Speaker: Dr. Edward A. Fox, Virginia Tech
Location: Torgersen 3100
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
Time: 1:25 PM -  2:25 pm

Abstract:

In parallel with the unfolding of the World Wide Web, advanced information systems with some type of focus, i.e., digital libraries (DLs), have evolved. As with the adoption of the relational approach in the database field, the application of a formal framework, e.g., 5S (Societies, Scenarios, Spaces, Structures, and Streams), can guide and lead to improvements in the digital library field. Connecting HCI with all types of content (e.g., documents, streams) and organization (e.g., metadata, catalogs, ontologies), DLs provide a context for R&D related to browsing, classifying, clustering, collecting, harvesting, mining, personalizing, preserving, recommending, (re)finding, searching, sharing, submitting, and visualizing.

We provide some perspective on the issues, a vision of the possibilities, and examples of past and present work in the Digital Library Research Laboratory. Some of the topics include: classifying dissertations through machine learning, content-based image retrieval with superimposed information, and text mining and concept map generation supporting English-Spanish retrieval.  Some of the applications described include: archaeology, computing education, crises/tragedies /recovery, electronic theses and dissertations, and fish species identification. What group of stakeholders, what type of content, what approach to improving services, and what broader impact would you like to choose for your area of contribution?