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IRList Digest Volume 3 Number 28
IRList Digest Monday, 24 August 1987 Volume 3 : Issue 28
Today's Topics:
Email - Query on addresses for IRlist submissions
Query - Data compression package for IBM PC?
Reply - Help re D. Sherman query: Browser V.244+
Discussion - Correction on UCLA zip code in V3 #25
Announcement - ACM Transactions on Office Inf. Systems contents V5#2
- ISI Grapher: an update
Call for Papers - ACL 1988 Annual Conference
News addresses are ARPANET: fox%vtopus.cs.vt.edu@relay.cs.net
BITNET: foxea@vtvax3.bitnet CSNET: fox@vt UUCPNET: fox@vtopus.uucp
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Date: Sun, 23 Aug 87 20:55:54 EDT
From: dws@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Don W. Saklad)
Subject: posting
To which address do you submit postings, they don't seem to get through.
[Note: I have changed the addresses at the top of each digest, to
what I hope is a very reliable list. Our ARPANET connection is
working but changes to our software and mail handling routines still
have to be completed before they will be usable, so I have listed
an address that goes through csnet-relay. Seismo and vtisr1 will
not be usable by us beginning in a few days, so I have removed mention of
them. I hope to begin sending IRList out using BITNET list handling
support, so there may be some problems in the next few weeks as I
change addresses etc. Please let me know if you have any specific
difficulties or do not receive mail for a long period. - Ed]
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 87 15:49:34 EDT
From: seismo!UDEL.EDU!Brady
Subject: query for IRList
What are good data compression packages that run on the
IBM PC family? I will summarize replies and send back to
the net.
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joe brady
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Date: 11 Aug 87 05:57 EDT
From: science@nems.ARPA (Mark Zimmermann)
Subject: RE: help re David Sherman's query
I am working on developing software to let users index and then
browse completely free, unstructured text files of arbitrary size.
As mentioned on IRList some months ago, a version of this is now
available on the Macintosh, "Browser v.244+" (just send me s.a.s.e.
and Mac disk; foreigners need only send a note with their address).
I now have preliminary versions of indexing/browsing programs
now in C, which seem to work on VAX and Sun systems as well as on
the Mac. Indexing rate is > 2 MB/hour typically; temporary disk
space of 5-6 times the size of the input text is required, but when
the index is sorted and squeezed the final space requirement is
only about 80% of the text size. The browser lets a user
scan through a complete inverted index to every word in the original
document, showing number of occurrences ... when a good word is found
in the index, a keystroke jumps into a key-word-in-context display
of the occurrences of that word, and from there a keystroke gets you
into the original text ... program currently includes facilities for
taking notes in a separate file, for spooling copies of retrieved text
into the notes file, etc. I plan to add proximity searching soon.
The index structure is exceedingly simple and should make it possible
to add other tools for correlating, clustering, etc.
If interested, let me know and I will send copies of source code
in C ... programs are heavily commented and occupy 20-30 kB each.
I am not very good at sending msgs across net boundaries, so if you
don't receive a reply from me, keep trying.
^z (Mark Zimmermann, science@nems.arpa, 9511 Gwyndale Dr.,
Silver Spring, MD 20910; tel. 301-565-2166)
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 87 12:41 PDT
From: IIN4CLB@UCLAMVS
Subject: wrong UCLA zip code
Ed, as Jeff suttor just pointed out to me, I gave the wrong
zip code for UCLA: 90034 when it should be 90024 ...
Thanks for putting in a brief correction.
[Note: this refers to IRlist V3 #25 msg - Ed]
thanks!
Chris
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 87 10:19:48 edt
From: "Robert B. Allen" <rba@flash.bellcore.com>
Subject: Contents of ACM TOOIS
ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems
Vol. 5#2
Malone, T.W., Grant, K.R. Lai, K-Y., Rao, R., and Rosenblitt, D.
Semistructured messages are surprisingly useful for computer-supported coordination.
Delise, N. and Schwartz, M.
Contexts - A partioning concept for hypertext
Greif, I. and Sarin, S.
Data sharing in group work.
Stefik, M., Bobrow, D.G., Foster, G., Lanning, S., and Tatar, D.
WYSIWIS Revised: Early experiences with multiuser interfaces.
Cook, P., Ellis, C.E., Graf, M., Rein, G., and Smith, T.
Project Nick: Meetings augmentation and analysis.
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Date: Fri, 7 Aug 87 22:27 EDT
From: Gabriel Robins <gabriel@vaxa.isi.edu>
Subject: The ISI Grapher: an Update
[Extracted from NL-KR Digest (8/14/87 12:01:47) Volume 3 Number 11 - Ed]
============================================================================
AI/Graphics tool announcement:
"The ISI Grapher: a Portable Tool for Displaying Graphs Pictorially"
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Greetings,
Due to the considerable interest drawn by the ISI Grapher so far, I am
posting this abstract summarizing its function and current status, as well
as some new information regarding same. This posting is also for the benefit
of those who missed the first announcement or who are new to the AIList.
We are now able to satisfy European and other foreign requests, so
even if you are not a U.S.-based researcher or company, you may now have
the sources.
I will be giving an invited talk on the ISI Grapher in Symboliikka '87,
Helsinki, Finland, August 17, 1987. The paper describing this effort is
now available (for free) to all: it is entitled: "The ISI Grapher: a Portable
Tool for Displaying Graphs Pictorially."
The CommonLisp sources are also available (for free to all entities who
receive DARPA funds, and for a small fee to all others). It currently runs
on Symbolics versions 6, 7, and 7.1, and on TI Explorers versions 2 & 3.
Efforts are currently underway to port it to other machines.
If you would like the paper and/or the sources, please forward your postal
address to "gabriel@vaxa.isi.edu" or to:
Gabriel Robins
Intelligent Systems Division
Information Sciences Institute
4676 Admiralty Way
Marina Del Rey, Ca 90292-6695
U.S.A.
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The ISI Grapher
August, 1987
Gabriel Robins
Intelligent Systems Division
Information Sciences Institute
The ISI Grapher is a set of functions that convert an arbitrary graph
structure (or relation) into an equivalent pictorial representation and
displays the resulting diagram. Nodes and edges in the graph become boxes and
lines on the workstation screen, and the user may then interact with the
Grapher in various ways via the mouse and the keyboard.
The fundamental motivation which gave birth to the ISI Grapher is the
observation that graphs are very basic and common structures, and the belief
that the ability to quickly display, manipulate, and browse through graphs may
greatly enhance the productivity of a researcher, both quantitatively and
qualitatively. This seems especially true in knowledge representation and
natural language research.
The ISI Grapher is both powerful and versatile, allowing an
application-builder to easily build other tools on top of it. The ISI NIKL
Browser is an example of one such tool. The salient features of the ISI
Grapher are its portability, speed, versatility, and extensibility. Several
additional applications were already built on top of the ISI Grapher,
providing the ability to graph lists, flavors, packages, divisors, functions,
and Common-Loops classes.
Several basic Grapher operations may be user-controlled via the specification
of alternate functions for performing these tasks. These operations include
the drawing of nodes and edges, the selection of fonts, the determination of
print-names, pretty-printing, and highlighting operations. Standard
definitions are already provided for these operations and are used by default
if the application-builder does not override them by specifying his own
custom-tailored functions for performing the same tasks.
The ISI Grapher now spans about 100 pages of CommonLisp code. The 120-page
ISI Grapher manual is available; this manual describes the general ideas, the
interface, the application-builder's back-end, the algorithms, the
implementation, and the data structures. A shorter paper is also available,
and includes hardcopy samples of the screen during execution. The ISI Grapher
presently runs on both Symbolics (versions 6, 7, & 7.1) and TI Explorer
workstations (versions 2 & 3); ports to other machines are underway.
If you are interested in more information, the sources themselves, or just
the paper/manual, please feel free to forward your postal address to
"gabriel@vaxa.isi.edu" or write to "Gabriel Robins, Information Sciences
Institute, 4676 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, Ca 90292-6695 U.S.A."
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 87 23:17:22 edt
From: Don Walker <walker@flash.bellcore.com>
Subject: ACL 1988 Annual Conference CALL FOR PAPERS
CALL FOR PAPERS
26th Annual Meeting
of the
Association for Computational Linguistics
7-10 June 1988
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
TOPICS OF INTEREST: Papers are invited on substantial, original, and
unpublished research on all aspects of computational linguistics,
including, but not limited to, pragmatics, discourse, semantics,
syntax, and the lexicon; phonetics, phonology, and morphology;
interpreting and generating spoken and written language; linguistic,
mathematical, and psychological models of language; machine translation
and translation aids; natural language interfaces; message
understanding systems; and theoretical and applications papers of every
kind.
REQUIREMENTS: Papers should describe unique work that has not been
submitted elsewhere; they should emphasize completed work rather than
intended work; and they should indicate clearly the state of completion
of the reported results.
FORMAT FOR SUBMISSION: Authors should submit twelve copies of an
extended abstract not to exceed eight double-spaced pages (exclusive of
references) in a font no smaller than 10 point (elite). The title page
should include the title, the name(s) of the author(s), complete
addresses, a short (5 line) summary, and a specification of the topic
area. Submissions that do not conform to this format will not be
reviewed. Send to:
Jerry R. Hobbs
ACL88 Program Chair
Artificial Intelligence Center
SRI International
333 Ravenswood Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
415:859-2229; hobbs@warbucks.ai.sri.com
SCHEDULE: Papers are due by 4 January 1988. Authors will be notified
of acceptance by 8 February. Camera-ready copies of final papers
prepared in a double-column format, either on model paper or in a
reduced font size using laserprinter output, must be received by 4
April along with a signed copyright release statement.
OTHER ACTIVITIES: The meeting will include a program of tutorials
organized by Ralph Grishman, Computer Science Department, New York
University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA; 212:460-7492;
grishman@nyu.arpa. Anyone wishing to arrange an exhibit or present a
demonstration should send a brief description together with a
specification of physical requirements (space, power, telephone
connections, tables, etc.) to Lynda Spahr, Department of Computer
Science, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA; 716:636-2464 or 3181;
spahr@gort.cs.buffalo.edu, spahr@buffalo.csnet, spahr@sunybcs.bitnet,
or {ames,boulder,decvax,rutgers}!sunybcs!spahr.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Local arrangements are being handled by
William J. Rapaport (ACL), Department of Computer Science, SUNY Buffalo,
Buffalo, NY 14260, USA; 716:636-3193, 3180; rapaport@gort.cs.buffalo.edu,
rapaport@buffalo.csnet, rapaport@sunybcs.bitnet, or
{ames,boulder,decvax,rutgers}!sunybcs!spahr. For other information on
the conference and on the ACL more generally, contact Don Walker (ACL),
Bell Communications Research, 445 South Street, MRE 2A379, Morristown,
NJ 07960, USA; 201:829-4312; walker@flash.bellcore.com or
{ucbvax,decvax,allegra}!bellcore!walker.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Jared Bernstein, Roy Byrd, Sandra Carberry, Eugene
Charniak, Raymonde Guindon, Lynette Hirschman, Jerry Hobbs, Karen
Jensen, Lauri Karttunen, William Rounds, Ralph Weischedel, and Robert
Wilensky.
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