Information Retrieval List Digest 154 (March 9, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-154 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 March 9, 1993 Volume X, Number 10 Issue 154 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES A. Meeting Announcements/Calls for Papers 1. World Congress on Neural Networks C. Miscellaneous 1. UC Berkeley School of Library and Information Studies: status II. QUERIES B. Requests for Information 1. Query: Automatic ID of Thesaural Relations? IV. PROJECT WORK D. Miscellaneous 1. Survey: Computer Networks and Education 2. White House Communication Project ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.A.1. Fr: dlukas@cns.bu.edu Re: World Conference on Neural Networks '93 WORLD CONGRESS ON NEURAL NETWORKS 1993 Annual Meeting of the International Neural Network Society July 11-15, 1993, Portland, Oregon WCNN'93 is the largest and most inter-disciplinary forum in the neural network field today. COOPERATING SOCIETIES: American Association for Artificial Cognitive Science Society Intelligence European Neural Network Society American Mathematical Society IEEE Computer Society American Physical Society IEEE Neural Networks Council American Psychological Society International Fuzzy Systems Association Association for Behavior Analysis Japanese Neural Network Society Classification Society of North Society for Mathematical Biology America Society for Mathematical Psychology Society of Manufacturing Engineers PLENARY SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Stephen Grossberg, 3-D Vision and Figure-Ground Pop-Out Bart Kosko, Neural Fuzzy Systems Carver Mead, Real-Time On-Chip Learning in Analog VLSI Networks Kumpati Narendra, Intelligent Control Using Neural Networks Wolf Singer, Coherence as an Organizing Principle of Cortical Function TUTORIALS INCLUDE: Gail Carpenter, Adaptive Resonance Theory Robert Desimone, Cognitive Neuroscience Walter Freeman, Neurobiology and Chaos Robert Hecht-Nielsen, Practical Applications of Neural Network Theory Michael Kuperstein, Neural Control and Robotics S.Y.Kung, Structural and Mathematical Approaches to Signal Processes V.S. Ramachandran, Biological Vision David Rumelhart, Cognitive Science Eric Schwartz, Neural Computation and VLSI Fred Watkins, Neural Fuzzy Systems Hal White, Supervised Learning INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE: James A. Anderson, Programming in Associative Memory Gail A. Carpenter, Adaptive Resonance Theory: Recent Research and Applications Michael A. Cohen, Recent Results in Neural Models of Speech and Language Perception and Recognition Judith E. Dayhoff, Applications of Temporal and Molecular Structures in Neural Systems Walter Daugherty, A Partially Self-Training System for the Protein Folding Problem Kunihiko Fukushima, Improvement of the Neocognitron and the Selective Attention Model Armin Fuchs, Brain Signals during Qualitative Changes in Patterns of Coordinated Movements Stephen Grossberg, Learning, Recognition, Reinforcement, Attention, and Timing in a Thalamo-Cortico-Hippocampal Model Dan Hammerstrom, Whither Electronic Neurocomputing? R. Hecht-Nielsen, Towards a General Theory of Data Compression James C. Houk, Spatiotemporal Patterns of Activity in an In Vitro Recurrent Network Mitsuo Kawato, Existence of an Inverse Dynamics Model in the Cerebellum Teuvo Kohonen, Boosting the Computing Power in Pattern Recognition by Unconventional Architectures S.Y. Kung, On Training Temporal Neural Networks Michael Kuperstein, Neural Controller for Catching Moving Objects in 3-D Daniel Levine, A Gated Dipole Architecture for Multi-Drive, Multi- Attribute Decision Making Erkki Oja, Nonlinear PCA: Algorithms and Applications Michael P. Perrone, Learning from what's been Learned: Supervised Learning in Multi-Neural Network Systems Michael T. Posner, Tracing Network Processes in Real Time with Scalp Electrodes Robert Sekuler, Perception of Motion: How the Brain Manages Those Thousand Points of Light John G. Taylor, M Forms of Memory Thomas P. Vogl, From Electrophysiology to a Stable Associative Learning Algorithm Allen Waxman, Rats, Robots, Monkeys and Missiles: Neural Pathways in Robot Intelligence Paul J. Werbos, Supervised Learning: Can We Escape from its Local Optimum? Bernard Widrow, Adaptive Signal Processing Shuji Yoshizawa, Dynamics and Capacity of Neural Models of Associative Memory Hussein Youssef, Comparison of Several Neural Networks in Nonlinear Dynamic System Modeling Lotfi A. Zadeh, Soft Computing, Fuzzy Logic and the Calculus of Fuzzy Graphs GENERAL CHAIR: George G. Lendaris MAIN PROGRAM CHAIRS: Stephen Grossberg and Bart Kosko SME/INNS TRACK PROGRAM CHAIRS: Kenneth Marko and Bernard Widrow IFSA/INNS TRACK PROGRAM CHAIRS: Ronald Yager and Paul Werbos COOPERATING SOCIETIES CHAIR: Mark Kon INNS OFFICERS: President: Harold Szu President-Elect: Walter Freeman Past President: Paul Werbos Executive Director: Morgan Downey BOARD OF GOVERNORS: Shun-ichi Amari Richard Andersen James A. Anderson Andrew Barto Gail Carpenter Leon Cooper Judith Dayhoff Kunihiko Fukushima Lee Giles Stephen Grossberg Mitsuo Kawato Christof Koch Teuvo Kohonen Bart Kosko C. von der Malsburg David Rumelhart John Taylor Bernard Widrow Lotfi Zadeh FOR REGISTRATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: WCNN'93 Talley Management Group 875 Kings Highway, Suite 200 West Deptford, NJ 08096 Tel: (609) 845-1720 FAX: (609) 853-0411 e-mail: registration@wcnn93.ee.pdx.edu Please do not reply to this account. Please use the telephone number, fax number, U.S. Mail address, or email address listed above. ********** I.C.1. Fr: Nancy Gusack, IR-L Moderator Re: UC Berkeley School of Library and Information Studies Resolution adopted by the Academic Planning Board, February 24, 1993: In view of the importance of the general, but as yet diffuse and undefined field of information science; of concern whether the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) in its present form is the most appropriate instrument for making the campus a leader in the field; of the peer review reports calling for either a substantial increase in support or closure of the School; and of the current budgetary emergency, the APB recommends -that the campus recognize the field of Information Science and Information Studies as vital for its mission; -that the present program, organization, and structure of the field on the campus undergo substantial redirection and reorganization; -that, in furtherance of these changes, a Planning Group be established consisting of some tenured members of SLIS, the University Librarian, the Vice Provost of Information Systems and Technology, representatives of Computer Science and Public Policy, information managers outside the University, and others as appropriate, with the Provost of Professional Schools and Colleges as chair, and that the Group be charged with developing a viable definition of the field and an administrative and programmatic structure suitable for establishment at Berkeley. -that the Planning Group consult widely within and outside the University, including the Advisory Committee to SLIS, and the appropriate Area Review Panels of the Academic Programs Working Group, as a help in defining the field, identifying possible recruits, and locating external resources and support; -that given the current financial emergency and future budgetary prospects, which imply permanent reduction in state support for the campus, the Planning Group be directed to work within existing internal resources augmented by additional support from external sources; -that the Planning Group give consideration to collaboration with programs at UCLA and San Jose State University; -that the Planning Group submit a report, which may be preliminary, to the APB in time for consideration at its November meeting; -that, meanwhile, admission to the School be suspended and campus support of the School be limited to its present level. ********************************************************** II. QUERIES II.B.1. Fr: Knut Hofland Re: Query: Automatic Identification of Thesaural Relations? Is there any work being done on the automatic identification of thesaural relations? Bibliographic references would be appreciated. The work of Hearst and Justeson on the disambiguation of such relations is already known of. Knut Hofland Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities, Harald Haarfagres gt. 31, N-5007 Bergen, Norway Phone: +47 5 212954/5/6, Fax: +47 5 322656, E-mail: knut@x400.hd.uib.no ********************************************************** IV. PROJECT WORK IV.D.1. Fr: Barbara Yung Re: Survey: Computer Networks and Education To Those Who Use Computer Mediated Communication For Teaching/Learning Activities. I am a student in Communication at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Canada, and am conducting research into how educators and learners use computer networks [email, Internet, BBS, Computer Conferencing, Muses, etc] for education. I am interested to hear from you about how networks are used [curricular applications and learning approaches/designs] and what are some of the critical issues users have encountered using such networks. I would also like to learn about the educational outcomes associated with using computer networks in all levels of education. If you are interested and/or have experienced in this field, please answer the following questions and reply to my email address. I would protect the anonymity of the respondents and report findings only in a general summary. If you would like, I will send you a copy of my final report. Thank you kindly for participating. QUESTIONNAIRE Please indicate: i. Your role Teacher/Instructor/Faculty [ ] Student [ ] ii. What school level do you use networking? Kindergarten [ ] Elementary School [ ] High School [ ] College [ ] University [ ] Distance Education [ ] Adult Education [ ] iii. Your gender: Female [ ] Male [ ] iv. The city and country where you live [ ] v. Number of years of experience you have using computer networks and education [ ] QUESTIONS 1. How do you use computer networks for teaching/learning? [i.e. totally online course delivery? adjunct mode? linking classrooms? non-credit courses? exchange of assignments? access to teachers?] 2. Which course[s] have you taught/taken using computer networks? 3. Which medium is used to conduct the course[s]? [i.e. email, computer conferencing, Muses ...] List all that you use, indicating how they are used and which is used most extensively. 4. What educational benefits do computer networks offer teachers and/or students? 5. What are the major problems experienced by teachers and/or students in computer networks? Are these problems common [if not, what are common problems]? 6. Is Computer Mediated Communication [CMC] more suited to some courses than others? Please explain your answer. 7. Is CMC more suited to some learning approaches than others? Please explain. 8. What teaching/learning approach[es] have you found most effective? 9. In your experience, is CMC different from conventional classroom setting? Please explain. [i.e. in terms of design, role of teacher, role of learner, outcomes etc] 10. Has computer networks changed the way you view education? Please explain. 11. What are the most significant educational outcomes of computer networking? Thank you very much for your participation. Please pass this questionnaire on to others who are involved in educational applications of computer networks. Barbara Yung Simon Fraser University barbaray@sfu.ca ********** IV.D.2. Fr: Timothy Finin Re: The White House Communication Project When I saw the message below, I thought that this group might have some good ideas on how the Clinton administration might do something sensible with a flood of email correspondence. Perhaps incoming email messages could be automatically categorized into several dozen categories using a combination of IR and NLP techniques. Each category would be processed by a human staffer. Responding to messages in some categories would be easy, since most of the messages would be offering opinions for or against a hot issue (e.g. Gays in the military) or in some way be easy to characterize. Responding to such messages might include having the staffer select one of a few standard replies for 95% of these messages. What would be needed, I think, it the ability to reorganize and redefine the categories rapidly, perhaps every month, as the issues and concerns of the public change. This is where the problem begins to differ from the MUC/TIPSTER one. - - ------- Start of forwarded message ------- From: sackman@plains.nodak.edu (Gleason Sackman) To: com-priv@psi.com Subject: The White House Communication Project (fwd) Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 09:43:24 -0600 (CST) FYI: - - - ---------- Text of forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 10:04:25 EST From: "Vickie.Banks" <21602VB@msu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list EDTECH Subject: The White House Communication Project (fwd) - - ----------( Forwarded letter 1 follows )---------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1993 22:55:18 GMT Sender: Computers and Society ARPA Digest From: Shellie Emmons Organization: University of Illinois Subject: The White House Communication Project I am currently involved in a research project that is trying to aid the Clinton Administration in making effective use of computer-mediated communication to stay "in touch" with the public. Our coordinator has gotten in touch with Jack Gill, Director of Electronic Publishing and Public Access Electronic Mail for the Clinton Administration, and he (Gill) has embraced the efforts of the research group to lend a helping hand to this task. Some questions he has posed to the researchers include the following: (1) When you get thousands of messages a day, how do you respond effectively? (2) How do you make a public e-mail system inclusive and accessible? (3) What would happen if e-mail became the primary mode of(mediated) access to government? We would appreciate any insights and suggestions of possible solutions to these questions. Shellie Emmons sme46782@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu ********************************************* Resent to EDTECH by: Vickie L. 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