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Assessing usability of information retrieval systems: Gauguin

Gauguin is a developing proposal to the Commission of the European Union Framework 5 Improving the Human Research Potential and the Socioeconomic Knowledge Base programme under the Research Training Networks specific action. The project aims to improve the usability of information retrieval systems through improved assessment and evaluation methods. The Mira working group has made a strong start on this work and Gauguin will continue the work of Mira through cross-EU collaboration. In particular, Gauguin will support the movement of young researchers throughout Europe in order to meet its goals.

The project is tentatively named after Paul Gauguin a post-impressionist artist who was heavy influenced by his travels and follows on the artist theme of IR projects from the early work of Miro.

The first proposal meeting was held in Glasgow on 22 March 1999 (1030-1600).

Members

Members of the mailing list gauguin@dcs.gla.ac.uk are:

• Micheline Beaulieu (University of Sheffield);
• Tore Bratvold (Ubilab, UBS AG);
• Nathalie Denos (CLIPS-IMAG);
• Hans-Peter Frei (Ubilab, UBS AG);
• Norbert Fuhr (University of Dortmund);
• David Harper (The Robert Gordon University);
• Kalervo Jarvelin (University of Tampere);
• Annelise Mark Pejtersen (Risø National Laboratory);
• Thomas Rölleke (University of Dortmund);
• Ulrich Thiel (GMD-IPSI);
• Pertti Vakkari (University of Tampere);  
   
• Matthew Chalmers (University of Glasgow);
• Mark Dunlop (University of Glasgow / Risø);
• Steve Draper (University of Glasgow);
• Keith van Rijsbergen (University of Glasgow).

Detailed Information

The call for proposals is now out with the deadline for submissions in the first round 2 June 1999.

EU Documents

• Call Text (PDF English)
• Work Programme (PDF English)
• Guide for proposers (PDF English)
• Proposal Submission Form:
  • Administrative form (MS Word 97 English)
  • Guidelines on completing form (PDF English)

Documents copied from http://www.cordis.lu/improving/calls/rtn_199901.htm - originals and other language versions are available there (but slowly).

Gauguin working documents

• Proposal Document version 1:
  • Scientific case (1/2/99)
  • Financial case (1/2/99)
     
• Outcome of first meeting (22/3/99)
   
• Proposal Document version 2 (fragments):
  • Internal management
  • Internal reports
  • Deliverables
  • Training
     
• Outcome of second meeting (15/4/99)
   
• Full proposal description document
  • Draft 1 (6/5/99): PDF format (better), HTML format (ok)
  • Draft 2.2 (13/5/99): HTML format (ok)
  • Draft 3.4 (20/5/99): PDF format (better), HTML format (ok)
  • Draft 4.0 (21/5/99): PDF format (better), HTML format (ok)
    
• Full project list (20/5/99)

Final Application documents

• Cover page