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NL-KR Digest Volume 12 No. 32
NL-KR Digest Mon Dec 6 08:44:22 PST 1993 Volume 12 No. 32
Today's Topics:
Position: Comp. Linguist at SUNY/Buffalo
CFP: 3rd International SNePS Workshop
Announcement: FREE Blackboard Knowledge Tool for CLIPS 5.1
CFP: TAI'94 6th Intl. Conf. on Tools with AI, Nov 6, 1994
Administrivia: Medical Informatics votes in
CFP: ANLP-94 4th Conf. on Applied NL Processing
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 93 13:47:45 EST
From: rohini@cs.buffalo.edu (Rohini Srihari)
To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Subject: Position: Comp. Linguist at SUNY/Buffalo
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RESEARCH POSITION - Computational Linguist
Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (CEDAR)
State University of New York at Buffalo
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A Research Scientist position is available immediately
to work on an NSF-funded project where
statistical models of language (English) are used in recognizing
(i.e., reading) handwritten text. CEDAR conducts research
and development work on all aspects of document
recognition/understanding and is situated on the campus of
SUNY at Buffalo.
REQUIRED BACKGROUND:
Computational Linguistics
Experience in statistical methods for NLP (e.g., part-of-speech
tagging, stochastic parsing)
Experience in corpus-based linguistic analysis for English
Experience in OCR or speech recognition highly desirable
C Programming
Good written and verbal skills
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
A Ph.D. or M.S. with expertise in
Computational Linguistics
Artificial Intelligence or Computer Science is required.
In the case of M.S., 2-3 years work experience in
the above areas is required.
JOB DESCRIPTION
To work on a project which integrates statistical
NLP techniques with handwriting recognition for both
on-line (pen-based) and off-line (paper-based) systems.
Specific tasks include the development of
a corpus of informal language, development of suitable
lexicons for the task, development of syntactic and
semantic techniques to improve handwritten sentence/phrase
recognition. Will be working with a small team (3-4) of
other researchers.
SALARY
Will be based upon qualifications and relevant experience.
Interested applicants should send a CV (including 3 references)
along with a letter describing background and research
interests to:
Rohini K. Srihari
CEDAR/UB Commons
520 Lee Entrance, Suite 202
Buffalo, NY 14228-2567
e-mail: rohini@cs.buffalo.edu
Fax: (716)-645-6176
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 04:19:38 -0500
From: Hans Chalupsky <hans@cs.Buffalo.EDU>
To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Subject: CFP: 3rd International SNePS Workshop
CALL FOR PAPERS
for the
THIRD INTERNATIONAL SNePS WORKSHOP
to be held during the
FIRST INTERNATIONAL SUMMER INSTITUTE IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
(FISI-CS)
Multidisciplinary Foundations of Cognitive Science
Center for Cognitive Science
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA
(Amherst Campus)
July 28 - 29, 1994
The Third International SNePS Workshop will take place during the First
International Summer Institute in Cognitive Science to be held in July 1994 in
Buffalo, NY. The first day of the two-day workshop will be devoted entirely to
a hands-on SNePS tutorial for people interested in learning about SNePS. The
second day will be used for the presentation and discussion of SNePS-related
papers. This is the call for papers; the call for tutorial participants will
be made in a separate announcement.
PURPOSE
The Semantic Network Processing System (SNePS), developed by Stuart C. Shapiro
et al., is the implementation of a fully intensional theory of knowledge
representation and reasoning. Since its first incarnation in the early
seventies, the main goal driving its development has been the construction of
an artificial or computational cognitive agent capable of communicating
intelligently with other cognitive agents in natural language. In the last
several years, many laboratories and individuals all over the world have
obtained copies of SNePS, and have been using it as a tool for their own
research or as part of implementations of applied AI systems.
One purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers who are using
SNePS in their ongoing research or for the development of applied AI systems,
to further communication and cooperation with other SNePS researchers, and to
promote the integration of independent developments.
However, the workshop is not exclusively aimed at users of SNePS. The
knowledge representation and reasoning issues that SNePS tries to address are
genuine problems which are also tackled by many researchers outside the SNePS
community. Contributions discussing such issues, in particular, if they do
closely relate to SNePS or to propositional knowledge representation in
general, are highly welcome.
CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite you to submit papers about applications of SNePS, as well as research
and position papers, preferably on topics directly related to SNePS or similar
knowledge representation and reasoning formalisms. Such topics may include,
but are not limited to, any of the following:
o General issues in knowledge representation
o Theoretical foundations of propositional semantic networks
o Natural language understanding and generation
o Representation of and reasoning about plans and actions
o Planning and acting
o Reasoning about change
o Nonmonotonic reasoning
o Reason maintenance and belief revision
o Belief representation and reasoning about nested beliefs
o Efficient reasoning methods
o Distributed knowledge bases and parallelization
o Agent architectures and autonomous agents
o Large scale knowledge bases
o Relationships of SNePS to other knowledge representation and
reasoning systems
o Applications of SNePS
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors interested in presenting a paper should submit 5 copies of a
camera-ready full paper (not exceeding 10 pages) containing previously
unpublished work. The first page of each paper should contain its title, the
name, affiliation, surface and e-mail address of each author, and an abstract.
All papers should be submitted on 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper, and printed in
12-point font. Selection of papers will be based upon quality and relevance to
the theme of the workshop. Submissions should be sent by hard mail, to arrive
by March 11, 1994, to:
Hans Chalupsky
Department of Computer Science
226 Bell Hall
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
USA
Phone: ++(716) 645-2879 Fax: ++(716) 645-3464
E-mail: hans@cs.buffalo.edu
Authors will be informed by April 22, 1994 about acceptance of their paper.
The collection of accepted papers will be published as a technical report of
the Department of Computer Science of the State University of New York at
Buffalo. Authors are strongly encouraged to use the LaTeX document formatting
system, because this will enable us to make the technical report available
on-line.
REGISTRATION AND FEES
Workshop participants have to register for at least the last week of the Summer
Institute for Cognitive Science (week 4) with form C given below. The partial
registration fees for one week are US$ 350 for academic affiliates
(faculty/student), and US$ 650 for corporate affiliates. It should be pointed
out that registering for the last week does entitle you to attend all lectures,
workshops and tutorials held during that week, not just the SNePS workshop.
Full registration for the whole Summer Institute or any partial registration
including the last week will of course also entitle you to attend the SNePS
workshop.
If you plan to attend the SNePS tutorial please send a short e-mail message
indicating that to hans@cs.buffalo.edu. This will help us determine in advance
how many people to expect and what resources we will need.
To register for the SNePS workshop and/or tutorial please fill out form C below
(circle week 4 in the partial registration section) and send it to
FISI-CS
Office of Conferences and Special Events
Center for Tomorrow, Room 120
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-1602
USA
If you want to attend other parts of the Summer Institute as well please refer
to the complete registration brochure appended at the end of this call for
papers.
LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Hans Chalupsky
William J. Rapaport
Stuart C. Shapiro
DEADLINES
Submission of papers: March 11, 1994
Notification of acceptance: April 22, 1994
Registration for workshop: July 28, 1994
Advance registration for Summer Institute: April 30, 1994
REGISTRATION FORM C
FISI-CS PAYMENT FORM FORM C
NAME: _____________________________________________________________________
Dr./Mr./Ms. Last First Middle
Student/Faculty Corporate
INSTITUTE REGISTRATION FEE
FULL Session (to register for the entire 4 weeks)
Circle the applicable amount. (Books and course materials are not included.)
Advance Registration (payment in full, postmarked on or before April 30, 1994)
$ 750.00 $ 1800.00
LATE Registration (postmarked after April 30, 1994)
$ 850.00 $ 2000.00
PARTIAL Registration (per week) (NO academic credit given):
_____ Weeks X $350.00 for Faculty and Students $ _______
_____ Weeks X $650.00 for Corporate Affiliates $ _______
Circle weeks attending: Wk1: 7/5-9, Wk2: 7/10-16, Wk3: 7/17-23, Wk4: 7/24-30
ADDITIONAL CREDIT FEE
(total number of credits minus 3) X $150.00 $ _______ $ _______
UNIVERSITY FEE $ 12.50 $ 12.50
HOUSING FEE
Governors Residence Halls, University at Buffalo
_____ Weeks X $140.00, Single Occupancy Room $ _______ $ _______
_____ Weeks X $110.00 X ____ persons
for a Double Occupancy $ _______ $ _______
Roommate preference:____________________________
MEAL PLAN
Includes 3 buffet-style meals per day at an on-campus dining facility.
Meals will be served Monday through Friday.
_____ Weeks X $85.00 $ _______ $ _______
A 2-meal (brunch & dinner) option is also available for weekends (Sat-Sun).
_____ Weekends X $30.00 $ _______ $ _______
TOTAL FEES DUE $ _______ $ _______
TOTAL U.S. FUNDS ACCOMPANYING THIS FORM $ _______ $ _______
A $100.00 non-refundable deposit is required for registration, unless you are
paying in full. If you are making a partial payment, then you must send a
minimum of $100.00 to be used as a deposit to hold your place at the Institute.
BALANCE DUE $ _______ $ _______
METHOD OF PAYMENT
_____ Check/Money Order (in US FUNDS) enclosed and made payable to
U.B. FOUNDATION (Federal ID No. 16-1372561)
_____ Credit Card: _____ Visa _____ MasterCard
Card Number: ________________________ Exp. Date: ___________
Name (as it appears on card): ________________________________________________
Signature: __________________________________________________________
Date: __________________
COMPLETE REGISTRATION BROCHURE FOR THE SUMMER INSTITUTE
Because of space restrictions the complete registration brochure for the
First Summer Institute in Cognitive Science is not included in this copy of
the CFP. If you need a copy of the brochure please send e-mail to
`hans@cs.buffalo.edu'.
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From: USENET News System <news@ge-dab.ge.com>
To: comp-ai-nlang-know-rep@uunet.uu.net
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 14:18:10 -0500
From: cengelog@cambridge.dab.ge.com (Yilmaz Cengeloglu)
Subject: Announcement: FREE Blackboard Knowledge Tool for CLIPS 5.1
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 19:17:53 GMT
FREE Blackboard, Dynamic Knowledge Exchange, Agents tool for CLIPS 5.1
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DYNACLIPS (DYNAamic CLIPS Utilities) Version 1.0 will be
released soon. I am posting this article to know that if there is
enough interest.
***PLEASE LET ME KNOW, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED WITH
***FREE COPY OF THIS UTILITIES.
If there would be enough interest, I will make
this utilities little generic and distribute people who ask. This
process may take couple of weeks.
This utilities for CLIPS 5.1 may or may/not work with CLIPS 6.0.
and other version of CLIPS. Try it, if it works, let me know too.
Source code is NOT avaiable. Please do not ask.
I am only releasing libraries that you can link with CLIPS.
You can use it as a BLACKBOARD ARCHITECTURE TOOL, it is a
basic BBA contains Control, Blackboard, and Knowledge sources.
I will NOT distribute CLIPS with this tool, therefore you need to
get CLIPS 5.1 yourself.
Most important feature of this toll is that; rules and commands can
be exchanged dynamicly. For instance, one agent in the framework can
create a rule and send it to other agents. Other agents receives this
rule and adds to its own knowledge automaticly.
It is too easy to use, it is just a CLIPS with some additional funtions
that is used for sending facts, rule commands among agents.
It would be very useful for people doing research and need BBA tool
which is in C/CLIPS.
Dynamic Knowledge Exchange has several potential applications and this
tool would be good for preparing prototypes.
History :
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This tool is a part of my thesis.
I have used Blackboard Architecture as a base and design a
Framework. In this Framework, each Intelligent agent is an
CLIPS shell and runs as a different process on SunOS operating System.
Agents uses blackboard to communicate with other Intelligent agents
in the framework. Each intelligent Agent can send/receive facts, rules,
commands. Rules and Facts are inserted/deleted dynamicly while agents are
running. Knowledge can be transfered as a temporary any permanent basis.
I have integrated this Framework with Air Traffic Control Simulator which
I have written in C. One intelligent Agents runs for each plane in the
ATC Simulator. Inteligent agents try to solve conflict using dynamic
knowledge exchange. I have used ATC simulator to verify that if knowledgeexchange among agents is working well. Therefore that does not means thatknowledge exchange is a good solution for solving conflict in the airspace.
This framework is a prototype. ATC simulator is belong to institute that
I was working while I was doing my thesis, plase do not ask a copy.
Yilmaz cengeloglu
P.O. Box 10412
Daytona Beach, FL 32120-0412
cengelog@cambridge.dab.ge.com ****(Please use this address)****
yil@engr.ucf.edu
73313.775@compuserve.com
DISCLAIMER :
: ************************************************************
: I do not talk for Martin Marietta Corporation and This tool
: tool is not related any job I do in the Martin Marietta.
: ************************************************************
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Date: Sat, 4 Dec 93 21:20:07 -0500
From: manaris@fsu.fsufay.edu (Bill Z. Manaris)
To: nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Subject: CFP: TAI'94 6th Intl. Conf. on Tools with AI, Nov 6, 1994
CALL FOR PAPERS
6th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence
November 6-9, 1994
Hotel Intercontinental
New Orleans, Louisiana
This conference is envisioned to foster the transfer of ideas relating
to artificial intelligence among academics, industry, and goverment
agencies. It focuses on methodologies which can aid the development
of AI, as well as the demanding issues involved in turning these
methodologies to practical tools. Thus, this conference encompasses
the technical aspects of specifying, developing, and evaluating
theoretical and applied mechanisms which can serve as tools for
developing intelligent systems and pursuing artificial intelligence
applications. Focal topics of interest include, but are not limited
to, the following:
* Machine Learning, Computational Learning
* Artificial Neural Networks
* Uncertainty Management, Fuzzy Logic
* Distributed and Cooperative AI, Information Agents
* Knowledge Based Systems, Intelligent Data Bases
* Intelligent Strategies for Scheduling and Planning
* AI Algorithms, Genetic Algorithms
* Expert Systems
* Natural Language Processing
* AI Applications (Vision, Robotics, Signal Processing, etc.)
* Information Modeling, Reasoning Techniques
* AI Languages, Software Engineering, Object-Oriented Systems
* Logic and Constraint Programming
* Strategies for AI development
* AI tools for Biotechnology
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
There will be both academic and industry tracks. A one day workshop
(November 6th) precedes the conference (November 7-9). Authors are
requested to submitt original papers to the program chair by April 20,
1994. Five copies (in English) of double-spaced typed manuscript
(maximum of 25 pages) with an abstract are required. Please attach a
cover letter indicating the conference track (academic/industry) and
areas (in order of preference) most relevant to the paper. Include
the contact author's postal address, e-mail address, and telephone
number. Submissions in other audio-visual forms are acceptable only
for the industry track, but they must focus on methodology and timely
results on AI technological applications and problems. Authors will
be notified of acceptance by July 15, 1994 and will be given instruc-
tions for camera ready papers at that time. The deadline for camera
ready papers will be August 19, 1994. Outstanding papers will be eli-
gible for publication in the International Journal on Artificial
Intelligence Tools.
Submit papers and panel proposals by April 20, 1994 to the Program
Chair:
Cris Koutsougeras
Computer Science Department
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504) 865-5840
e-mail: ck@cs.tulane.edu
Potential panel organizers please submit a subject statement and a
list of panelists. Acceptances of panel proposals will be announced
by June 30, 1994.
A computer account (tai@cs.tulane.edu) is running to provide automatic
information responses. You can obtain the electronic files for the
CFP, program, registration form, hotel reservation form, and general
conference information. For more information please contact:
Conference Chair Steering Committee Chair
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai Nikolaos G. Bourbakis
Dept. of EECS (M/C 154) Dept. of Electrical Engineering
851 S. Morgan Street SUNY at Binghamton
University of Illinois Binghamton, NY 13902
Chicago, IL 60607-7053 Tel: (607)777-2165
(312)996-9324 e-mail: bourbaki@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu
(312)413-0024 (fax)
tsai@bert.eecs.uic.edu
Program Chair : Cris Koutsougeras, Tulane University
Registration Chair : Takis Metaxas,
(617) 283-3054,
e-mail: takis@poobah.wellesley.edu
Local Arrangements Chair : Akhtar Jameel, e-mail: jameel@cs.tulane.edu
Workshop Organizing Chair : Mark Hovy
Industrial Track Vice Chairs : Steven Szygenda, Raymond Paul
Program Vice Chairs :
Machine Learning: E. Kounalis
Computational Learning: J. Vitter
Uncertainty Management, Fuzzy Logic: R. Goldman
Knowledge Based Systems, Intelligent Data Bases: M. Ozsoyoglu
AI Algorithms, Genetic Algorithms: P. Marquis
Natural Language Processing: B. Manaris
Information Modeling, Reasoning Techniques: D. Zhang
Logic and Constraint Programming: A. Bansal
AI Languages, Software Engineering, Object-Oriented Systems: B. Bryant
Artificial Neural Networks: P. Israel
Distributed and Cooperative AI, Information Agents: C. Tsatsoulis
Intelligent Strategies for Scheduling and Planning: L. Hoebel
Expert Systems: F. Bastani
AI Applications (Vision, Robotics, Signal Processing, etc.): C. T. Chen
AI tools for Biotechnology: M. Perlin
Strategies for AI development: U. Yalcinalp
Publicity Chairs : R. Brause, Germany
Mikio Aoyama, Japan
Benjamin Jang, Taiwan
Steering Committee :
Chair: Nikolaos G. Bourbakis, SUNY-Binghamton
John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
C. V. Ramamoorthy, University of California-Berkeley
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago
Wei-Tek Tsai, University of Minnesota
Benjamin W. Wah, University of Illinois at Urbana
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 93 14:26:46 EST
From: weltyc@cs.rpi.edu
To: nl-kr-postings@ai.sunnyside.com
Subject: Administrivia: Medical Informatics votes in
Thank you to all those who responded to my request for guidance on the
issue of whether to include medical informatics postings in NL-KR. 32
people responded, of which 30 said "filter it" and 2 said "leave it
in". Half of the "filter it" respondants mentioned that it would be
OK if NL or KR were the specific focus of the posting, not just an
"item of interest."
This represents enough of a majority for us, so unless anyone
wants to launch a jihad over the issue it's settled: no medical
informatics unless NL or KR is the central topic.
Thank you also for the compliments included in all the responses. Al
and I are encouraged to know our efforts are appreciated.
=====
Christopher Welty Asst. Director, RPI CS Labs, Troy, NY 12180
weltyc@cs.rpi.edu "Porsche: Fahren in seiner schoensten Form"
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Date: Sun, 5 Dec 93 20:59:04 EST
From: pjacobs@unagi.cis.upenn.edu (Paul Jacobs)
To: aimag@sumex-aim.stanford.edu, aisb@cogs.sussex.ac.uk,
Subject: CFP: ANLP-94 4th Conf. on Applied NL Processing
PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
4th Conference on Applied Natural Language Processing
Stuttgart, Germany
October 13-15, 1994
sponsored by
Association for Computational Linguistics
This conference will follow the theme and style of previous
ACL Applied conferences. Specific areas of interest and other details
will be provided in subsequent announcements.
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION
Authors should submit, by 2 May 1994, a) six copies of a
full-length paper (min 9, max 15 double-spaced pages, minimum font
size 12, exclusive of references); and b) 16 copies of a 20-30 line
abstract. A paper accepted for presentation at the meeting cannot
be presented or have been presented at any other meeting with publicly
available published proceedings. Papers that are being submitted to
other conferences must reflect this fact on the title page.
Papers arriving after the deadline will be returned unopened. FAX
papers will not be reviewed; however, electronic submissions will be
allowed using the same guidelines as the 1994 ACL conference.
Papers should be sent to the Program Chair:
Paul Jacobs (ANLP-94) (215) 898-0332
Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
3401 Walnut St., Suite 400C, Rm. 420
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
pjacobs@unagi.cis.upenn.edu
Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by 5 July
1994. Full-length versions of accepted papers, prepared according
to instructions, must be received, along with a signed copyright
release statement, by 22 August 1994.
TUTORIALS, DEMONSTRATIONS, WORKSHOPS AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
The conference will have facilities for a variety of special
events, including tutorials and workshops before the conference.
For information regarding facilities and local arrangments,
contact:
Uwe Reyle and
Sabine Schmidt
Institut f"ur Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung
Universit"at Stuttgart
Azenbergstr. 12
D-70174 Stuttgart
Germany
phone: +49-711-1211379
fax: +49-711-1211366
e-mail: sabine@ims.uni-stuttgart.de
For other information on ACL, contact Judith Klavans (ACL),
Columbia University, Computer Science, New York, NY 10027, USA;
+1-914-478-1802 phone/fax; acl@cs.columbia.edu.
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