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NL-KR Digest Volume 09 No. 15
NL-KR Digest (Thu Apr 2 10:45:22 1992) Volume 9 No. 15
Today's Topics:
Position: MT R&D in France
Talk: Communication of Info. in Large Organizations (Kass)
Talk: Connectionist Models of KR ... (Shastri)
CFP: 7th Int'l Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences
CFP: Third International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis
Announcement: IDIOMS Conference, The Netherlands
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
From: Jock McNaught <jock%ccl.umist.ac.uk@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU>
Subject: Job Opportunities: MT R&D in France
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 92 14:07:19 GMT
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
MACHINE TRANSLATION
R&D Opportunities
Within the framework of the EUROLANG project (100 Million ECU),
jointly managed by SITE, the European leader in multilingual,
multimedia technical documentation, and SIEMENS NIXDORF, one of
the major European corporations in the field of computer
technology, we are recruiting:
- Computational linguists with practical experience in writing computational
grammars and dictionaries (for English, German and French).
- Computational linguists with practical experience in the following fields:
. Machine translation
. Parsers / Generators
. Corpus analysis / Sublanguage methodologies / Terminology
Successful candidates will be based in Paris, France, at the R&D offices
of SITE. Several posts are available. Salaries shall be commensurate with
experience.
Applicants should have a good first degree and post-graduate
qualifications (or appropriate experience) in relevant fields, and should
preferably have good experience of relevant project work in industry or
academia. Experience of multilingual natural language processing would be
a distinct advantage.
EUROLANG is a EUREKA project involving a large European consortium of
major IT companies and well-known research institutes. Emphasis in the
project will be on the development of a commercial machine translation system,
appropriate support tools and large-scale linguistic resources, using
state-of-the-art technology. Thus, preference will be given to candidates
offering practical experience in the field and a commitment to working in an
industrial R&D environment.
Letters of application, including 2 copies of a Curriculum Vitae and the
names of two referees, should be sent to:
Simon Sabbagh
SITE
12, rue de Reims
F-94702 Maisons Alfort Cedex
FRANCE
from whom further details may be obtained.
SITE is an equal opportunities employer.
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John McNaught jock%ccl.umist.ac.uk@ean-relay.ac.uk
Centre for Computational jock%ccl.umist.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Linguistics jock%ccl.umist.ac.uk@ac.uk
UMIST jock@cclsun.uucp
PO Box 88
Sackville Street
Manchester, UK +44.61.200.3098 (direct)
M60 1QD
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 92 10:09:48 EST
From: finin@algol.cs.umbc.edu (Timothy Finin)
Subject: UMBC Colloq: Communication of Info. in Large Organizations (Kass)
Reply-To: finin@cs.umbc.edu
X-Organization: Computer Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
X-Address: UMBC, Baltimore MD 21228. 410-455-3522, fax: -3969
COLLOQUIUM -- COLLOQUIUM
Computer Science Department
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Intelligent Assistance for the Communication
of Information in Large Organizations
Robert Kass
EDS Center for Advanced Research
Ann Arbor, Michigan
kass@cmi.com
Paradoxically, the increased range of communication media and ever greater
bandwidth that have been an enabling factor in the development of large,
distributed organizations in the last century has also created a new
communication problem for such organizations. Because sending information
is so cheap, people have become so deluged with information that they find
it increasingly difficult to access the information they need---the amount
of irrelevant information available makes it difficult to find the relevant
information. In response, several researchers have built information
filtering systems that address this ``information overload'' problem.
However, information overload is only a symptom of a deeper communication
problem that affects large organizations. This comunication problem is
rooted in the lack of knowledge individuals have about the information needs
and knowledge of others in the organization. This lack of knowledge is
manifest as a ``Who do I tell?'' problem when senders of information don't
know who should receive their messages, and as a ``Who do I ask?'' problem
when seekers of information don't know where to look to find it.
In this talk I will discuss this communication problem and how it affects
large organizations in particular. Then, I will describe InVision, a
prototype system that addresses this communication problem in the context of
the engineering release process of a manufacturing organization. InVision
uses a domain model, models of the knowledge and information needs of
members of the organization, and a representation of message content to
address both the ``Who do I ask?'' and ``Who do I tell?'' problems. It can
be used as an aid to help message senders determine recipients for messages,
as an automatic release notice distributor, and as a ``Yellow Pages'' that
allows individuals to find people knowledgeable about parts in the domain
knowledge base. I will describe the architecture for the InVision system,
and focus in particular on the user modelling component that combines both
implicit and explicit acquisition methods to build models of the information
needs and knowledge of organization members.
1:00 pm Friday, April 17, 1991
Computer Science Department
Room 102 Temporary Facility 1
UMBC, Baltimore MD
For additional information, contact Angie Silanskis, 410-455-3000.
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 92 10:11:02 EST
From: finin@algol.cs.umbc.edu (Timothy Finin)
Subject: UMBC Colloq: Connectionist Models of KR ... (Shastri)
Reply-To: finin@cs.umbc.edu
X-Organization: Computer Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
X-Address: UMBC, Baltimore MD 21228. 410-455-3522, fax: -3969
COLLOQUIUM -- COLLOQUIUM
Computer Science Department
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
A Connectionist Model of
Knowledge Representation
and Reflexive Reasoning
Lokendra Shastri
University of Pennsylvania
shastri@central.cis.upenn.edu
Understanding language is a complex task. It involves, among other things,
accessing a large body of background knowledge and carrying out inferences
to establish referential and causal coherence, recognize speaker's plans,
and make predictions. Yet we can understand language at the rate of several
hundred words per minute. This suggests that we can perform a wide range of
inferences very rapidly --- as though they are a *reflex* response of our
cognitive apparatus.
The remarkable human reasoning ability seems paradoxical given the numerous
negative results about the complexity of reasoning reported by researchers
in artificial intelligence. This human ability also poses a challenge to
cognitive science: How can a network of simple and slow processing elements
represent a large body of knowledge and perform inferences with such speed?
We describe a connectionist model of *reflexive reasoning* that takes a
step toward resolving the AI paradox and addressing the cognitive science
challenge. The model demonstrates how a system of neuron-like elements can
encode a large number of facts, a concept hierarchy, and first-order rules
and perform a range of reasoning in time proportional to the length of the
shortest derivation. The model identifies constraints on reflexive
reasoning and relates the capacity of the working memory underlying such
reasoning to basic biological parameters. We discuss the psychological
significance of these constraints and argue that the model is a general
model of rapid resource limited computation that applies to other problems
such as natural language parsing and reactive planning.
1:00 pm Monday, April 13, 1991
Computer Science Department
Room 102 Temporary Facility 1
UMBC, Baltimore MD
For additional information, contact Angie Silanskis, 410-455-3000.
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
From: ISCIS@trmetu.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
Subject: CFP: 7th Int'l Symp. on Computer and Information Sciences
Date: 29 Mar 92 18:38:52 GMT
The Seventh International Symposium on
Computer and Information Sciences
CALL FOR PAPERS
ISCIS VII
NOVEMBER 2-4, 1992, ANTALYA, TURKEY
Organized by
EHEI METU
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Informatique, Middle East Technical
Universite Rene Descartes, Paris, FRANCE University, Ankara, TURKEY
In cooperation with
IEEE Computer Society Turkey Chapter,
IEEE Turkey Section,
and the Computer Engineering Departments of the following universities:
Bilkent (Ankara), Bogazici (Istanbul), Ege (Izmir), Hacettepe (Ankara),
Istanbul Teknik (Istanbul), Yildiz (Istanbul).
ISCIS VII is the seventh of a series of meetings which have brought
together computer scientists and engineers from about twenty countries.
ISCIS VII will be held in the beautiful Mediterranean resort city,
Antalya, located at the heart of a region well known with its rich
natural and archeological sites.
High quality research papers are sought in the following areas :
. Computer Architecture and Systems . Theory
. Artificial Intelligence and . Databases
Neural Networks . Parallelism
. Graphics and Image Processing . Performance Evaluation
. Computational Mathematics . Software Engineering
. Operations Research Applications . Networks
The conference proceedings will be published again by a major
international publisher.
How to submit papers :
Three copies of full papers limited to ten pages,
or short communications limited to four pages should be sent
(by postal mail only) to arrive by May 1, 1992 to :
ISCIS VII,
EHEI,
45 Rue des Saint-Peres,
75006 Paris, FRANCE
For further information :
ISCIS VII,
METU, Dept. of Computer Eng.
06531, Ankara, Turkey
. E-mail : iscis@trmetu.bitnet
. Fax : (90 4) 2868624
. Tel : (90 4) 2237100 ext. 2079
Advisory Board :
E.Arkun, M.Baray, E.Gelenbe, A.E.Harmanci, Y.Karsligil,
S.Kuru, N.Yalabik, U.Yarimagan, S.Yilmaz
Program Committee :
E.Gelenbe (France, Chair), I.F.Akyildiz (USA), T.Altiok (USA),
E.Arkun (Turkey), O.Babaoglu (Italy), S.Bilgen (Turkey),
A.Dogramaci (Turkey), S.Fdida (France), J.M.Fourneau (France),
U.Halici (Turkey), A.E.Harmanci (Turkey), K.Inan (Turkey),
S.Jaehnischen (Germany), S.Neftci (Turkey), M.Nivat (France),
K.Oflazer (Turkey), E.Orhun (Turkey), V.Paschos (France),
N.Pekergin (France), J.F.Perrot (France), M.Raynal (France),
A.Stafylopatis (Greece), G.Stamon (France), N.Yalabik (Turkey)
Local Arrangements Committee :
N.Yalabik (Chair), M.Guler, I.Ozturk, M.Tolun
Publicity Committee :
U.Halici (Chair), R.Al-Hajj, I.Aybay, K.Karatal, M.Sungur
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1992 11:36-0800
From: Ethan A. Scarl <eas@atc.boeing.com>
Subject: CFP: Third International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis
DX-92
The Third International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis
Vicinity of Seattle, Washington, USA
October 11-14, 1992
Call for Papers
This is the third in a series of workshops to encourage interaction
and cooperation among researchers in artificial intelligence with
diverse approaches to diagnosis. Previous workshops in this series
were held at CISE, Milano (Italy) in 1991 and at Stanford University
(USA) in 1990, with a forerunner at Paris (France) in 1989.
Attendance will be limited to fifty participants with three days of
presentations and substantial time reserved for discussion.
Those interested in participating should submit papers for review by
the committee. Submissions are welcome on (but not limited to) the
following topics:
o Theory of diagnosis: abductive, deductive, or probabilistic
theories.
o Computational issues: controlling combinatorial explosion;
focusing strategies; controlling inference in complex systems; use,
inference, or absence of structural knowledge.
o Modeling for diagnosis: multiple, approximate, incomplete,
probabilistic, and qualitative models; integration of heuristics with
model-based diagnosis; geometric knowledge; dynamic systems; embedded
software.
o Integration of diagnosis with control, planning, analysis, theory
construction, tutoring, and design/redesign, testability/
diagnosability/sensor-placement.
o Empirical evaluation of theoretical results, theoretical
implications of practical applications and their successes or failures.
o Inductive approaches to diagnosis: case-based reasoning, neural
nets.
Although not a requirement, previously unpublished work is preferred.
Papers are limited to a maximum of 5000 words; shorter papers are
encouraged, but space should be used to ensure adequate presentation.
Include postal (and courier) addresses, electronic mail, fax, and
telephone numbers. Please indicate whether you wish to present or
only attend. The conference chair (below) must receive three paper
copies of each submission by June 2, 1992, and notifications will be
sent by August 4. Accepted papers can be revised for inclusion in the
workshop working notes.
Workshop chair: Ethan Scarl; postal address (NOT for courier
deliveries): MS 7L-64, Boeing Computer Services, P.O. Box 24346,
Seattle, WA USA 98124-0346; courier address (NOT for US mail): MS
7L-64, Boeing Computer Services 2760 - 160th Avenue S.E., Bldg. 33-07,
Bellevue, WA USA 98008; phone: (206) 865-3255; fax: (206) 865-2964;
email: ethan@atc.boeing.com.
Committee: I. Bratko (U. Ljubljana), L. Console (U. di Udine), P. Dague
(IBM), J. deKleer (Xerox), O. Dressler (Siemens), K. Eshghi (HP, Stanford),
G. Friedrich (T.U. Wien), D. Heckerman (USC), M. Kramer (MIT), W. Nejdl
(T.U. Wien), R. Patil (ISI), D. Poole (U. British Columbia), O. Raiman
(Xerox), M. Shirley (Xerox), J. Sticklen (Michigan State U.), G.
Tornielli (CISE), M. Wellman (Wright-Patterson), B. Williams (Xerox)
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1992 12:35:45 +0200
From: Erik-Jan van der Linden <vdlinden@kub.nl>
Subject: IDIOMS Conference, The Netherlands
IDIOMS
Tilburg, The Netherlands
September 2-4 1992
TOPIC
Idioms are the subject of research in theoretical linguistics, computational
linguistics, and psycholinguistics.
The aim of the IDIOMS conference is to bring together scholars from these
disciplines with an interest in idioms, in order to further the interaction
between these disciplines and to transfer results from one discipline to
another.
The theme of IDIOMS is the representation of idioms at the various levels of
grammar and the analysis and generation of idioms both in psychological models
of the human language faculty, and in computational and theoretical linguistic
frameworks.
The conference has a multi-disciplinary character, and
contributions stress relevance to the study of idioms, rather
than focus on the relevance to the study of theoretical and
computational linguistic formalisms or psychological models.
The conference comprises invited and contributed papers.
INVITED PAPERS
(to be announced)
Joan Bresnan (Stanford University)
What Idioms Reveal About How People Think.
Raymond Gibbs (University of California at Santa Cruz)
A Calculus and a Typology of Non-free Phrase
Igor Mel'cuk (Montreal)
SELECTED PAPERS
The Role of Word Meanings, Semantic Transparency and Familiarity in the
Mental Images of Idioms
Cristina Cacciari, Raffaella Ida Rumiati & Sam Glucksberg
(Bologna
& Princeton)
Lexical Representation of Idioms and Support-Verb Constructions in HPSG
Gregor Erbach (Saarbruecken)
Tropic Implicature and the Role of Context in Comprehending Idiomatic
Expressions
Michael A. Forrester (Canterbury)
Specialisation and Reinterpretation in Idioms
Dirk Geeraerts (Leuven)
`EN BLOC' Insertion
Frank van Gestel (Utrecht)
Idioms and the Organisation of Topic in Conversation
Elizabeth Holt and Paul Drew (Huddersfield & York)
Syntactic Idioms?
Anita Mittwoch (Jerusalem)
Internal Modification of Idioms
Tim Nicolas (Essex)
The Syntactic Behaviour of Idioms
Andre Schenk (Utrecht)
The Muddy Waters of Idiom Comprehension begin to Settle
Wendy A. Schweigert (Peoria, Illinois)
Idioms and Reference
Benjamin Shaer (Montreal)
The Activation of Idiom Meaning
Patrizia Tabossi and Francesco Zardon (Bologna)
Polarity Sensitive Idioms in Translation
L.M. Tovena (Geneva)
You don't die immediately when you kick an empty bucket: On the
Semantic and Syntactic Characteristics of Idioms during Processing
M.E.C. van de Voort and W. Vonk (Nijmegen)
Open Idioms as Constructions
Wlodek Zadrozny and Alexis Manaster-Ramer (Yorktown Heights)
Idiomatic Blocking and the Elsewhere Condition
Henk Zeevat (Amsterdam)
LOCATION
Tilburg is located in the south of The Netherlands, and can be easily
reached from Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) by train
(intercity; approx. 1.5 hour),
as well as from other European cities such as Brussels, Dusseldorf,
Frankfurt and Cologne (all within 2.5 hours by train) or from Eindhoven
airport by taxi.
TILBURG UNIVERISITY
Tilburg University is a specialised university for social siences and
humanities and has five faculties: Economics and Business Administration,
Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Philosophy and Arts. The university
can be reached from the centre of town by bus or taxi (approx. 10 min.).
REGISTRATION
The conference fee of Dfl 120 (received before July 1)
includes admission to all conference sessions, one copy of
the proceedings, lunches, coffee and tea on all days, and drinks on
September 4. Arrangements for a reception on September 2 are being made.
The registration brochure should reach people who have shown their interest,
and whose mail address is known to the organisation within two or three weeks.
For others, the registration brochure is available upon request at the
address below.
ADDRESS
IDIOMS c/o Nicole Lubeck / Peggy Bertens
Institute for Language Technology and AI
PO BOX 90153
NL-5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands
tel.: +31 13 663060 / 3113
fax.: +31 13 663110
E-mail: idioms@kub.nl
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Martin Everaert (Research Institute for Language and Speech, Utrecht);
Erik-Jan van der Linden (Institute for Language Technology and Artificial
Intelligence, Tilburg);
Andre Schenk (Research Institute for Language and Speech, Utrecht);
Rob Schreuder (Center for Language Studies, Nijmegen).
SPONSORS
Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences
Center for Language Studies, Nijmegen and Tilburg
Institute for Language Technology and AI, Tilburg,
Research Institute for Language and Speech, Utrecht
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