Information Retrieval List Digest 085 (September 23, 1991) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-085 IRLIST Digest September 23, 1991 Volume VIII, Number 42 Issue 85 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES A. Meeting Announcements/Calls for Papers 1. 6th Int'l. Workshop on Natural Language Generation/ 2. Association for Literary & Linguistic Computing Association for Computers & the Humanities 1992 Joint Conference II. QUERIES A. Questions and Answers 1. Leading Edge D2 BASE Memory 2. Text Processing Systems ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.A.1. Fr: Robert Dale Re: 6th International Workshop on Natural Language Generation Call for Papers The Sixth International Workshop on Natural Language Generation Castel Ivano, Trento, Italy, 5th--7th April 1992 *** NOTE---REVISED SUBMISSION DATE AND OTHER DETAILS **** PURPOSE AND SCOPE: Following on from the five previous International Workshops on Natural Language Generation, this workshop aims to bring together researchers in a rapidly consolidating field. We intend to structure the workshop around a number of emerging topic areas: Multi-modality: the practical and theoretical issues underlying development of systems that integrate language generation other media (such as graphics, maps, and forms). The representation and use of syntactic knowledge: we particularlye papers which attempt to bridge the gap between earlierase structure grammar based approaches, systemic roaches, and newer constraint-based approaches, and discussions of how these approaches address the motivation of syntactic choice. Approaches to text planning: a number of approaches to discourse structure (such as RST, DRT and schemas) have relevance to text planning. What are their respective strengths and, especially, weaknesses? In what areas do we need additional theories? Applications of NLG: the use of language generation techniques in, for example, expert system explanation, machine translation, dialogue systems, and report generation; their implications for more theoretical issues. Multi-linguality: the effects upon system architecture and underlying representation of building systems which generate text in more than one language. To what extent is it possible to build plug-and-play realization components for different languages for use with generic text planners? SUBMISSIONS: Contributors interested in participating in this workshop are initially requested to submit A PAPER OF 10 PAGES in length. Papers will be reviewed by an international programme committee. Accepted papers will be returned for polishing and revision into full length papers before inclusion into the workshop proceedings, which will be published as a book. The cover page of the draft paper should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), complete addresses (including email address and fax number if available), a short (10 line) summary, and a specification of the topic area. Send to: Mail: Robert Dale Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, Scotland Tel:(+44) 31 650 4416 Fax:(+44) 31 662 4912 Email:R.Dale@uk.ac.ed SCHEDULE: Submissions are due at the above address NO LATER THAN 4TH NOVEMBER 1991, either by paper mail, email (in LaTeX form), or fax; notifications of acceptance should be received by authors BY 6TH JANUARY 1992; camera ready versions of the final papers are due 17TH FEBRUARY 1992. Approximately 15 papers will be accepted for presentation at the workshop and subsequent inclusion in the book. Note the change of submission date and change in length of paper required. WORKSHOP INFORMATION: Attendance at the workshop will be limited to around 50 people. The workshop has been timed to follow the Third Conference on Applied Natural Language Processing, being held in Trento, Italy from 1st--3rd April 1991. Details of this conference can be obtained from Oliviero Stock, IRST, 38050 Povo (Trento), Italy; Tel: (+39) 461 81444, email: stock@irst.it The cost of the workshop, including accommodation and meals, is expected to be in the region of $300 per person. Financial support for the workshop is being sought. The workshop is co-sponsored by the Esprit Basic Research Actions and the Special Interest Group on Generation of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Organising Committee: Robert Dale, Eduard Hovy, Dietmar Rosner and Oliviero Stock. ********** I.A.2. Fr: Susan Hockey Re: ALLCACH92 Call for Papers ASSOCIATION FOR LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES 1992 JOINT CONFERENCE ALLC-ACH92 5-9 April 1992 Christ Church, Oxford, England CALL FOR PAPERS This conference is the major annual forum for literary, linguistic and humanities computing. Its focus is on the development of new computing methodologies for research and teaching in the humanities, on the development of significant new materials and tools for humanities research, and on the application and evaluation of computing techniques in humanities subjects. TOPICS: Submissions are invited on all areas of literary, linguistic and humanities computing, including, but not limited to: text encoding; hypertext; text corpora; computational lexicography; statistical models; syntactic, semantic and other forms of text analysis; also computer applications in history, philosophy, music and other humanities disciplines. The deadline for submissions is 1 OCTOBER 1991. Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. Please pay particular attention to the format given below. Submissions which do not conform to this format will be returned to the authors for reformatting, or may not be considered if they arrive very close to the deadline. REQUIREMENTS: Proposals should describe substantial and original work. Those which concentrate on the development of new computing methodologies should make clear how the methodologies are applied to research and/or teaching in the humanities, and should include some critical assessment of the application of those methodologies in the humanities. Those which concentrate on a particular application in the humanities (e.g. a study of the style of an author) should cite traditional as well as computer-based approaches to the problem and should include some critical assessment of the computing methodologies used. All proposals should include conclusions and references to important previous related work. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Abstracts for individual papers should be 1500-2000 words in length. Thirty minutes will normally be allowed for the presentation of each paper including questions. SESSIONS: Proposals for sessions (90 minutes) are also invited. These should take the form of either: (a) Three papers. The proposer of the session should submit a statement of approximately 500 words describing the topic of the session. Abstracts of 1000-1500 words should be submitted for each of the papers, together with an indication that the author of each paper is willing to participate in the session. or (b) A panel of up to 6 speakers. The proposer of the panel should submit an abstract of 1500 words describing the topic of the panel and how it will be organized, together with the names of all the speakers, and an indication that each of the speakers is willing to participate in the session. FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS All submissions should begin with the following information: TITLE: title of paper AUTHOR(S): names of authors AFFILIATION: of author(s) CONTACT ADDRESS: full postal address E-MAIL: electronic mail address of main author (for contact), followed by other authors (if any) FAX NUMBER: of main author PHONE NUMBER: of main author (1) ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS: These should be plain ASCII files, not wordprocessor files, and should not contain TAB characters or soft hyphens. Paragraphs should be separated by blank lines. Headings and subheadings should be on separate lines and be numbered. Footnotes should not be included and endnotes only where absolutely necessary. References should be given at the end. Choose a simple markup scheme for accents and other characters which cannot be transmitted by electronic mail and include an explanation of the scheme after the title information and before the start of the text. Electronic submissions should be sent to ALLCACH@VAX.OX.AC.UK with the subject line " Submission for ALLCACH92". If diagrams are necessary for the evaluation of electronic submissions, they should be faxed to 44-865-273275 (international, or 0865-273275 (from within UK) and a note to indicate the presence of diagrams put at the beginning of the abstract. (2) PAPER SUBMISSIONS: Submissions should be typed or printed on one side of the paper only, with ample margins. Six copies should be sent to ALLC-ACH92 (Paper submission) Centre for Humanities Computing Oxford University Computing Service 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN England DEADLINES Proposals for papers and sessions: 1 October 1991 Notification of acceptance: 15 December 1991 Advance registration: 8 February 1992 There will be a substantial increase in the registration fee for registrations received after 8 February 1992. PUBLICATION: A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in the series Research in Humanities Computing edited by Susan Hockey and Nancy Ide and published by Oxford University Press. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Proposals will be evaluated by panel of reviewers who will make recommendations to the Programme Committee which consists of: Chair: Thomas Corns, University of Wales (ALLC); Gordon Dixon, Manchester Polytechnic (ALLC); Paul Fortier, University of Manitoba (ACH); Jacqueline Hamesse, Universite Catholique Louvain-la-Neuve (ALLC); Nancy Ide, Vassar College (ACH); Randall Jones, Brigham Young University (ACH); Donald Ross, University of Minnesota (ACH); Antonio Zampolli, University of Pisa (ALLC) Local organisers: Susan Hockey, Oxford University (ALLC); Lou Burnard, Oxford University (ALLC, Programme Liaison) ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation has been reserved for the conference in Christ Church which is one of Oxford University's oldest and best-known colleges. It is situated in the centre of the city, but overlooks Christ Church Meadow and the River Thames. The conference will run from dinner on Sunday 5 April until lunch on Thursday 9 April. There will be a banquet in Christ Church's Tudor hall on the evening of 8 April. LOCATION: Oxford is an hour from London and from Heathrow Airport and is also close to Stratford-on-Avon and the Cotswolds, a beautiful area of English countryside. There is a frequent bus service from Heathrow to Oxford and good transport arrangements from Gatwick airport. ENQUIRIES: Please address all enquiries to ALLC-ACH92 Centre for Humanities Computing Oxford University Computing Service 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN England Telephone: 44-865-273200 or (from within UK) 0865-273200 Fax: 44-865-273275 or (from within UK) 0865-273275 E-mail: ALLCACH@VAX.OX.AC.UK Please make sure that you give your name, full mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address with any enquiry. ********************************************************** II. NOTICES II.A.1. Fr: Rolando Guevara Re: Leading Edge D2 BASE Memory I own a Leading Edge model D2 with 1Mb RAM and I can't configure it with 640Kb Base and 384 Kb Extended. The only way is 512 Kb Base and 512 Kb Extended. It is obvious that for many applications, 512Kb Base is very low and I want to reconfigure. Does anyone know how can I make this? I went to the dealer here in Costa Rica but I didn't receive a good answer. Is there a problem of hardware? If so, how can I solve the problem? ...............thanks Rolando Guevara Univ. de Costa Rica Escuela de Matematica EMAIL: RGUEVARA@UCRVM2 ********** II.A.2. Fr: Jiqian Pan to: LISTSERV@UCCVMA.BITNET Send submissions to IRLIST to: IR-L@UCCVMA.BITNET Editorial Staff: Clifford Lynch lynch@postgres.berkeley.edu or calur@uccmvsa.bitnet Nancy Gusack ncgur@uccmvsa.bitnet Mary Engle engle@cmsa.berkeley.edu or meeur@uccmvsa.bitnet The IRLIST Archives will be set up for anonymous FTP, and the address will be announced in future issues. 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