*** We apologize if you receive multiple copies *** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The first round-table meeting for NTCIR-6 Patent Retrieval Task Time & Date: 13:30-15:30, April 6, 2006. (Thu.) Place: the National Institute of Informatics, Japan Agenda: (1) Summary of NTCIR-5 Patent Retrieval Task (2) Proposal of NTCIR-6 Patent Retrieval Task (3) Discussion In NTCIR-6, we plan to organize "retrieval" and "classification" tasks. Full text of patents filed in Japan and/or the US will be available to participants. If you intend to attend the meeting, please e-mail your name and affiliation to ntcadm-patent@nii.ac.jp by April 3, 2006 (Mon.). Please see the following URL for overview of NTCIR-5 Patent Retrieval Task. http://www.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/~fujii/ntcir5/cfp-en.html We also invite your comments, interest, and questions for the task. Best regards NTCIR-6 Patent Retrieval Task organizers ntcadm-patent@nii.ac.jp ========================================================= Atsushi Fujii, Associate Professor Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies University of Tsukuba 1-2 Kasuga, Tsukuba, 305-8550, Japan E-mail: fujii@slis.tsukuba.ac.jp URL: http://www.slis.tsukuba.ac.jp/~fujii/