bts (07/27/82)
This is a request for information on AI or other clever computer applications to legal problems. Surely someone is doing such things, but very little seems to be published in the CS journals that I see. Here are some of the things I'd like to hear about: 1) Expert knowledge systems for legal reasoning. (I'm working on production systems these days, so I'd espe- cially like to hear about this topic.) 2) Special purpose languages for describing laws, e.g. the LEGOL language from the LSE. 3) Personal experiences with attempts to apply such sys- tems. Even second-hand anecdotes are acceptable. 4) Suggestions on where to look for more information. This one may be hard. Even in the IJCAI proceedings I have found only one paper, "An Intelligent Information System for Criminal Case Management in the Federal Courts", by Buchanan and Fennell, 1977. Please send everything to me by mail. If there are enough responses to warrent it, I will collect them for redistribu- tion in a couple of weeks. Thanks in advance. Bruce Smith, UNC-CH ...duke!unc!bts bts.unc @ UDEL-RELAY
golde (11/13/82)
The University of Washington, line many other universities, is currently embarking upon a study leading toward the design of a Local Area Network (LAN) for the campus. There are a number of such networks already in existence, e.g. BRUNET at Brown University, and KIEWIT at Dartmouth College. However, there appears to be no existing inventories of such networks. I believe that such an inventory would help many universities in their planning effort; hence, I am suggesting that one be started. Since we are on the ARPANET, I am setting up a file at our ARPANET node (DEC-2060, ARPANET address WASHINGTON), with the name <bboard>LAN-info.txt. You may look at this file, or, if you send me a request, I will send you a copy via USENET. To make this file grow, please send me mail containing the information below, and I will add it to the file. Any update of incomplete or incorrect information would also be welcome. Please send this notice to other BBOARDS as well. Note that I am limiting this inventory to campus-wide networks, excluding small departmental or single-building nets. Initially, I would like to gather the following information for every campus-wide LAN on a US or Canadian campus: 1. Name of institution and name of network (if any) 2. Name, address, and telephone number of contact person who can provide further information 3. Brief technical characterization of network (broadband-coax, twisted-pair, Ethernet, telephone lines, speed, topology, etc.) 4. Operational status (planned, under construction, etc.) 5. Access to national networks (ARPANET, TELENET, etc.) 6. Literature pointers (references to further information) Thank you. Hellmut Golde (ARPANET: GOLDE at WASHINGTON) (USENET: ... decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!golde)