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IRList Digest Volume 1 Number 07
IRList Digest Thursday, 12 Sep 1985 Volume 1 : Issue 7
Today's Topics:
EMAIL - BITNET Change for IRList
Article - ACM SIGIR Chairman's Message
Call for Papers - JASIS
References - Tech Reports
- Recent Articles
Announcement - Program for ES in Govt Conf. (with IR sessions)
- Invitation to speak at Virginia Tech (on IR, etc.)
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From: "Edward A. Fox" <fox@vpi>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 85 18:02:02 est
Subject: BITNET sites please note change at Virginia Tech
[Note: Our BITNET and CSNET gateway machine just came up after 1 week,
so please forgive delay in sending this issue out.]
The BITNET node names for Virginia Tech will change on Sept. 15.
Whereas previously my address was fox@vpics1 it will then be fox@vtcs1.
This goes along with the popular trend, reinforced by sports
announcers and by the VT President, to refer to Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University by its other name, Virginia Tech.
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From: "V.J. Raghavan" <ihnp4!sask!regina!raghavan@UCB-VAX>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 85 21:25:15 cst
[Following is msg from Chairman of SIGIR that will appear in upcoming
issue of the Forum and so will be received by ACM SIGIR members. - Ed]
CHAIRMAN's MESSAGE
I would like to encourage you to participate in the activities of ACM-
SIGIR. The Forum is for all of us. You are all cordially welcome to contribute
regular papers, reviews, important news, etc. Some of you may like to specify
problems that have long-term interests, but without immediate solutions. The
problems should be stated in such a way that readers will understand the
various facets of the problems, their difficulties and their significance. I
am sure there are plenty of researchers who are looking for interesting
problems. Hopefully, this will rejuvenate our field.
IR overlaps with many fields: data base, artificial intelligence, office
automation, architecture, etc. Those of you who work in IR and in one or more
of the other fields may wish to initiate joint conferences or workshops. This
will bring new and exciting problems into our area and broaden our scope of
interests. Mike Lesk, our past chairman, is preparing a joint workshop with
SIGDOC on Document Generation Principles. If you are interested in initiating
joint ventures with other special interest groups, please let me know.
Our regular membership fee of $6 per year is one of the lowest among all
ACM SIGs (if not the lowest). Unfortunately though a very substantial overhead
charge is applied by ACM headquarters, and we are projecting a deficit. This
will force us to increase our membership fee. The amount of increase will be
determined when accurate financial data are available.
If you have any good ideas to improve ACM-SIGIR, feel free to contact me.
Clement Yu
ACM-SIGIR Chairman
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From: Don <kraft@LSU>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 85 14:27:02 cdt
To: IRlist@VPI
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l s s u u Department of Computer Science
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l s s u uu (504) 388-1495
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August 22, 1985
Dear IRlist Readers:
As the editor of the Journal of the American Society
for Information Science (JASIS), I am writing to request
that you consider submitting articles on your work to JASIS
for consideration for publication. I have attached a copy
of the "Scope of JASIS," which should show you the breadth
of coverage of the journal. I also need referees for arti-
cles as well as book reviewers; if you are willing to serve
as such, please send me your name, address, and a set of
keywords describing your areas of interest.
Thank you for your consideration of JASIS.
Sincerely yours,
Donald H. Kraft
Professor and Chairman
JASIS Editor
DHK:unix
Encl.
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Scope of JASIS
1. Theory of Information Science 4. Applied Information Science
Foundations of Information Science Informations systems design --
Information theory tools, principles, applications
Bibliometrics Case histories
Information retrieval -- Information system operations
models and principles Standards
Evaluation and measurement Information technology -- hardware
Representation, organization, and and software
classification of information Automation of information systems
Artificial intelligence and natural Online retrieval systems
language processing Office automation and records
management
2. Communication 5. Social and Legal Aspects of
Information
Theory of communication
Non-print media Impact of information systems and
Man-machine interaction technology upon society
Network design, operation, and Ethics and information
management Legislative and regulatory aspects
Models and empirical findings about History of information science
information transfer Information science education
User and usage studies International issues
3. Management, Economics, and Marketing
Economics of information
Management of information systems
Models of information management decisions
Marketing and market research studies
Special clientele -- arts and humanities,
behavioral and social sciences, biological
and chemical sciences, energy and environment,
legal, medical, and education.
Authors may also send in brief communications, scholarly
opinion pieces, and even letters to the editor.
Thank you again for your consideration of JASIS.
Donald Kraft
kraft%lsu@csnet-relay
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Date: 20 Aug 1985 21:44-EST
From: leff%smu.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
Subject: Recent Technical Reports
[Copied from AIList Digest V. 3 # 114. - Ed]
%A Robert Stepp
%T A Description and User's Guide for Cluster/2 A Program for
Conjunctive Conceptual Clustering
%R Department of Computer Science Report No. 1085
%I University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
%D FEB 1985
%A Richard Preston Hooper
%A Michel A. Melkanoff
%T An Application of Knowledge-Based Systems to Electronic Computer-Aided
Engineering, Design and Manufacturing Data Base Transport
%R CSD-850011
%I Computer Science Department, UCLA
%K IGES
%X describes a method of developing methodology for transferring databases
between CADCAM systems
There is a charge of $19.25 for this item
%A Geoffrey E. Hinton
%T Distributed Representation
%I Carnegie Mellon University Department of Computer Science
%D OCT 1984
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Date: 22 Aug 1985 02:23-EST
From: leff%smu.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
Subject: Recent Articles
[Copied from AIList Digest V. 3 # 114. - Ed]
%A I. Peterson
%T Conversing with Computers Naturally
%J Science News
%V 128
%D JUL 27, 1985
%N 4
%P 53
%K microcomputers natural language database Bozena H. Thompson
Frederick B. Thompson Microrim Savvy Caltech Natural Access System
%X discusses Intellect Microrim, and Savvy and a Natural Language System
developed by Bozena H. Thompson and Frederick B. Thompson for IBM PC's
%A Howard Morgan
%T The Microcomputer and Decision Support
%J ComputerWorld
%V 19
%N 33
%P 39-46
%D AUG 19, 1985
%K Lightyear microcomputer Expert-Ease
%X discusses the use of AI in MIS, particularly Light-Year and
Expert Systems in MIS on page 44 of this article.
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Date: 28 Aug 85 08:21:59 EDT (Wed)
From: Marshall D. Abrams <abrams@mitre.ARPA>
Subject: Program of Expert Systems in Government Symposium
[Extracted from AIList V 3 # 115 - only some of sessions are included
here for brevity. - Ed]
Following is a list of all the sessions and papers for the Expert
Systems in Government Symposium to be held October 24-25, 1985 at the
Tysons Westpark Hotel, McLean, VA. The symposium is sponsored by the
MITRE Corporation and the IEEE Computer Society. Two one-day tutorials
are scheduled for October 23rd: "Concepts of Knowledge Engineering" by
Kamran Parsaye and "Expert Systems Development" by Elaine Kant.
Additional information is available from abrams@mitre. A registration
form follows the session listing.
PANEL: FRONTIERS OF KBES: PRO & CON
MODERATOR: Dr. Marvin Denicoff, Thinking Machine, Inc.
Panelists:
PRO Prof. Chandrasekaran, Ohio State University PRO Dr. Neil
Pundit, DEC
CON Dr. Gary Martins, Intelligent S/W, Inc. CON Dr. John
Benoit, MITRE
MIDDLE Dr. Robert Milne, Pentagon MIDDLE Dr. Kamran Parsaye,
Intelliware
UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT
Vice_Chairman: Dr. North Fowler, RADC
Sessions_Chairman: Dr. Piero Bonissone, G.E.
"An Application of Fuzzy Reasoning to A
Confirmation/Disconfirmation Decision Making Algorithm," Joseph
A. Karakowski, U.S. Army
"An Expert System Based on a Stochastic Parallel Network," V.
Venkatasubramanian, Northeastern University
"Data Analysis Assisted by an Uncertainty Varying Expert System,"
Petr Hajek, Fred Neil Springsteel
"In Introduction to Fact Based Model Expert Systems," Sing Chi
Koo, Software Intelligence Lab, Inc.
INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM
Vice_Chairman: Prof Saj-Nicole Joni, Yale
Session_Chairman: Prof. Beverly Woolf, University of Mas-
sachusetts
"Intelligent Tutoring Using the Integrated Diagnostic Model: An
Expert System for Diagnosis and Repair," Howard R. Smith, Pamela
K. Fink, John C. Lusth, Southwest Research Institute
"An Informal Programming Language," Jeffery Bonar, William Weil,
University of Pittsburg
"Understanding Discourse Conventions in Tutoring," Beverly Woolf,
University of Massachusetts
"PRUST: An Automatic System Program Debugger," Lewis Johnson,
ISI
NEW DIRECTIONS IN KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION
Vice_Chairman: Dr. Bruce Bullock, Teknowledge
Session_Chairman: Ethan Scarl, The MITRE Corporation
"Artificial Intelligence for C:3:I: The Design and Development
of a Prototype Causal Schema Knowledge-Based System," Gerard W.
Hopple, Stanley M. Halpin, Defense Systems, Inc.
"Capturing Domain Primitives for Knowledge Engineering," R. Peter
Bonasso, The MITRE Corporation
"A Shared Knowledge Base for Independent Problem Solving Agents,"
Susan E. Conry, R.A. Meyer, J.E. Searleman, Clarkson College
"Research in the Applications of Expert Systems at the NASA
Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility," Eugene L. Duke, Victoria
A. Regeniek, NASA Ames Research Center
PANEL: INTELLIGENT COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION
MODERATOR: Dr. Jeff Bonar, LRDC/University of Pittsburg
Panelists:
1. Dr. Beverly Woolf, University of Massachusetts.
2. Dr. Joseph Psotka, PERI-IC, Army Research Institute
3. Prof Walker Schneider, University of Illinois
4. Prof. T. Govindraj, Georgia Instute of Technology
5. Dr. Stelan Ohlsson, University of Pittsburg
LANGUAGE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Vice_Chairman: Dr. Thomas London, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Session_Chairman: Dr. Kamran Parsaye, Intelliware, Inc.
"A Multicriteria Model to Select An Expert System Shell," Ernest
H. Forman, Thomas J. Nagy, The George Washington University
"Guess/1: A General Purpose Expert Systems Shell," Newton S.
Lee, John W. Roach, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
"Prolog for Expert Systems: An Evaluation," Richard Helm, Cath-
erine Lassez, Kim Marriott, University of Melbourne
"Evaluating the Existing Tools for Developing Expert Systems In
PC Environment," Animesh Karna and Amitabh Karna , Information
Technical Institutes
INTELLIGENT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL-1
Vice_Chairman: Dr. Roy Rada, National Library of Medicine
Session_Chairman: Dr. Brian McCune, Advanced Information & Deci-
sion Systems
"A Rule-Oriented Methodology for Constructing a Knowledge Base
from Natural Language Documents," Dr. Stan Matwin, University of
Ottawa
"Understanding Technical Documents and Graphics," R.P. Futrelle,
University of Illinois
"Information Retrieval Techniques In An Expert System for Foster
Care," Sheila G. Winett, Edward A. Fox, Virginia Polytechnic In-
stitute
"Cognitive Graphing & The Representation of Biomedical
Knowledge," G. Matthew Bonham, George J. Nozicka, F.N. Stokman,
The American University
INTELLIGENT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL-2
Vice_Chairman: Dr. Roy Rada, National Library of Medicine
Session_Chairman: Dr. Roy Rada, National Library of Medicine
"An Expert System for Document Retrieval," Bruce Croft, Roger H.
Thompson, University of Massachusetts
"Building A Knowledge Base Statistically," Hafedh Mili, Roy Rada,
George Washington University
"The Application of an Expert System for Information Retrieval at
the National Archives," Daniel DeSalvo, Jay Liebowitz, American
Management Systems, Inc.
"Intelligent Information Retrieval: Issues in User Modelling,"
Robert R. Korfhage, So. Methodist University
MEDICINE-1
Vice_Chairman: Prof. B. Chandrasekaran,
Session_Chairmen: Dr. R. Smith, Ohio State University
"A Deductive Inference & Associative Memory Retrieval," James A.
Reggia, University of Maryland
"An Expert Advisory System for Primary Eye Care in Developing
Countries," Jack H.. Ostroff, Chandler R. Dawson, John K.
Kastner, Sholom Weiss, Casimir A. Kulikowski, Kevin B. Kern,
Rutgers University
"Knowledge Representation for Knowledge Directed Data Retrieval,"
Jon Sticklen, Ohio State University
"Mapping Medical Knowledge Into the Conceptual Structure
Representation Language," Thomas C. Bylander, Ohio State Univer-
sity
MEDICINE-2
Vice_Chairman: Prof. Sholom Weiss, Rutgers University
Session_Chairmen: Dr. R. Smith, Ohio State University
"RED: A Classification & Abductive Inference Expert System,"
Jack W. Smith, Jr., Ohio State University
"Improved Retrieval Through Traversal of a Knowledge-Base," Ellen
Bicknell-Brown, Roy Rada, National Institutes of Health
"Semantic Network Representations for Neurological Diagnosis," S.
Srihari, Xiang, Chatkow, Shapiro, SUNY at Buffalo
"An Expert System for Interpretation of Cranial C.T. Scan Im-
ages," R. Kremar, S. Srihari, SUNY at Buffalo
INTELLIGENT INTERFACES
Vice_Chairman: Prof. Saj-Nicole Joni, Yale University
Session_Chairman: Prof. Beverly Woolf, University of Mas-
sachusetts
"A Knowledge Based Lab Assistant for a Computer Based Instruction
System," Larry Christensen, Gordon Stokes, Bill Hays, E. Dale
Coons, Brigham Young University
"The Cognitive Principles Underlying Software Design," B. Adel-
son, Yale University
"Tutoring Expertise: Human & Otherwise," David Littman, Jeannine
Pinto, Elliot Soloway, Yale University
"Application of Expert Systems to Training," David L. Young, Mys-
tech Associates, Inc.
This list of session was compiled 8/20/85 and is subject to further
correction.
send REGISTRATION to: Expert Systems Symposium
IEEE Computer Society
1730 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1903
prior to 10/1/85 late reg. surcharge
member non-member
tutorial $200 $250 $30
symposium $120 $160 $30
Give membership #, name, title, company, address, etc.
Blood type is optional (joke).
On-site registration may be limited. Call 202/371-0101 for latest
information on space availability.
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From: "Edward A. Fox" <fox@vpi>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 85 18:12:32 est
Subject: IR speakers sought this fall at Virginia Tech
The Dept. of Computer Science at Virginia Tech would like to invite
speakers for its fall (and winter, spring) graduate seminar series.
Talks are given Wedn. afternoons at 4 pm. Discussions on information
retrieval, computer networks, etc. are of particular interest.
Contact Dr. E. A. Fox at (703) 961-5113 or 6931 if you can come or
would like to recommend another. Blacksburg is in a beautiful area
of the country, on a plateau surrounded by mountains, near the
Jefferson National Forest, so fall is a particularly nice time to come!
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