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To: tdt-distrib@unagi.cis.upenn.edu
From: john.garofolo@nist.gov
Subject: Info for TDT-2 Workshop on May 7-8, 1998
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 10:35:46 -0400
Topic Detection and Tracking Evaluation Planning Workshop
May 7-8, 1998
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Building 101 (Aministration), Dining Room C
The following contains the agenda and logistical information for the
upcoming TDT Workshop.
Workshop Host:
NIST Spoken Natural Language Processing Group
Contact: John Garofolo
john.garofolo@nist.gov
(301) 975-3193
Technical Chair/Agenda:
George Doddington
doddington@sri.com
Note to Presenters:
If you are presenting at this workshop, please bring 30 copies of
your presentation with you, preferrably two foils per page, double-sided.
Workshop Agenda:
Thursday, 7 May
8:00 doors open (breakfast available in nearby cafeteria)
8:30 Kick-off : NIST management, Charles Wayne
9:00 TDT2 Evaluation Plan : Doddington
- review and discussion
10:00 break
10:30 Evaluation Software and Schedule : Garofolo/Fiscus
- presentation and discussion
11:30 Topic Tagging Consistency :
- presentation of experimental results and discussion
12:00 working lunch
1:00 TDT2 Corpus : LDC
- review of progress and status, and discussion
2:30 break
3:00 TDT2 audio processing : Yamron
- review of progress and status, and discussion
3:30 Demonstrations
- Dragon : Fieleke
- UMass : Allan
4:30 General Discussion : all
- TDT2 task definitions and the evaluation plan
- The TDT2 Corpus
5:30 Potential Applications : all
- brainstorming session
6:00 adjourn
7:00 dinner (tentative time)
- Informal TDT Discussions
Friday, 8 May
8:00 doors open (breakfast available in nearby cafeteria)
8:30 Key Issues : Doddington
9:00 Site Reports : research progress and plans
(The site reports are to include feedback on the TDT2
Corpus and the TDT2 Evaluation Plan, as appropriate.)
10:00 break
10:30 Site Reports (continued)
12:00 working lunch
12:30 Site Reports (continued)
2:00 Wrap-Up : Doddington
- review research plans
- review decisions & action items
- settle schedule for dry run and formal evaluation
- pick dates and venue for next meeting
3:00 adjourn
Snacks/Refreshments:
Snacks and refreshements are available either from the
NIST cafeteria (just outside the executive dining rooms)
or from the NIST snackbar. The NIST cafeteria is open
from 7:30am (serving breakfast) to 2:45pm. The
snackbar is open until about 4:00pm. To get to the snackbar,
take the elevators or stairs in the NIST main lobby to the
basement. The snackbar is adjacent to the elevators.
Meals:
Lunches will be obtainable from either the NIST cafeteria
(alla carte) or NIST Senior Lunch Club (buffet) at
your own expense.
Dinner Thursday night will be held at 7:00pm at the
Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon directly across
the street from the NIST main entrance on Bureau Drive.
We will be in the Alamo Room at the back of the restaurant.
Please come prepared to pay cash for your meal or make
sure to ask the waiter for a separate check for yourself
if you need to pay by credit card.
Workshop Location:
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Administration Building, Dining Room C
Gaithersburg, MD
NIST is located 25 miles Northwest of the center
of Washington DC in Gaithersburg, MD.
See http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/nistmaps.html
for a site map and further info. Detailed directions
are given below.
Ground Transporation:
For detailed information regarding transportation from/to
Washington National Aiport and Dulles International
Airport, see the Website http://www.metwashairports.com.
From Washington National Airport:
By Metro: Take the Yellow Line north from
National Airport, get off at Gallery Place
and transfer to the Red Line Northwest (Shady Grove).
Take the Red Line to its terminus at Shady
Grove. Exit out of the terminal on the
east side and wait at the "Kiss and Ride" area.
You can either catch a taxi to your hotel
or the NIST shuttle directly to NIST.
The NIST shuttle stops every half hour
on the quarter hour and will take you
directly to the NIST Administration Building.
Tell the driver that you are having a
meeting with John Garofolo of Division 894.
By car: Take the George Washington Parkway
North 12 miles to the Capital Beltway (I-495)
Take I-495 North (follow directions
below from the Capital Beltway)
Driving from Dulles International Airport:
Take the Dulles Access Road East toward Washington. Take the
Capital Beltway (I-495) North exit. Stay in the left two lanes
to exit on I-270 North (follow directions below from the Capital
Beltway).
Driving From Points North:
Take I-95 South to the Capital Beltway (I-495) West toward
Silver Spring. Exit onto I-270 North (follow directions below
from the Capital Beltway).
Driving From the Capital Beltway (I-495):
Exit onto I-270 North. I-270 has inner (commuter) and outer
(collector/distributor) lanes. Enter the outer lanes at
Exit 9 (I-370), but don't exit until Exit 10 onto Route 117 West.
(There is an exit from the center lanes at Exit 10, but you have
to get over several lanes very quickly.) After exiting, turn left
at the first traffic light on Bureau Drive at the NIST main entrance
and proceed through the NIST main gate (Gate A). Turn left after
the gate at the "T" intersection. The road will bear sharply to
the right. At the next intersection, turn left and then park
anywhere in the Administration/Visitor parking lot to the right.
From the NIST Administration Building:
Enter the main entrance of the Administration Building
(Building 101 - the only tall building on campus). Pass the
elevators and turn left at the next corridor. Pass
a courtyard on your right and then the NIST cafeteria.
At the end of the corridor, turn right, pass the
main entrance to the cafeteria on the right and
turn left at the next small corridor. This corridor
serves the Executive Dining Rooms. We are meeting
in Dining Room C.
Hotels:
Gaithersburg Hilton
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620 Perry Parkway
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
(301) 977-8900
http://www.hilton.com/hotels/GAIGHHF/index.html
Directions to Hotel from I-270:
Take exit 11 onto Montgomery Village Avenue.
Turn right immediately onto Route 355 (Frederick Ave).
Turn right onto Perry Parkway just past Montgomery Wards
store. Hotel is on right about 1/4 mile.
Directions to NIST from Hotel: Turn right from the Hilton onto
Perry Parkway. Turn right at end of Parkway on Diamond Avenue.
Pass I-270 and turn left at first traffic light into NIST
main gate. Follow directions from above.
Courtyard by Marriott Gaithersburg
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805 Russell Ave.
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
(301) 670-0008
http://www.courtyard.com/WASGG/
Directions to Hotel from I-270:
Take exit 11 onto Montgomery Village Avenue.
Cross Route 355 (Frederick Ave) and turn
left on Russell Avenue. Hotel is on right about
1/4 mile.
Directions to NIST from Hotel: Turn left from the Courtyard
by Marriott onto Russell Avenue. Turn right on Montgomery
Village Avenue. Pass I-270 and turn left at
second light on Diamond Avenue/Clopper Road. Turn
Right at first light into NIST main gate. Follow
directions from above.
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