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NL-KR Digest Volume 12 No. 30
NL-KR Digest Tue Nov 9 12:28:25 PST 1993 Volume 12 No. 30
Today's Topics:
Query: Papers on Generic Sentences
Program: Parsing Natural Language Workshop (TWLT 6)
Query: Machine Translation Products Survey
CFP: ALP-PLILP'94 Joint Conference
Announcement: NLP Techniques in Assessment and Education
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To: comp-ai-nlang-know-rep@nl.net
From: panhuijs@fwi.uva.nl (Mathijs Albert Panhuijsen (AI89))
Subject: Query: Papers on Generic Sentences
Date: 9 Nov 1993 12:24:45 GMT
Dear readers of this newsgroup,
As a student of Computational Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam, I am
now writing a graduation paper on generic sentences (such as "A cat has hairs")
and their logical representation. I am specifically interested in the difference
between the NP types (e.g. "a cat", "the cat", "cats", "the cats") in such
sentences. Is there anyone who can direct me to some papers about generics in
general or this subfield in particular, or is anyone doing research on these
matters? I am already familiar with the most important papers by
Greg N. Carlson. Any useful reponse will of course result in being mentioned in
my paper's acknowledgements.
Many thanks in advance,
Mathijs Panhuijsen
panhuijs@gene.fwi.uva.nl
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To: comp-ai-nlang-know-rep@uunet.uu.net
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 93 09:20:25 +0100
From: news@cs.utwente.nl
Subject: Program: Parsing Natural Language Workshop (TWLT 6)
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Twente Workshop on Language Technology 6
TWLT 6
"PARSING NATURAL LANGUAGE"
Final Announcement
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Date: 16 and 17 December 1993
Location: "De Vrijhof", Enschede, the Netherlands
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TWLT 6 is co-sponsored by ACL SIGPARSE, the Special Interest Group
on Parsing Technologies of the Association of Computational
Linguistics (ACL).
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TWLT
This is the sixth Twente Workshop on Language Technology organised
in Twente, a beautiful region in the Netherlands. Previous work-
shops have been on Tomita's Algorithm, Linguistic Engineering,
Connectionist Natural Language Processing, Pragmatics in Language
Technology and Natural Language Interfaces. In this international
workshop researchers on parsing technologies in computational
linguistics and those working at the borderline of computer
science and computational linguistics will get the opportunity to
present their research and discuss developments in parsing tech-
nology.
About TWLT6
Topics of TWLT6 include: parsing for spelling correction, head-
corner parsing and unification, the logical structure of language,
practical comparisons between parallel parsing algorithms, tree
adjoining grammar parsing, Definite Clause Grammar parsing,
multiple agents processing, comparison of ALE and PATR, parsing
ill-formed input, syntactic and semantic information from punc-
tuation, et cetera. The proceedings of the workshop will be
available during the workshop.
TWLT 6 Program
Thursday, December 16, 1993:
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10.15 Registration and coffee
10.55 A. Nijholt: Opening
11.00 V. Manca (University of Pisa): Typology and Logical
Structure of Natural Languages.
11.40 R. Bod (University of Amsterdam): Data Oriented Parsing as
a General Framework for Stochastic Language Processing.
12.10 K. Sikkel (University of Twente): Specification of Parsing
Strategies for Unification Grammars.
12.40 Lunch
14.00 M. Stefanova & W. ter Stal (University of Sofia / University
of Twente): A Comparison of ALE and PATR: Practical Experiences.
14.30 H. de Vreught (University of Delft): A Practical Comparison
between Parallel Tabular Recognizers.
15.00 Pause
15.30 M. Verlinden (University of Twente): A Head-Corner Parser
for Unification Grammars.
16.00 M.-J. Nederhof (University of Nijmegen): A Multi-Disci-
plinary Approach to a Parsing Algorithm.
16.30 G. Satta (University of Venice): Recognition and Parsing of
Tree-Adjoining Grammars
17.10 Drinks
Friday, December 17, 1993:
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09.00 F. Barthelemy (University of Lisbon): A Single Formalism for
a Wide Range of Parsers for DCGs.
09.30 E. Csuhaj-Varju and R. Abo-Alez (Hungarian Academy of
Sciences, Budapest): Multi-Agent Systems in Language Processing.
10.00 C. Cremers (University of Leiden): Parsing Co-ordination
Categorically.
10.30 Pause
10.50 M. Wiren (University of Saarbrucken): Bounded Incremental
Parsing.
11.20 V. Kubon, V. Petkevic and M. Platek (Charles University,
Prague): Robust Parsing and Grammar Checking of Free Word Order
Languages.
11.50 V. Srinivasan (University of Mainz): Punctuation and
Parsing of Real-World Texts.
12.20 Lunch
13.45 T.G. Vosse (University of Leiden): Robust Parsing for
Spelling Correction.
14.15 B. Lang (INRIA, Paris): Parsing Ill-Formed Input.
14.50 Pause
15.10 M. Tomita (Pittsburgh): Parsing Spontaneous Speech.
15.55 Closing of the workshop
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Registration
We prefer registration before December 1. E-mail the organizing
secretariat, include name, address and whether you need hotel
reservation. The workshop fee is Dfl. 100 (students Dfl. 50). Fee
includes proceedings, lunches, coffee and tea during breaks and
the informal reception on December 16. Payment will be made only
on-site.
Workshop Site and Accommodation
The workshop will take place in "De Vrijhof" at the campus of the
University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. There is a direct
train connection from Amsterdam airport to Hengelo or Enschede.
The organizing secretariat can handle hotel reservations at the
campus or in nearby cities. Standard room including breakfast at
the campus is Dfl. 100 per night. Cheaper accommodation is
available on request.
Workshop Organizing Secretariat
Mrs. J. Lammerink, Department of Computer Science, University of
Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands.
Email: lammerin@cs.utwente.nl
Tel.: 31-53-893680
Fax: 31-53-315283
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To: weltyc@cs.rpi.edu
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 93 21:49:17 MST
From: Hans Mueller <hpm@advtech.uswest.com>
Subject: Query: Machine Translation Products Survey
Three students from the University of Colorado (Graduate Business School)
and I are trying to determine, where computer-based (machine) translation
programs are being used today. We are interested in which areas (business,
academia, etc.) they are being used and what swayed you to purchase the
program (productivity, cost, performance, magazine review, etc.).
Naturally, it would be helpful to know if the product satisfied your
translation needs and what specific needs were not met (lexicon
extensibility, ease of use, etc.). Please note that we are not
necessarily interested in what specific machine translation program
(company nor product name) you are referring to in your reply.
The results of the survey are used for a graduate marketing class
research report about the markets where machine translation is
currently being successfully used and what areas have not been
addressed so far.
We would appreciate it, if we could have a few additional participants
for our focus group, whom we could ask similar questions as mentioned
above. These questions will not take a lot of your valuable time and
can be returned by email, fax or answered via telephone.
Thank you for your interest,
Hans-Peter Mueller
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EMail: hpm@uswest.com
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NOTE: U S WEST is not involved in any way, form or shape in
machine translation to the best of my knowledge nor is U S WEST
associated with this research project in any way.
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To: alp-list@intellektik.informatik.th-darmstadt.de, nl-kr@cs.rpi.edu
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1993 00:43:35 +0100
From: herme@clip.dia.fi.upm.es (Manuel Hermenegildo)
Subject: CFP: ALP-PLILP'94 Joint Conference
JOINT CALL FOR PAPERS
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ALP'94 PLILP'94
Fourth International Conference on Sixth International Symposium on
Algebraic and Logic Programming Language Implementation
Programming and Logic Programming
Madrid (Spain)
September 14-16, 1994
Following the three previous ALP conferences in Gaussig (1988), Nancy (1990),
and Volterra (1992), as well as the five previous PLILP meetings in Orleans
(1988), Linkoping (1990), Passau (1991), Leuven (1992) and Tallinn (1993),
the Fourth International Conference on Algebraic and Logic Programming and the
Sixth International Symposium on Programming Language Implementation and Logic
Programming will be held concurrently in Madrid (Spain). The event will be
organized jointly by the Computer Science Departments of the Universidad
Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM).
TOPICS
ALP aims at strengthening the connections between algebraic techniques and
logic programming. PLILP aims at stimulating research on new declarative
concepts, methods, and techniques relevant for the implementation of all kinds
of programming languages with particular emphasis on logic programming.
Typical, but not exclusive topics of interest are:
ALP:
Semantics of algebraic and logic programming
Integration of functional and logic programming
Term rewriting, narrowing, resolution
Constrained logic programming and constrained theorem proving
Concurrent features in algebraic and logic programming languages
Higher order features in algebraic and logic programming languages
Implementation issues (with possible system demonstrations)
PLILP:
Declarative implementation techniques
Implementation of declarative concepts
Program analysis and transformation
Compiler specification and construction
Executable specifications
Constraint programming
Amalgamation of logic programming with algorithmic, functional
or object-oriented programming
Programming environments for declarative languages
The scientific program will include a number of invited talks in addition to
the presentations of the accepted papers. Invited talks, as well as possibly
a selection of accepted contributions, will be scheduled for plenary sessions.
Other accepted contributions will be scheduled for parallel ALP and PLILP
sessions. We anticipate two proceedings volumes to be published by Springer
Verlag in the LNCS series. All the participants will receive both volumes. A
limited number of scholarships may be available for subsidizing those
participants who are unable to obtain support from other sources.
PLILP'94
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Program Co-Chairs:
Manuel Hermenegildo (Madrid)
Jaan Penjam (Tallinn)
Program Committee:
Mats Carlsson (Stockholm)
Michael Codish (Beer Sheva)
Bart Demoen (Leuven)
Pierre Deransart (Rocquencourt)
Moreno Falaschi (Padova)
Neil Jones (Copenhagen)
Herbert Kuchen (Aachen)
Brian Mayoh (Aarhus)
Juan J. Moreno (Madrid)
Alan Mycroft (Cambridge)
Hiroshi Nakashima (Kyoto)
Jukka Paakki (Jyvaskyla)
Peter Pepper (Berlin)
Igor Pottosin (Novosibirsk)
Antoine Rauzy (Bordeaux)
Francesca Rossi (Pisa)
Peter Stuckey (Melbourne)
Doaitse Swierstra (Utrecht)
David H.D. Warren (Bristol)
Will Winsborough (Pennsylvania)
ALP'94
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Program Co-Chairs:
Giorgio Levi (Pisa)
Mario Rodriguez-Artalejo (Madrid)
Program Committee:
Krzysztof Apt (Amsterdam)
Egidio Astesiano (Genova)
Harald Ganzinger (Saarbruecken)
Claude Kirchner (Nancy)
Michael Maher (Yorktown Heights)
Fernando Orejas (Barcelona)
Laurent Puel (Orsay)
Jerzy Tiuryn (Warsaw)
Andrei Voronkov (Uppsala)
SUBMISSIONS
Authors are invited to send five copies of their manuscripts to the following
addresses by February 28:
ALP papers:
Prof. Mario Rodriguez-Artalejo
ALP'94 Co-chair
Departamento de Informatica y Automatica UCM
Facultad de Matematicas
Avenida Complutense s/n
E28040 Madrid
Spain
Phone: +34 1 3 94 45 12
Fax: +34 1 3 94 46 07
e-mail: mario@dia.ucm.es
PLILP papers:
Prof. Manuel Hermenegildo
PLILP'94 Co-chair
Facultad de Informatica
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
E28660 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid
Spain
Phone: +34 1 3 36 74 35
Fax: +34 1 3 52 48 19
e-mail: plilp@dia.fi.upm.es
Papers must describe original, previously unpublished research, be written and
presented in English, not exceed 15 pages (A4 or letter format, up to 5,000
words), and not be simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere. The
cover page should include a return mailing address and, if possible, an
electronic mail address and a fax number. If at all possible, at the moment
of submission a message containing the title of the paper, authors, abstract,
keywords, and the address information outlined above should be sent by email
to the corresponding address. Authors are warned in advance that submitted
papers could be moved from ALP to PLILP or vice-versa, upon agreement of the
program committees.
Address for Information: plilp-alp-info@dia.fi.upm.es
and anonymous ftp: dia.fi.upm.es
directory: pub/plilp-alp-94
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submissions: February 28, 1994
Notification of acceptance/rejection: May 10, 1994
Deadline for final text: June 20, 1994
Conference: September 14-16, 1994
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To: aisb@cogs.sussex.ac.uk, arpanet-bboards@mc.lcs.mit.edu,
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 93 10:15:21 -0500
From: Jill C Burstein <jburstein@rosedale.org>
Subject: Announcement: NLP Techniques in Assessment and Education
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* The Educational Testing Service *
* Conference on Natural Language Processing Techniques *
* in Assessment and Education *
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***CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT***
Dates: May 18th - 19th, 1994
Location: Chauncey Conference Center
Educational Testing Service
Rosedale Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08541
Conference Purpose:
Natural Language Processing Techniques have been found to be
increasingly useful in the domains of assessment and education.
The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers from
both the NLP, and assessment and education communities and to
share ideas about how NLP techniques can be implemented
to aid in tasks for assessment and education. Speakers are being
invited from industry and academia to discuss their research and
applications of NLP in assessment and education. We anticipate
that the conference will encourage on-going discussion between
the NLP, and assessment and education communities.
Topics:
* NLP Techniques for Assessment of Natural Language Responses
to Test Items
* Computer-Aided Design in Education
* Automatic Spelling Correction for Automated Scoring of
Natural Language Responses
* Intelligent Tutors
The conference will be held at the Chauncey Conference Center on ETS'
Princeton campus. Chauncey Conference Center has rooms for conference
guests who choose to stay overnight. The price of the conference
varies depending on the type of accommodations requested.
Prices for DAY GUESTS and OVERNIGHT GUESTS are the following.
DAY GUESTS: OVERNIGHT GUESTS: (1-DAY Complete Package)
$60.00 includes: $225/single
Continental Breakfast $170/twin
Lunch ---------------------------
Coffee Break Dinner
Meeting Overnight
Dinner ($28.00 extra) Continental Breakfast
Lunch
Coffee Break
Meeting
COSTS FOR ENTIRE CONFERENCE:
DAY GUEST: $120: 2 Days
OVERNIGHT GUEST: $285 (single): 1-DAY COMPLETE MEETING PACKAGE + 1 DAY
$230 (twin): 1-DAY COMPLETE MEETING PACKAGE + 1 DAY
Registration is limited. Please return Reply Form and address inquiries to either
Corrine Cohen, Eleanore DeYoung or Jill Burstein at the following addresses:
Corrine Cohen
Mailstop 16-R
Educational Testing Service
Rosedale Road
Princeton, NJ 08541
phone: (609) 734-1108
Eleanore DeYoung
Mailstop 17-R
Educational Testing Service
Rosedale Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08541
e-mail: edeyoung@rosedale.org
phone: (609) 734-5834
Jill Burstein*
Mailstop 11-R
Educational Testing Service
Rosedale Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08541
e-mail: jburstein@rosedale.org
phone: (609) 734-5823
(*Not available between November 8, 1993 - February 1, 1994)
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REPLY FORM
Overnight guests must return Reply Form by March 15, 1994.
Day guests must return Reply Form by April 18, 1994.
Name:
Affiliation:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
FAX:
DAY GUEST
I will attend for ______ day(s) at $60.00 per day.
(If for one day, please specify either May 18 ___ Amount Enclosed $_________
or May 19 ___.)
I would like Dinner at $28.00. $_________
OVERNIGHT GUEST
I would like a 1-DAY COMPLETE PACKAGE for $225.00 (single) $_________
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