Subject: announcing rifra ' 98

rifra ' 98 international workshop on extraction , filtering and automatic summarization sfax centre hotel , sfax - tunisia 11-14 november , 1998 organised by : laris laboratory ( fseg - sfax ) cams , lalic group ( cnrs - ehess - university paris sorbonne ) supported by : cycle de formation doctorale en informatique - ensi-fst , tunisia ministre de l ' enseignement suprieur , tunisia secrtariat d ' tat la recherche scientifique , tunisia cole doctorale de l ' universit paris - sorbonne , france aupelf / uref ministre de la recherche et de la technologie , france call for participation for several years , the scientific community has demonstrated an increasing and recurrent great interest for automatic methods concerning extract construction , summaries and specialised information filtering . the recently organised conferences in this field have focussed on the diversity of approaches ( statistics , neuronal nets , symbolic , linguistics , cognitive , . . . ) but they have n't always led to either comparison between obtained results or highlighting the aimed objectives not always emphasized either the comparison between obtained results , or highlighting the aimed finalities ( document selection , technological awakening , writing assistance , information synthesis , elaboration of summary model , . . . ) . rifra ' 98 will focus in particular on the following topics : * information extraction . * information filtering ( web , corpus , cd-rom , . . . ) . * automatic summarization . * performance evaluation methodology of automatic summarization systems . this workshop aims also at establishing future collaboration between researchers , users , and industrialists in the field of automatic summarization . to reach these objectives , the total number of participants will be limited to 25 up to 40 . a particular interest will be granted to discussions that will follow communications , a panel will be organised for each theme . official languages : oral communications will be in french and english . there won't be simultaneous translation . program : programme tuesday , 10 november1998 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 19 : 00 - 21 : 00 registration wednesday , 11 november 1998 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 08 : 00 - 09 : 00 registration 09 : 00 - 10 : 00 general session ( a . ben hamadou , j . p . descls , j . l minel ) 10 : 00 - 10 : 30 official opening 10 : 30 - 11 : 00 coffe break * session n1 : automatic filtering ( 1 ) * chairman : mohammed moalla 11 : 00-12 : 00 : udo hahn automatic extracting - a poor man 's approach to automatic abstracting 12 : 00-12 : 45 analyse automatique des textes : l ' exemple des expressions dfinitoires author : emanuel cartier ( cams , paris ) 12 : 45-13 : 30 reprage d ' objets textuels fonctionnels pour le filtrage d ' information : le cas de la dfinition authors : josette rebeyrolle & marie - paule woodley ( universit toulouse le mirail , toulouse ) 13 : 30 - 15 : 00 lunch * session n2 : automatic filtering ( 2 ) chairman : udo hahn 15 : 00-15 : 45 la segmentation pour l ' indexation d ' un document technique : principe et mthodes authors : genevive lallich & tarek ouerfelli ( laboratoire gresec , grenoble ) 15 : 45 - 16 : 30 exploration , pour l ' laboration de requtes de filtrage de textes , des connaissances causales dtectes par coatis author : daniela garcia ( edf / der , paris ) 16 : 30 - 17 : 00 : coffe break 17 : 00 - 17 : 45 : filtrage automatique de phrases temporelles d ' un texte author : rim faiz ( institut des hautes etudes commerciales , carthage ) 17 : 45 - 18 : 30 classification du verbe arabe et stockage des donnes en vue de l ' analyseautomatique des textes authors : everhard ditters , mohamed hassoun ( universit des nimgue , nimgue ) thursday , 12 november 1998 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 8 : 00 - 9 : 00 : michel charolles ( confrence invite ) l ' organisation du texte , le filtrage et le rsum . * session n3 : gnration de rsums chairman : rafik bouaziz 9 : 00 - 9 : 45 automatic summarization by paragraph initial sentences extraction author : pieter a . m . seuren ( nijmegen university , nijmegen ) 10 : 00 - 10 : 45 : where does information come from ? corpus analysis for automatic abstracting authors : horacio saggion & guy lapalme ( universit de montral , montral ) 10 : 45 - 11 : 15 : coffe break 11 : 15 - 12 : 00 on the real time elision of text authors : i . marshall , f . pezeshkpour , j . a . bangham ( university of east anglia , norwich ) 12 : 00 - 12 : 45 : utilisation de schmas de rsums en vue d ' amliorer la qualit des extraits et de rsums automatiques authors : ellouze mariem & ben hamadou abdelmajid ( laris , sfax ) 12 : 45 - 13 : 30 : une architecture gnrique base sur le raisonnement par cas pour produire des rsums authors : laurence capus & nicole tourigny ( universit laval sainte - foy , laval ) 13 : 30 - 15 : 00 : lunch * session n4 : information extraction chairman : michel charolles 15 : 00-15 : 45 une mthode de production d ' extraits base sur leurs classements l ' aide d ' un algorithme gntique authors : jaoua maher & ben hamadou abdelmajid ( laris , sfax ) 15 : 45-16 : 30 : exibum : un systme exprimental d ' extraction d ' information bilingue authors : leila kosseim &guy lapalme ( universit de montral , montral ) 16 : 30 - 17 : 00 coffe break 17 : 00 - 17 : 45 extraction d ' information : adaptation lexicale et calcul dynamique du sens author : thierry poibeau ( thomson - csf , orsay ) 17 : 45 - 18 : 30 table ronde : elaboration d ' un projet de coopration sur le filtrage automatique friday , 13 november 1998 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = outing . saturday , 14 novembre 1998 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 9 : 00 - 10 : 00 confrence invite ( j - g . meunier ) la gestion de la connaissances dans les entreprises et les intelliciels . * session n5 : recherche d ' informations sur le web chairman : pieter seuren 9 : 00 - 9 : 45 : classes d ' vnements et synthse des services web d ' actualit authors : pierre - yves foucou ( universit paris xiii , villetaneuse ) 9 : 45-10 : 30 : optimisation du choix de la terminologie pour la reformulation de requtes authors : s . kanoun & b . dousset ( irit , toulouse ) 10 : 30 - 11 : 00 coffe break 11 : 00 - 11 : 45 reformulation de requtes et extraction de phrases pertinentes pour la collecte d ' informations sur le web authors : leila nait - baha & agata jackiewicz & philippe laublet ( cams , paris ) 11 : 45 - 12 : 30 cogniweb modlisation hybride linguistique et numrique pour un outil de filtrage d ' informations sur les rseaux authors : christophe jouis &widad mustafa el - hadi & vincent rialle ( universit charles de gaulle , lille , universit joseph fourier , grenoble ) 12 : 30 - 14 : 30 : lunch session n6 : tools for filtering and extraction prsident : mr abdellatif abid 14 : 30 - 15 : 15 : la paraphrase entre l ' analyse et la gnration : systme 3ad ( aide l ' analyse automatique du discours ) authors : ismail timimi & salaheddine ben ali ( universit stendhal , grenoble ) 15 : 15 - 16 : 30 : abstraction incrmentale des donnes : application l ' extraction de l ' information pertinente authors : h . belad ajroud &ali jaoua & r . khcherif ( universit detunis , tunis ) 16 : 30 - 17 : 15 : systme de navigation dans une base de donnes documentaire utilisant le thesaurus rectangulaire : ' navigateur 2000 ' authors : m . m . gammoudi & n . bani & s . sofiene & z . abdelouahab ( universit de tunis , tunis ) 17 : 15 coktail * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * registration registration should be sent to the following address using the enclosed form . abdelmajid ben hamadou facult des sciences economiques et de gestion de sfax , laboratoire laris b . p . 1088 , 3018 sfax , tunisie fax : ( 216 ) 4 279 139 tel : ( 216 ) 4 278 777 email : abdelmajid . benhamadou @ fsegs . rnu . tn registration fees include a copy of the proceedings , lunches ( wednesday , thursday and saturday ) , break coffees and dinner of thursday . accommodations the sfax centre hotel ( where the workshop will be held ) offer special prices for participants : 50 tunisian dinars ( 250 french francs ) per night for one person . participants who wish to make reservation in this hotel should contact the hotel as soon as possible . sfax centre hotel tel : ( 216 ) 4 225 700 fax : ( 216 ) 4 225 521 travelling : by plane : there are direct flights between paris and sfax and some other european towns . for those who wish to come via tunis , " tunis air " company allows two flights per week ( tuesday and thursday ) between sfax and tunis . the flight takes 1 hour . departure from tunis at 5 p . m . 30 min . departure from sfax at 6 am 45 min by train : there is a daily train ( with a confort class ) connecting sfax to tunis ( the trip takes 4 hours ) . departure from tunis at : 7 am 10 min , 1 p . m . 5 min , 2 p . m . 5min , 5 p . m . 30 min , 9 p . m . 20 min . by bus and taxis there are buses and collective taxis connecting sfax to tunis and many other tunisian towns . schedules depend on each company and are not punctual . we do not recommend participants to take collective taxis . tourism an excursion is planned for friday . sfax has a nice medina ( old town ) with a medieval architecture . kerkenah island is near sfax and could be reached by boat ( 90 minutes ) . the tunisian south ( and its oasis , tozeur , nefta , etc . ) could be reached by airmail or by car . program committee andr abou , ecole doctorale d ' ingnierie linguistique abdel belad , crin - nancy abdelmajid ben hamadou , laris sfax emna ben mefteh , laris sfax michel charolles , landisco nancy jean - pierre descls , cams paris udo hahn freiburg university chritian flurh , cea ali jaoua , erpah tunis farouk kammoun , ensi tunis jean - guy meunier , lanci uquam jean - luc minel , cams paris pieter seuren , u . nijmegen organising committee lamia belguith , laris sfax emna ben mefteh , laris sfax mariem ellouze , laris sfax maher jaoua , laris sfax jean - luc minel , cams paris registration form first name : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - second name : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - affiliation : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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tunisia registration deadline : 10 november 1998 registration form should be sent with a receipt indicating the registration fees transfer . * by mail to the following address : abdelmajid ben hamadou facult des sciences economique et de gestion de sfax laboratoire laris b . p 1088 3018 sfax , tunisia * or by fax to the following fax number : 216 4 279 139
