaramella, Philippe Mulhem, Mourad Mechkour, Iadh Ounis, Marius Pasca:
  Towards a Fast Precision-Oriented Image Retrieval System. 383-384
  
• Owen de Kretser, Alistair Moffat, Justin Zobel:
  Teraphim: An Engine for Distributed Information Retrieval. 384
  
• Ray R. Larson:
  Cheshire II: Combining Probabilistic and Boolean Retrieval. 385
  
• Surya Nepal, M. V. Ramakrishna, James A. Thom:
  A Research Prototype Image Retrieval System. 386
  
• Ron Sacks-Davis, Alan J. Kent:
  The Structured Information Manager (SIM). 387
  
• Dan Smith, Rattasit Sukhahuta:
  PWA: An Extended Probabilistic Web Algebra. 388
  
• Hugh E. Williams:
  Cafe: An Indexed Approach to Searching Genomic Databases. 389
  
• Hayato Yamana, Hanpei Koike, Yuetsu Kodama, Hirofumi Sakane, Yoshinori Yamaguchi:
  Fast Speculative Search Engine on the Highly Parallel Computer EM-X. 390
  

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