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IRList Digest           Monday, 11 Nov 1985      Volume 1 : Issue 21 

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   Listing - NSF Information Awards in 1984 

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From: fox (Ed Fox) 
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 85 18:00:11 est 
Subject: SIGIR Forum Fall 85 - List of 1984 Information Awards of NSF 

		I. INFORMATION SCIENCE PROGRAM 
Bolt Beranek & Newman 
 User Goals as a Basis for an Intelligent System's Ability to Understand  Ill- 
Formed Input--Weischedel, Ralph 

Brandeis Univ. 
 Information Structure of a Natural Language Lexicon--Jackendoff, Ray 

Brown Univ. 
 Cognitive Applications of Matrix Memory Models--Anderson, James A. 

Univ. of CA-Berkeley 
 Evaluating a Knowledge  Representation  for  Planning  and  Natural  Language 
Understanding--Wilensky, Robert 

Univ. of CA-Berkeley 
 Management of Uncertainty in Expert Systems--Zadeh, Lotfi 

Univ. of CA-Los Angeles 
 Studies in the Organization of Information Structures--Pearl, Judea 

Carnegie-Mellon Univ. 
 Structures for Plan-based Tutoring:  Applications to Geometry--Anderson, John 

Carnegie-Mellon Univ. 
Optimal Query Processing in a Distributed Data  Base  Management  System  with 
Data Fragmentation--Kellner, Marc 

Colgate Univ. 
 Knowledge-Based Multilingual Machine Translation--Tucker, Allen B. 

Columbia Univ. 
 Conjunction-Hierarchies in Structures of Arguments--Harris, Zellig S. 

Columbia Univ. 
 The Structure of Information in Science:  Fact Formulas and Discussion Struc- 
tures in Related Subsciences--Parsons, Charles 

Columbia Univ. 
 Information and Complexity--Traub, Joseph F. 

Cornell Univ. 
 Advanced Models for Information Retrieval--Salton, Gerard 

Univ. of Denver 
 A New Data Structure for Text Processing and Pattern Recognition--Blumer, An- 
selm 

Duke University 
 Workshop on Transportable Natural Language Processing,  Durham,  NC,  October 
1984--Ballard, Bruce W. 

 Florida State Univ. 
 Analysis and Modeling of Imprecise Information  in  Uncertain  Environments-- 
Kandel, Abraham 

Georgia Inst. of Tech. 
 Extracting  Information  from  Experience:    Experience-Driven   Incremental 
Learning--Kolodner, Janet L. 

Georgia State Univ. 
 An Intelligent Index of Problem-Solving Tools--Whalen, Thomas H. 

Harvard Univ. 
 Studies on Natural and Artificial Visual Categories--Herrnstein, Richard J. 

Harvard Univ. 
 A  Comparative  Approach  to  Natural  and  Artificial   Visual   Information 
Processing--Herrnstein, Richard J. 

Harvard Univ. 
 Fundamental Information Issues in the Theory of Measurement--Luce, R. Duncan 

Univ. of Ill.-Urbana 
 Explanatory Schema Acquisition--DeJong, Gerald 

Indiana Univ. Foundation 
 Value and Effectiveness of Information as Related to Decision-Making--Yovits, 
Marshall C. 

Iona College 
 Dynamic Theory of Expertise:  Multimodel Approach--Nowakowska, Maria 

Univ. of Kansas 
 Belief Functions and Fuzzy Sets--Shafer, Glenn 

Lehigh Univ. 
 Computer Selection of Search Words for  Text  Searching  Retrieval--O'Connor, 
John J. 

Louisiana State Univ. 
 Travel to the International Conference on Research and Development in  Infor- 
mation Retrieval:  Cambridge, England on July 2-6, 1984--Kraft, Donald H. 

Univ. of Maryland 
 Knowledge Representation and Measures for Relational Experiential Data  Base- 
-Ligomenides, Panos A. 

Univ. of Maryland 
 Artificial  Intelligence,   Parallel   Logic   Programming,   and   Deductive 
Databases--Minker, Jack 

Univ. of Maryland 
 Workshop on Human and Machine Vision, Montreal, Canada,  August  1-3,  1984-- 
Rosenfeld, Azriel 

MIT 
 Information-Preserving Dynamics--Fredkin, Edward 

MIT 
 Natural  Computation:   A  Computational  Approach  to   Visual   Information 
Processing--Richards, Whitman A. 

Univ. of MA-Amherst 
 Heuristic Reasoning about Uncertainty:  An Artificial Intelligence  Approach- 
-Cohen, Paul 

Univ. of MA-Amherst 
 Presidential Young Investigator Award--Lehnert, Wendy G. 

Univ. of MA-Amherst 
 Information Representations for Text Summarization--Lehnert, Wendy G. 

Univ. of Miami 
 Workshop on the Application of Supercomputers to  Information  Science,  Dec. 
5-7, 1984--Hertz, David B. 

NLM/SRI 
 Natural Language Access to Text--Hobbs, Jerry 

U.S. Naval Academy 
 Joint Applications of the Theory of Semi-groups and the Theory of Fuzzy  Sets 
to Problems in Computerized Pattern Recognition--Lerner, Bao-Ting 

Office of Naval Research 
 Committee on Human Factors--Maleck, Gerald S. 

Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln 
 The Processing  of  Visual  Information  from  Displays  Containing  Multiple 
Elements--Flowers, John H. 

New Mexico State Univ. 
 Analysis of Uncertainty in Knowledge Representation--Nguyen, Hung T. 

New York Univ. 
 Language as a Database Structure--Sager, Naomi 

Ohio State Univ. 
 Application of the Knowledge Based System Approach to Operational Problems of 
Engineering--Miller, Don W. 

Oregon Graduate Center 
 Presidential Young Investigator Award--Maier, David 

Penn. State Univ. 
 Computer Assisted Studies of Structure-Property Relationships--Jordan, Joseph 

Univ. of PA 
 Extended Natural Language Interaction with Database  Systems--Webber, Bonnie L. 

Purdue Univ. 
 Research on Inference Procedures with Uncertainty--Fu, King Sun 

Rutgers Univ. 
 Toward a Flexible User Interface to Relational Database Systems--Rozenshtein, 
David 

Rutgers Univ. 
 Information Processing Analysis of Human Understanding  of  Action  Sequences 
and Computational Traces--Schmidt, Charles 

San Francisco State Univ. 
 A  Normative  Approach  to  Some  Issues  in  the  Theory  of   Computational 
Linguistics--Ovchinnikov, Serge 

Univ. of South Carolina 
 Information Retrieval from Normal Mixtures--Bezdek, James C.   Univ.  of  So. 
Calif. 
 Research on Constructive Characterization  of  Text--Mann,  William  C.   SRI 
International 
 Research   Toward   Computer   Implemented   Natural    Language    Systems-- 
Configurational Variation--Robinson, Jane 

Stanford Univ. 
 Representation and Use of Causal Relationships for Inference from  Databases- 
 Blum, Robert L. 

 
Stanford Univ. 
 Information Structure and Use in  Knowledge-Based  Expert  Systems--Buchanan, 
Bruce G. 

Stanford Univ.  fR Toward Automated Natural Language Processing:  Phrase Link- 
ing Grammars for Syntax and Semantics--Peters, Stanley 

SUNY at Binghamton 
 Possibilistic Information:  Theory and Applicability--Klir, George J. 

Syracuse Univ. 
 Impact of Anaphoric Resolution in Information Retrieval--Katzer, Jeffrey 

Syracuse Univ. 
 Research  on  Information  Retrieval:   Document  Representation  Information 
Systems---Katzer, Jeffrey 

Tantalus, Inc. 
 Application of the Maximum Entropy Principle to Optimal Retrieval  from  Very 
Large Databases--Kantor, Paul B. 

Univ. of TX-Arlington 
 Collabor. Resarch:  Development of Retrieval  Principles  and  Languages  for 
Fuzzy Databases--Buckles, Billy 

Univ. of TX-Arlington 
 Travel to Sino-American Conference on Fuzzy Sets, July  14-21,  1984,  Peking 
PRC--Buckles, Billy P. 

Univ. of TX-Austin 
 Representation and Query Logic for a Text Knowledge  System--Simmons, Robert F. 

Thinking Machines Corp. 
 Workshop on Theories of Complexity:  Common Frontiers  of  Physics,  Biology, 
and Computation--Wolfram, Stephen 

Tulane University 
 Collabor. Resarch:  Development of Retrieval  Principles  and  Languages  for 
Fuzzy Databases 

Tulane Univ. 
 Methodology and Evaluation of Specialized Information Extraction from  Scien- 
tific Texts--Reeker, Larry H. 

Yale Univ. 
 Problem Solving Strategies in Computer Program Generation and  Comprehension- 
 Adelson, Beth 

Yale Univ. 
 Mapping Between  Programmer's  Conceptualizations  and  Programming  Language 
Constructs--Soloway, Elliot M. 

 
                            II. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
Aerodyne Research 
 Holographic Display-Phase II--Caulfield, H. John 

Univ. of Calif-LA 
Computer-Based Systems for Problem Structuring--Pearl, Judea 

U/CA-Santa Barbara 
 Constructing  a  Self-Modifying  Knowledge-Based   Geographical   Information 
System-Smith Terence R. 

Carnegie-Mellon Univ. 
 Experiments on Interactive Exploration and Modification  of  Data  and  Model 
Structrures--Morgan, M. Granger 

Dartmouth College 
 Acquisition of Expertise in the Revision of Written  Texts--Beal,  Carole  R. 
Univ. of Florida 
 Advanced Information  Technology  for  Document  Processing--Tou,  Julius  T. 
Lehigh Univ. 
 Novel-Purpose Retrieval from Administrative Archives--Hillman, Donald J. 

MIT 
 Guided Computing and Graphics for Modeling in the Social Sciences--Kuh, Edwin 

Nat. Acad. of Sciences 
 Partial Support of the Numerical Data Advisory Board and  the  U.S.  National 
Committee  for  the Committee on Data for Science and Technology USSC/CODATA-- 
Carter, Gesina C. 

Perceptronics, Inc. 
 Decision Making in Information Retrieval--Fischoff, Baruch 

Relational Tech., Inc. 
 Managing Text as Data--Kooi, Robert 

 Resources Planning Assoc. 
 Low-Cost Digitizing of Color  Imagery  for  Cartographic  Analysis  Systems-- 
French, Peter N. 

Rutgers Univ. 
 Exploration of Problem  Reformulation  and  Strategy  Acquisition--Sridharan, 
Natesa S. 

So. Methodist Univ. 
 Interaction of Queries with  User  Profiles--Korfhage,  Robert  R.   Stanford 
Univ. 

Stanford Univ. 
Information Processing of Graphic Displays--Bower, Gordon H. 

Stanford Univ. 
 Theoretical Basis for the Development of Document Preparation Systems--Knuth, 
Donald E. 

SUNY-Buffalo 
 Selection of Image Features for Machine Vision-Walters, Deborah K. 

Va. Poly. Inst. 
 Structure of Human-Computer Interaction--Hartson, H. Rex 

 

                          III. INFORMATION IMPACT PROGRAM 
Univ. of Arizona 
 The Role of Expertise in Human Information Processing and Decision  Behavior- 
-Northcraft, Gregory B. 

Calif. Inst. of Tech. 
 A Laboratory Experiment of Investigation of Institutional Influence on Polit- 
ical Economic Processes--Plott, Charles P. 

 Univ. of Calif.-Berkeley 
 Information and Incentive Issues in the Theory of Iterative Resource  Alloca- 
tion Mechanisms--Marschak, Thomas A. 

Univ. of CA.-Berkeley 
 Occupational Segregation Among Information Professionals--Van House, Nancy 

 
Univ. of Calif.-Irvine 
 A Longitudinal Analysis of the Social  Impact  of  Computing  in  the  Home-- 
Vitalari, Nicholas P. 

Carnegie-Mellon Univ. 
 Oligopoly with Private Information--Palfrey, Thomas 

Cornell Univ. 
 Transactions, Intermediaries, and the  Transmission  of  Information--O'Hara, 
Maureen 

CUNY 
 Micro-Computers and Social Networks--Kadushin, Charles 

Georgetown Univ. 
 Support of Twelfth Annual Telecommunications Resarch Conference, Airlie,  VA, 
April 23-26, 1984--Cooke, Wilhelmina R. 

Univ. of Hawaii 
 Tracking and Optimality in Managerial Decision Making--Remus, William 

Univ. of Hawaii 
 Research Workshop on Economics of Telecommunications, Information  and  Media 
Activities  in  Industrial  Countries April 30 through May 2, 1984--Snow, Mar- 
cellus S.   

Hofstra Univ. 
Studies in Orbit Spectrum Economics--Levin, Harvey J. 

Univ. of Houston 
Information Impact and Information Processing in Common Value  Auctions:   Ex- 
perimental and Theoretical Investigations--Kagel, J.H. 

King Research, Inc. 
 Statistical Indicators of  Scientific  and  Technical  Communication  in  the 
U.S.--King, Donald W. 

MIT 
 The Determinants of Information Technology Standards--Sirbu, Marvin A. 

Univ. of Mich.-Ann Arbor 
 The Demand for Information by Rational Agents and  the  Information  Market-- 
Blume, Lawrence E. 

Univ. of Minnesota 
 Comparison and Analysis of Systems and Techniques of Economic  Organizations- 
-Hurwicz, Leonard 

Univ. of Minnesota 
 Information Flows Intrinsic to the Stability of Economic  Equilibria--Jordan, 
James S. 

New York Univ. 
 A  Study  of  Productivity   Performance   and   Scientific   and   Technical 
Information--Baumol, William J. 

Northwestern Univ. 
 Computational Complexity of Resource Allocation Mechanisms--Reiter, Stanley 

Univ. of Pennsylvania 
 Alternative Representations of Information in  Microeconomic  Systems--Allen, 
Beth E. 

Univ. of Pennsylvania 
 Studies in the Economics of Asymmetric  Information  in  Financial  Markets-- 
Kihlstrom, Richard E. 

Univ. of Pennsylvania 
 Industrial Robots in Japan and the United States:  The Diffusion  and  Impact 
of a Major Application of Information Technology--Mansfield, Edwin 

Univ. of Pennsylvania 
 Optimal Contracting with Asymmetric Information--Riordan, Michael H. 

Univ. of Pennsylvania 
 Collabor. Research:   Information,  Decentralization  and  Expertise  in  the 
Multi-Agent Organization--Sappington, David 

Princeton Univ. 
 Information, Innovation, and Market Structure--Stiglitz, Joseph E. 

Stanford Univ. 
 Collabor. Research:   Information,  Decentralization  and  Expertise  in  the 
Multi-Agent Organization--Demski, Joel S. 

Stanford Univ. 
 Strategic Analysis of Markets Under Incomplete  Information--Roberts, Donald J. 

SUNY-Stony Brook 
  The New Uses of Information:  Impacts in Organizations --Rule, James B. 

Texas A&M Univ. 
 Price  Dispersion  and  Information  Aggregation  in  Experimental  Markets-- 
Battalio, Raymond C. 

Yale Univ. 
 On the Role of Information in a Production Organization--Milgrom, Paul 

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