Probability and Statistics in Complex Systems: Genomics, Networks, and Financial Engineering, September 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004

IMA "Hot Topics" Workshop:

Enhancing the Searching of Mathematics

April 26-27, 2004

Organizers:

Michael Doob
Department of Mathematics
University of Manitoba
mdoob@cc.UManitoba.CA

Thomas Fischer
State and University Library Göttingen
fischer@mail.sub.uni-goettingen.de

Marc Krellenstein
Elsevier
M.Krellenstein@elsevier.com

Robert Miner
Design Science, Inc.
RobertM@dessci.com

Robby Robson
Eduworks Corporation
rrobson@eduworks.com

Schedule	Participants	Registration	Feedback
Abstracts

Description:

Science, Technology and Medical (STM) publishing is moving rapidly toward the use of XML, and in particular, toward the use of MathML for the encoding of mathematical data. As a result of this shift, best practices are in flux. Once workflows are established, however, the decisions made today may have wide-ranging implications for the long-term value of XML document collections. This is particularly true in the areas of metadata, searching and indexing.

To take advantage of this unusual window of opportunity for improving the infrastructure for searching STM documents, the National Science Digital Library program at the National Science Foundation is sponsoring two conferences over the next two years. This workshop, the first of the two, seeks to bring together experts on searching techniques and managers of STM document collections from both academics and industry.

The purpose of the workshop is two-fold:

• To identify promising ways of better searching mathematical content. Topics will include metadata formats, taxonomies, smart authoring tools, use of MathML, XQuery and related technologies, etc.
• To identify a framework for activity leading to the adoption and deployment of improved mathematical searching. Topics will include assessment of required standards activity, current practices, coordination between authoring tools and publishing tools, legal or business constraints, etc.

The workshop will consist of both presented papers and working sessions. The conclusions of the workshop will be summarized in a position paper, which will be circulated and publicized in the STM community.

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
MONDAY, APRIL 26 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted.
8:30	Coffee and Registration	Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
Welcome and Introduction [introductory remarks on the goals and format for the workshop]
9:00-10:15	Presentation by the Organizers: Envision a Framework for Better Math Searching
10:15- 10:30	break	Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
Search Techniques and Strategies [talks on approaches to math searching]
10:30	TBA
11:00	Michael Trott Wolfram Research, Inc.	Mathematical Searching in the Wolfram Functions Site
11:30	Structured Discussion
12:00-1:30	Lunch
Data and Metadata I [talks about metadata for mathematics and its implications for searching]
1:30	Timothy W. Cole University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign	Enriching Metadata for XML Journal Articles through Extraction of MathML
2:00	Roland Schwaenzl University of Osnabrueck	Math-Net, MPRESS and DublinCore
2:30	Structured Discussion
3:00 - 3:30	break	Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
Data and Legacy Data [talks on issues of data migration and management for searching]
3:30	Nigel Kerr JSTOR	Tensions and Questions in JSTOR Data, Math and Otherwise
4:00	Masakazu Suzuki Kyushu University	From Paper to XML in Mathematics
4:30	Structured Discussion
5:00 - 6:00	Poster Session, Cocktails and Hors d'Oeuvres (400 Lind Hall)
TUESDAY, APRIL 27 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted.
Data and Metadata II [talks about metadata for mathematics and its implications for searching]
8:45	Coffee	Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
9:00	Su-Shing Chen University of Florida	Indexing Mathematical Abstracts by Metadata and Ontology
9:30	Laurent Guillope Cellule MathDoc (CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble) & Université de Nantes	Metadata: Exchange and Fusion
10:00	Structured Discussion
10:30- 10:45	break	Reception Room EE/CS 3-176
Editorial/Production [talks about workflow and business issues affecting searching]
10:45	James Crowley SIAM	TBA
11:15	Heinz Kröger FIZ Karlsruhe - Zentralblatt MATH -	Searching Mathematics with Zentralblatt MATH - Overview and Outlook
11:45	Structured Discussion
12:15-1:30	Lunch
1:30	Bernhard Schutz Albert Einstein Institute	TBA
2:00-4:00	Working Session

LIST OF CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS

Name	Department	Affiliation
Scot Adams	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota
Stuart Allen	Department of Computer Science	Cornell University
Douglas N. Arnold	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota
Donald G. Aronson	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota
Hee-Jeong Baek	Department of Mathematics	Seoul National University (BK21)
Keith Berrier		Rice University
Jonathan Borwein	Department of Computer Science	Dalhousie University
Drew Burton	Systems Department	American Mathematical Society
Su-Shing Chen	Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering	University of Florida
Tim Cole	Mathematics Library	University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
James Crowley		SIAM
Donald DeLand		Integre Technical Publishing
Hongjie Dong	Department of Mathematics	University of Minnesota
Michael Doob	Department of Mathematics	University of Manitoba
Sam Dooley	Department of Research and Development	Integre Technical Publishing
Thomas Fischer		State and University Library Goettingen
Kristine Fowler	Mathematics Library	University of Minnesota
Matthias Graefenhan	Department of Mathematics and Computer Science	University of Marburg
Gerry Grenier	Publishing Technologies	IEEE, Inc.
Laurent Guillopé	Département de Mathématiques	Université de Nantes
Anne Gundel	Institu fuer Mathematik	Humboldt University Berlin
Bob Hecht		Marcel Dekker, Inc.
Patrick Ion	Associate Editor	Math Reviews
Nigel Kerr	Technology Services	JSTOR
Hye-Ryoung Kim		Seoul National University (BK21)
Heinz Kroeger	Abtes.Berlin-zentralblatt	Technische Universität Berlin
Ted Kull	Information Management Systems	SIAM
Greg Langmead	Department of Research and Development	Design Science, Inc.
Jeremy Lew	R&D Department	Mathsoft Engineering & Education, Inc.
Gerry Loon	Electronic Product Development	AMS
Lori Lorigo	Department of Computer Science	Cornell University
Richard P. McGehee	School of Mathematics	University of Minnesota
Robert Miner		Design Science, Inc.
Bill Mischo	Grainger Engineering Library Information Center	University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Amir Niknejad	Department of Mathematics	University of Illinois - Chicago
Elizabeth B. Porter	Product Management	Mathsoft Engineering & Education, Inc.
Robby Robson		Eduworks Corp
Fadil Santosa	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota
Bernard Schutz	Department of Astrophysical Relativity	Albert Einstein Institute
Lee Smith	Math Forum	Drexel University
Neil Soiffer	Department of Development	Design Science, Inc.
Srdjan Stojanovic	Department of Mathematical Sciences	University of Cincinnati
Masakazu Suzuki	Faculty of Mathematics	Kyushu University
Eduardo Tabacman	Department of Development	Design Science, Inc.
Paul Topping	Department of Management	Design Science, Inc.
Michael Trott		Wolfram Research, Inc.
Simeon Warner	Department of Computing and Information Science	Cornell University
Stephen Watt	Department of Computer Science	University of Western Ontario
Eric Weisstein		Wolfram Research, Inc.
Abdou Youssef	Department of Computer Science	The George Washington University

Abstracts

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