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NL-KR Digest Volume 09 No. 35
NL-KR Digest (Tue Jul 14 18:14:26 1992) Volume 9 No. 35
Today's Topics:
Query: International Workshop on Parsing Technologies
Query: Desperately seeking Lisps for Alvey NL Tools
Announcement: Grammar Induction Survey
Announcement: PEIRCE project call for participation
Announcement: Third conference of SAAI
Talk: Kazuhiro Kimura on NLP w/NN at BBN (past)
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
From: N.R.Ellis@newcastle.ac.uk (Nigel R Ellis)
Subject: Query: International Workshop on Parsing Technologies
Nntp-Posting-Host: tuda
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1992 13:47:23 GMT
Does anyone know when the next international workshop on parsing technologies
is? I think the last one was held in 1991 at Cancun, Mexico.
Thanks for any pointers,
Nigel R Ellis
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| Nigel R Ellis, Artificial Intelligence Group, | N.R.Ellis@durham.ac.uk |
| Department of Computer Science, University of | Phne: +44.91.374.2549 |
| Durham, Durham. England DH1 3LE | Fax : +44.91.374.3741 |
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 92 22:02:00 PDT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
From: geofj@microsoft.com (Geoffrey Jones)
Subject: Query: Desperately seeking Lisps for Alvey NL Tools
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
Keywords: Common Lisp, Alvey, Natural Language
This may prove to be a FAQ, for which I apologise, but I feel
we've tried almost every other avenue other than to post here,
each without much success. We, Microsoft Institute here in
Australia, are looking for a high performance Common Lisp capable
of running the Alvey Natural Language Tools "off the shelf" (i.e.,
without any source code tweaks or mods). Ideally, we'd like to
be able to do this under a Common Lisp in Windows on a high-end
486-powered machine. Can you help? Any recommendations, experiences
(+ve or -ve) would be appreciated. We'd love to hear from individual
Lisp vendors themselves.
Many, many thanks in advance.
Geoffrey Jones
Microsoft Institute of Advanced Software Technology
Microsoft Park, 65 Epping Road, North Ryde, NSW 2113 AUSTRALIA
Telephone: (02) 870 2200 Fax: (02) 805 1108
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
From: noordewi@binnacle.rutgers.edu (Michiel)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.neural-nets,comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
Subject: Announcement: Grammar Induction Survey
Date: 10 Jul 92 18:03:07 GMT
Followup-To: comp.ai
The area of grammar induction/inference (generating or inducing a
grammar from legal -- and perhaps illegal -- sentences) has received
significant attention over the years. However, much of the work has
either performed theoretical analyses of the problem or been concerned
primarily with grammar induction in the context of natural language
(as opposed to other areas in which grammar induction may occur). The
purpose of this message is to identify the "state of the art" of
practical algorithms for grammar induction.
First, we would like to identify those researchers who are actively
concentrating on applications areas for grammar induction, including
those focusing on problems arising outside natural language. We hope
to compile a list of such people to facilitate communication and
interaction among active researchers. In describing your work, it
would be helpful to include a characterization of the size and
complexity of the problem you are addressing.
Second, we are compiling a bibliography of references on the use of
"practical" grammar induction techniques, and wish to request
assistance on this endeavor.
Anyone with interests in this area may contact us at the email
addresses below. In addition, we would be grateful for literature
references, relevant workshops and pointers to public-domain
grammar-induction software. We will make the resulting bibliography
and researcher list available.
Thanks,
Mick Noordewier
(noordewi@cs.rutgers.edu)
Department of Computer Science
Rutgers University
Haym Hirsh
(hirsh@cs.rutgers.edu)
Department of Computer Science
Rutgers University
Lee Giles
(giles@research.nj.nec.com)
NEC Research Institute
Princeton, NJ
Simon Lucas
sml@essex.ac.uk
University of Essex
UK
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
From: levinson@cse.ucsc.edu (Bob Levinson)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.philosophy,comp.cog-eng,comp.ai.nlang-know-rep
Subject: Announcement: PEIRCE project call for participation
Date: 14 Jul 1992 19:46:36 GMT
Keywords: Worldwide AI Project
To join send mail to Gerard Ellis (ged@cs.uq.oz.au).
______________________<cut here>_______________________________________
PEIRCE: A CONCEPTUAL GRAPHS WORKBENCH
An Open, Nonproprietary, International, Collaborative Effort
The aim of this project is to fulfill the need for state-of-the-art
tools in the conceptual graphs community. Many people are working on
particular aspects of conceptual graphs theory; there are several very
good implementations of subsets of the theory; but there is not as yet
a robust, widely available set of tools for developing applications
based on conceptual graphs.
OBJECTIVES
o Produce a robust set of tools for use by a majority of the conceptual
graphs community
o Accessible to a wider community
o Markedly improve application development time
o Incorporate the best research
PLATFORM
o Core implementation language is C++
o Option of running programs in Prolog or other languages on top
of the core
o Development environment is X-Windows on UNIX workstations
o Plans for portability to Macintosh and IBM PC compatibles
MODULES
o Linear notation input and output
o Graphical editor and display
o Programming interfaces to C, C++, Prolog, and other languages
o Natural language parsers and generators
o Database storage and retrieval
o Inference/theorem-proving mechanisms
o Conceptual catalogs (ontologies)
o Learning mechanisms
o Programming in conceptual graphs with constraints
o Vision Systems
o Information Systems Engineering
o Planning
o Computer Aided Instruction
o Case Based Reasoning
The best implementation of each module will be included in PEIRCE. A
number of modules are already available, and current modules may be
replaced or upgraded as new ones are developed.
EXISTING IMPLEMENTATIONS
o Large conceptual graphs systems written in Prolog and Lisp
o CG-based expert system shells in Prolog and C++
o Parsers and generators for several natural languages
o X-Windows conceptual graphs interfaces in Prolog and C++
o Parsers for the linear form in Prolog and C++
o Graph access methods written in C and C++
o Collections of examples in the linear form
The first official Int'l Workshop on PEIRCE: A Conceptual Graphs
Workbench was held under the auspices of the Conceptual Graphs Workshop
in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in July 1992. Implementers gave demos of
their current systems, subgroups working on each of the PEIRCE modules
presented status reports, and groundrules for future participation were
established.
The first public release of the PEIRCE Workbench is scheduled for
demonstration at the International Conference on Conceptual Structures
in Quebec City, Canada, in August 1993. The first release will include
linear and graphical interfaces, a CG database, and the CGC language
with production rules designed to facilitate the integration of the
other modules. As well as some demonstration applications. Future
versions will build on this core. A tutorial on the scope and methods
of PEIRCE will also be offered.
The PEIRCE proceedings will shortly be available by anonymous ftp in
the files peirce.dvi (ps, etc):
cs.uah.edu (146.229.2.2). /pub/cg/peirce
Caretaker: Harry Delugach (delugach@cs.uah.edu)
PEIRCE PROJECT COORDINATORS
Gerard Ellis University of Queensland, Australia
Robert Levinson University of California at Santa Cruz
______________________<cut here>_______________________________________
**** APPLICATION FOR COLLABORATION IN PEIRCE INTEGRATION EFFORT ***
Name of Researcher or Team Applying
xxxxxxxxxx
Institution
xxxxxxxxxx
Desired Subprojects
xxxxxxxxxx
Expected Amount of Effort Involved in Integration Subtask
xxxxxxxxxx
Experience with Conceptual Graphs
xxxxxxxxxx
Existing Software and Algorithms
o Function
xxxxxxxxxx
o Implementation Language(s)
xxxxxxxxxx
o Platform(s)
xxxxxxxxxx
Electronic Mail Address
xxxxxxxxx
______________________<cut here>_______________________________________
TEAM MEMBERS
Alex Bejan IBM Kingston NY (US) alge@kgnvmy.vnet.ibm.com
Gary Berg-Cross Advanced Decision Systems/BA&H garybc@chesapeake.ads.com
Keith Campbell Stanford U (US) campbell@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
Key-Sun Choi KAIST(Korea Adv Inst Sc & Tech) kschoi@cs.kaist.ac.kr
Tae-Sang Choi U Missouri-Kansas City (US)
Young Bae Choi U Missouri-Kansas City (US) choi@vax2.cstp.umkc.edu
Peter Creasy U Queensland (Australia) peter@cs.uq.oz.au
Walling Cyre Virginia Tech (US) cyre@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
Harry Delugach U Alabama-Huntsville (US) delugach@cs.uah.edu
Peter Eklund U Adelaide (Australia) peter@cs.adelaide.edu.au
Gerard Ellis U Queensland (Australia) ged@cs.uq.oz.au
John Esch Paramax Systems (US) esch@email.sp.unisys.com
Norman Foo U Sydney (Australia) norman@cs.su.oz.au
Brian Gaines U Calgary (Canada) gaines@cpsc.ucalgary.ca
Brian Garner Deakin U (Australia) brian@deakin.oz.au
Steve Graham U Missouri-Kansas City (US)
Rob Greenwood Virginia Tech (US) greenwrt@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
Young-Suk Han KAIST(Korea Adv Inst Sc & Tech)
Tim Hines U Missouri-Kansas City (US) thines@vax2.cstp.umkc.edu
Kees Hoede U Twente (The Netherlands) hoede@math.utwente.nl
Wen-Jung Hsin U Missouri-Kansas City (US) wjhsin@vax2.cstp.umkc.edu
Chris Khoo cskhoo@suvm.bitnet
Myung-Cheol Kim KAIST(Korea Adv Inst Sc & Tech)
Pavel Kocura Loughborough U of Tech (UK) p.kocura@loughborough.ac.uk
Fritz Lehmann GRandAI Software (US) fritz@rodin.wustl.edu
Bob Levinson U California-Santa Cruz (US) levinson@cis.ucsc.edu
Michel Liquiere Reunion U (France) mili@iremia.fr
Dickson Lukose Deakin U (Australia) lukose@deakin.oz.au
Meenakshi Manek Virginia Tech (US) manek@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
Graham Mann U New South Wales (Australia)mann@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au
Illias Mavreas U Missouri-Kansas City (US) imavreas@vax2.cstp.umkc.edu
Guy Mineau Laval U (Canada) mineau@lavalvm1.bitnet
Robert Muehlbacher A.C. Nielsen (Austria) rmu@cmis.co.at
Sung Hyon Myaeng Syracuse U (US) shmyaeng@mailbox.syr.edu
Antoine Ogonowski GSI-ERLI (France) antoine.ogonowski@erli.gsi.fr
Jonathan Oh U Missouri-Kansas City (US) oh@vax2.cstp.umkc.edu
Maurice Pagnucco U Sydney (Australia) morri@cs.su.oz.au
Heather Pfeiffer New Mexico State U (US) hdp@nmsu.edu
Simon Polovina Loughborough U Tech (UK)
s.m.polovina@uk.ac.loughboroug h
S Shankaranarayanan Virginia Tech (US) shankar@vttcf.cc.vt.edu
Kwang-Jun Seo KAIST(Korea Adv Inst Sc & Tech)
John Sowa IBM Thornwood (US) sowa@watson.ibm.com
Bill Tepfenhart Bell Labs (US) bill@violin.att.com
Aniruddha Thakar Virginia Tech (US) thakar@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
Bosco Tjan U Minnesota (US) tjan@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu
Harmen van den Berg U Twente (The Netherlands) hvdberg@math.utwente.nl
Wei Wei U Missouri-Kansas City (US)
Yin Min Wei U Ohio (US) ymwei@ouaccvmb.bitnet
Michel Wermelinger U Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) mw@fct.unl.pt
Mark Willems U Twente (The Netherlands) willems@math.utwente.nl
Vilas Wuwongse Asian Inst of Tech (Thailand) vw@ait.th
Gi-Chul Yang U Missouri-Kansas City (US) yang@vax2.cstp.umkc.edu
Wen Zhang Virginia Tech (US) wzhang@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.digest,comp.ai.nlang-know-rep,comp.ai.shells
From: plb@plb.icsti.su (Peter L. Brusilovsky)
Subject: Announcement: Third conference of SAAI
Reply-To: plb@plb.icsti.su
Organization: International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 92 16:47:49 +0300
Third Conference
of Soviet Association for Artificial Intelligence
October 19-24 1992
Tver, Russia
ANNOUNCEMENT AND
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The aims of the third Conference of Soviet Association for
Artificial Intelligence are to provide a forum for the exchange of
ideas between scientists and to present to the Soviet AI community
the current state-of-the-art of the theory and practice.
The Technical Programme includes invited talks, presentations of
about 80 research/development and review papers, posters, and
demonstrations. An exhibition of AI hardware and software products is
also anticipated.
The Conference is organized and sponsored by: Soviet Association
for Artificial Intelligence (SAAI) and International Centre for
Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI).
The Conference will take place in Tver, a pictures old town next
to Volga River, situated a hundred miles from Moscow.
The following regions are represented in SAAI:
Moscow and near-by towns
StPetersburg
Ucraine
Moldova
Belorussia
Baltic
Volga River
Siberia and Far East
Central Russia
Northern Caucuses
Trans-Caucasian
Until now there were held two conferences of this kind: ACAI-88
in Pereslavl-Salesskii and ACAI-90 in Minsk. The number of
participants were 300 in ACAI-88 and 450 in ACAI-90. These were
mainly scientists, the smaller part being the representatives of
users and potential users of intellectual systems.
At the conferences SAAI gives awards for the studies in the
theory of Artificial Intelligence , for the best intellectual systems
and textbooks. Besides the most interesting students works on
Artificial Intelligence are also awarded with a special prize. A
honorary award exists for the prominent efforts in organization of
research on Artificial Intelligence.
The honorary award came in 1990 to Academician Pospelov G.S. for
valuable contributions in the development of Artificial Intelligence
research in the Soviet Union.
Program Committee Chair
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dmitry Pospelov
Organizing Committee Chair
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Leonid Mikulich
Program Committee:
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Popov E.V.
Osipov G.S.
Preobrazhenskii A.B.
Stefanuk V.L.
Finn V.K.
Accomodation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
The participants will live in hotel in Tver during the
conference (October 19-24). Also available to arrive
earlier and/or depart later and to spend additional days in
Moscow. It's available a number of comfortable rooms
It's available a number of comfortable rooms in Moscow
in ICSTI housing.
Information
~~~~~~~~~~~
For further information please contact:
Conference content and program:
D.Sc.Vadim Stefanuk (stefanuk@ippi.msk.su)
Dr Peter Brusilovsky (eastwest@plb.icsti.su)
Registration, accomodation and visa support:
Dr Viacheslav Rykov (use the conference FAX number).
Conference registration address
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information
Kuusinen str. 21b, Moscow 125252, Russia
Telex: 411925 MCNTI
Fax: +7 095 943 0089
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To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 92 15:25:39 EDT
From: Helene George <hgeorge@BBN.COM>
Subject: Talk: Kazuhiro Kimura on NLP w/NN at BBN (past)
[ note that this has already happened - CW ]
BBN Science Development Program
AI Seminar Series Lecture
Association based NLP with Neural Networks
Kazuhiro Kimura
TOSHIBA/EDR
BBN, 6/471 floor large conference room
10 Moulton St, Cambridge MA, 02138
Monday, July 6, 1992, 3:00 PM
This talk will deal with a new technology of Japanese Kana-Kanji
translation using Neural Networks.
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Suggestions for AI Seminar speakers are always welcome.
Please e-mail suggestions to Sean Boisen (sboisen@bbn.com)
or Dan Cerys (cerys@bbn.com).
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