Information Retrieval List Digest 058 (April 16, 1991) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-058 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 10:32:35 PST Reply-To: Information Retrieval List Sender: Information Retrieval List From: IRLIST Subject: IRLIST Digest, Vol. VIII, No. 15, Issue 58 IRLIST Digest April 16, 1991 Volume VIII, Number 15 Issue 58 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES A. Meeting Announcements/Calls for Papers 1. Association for Computational Linguistics 1991 Annual Meeting University of California, Berkeley, California June 17-21, 1991 2. Workshop Announcement: CD-ROMS and Collection Development Kent State University, Kent, Ohio July 11-13, 1991 3. Workshop Announcement: Automating the Library Kent State University, Kent, Ohio August 5-9, 1991 4. Second Call: 2nd ASIS SIG/CR Workshop on Classification Research Washington, DC October 27, 1991 5. HICSS -25: Architectural and Operating System Support for Persistent Object Systems Kauai, Hawaii January 7-10, 1992 II. QUERIES B. Requests for Information 1. Full Text Corpuses ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.A.1. Fr: Don Walker Re: Association for Computational Linguistics 29th Annual Meeting University of California, Berkeley, California June 17-21, 1991 The program for the Annual Meeting itself, which will take place on 19-21 June, features papers on all aspects of computational linguistics. Two invited lectures will be given during the meeting: "Linguistic Problems and Extra-Linguistic Problems in Machine Translation" by Jun-ichi Tsujii, UMIST; and "Word Meaning: Starting where the MRDs Stop" by Charles Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley and Sue Atkins, Oxford University Press. In addition, there are a special set of Student Sessions featuring papers that describe `work in progress' so that students can receive feedback from other members of the computational linguistics community. The Annual Meeting is preceded on 18 June by a set of tutorials: "Natural Language Generation" by Kathleen McCoy and Johanna Moore; "Intonation in Spoken Language Systems" by Julia Hirschberg; "Computational Linguistics Methodologies for Humanities Computing" by Nancy M. Ide; and "Machine Translation: An In-Depth Tutorial" by Jaime Carbonell and Yorick Wilks. There are also three preconference workshops: (1) "Lexical Semantics and Knowledge Representation" (17 June), sponsored by the ACL Special Interest Group on the Lexicon (SIGLEX). For more information, contact James Pustejovsky, Computer Science Department, Ford Hall, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254-9110, USA; (+1-617)736-2709; jamesp@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu. (2) Reversible Grammar in Natural Language Processing (17 June), sponsored by the ACL Special Interest Groups on Generation (SIGGEN) and Parsing (SIGPARSE). For more information, contact Tomek Strzalkowski, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 715 Broadway, Room 704, New York, NY 10003, USA; (+1-212)998-3496; tomek@cs.nyu.edu. (3) Evaluation of Natural Language Processing Systems (18 June). For more information, contact Jeannette G. Neal, Calspan Corporation, P.O. Box 400, Buffalo, NY 14225, USA; (+1-716)631-6844; neal@cs.buffalo.edu. Lexical Semantics and Knowledge Representation CONFERENCE INFORMATION The Program Committee was chaired by Douglas Appelt, SRI International. The Tutorials were organized by Cecile Paris, USC/ISI. The exhibits and demonstrations are being arranged by Sandra Newton, Brown Bear Consulting, 3842 Louis Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA; (+1-415)856-6506; newton@decwrl.dec.com. Local arrangements are being handled by Peter Norvig, Division of Computer Science, University of California, 573 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (+1-415)642-9533; norvig@teak.berkeley.edu. For program and registration brochures and other information on the conference and on the ACL more generally, contact Don Walker (ACL), Bellcore, MRE 2A379, 445 South Street, Box 1910, Morristown, NJ 07960-1910, USA; (+1 201)829-4312; walker@flash.bellcore.com. ********** I.A.2. Fr: SLIS, Kent State Re: Workshop Announcement: CD-ROMS and Collection Development Kent State University, Kent, Ohio July 11-13, 1991 CD-ROMS AND COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Dates & Times: Thursday -Saturday July 11-13, 1990 (Thursday 6-9 p.m., Friday & Saturday 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) Credits & Costs: 1 credit hour; $133.75 graduate only Parking: $2.50 Location: Kent State University, Kent OH Instructor: Jeff Gatten, Head of Collection Management, Kent State University Libraries This workshop will equip participants with the ability to develop a realistic methodology for building a library collection of CD-ROM resources. Participants will understand the advantages and disadvantages of CD-ROM technology, understand various methods of financing CD-ROMs, be able to write a CD-ROM collection development policy, and be able to systematically evaluate the usefulness of various CD-ROM products. To register, call the College of Continuing Studies, 216-672-3100. Presented by the School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, 216-672-2718. (cslibshp@kentvm) ********** I.A.3. Fr: SLIS, Kent State Re: Workshop Announcement: Automating the Library AUTOMATING THE LIBRARY Dates & Times: Mon.-Fri. August 5- 9 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Credits & Costs: 2 credit hours; $267.50 graduate only Parking: $5.00 Location: Kent State University, Kent OH Instructor: Greg Byerly, Associate Professor, School of Library Science, Kent State University This workshop will take you step-by-step through the process of planning for automation beginning with an assessment of your local environment, resources,and needs, the evaluation of currently available technology, development of a budget and an RFP, selection of hardware and software, and planning for staffing and services. Emphasis is on integrated library systems for public and academic libraries. Evaluation of workshop participants will be based on attendance and participation in discussions, completion of readings and of individual and group assignments. To register, call the College of Continuing Studies, 216-672-3100. Presented by the School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, 216-672-2718. (cslibshp@kentvm) ********** I.A.4. Fr: Susanne Humphrey Re: Second Call: ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop Re: Second Call: ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop Washington, DC October 27, 1991 2nd ASIS Workshop on Classification Research Organized by the ASIS Special Interest Group on Classification Research (SIG/CR) Call for Participation The American Society for Information Science Special Interest Group on Classification Research (ASIS SIG/CR) invites submissions for the 2nd ASIS Classification Research (CR) Workshop, to be held at the 54th Annual Meeting of ASIS in Washington, DC. The Workshop will take place Sunday, October 27th, 1991, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ASIS '91 continues through Thursday, October 31. The CR Workshop is designed to be an exchange of ideas among those engaged in active research or practice in the creation, development, management, representation, display, comparison, compatibility, theory, and application of classification schemes. Emphasis will be on semantic classification, in contrast to statistically-based schemes. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Warrant for concepts in classification schemes. - Concept acquisition. - Basis for semantic classes. - Automated techniques to assist in creating classification schemes. - Statistical techniques used for developing explicit, nonstatistically-based semantic classes. - Relations and their properties. - Inheritance and subsumption. - Knowledge representation schemes. - Classification algorithms. - Procedural knowledge in classification schemes. - Reasoning with classification schemes. - Reasoning with classification schemes. - Software for managing classification schemes. - Data structures and programming languages for classification schemes. - Comparison and compatibility between classification schemes. - Previously-named topics, highlighting specific applications such as subject analysis, database navigation, information retrieval, natural language understanding, expert systems, and image processing. The CR Workshop welcomes submissions from various disciplines. Attendance will be by invitation only. Those interested in participating are invited to submit a short (1-2 page single-spaced) position paper, summarizing their substantive work in the above areas or other areas related to semantic classification schemes, and a statement briefly outlining the reason for wanting to participate in the workshop. Submissions may include background papers as attachments. Those selected as presenters will be invited to submit expanded versions of their position papers and to speak to those papers in brief presentations during the workshop. All position papers (both expanded and short papers) will be published in proceedings to be distributed prior to the workshop. The workshop registration fee is $30.00 per person, and includes a copy of the proceedings and lunch and refreshments. Submissions should be sent by email, or diskette accompanied by paper copy, or paper copy only (fax or postal), to arrive by May 1, 1991, to Barbara Kwasnik: Barbara Kwasnik, Co-Chair Raya Fidel, Co-Chair School of Information Studies Graduate School of Library and 4-206 Ctr for Science and Technol Information Science Syracuse University University of Washington, FM-30 Syracuse, NY 13244 Seattle, WA 98195 I'net: bkwasnik@suvm.acs.syr.edu I'net: fidelr@vax1.u.washington.edu Phone: (315) 443-2911 Phone: (206) 543-1888 Fax: (315) 443-5806 ********** I.A.5. Fr: David Koch Re: HICSS - 25: Architectural and Operating System Support for Persistent Object Systems Persistent object systems are systems which support the creation and manipulation of objects in a uniform manner, regardless of how long they persist. This is in direct contrast with conventional systems where temporary objects are created and manipulated using one mechanism (typically programming language data structures) and permanent objects are maintained using a different mechanism (usually a filestore). The unification of temporary and permanent objects yields systems which are both smaller and potentially more efficient than conventional systems, whilst providing a platform for the development of large, data intensive applications. Since persistent systems have vastly different requirements from conventional systems in terms of store management it is unreasonable to expect conventional architectures and operating systems to provide an appropriate platform. The Emerging Technologies Track of HICSS-25 will contain a special set of sessions concentrating on architectural and operating system support for persistent object systems. The presentations in this minitrack will provide a forum to discuss advances in theory and practice in this important emerging area. This minitrack may be seen to complement a minitrack in the software track on seen to complement a minitrack in the software track on persistent object systems. The latter will concentrate more on higher level software issues. The organisers of the two minitracks will co- ordinate submissions and so papers on borderline topics may be sent to either minitrack. Papers are invited that may be practical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those papers selected for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings, which are published by the Computer Society of the IEEE and possibly also in a special issue of a professional society journal. HICSS-25 is sponsored by the University of Hawaii in cooperation with the ACM, the IEEE Computer Society, and the Pacific Research Institute for Information Systems and Management (PRIISM). Submissions are solicited on the following topics: * Persistent architectures * Large virtual memory management * Addressing and address translation for persistent systems * Fault tolerance and reliability * Distribution mechanisms * Operating system support * Architectural/OS Support for object-oriented languages INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS Manuscripts should be 22-25 typewritten, double-spaced pages in length. Please do not send submissions that are significantly shorter or longer than this. Papers must not have been previously presented or published, nor currently submitted for journal publication. Each manuscript will be subjected to a rigorous refereeing process. Manuscripts should have a title page that includes the title of the paper, full name(s) of author(s), affiliation(s), complete postal and electronic mail address(es), telephone number(s), and a 300-word abstract of the paper. DEADLINES * A 300-word abstract is due by April 18, 1991. * Feedback to author concerning abstract by April 30, 1991. * Six copies of the manuscript are due by June 5, 1991. * Notification of accepted papers by August 30, 1991. * Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, are due by October 1, 1991. SEND SUBMISSIONS AND QUESTIONS TO Associate Professor John Rosenberg, Department of Computer Science, University of Newcastle, N.S.W. 2308, Australia. Phone: +61 49 216085 FAX: +61 49 601712 Email: johnr@cs.newcastle.edu.au - -- David Koch, Technical Manager Department of Computer Science, University of Newcastle, NSW, 2308 Ph: +61 49 21 6080 (direct), +61 49 21 2034 (sec.) Fax: +61 49 601 712 ********************************************************** II. QUERIES II.B.1. Fr: Hanhwe N. Kim Re: Full Text Corpuses Hi, I am trying to find some recent and up-to-date full text corpuses to perform information retrieval upon. Are there any that are downloadable through ftp anywhere? 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